Talks with IOC over 2036 Olympic bid stalled due to infighting in IOA over CEO appointment
In October 2023, in front of International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach and hundred...
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WFI bars wrestlers who took part in govt-backed Nationals from participating in trials for World Championships
Still fighting for recognition from the sports ministry, the Sanjay Singh-led Wrestling Federation o...
Why a trimmed-down CWG 2026 could be lose-lose for India: No shooting, uncertainty over wrestling, hockey, cricket
The good news for India’s athletes — like thousands across the Commonwealth — is that the troubled G...
Indian Hockey grows younger: Coach Craig Fulton’s vision for 2026 World Cup
The Asian Champions Trophy gold medal was still dangling around his neck, the smile hadn’t yet disap...
Hockey, Asian Champions Trophy: India, Pakistan roll back the years with a fun, chaotic contest
To a casual hockey watcher, Saturday’s Asian Champions Trophy group-stage finale between India and P...
What powered India’s best-ever medal haul at Paralympics: Nine women who won 10 medals
Deepa Malik recalls a conversation with a young woman with a disability who was considering a career...
Manpreet Singh on Indian hockey’s revival: ‘The mindset. That’s the biggest change… (Earlier) We went to the Olympics just to participate’
Manu Bhaker has a new fan. She is just two-and-a-half years old, and is the daughter of India’s hock...
Who after PR Sreejesh? Goalkeeper Krishan Pathak ready to take over with Suraj Karkera, Mohit HS and Pawan as backups
In the happy family photo, he isn’t in the centre of the frame. You can see him in the bottom corner...
No medal for Vinesh Phogat, CAS dismisses appeal
In one sentence, Vinesh Phogat’s fate was sealed. In its single-line order on Wednesday, the ad hoc ...
To match Paris 2024, Los Angeles faces Mission Impossible
Tom Cruise abseils from the roof, sprints towards the stage, picks up the Olympic flag from Simone B...
Postcards from Paris: In Cry-lympics, love lost & found and an unanswerable question: will India win gold?
July 24: A sporting tour Seen through the eyes of a sports tragic, Paris hits different compared to ...
Paris leaves India with a few smiles — and many red flags
Hiroaki Ota, a Japanese psychiatrist, called it “Paris Syndrome”. The state of being where tourists ...
‘Money is not going to get you medals. It’s not a vending machine’: Abhinav Bindra
Every day he’s spent in Paris, Abhinav Bindra has faced one question: about India’s inability to win...
Legendary shooter Abhinav Bindra says Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification most brutal moment in Indian sports; CAS extends deadline for decision
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat is likely to know whether she will be awarded a silver medal or not only on T...
Who is perched on the Throne of Games? Not US, not China, but NCCA, the American college sporting system, that has produced most gold-winning athletes
As Julien Alfred burnt the purple Parisian track with her 100m dash that left the favourite Sha’Carr...
Fierce rivals, good friends and podium finish: The Neeraj-Arshad show has a ‘big message’ for India, Pakistan youth
Mian Channu and Khandra are as nondescript villages as they come. With one throw of the spear, they ...
Wrestler Aman Sehrawat was orphaned at 11, is an Olympic medallist at 21: ‘This is for my parents, they never got to know I became a wrestler’
Aman Sehrawat was just another wrestler when he crouched to grab Toi Darian Cruz’s right leg. By the...
Despite two Olympic medals, Neeraj Chopra’s quest for ‘better throw’ continues… ‘Until I get that, shanti nahi mil paegi’
INDIA’S GREATEST living Olympian is madly in love with what he does. And it is giving him nothing bu...
Courage shattered… don’t have any more strength: Vinesh Phogat retires
Vinesh Phogat went to sleep desolate, letting the world know that she’d hung up her wrestling boots ...
Neeraj Chopra wins silver at Paris 2024: Second best of his life, second best on the night
A Pakistani and an Indian stood on the top two steps of the podium, arm on each other and the world ...
Paris Olympics: Harmanpreet leads with his goals, Sreejesh gets his fitting farewell as Indian hockey team gets back-to-back bronze
India Hockey Olympics 2024: Harry Potter had his wand. Craig Fulton has Harmanpreet Singh. Before pe...
India’s bronze-medal winning men’s hockey team had a plan for every opponent, thanks to coach Craig Fulton
There have been times over the past year when it felt coach Craig Fulton had a wide range of foodstu...
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu misses bronze medal at Paris Olympics by a whisker, finishes fourth
When Mirabai Chanu squatted, the weight of an entire medal-hungry nation rested on her shoulders. Ho...
Wrestler Antim Panghal faces deportation trying to ‘smuggle’ sister into Games Village
Indian wrestler Antim Panghal, who lost in the 53kg category, was summoned by the police inside the ...
Vinesh Phogat weigh-in controversy: ‘If you allow this 100 grams, then you would be allowed 200 grams. There is no end’ – wrestling governing body responds
The Americans have proposed wholesale rule changes. The Greeks have pleaded with the world body to k...
Paris Olympics: Vinesh Phogat denied on the cusp of ultimate glory, another entry in her diary of heartbreaks
Imagine what it must feel like to be Vinesh Phogat today. Wednesday night, under the sparkling Eiffe...
Heartbreak! Vinesh Phogat likely to be disqualified, to miss Paris Olympic medal
In a heartbreaking twist of fate for Vinesh Phogat, the wrestler is likely to be disqualified from t...
Paris Olympics: Gallant India fall short of hockey final in scintillating defeat to Germany
Before they gave themselves a chance to etch their names in the annals of Indian hockey, they played...
Paris Olympics: How stubbornness and rage helped Vinesh Phogat snap legend Yui Susaki’s 95-match winning streak
There isn’t a direct parallel that captures Yui Susaki’s perceived invincibility on the wrestling ma...
Paris Olympics: Away from war, Team Ukraine wins a battle, and more
Yaroslava Mahuchikh’s trademark yellow-and-blue eyeliner, the colours of the Ukrainian flag she has ...