World records in women's 400m hurdles, Women's 1500m, men's pole vault, ratified in time for Olympics

Monaco (IANS) With just a few days to go before the start of the athletics competitions in the Paris Olympic Games, World Athletics, the governing body for track and field competitions, has ratified several World Records set over the past seven months.…

Paris Olympics: Rain likely to play spoilsport during the opening ceremony

Paris (IANS) As the world gets ready to watch the most unique and spectacular opening ceremony for the Olympic Games ever on Friday evening, there is a possibility that rain could play spoilsport and dampen the mood at the extravaganza, according…

PM Modi congratulates Abhinav Bindra on being awarded Olympic Order

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the medallist shooter and IOC member for being awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 

Bindra, who in 2008 became the first Indian to win an individual…

Paris Olympics: Indian women's archery team ranks 4th, to compete in quarterfinals

Paris (IANS) India started its Paris Olympics campaign on a bright note a day ahead of the Opening Ceremony with the women's team securing a fourth-place finish in the ranking round to seal a spot in the quarterfinal stage at Les Invalides here…

Paris Olympics: Sumit Nagal to face France's Corentin Moutet in men's singles first round

Paris (IANS) Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal is set for a challenging start at the Paris Olympics as he faces local hope Corentin Moutet in the first round of the men's singles event on the clay courts of Roland Garros here. In the men's doubles,…

India boys finish sixth, girls seventh in World Junior squash team events

Houston (IANS) India boys finished sixth and the girls seventh in the team events of the World Junior Squash Championships which concluded here on Tuesday.

The boys lost to England 1-2 in a match for fifth position, while the girls beat New…

India boys to meet England for 5th spot in World Junior team squash

Houston (IANS) India boys beat South Africa 2-0 while the girls lost to England by an identical margin in the 5-8th positions matches of the World Junior Squash Championships Team competition.
 

The boys will meet England for fifth position…

Paris Olympics: 'We are confident about our chances', says archer Deepika Kumari

New Delhi (IANS) India's ace archer Deepika Kumari is confident of the team's chances in the Paris Olympics. She said clear communication in tough situations will benefit them in the quadrennial event. Indian archers will compete in all five…

Gambhir confirms Nayar, Ten Doeschate as assistant coaches, full staff to be finalised after SL tour

Mumbai (IANS) Newly-appointed Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir on Monday confirmed the layout of his coaching setup which involves Abhishek Nayar and Ryan Ten Doeschate as assistant coaches while the clear picture of other members will be finalised…

Paris Olympics: Indian shooting is unique, you can't predict anything, says Manavjit Singh

Faridabad (Haryana) (IANS) Trap Shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu is hopeful of 'two to four medals' from the Indian shooting squad at the Paris Olympics. India's 21-member shooting squad is the second largest after athletics in the upcoming…