ICC thrilled at Cricket’s return to Olympics in 2028
The International Cricket Council (IOC) expressed that it was thrilled at the confirmation that cricket will be part of the sports programme of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles (LA28). Cricket’s inclusion into the Olympics fold was formally ratified…
EB approve cricket’s inclusion in Olympics 2028
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has accepted the proposal of the Organising Committee of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games to include five additional sports including cricket in the sports programme. The IOC EB has…
Neeraj Chopra secured 2024 Olympics berth with 88.77m throw at World Athletics Championships
Reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra began his World Athletics Championships campaign in style as he qualified for men’s javelin throw final with a season best of 88.77m and sealed qualification for 2024 Paris Olympics, here on Friday. The season-best distance…
Paris 2024 Olympics: Repechage format introduced in Athletics
The World Athletics Council on Monday introduced a repechage round to all individual track events from 200m to 1500m in distance, including the hurdles events, for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. In an innovation to the regular competition format, the…
Paris Olympics 2024: Organizers hopeful of selling 13.4 million tickets
Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics are hoping to sell a record 10 million tickets for the sporting extravaganza with an additional 3.4 million available for the Paralympic Games, the boss of the organising committee said. London 2012 put just…
Kamila Valieva fourth in Olympic skating as doping scandal takes toll
Kamila Valieva finished fourth in the Olympic women’s figure skating final on Thursday after her error-strewn performance handed Russian teammate Anna Shcherbakova gold, as a doping scandal took its toll on the 15-year-old. Shcherbakova scored 255.95 to seal the title,…
Greece hands over Olympic flame to Beijing 2022 Winter Games host
Greece on Tuesday handed over the Olympic flame to organisers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, a day after the lighting ceremony was disrupted by activists calling for the event to be postponed. Hellenic Olympic Committee chief Spyros Kapralos gave…
Tokyo Olympics 2020 hockey: Belgium beat Indian Men’s 5-2 to reach final
Belgium national men’s hockey team have beaten up India in the semifinal of Tokyo Olympics to qualify for the final match. Drag flicker Alexander Hendrickx was the hero for Belgium in the crucial knockout match as he scored hat-trick of…
Alexander Zverev wins Olympic gold in straight sets
Alexander Zverev produced a comeback win over top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Then a dominant performance against Karan Khachanov in the final. The fifth-ranked German earned Olympic gold in style. Zverev overwhelmed Russian opponent Karan Khachanov 6-3, 6-1 at…
Golden slam bid is over for Djokovic as he lost to Zverev in Tokyo 2020
With his Golden Slam bid over for at least another three years, Novak Djokovic rested his head on Alexander Zverev’s shoulder as his German opponent and friend consoled him. “I told him that he’s the greatest of all time,” Zverev…
