Crisis-ridden Rio Olympics set to get underway in Brazil tomorrow

The most crisis-ridden Olympic Games in history opens in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro tomorrow with Rio organisers hoping to draw a line under a turbulent seven-year build-up to the greatest sporting show on Earth.Football legend Pele is tipped to ignite the Olympic flame at Rio's i...

Swiss tennis star Wawrinka drops out of Rio Olympics

World number four Stan Wawrinka became the second high profile Swiss tennis player to quit the Rio Olympic Games, the Swiss Tennis Federation announced yesterday.Wawrinka dropped out of the Games which open on Friday with a back injury after 17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer withdrew with a kn...

United World Wrestling clears name of Narsingh Yadav for Rio Olympics

United World Wrestling has cleared the name of wrestler Narsingh Yadav to participate in the Rio Olympics. Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh informed this while talking to reporters outside Parliament. Two days back, the National Anti-Doping Agency had exonerated Nars...

Olympic Games to formally kick off on August 6

Less than forty hours remain for the 31st Summer Olympic Games which are set to begin in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janiero. Although the Group stage of Women's Football got underway last evening, the Games will formally kick off with an opening ceremony at 4:30 AM Indian Time on Saturday...

Jamaica Test: Roston Chase's century help West Indies play draw against India

The second Test match between India and the West Indies ended in a draw as Roston Chase hit his maiden Test hundred to lead the host fightback in Jamaica. Chase scored an unbeaten 137 off 269 balls while ably supported by skipper Jason Holder 64 not out to see off the last session of the match, as W...

IOC agrees to add five new sports for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

INDvsWI, Day 5: India consolidate position against West Indies in Jamaica test

Olympic torch arrives in Rio de Janeiro by boat after 3-month tour

The Olympic torch has arrived in Rio de Janeiro by boat after a three month tour of Brazilian cities. The mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, carried the torch on its first few laps through the city centre as it makes its way to the famous Maracana Stadium for the opening ceremony on tomorrow. But there wer...

INDvsWI, Day 5: India consolidate position against West Indies in Jamaica test

Sprinter Dharambir under dope cloud, skips Rio flight

India's dope cloud in the Rio Olympics build-up continued with indications that 200m runner Dharambir Singh has returned positive for a banned substance in an in-competition test conducted last month.Dharambir, who became the first Indian male sprinter to qualify for the Olympics after 36 y...