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  India aiming to arrest Olympic hockey decline

  Hockey | July 11, 2012 12:31 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 11: The onset of every Olympics gives rise to bittersweet feelings among India's vast numbers of field hockey fans, with their pride in past gold medal performances accompanied by introspection about what

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  Scandal-hit athletes hope to seek solace in London

  Other Sports | July 10, 2012 14:01 IST

  New Delhi, July 10: Hit hard by one of the biggest doping scandals in the run-up to the Olympic Games, India's athletics team, including a couple of medal hopefuls, would hope to seek solace and

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  Hope Solo gets warning from USADA after drug test

  Football | July 10, 2012 11:24 IST

  Colorado Springs, Colorado Jul 10: United States national team goalkeeper Hope Solo received a public warning Monday from the U.S.Anti-Doping Agency after she tested positive for the banned substance Canrenone in a urine test.Solo has

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  Heathrow highway shut for repairs as Olympics loom

  Other Sports | July 08, 2012 11:00 IST

  London, Jul 8: Officials have shut the main highway linking London and Heathrow Airport for emergency repairs, less than three weeks before tens of thousands of extra visitors descend on the city for the Olympic

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  Tony Parker cleared to play for France at Olympics

  Other Sports | July 06, 2012 19:49 IST

  Paris, Jul 6: Guard Tony Parker can play for European runner-up France in the Olympic Games after San Antonio Spurs medics agreed he has fully recovered from an eye injury.Parker suffered a scratch to his

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  Feast of arts, galaxy of stars for Olympic Games

  Other Sports | June 28, 2012 22:58 IST

  London, Jun28: There will be amazing performances and memorable scenes all over Britain this summer. And only some of them will involve medals.Many of the world's top athletes will compete in the Olympics this summer,

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  100-Day Countdown Begins For London Olympics

  Other Sports | April 18, 2012 19:20 IST

  London, Apr 18: Wednesday 18 April marks the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London.Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

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  Mexico, Honduras Seal Olympic Berths

  Football | April 01, 2012 9:52 IST

  Kansas City, Kansas , Apr 1 : Mexico and Honduras qualified for the men's football competition at this year's Olympic Games by winning their semifinals in the CONCACAF regional qualifying tournament on Saturday.Mexico was a

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  Deepika Working To Improve Her Unsatisfactory Form

  Other Sports | January 29, 2012 9:52 IST

  Jamshedpur, Jan 29 : Admitting that she was not satisfied with her prevailing shooting form, country's top archer Deepika Kumari has said she is working on to change it to concrete her medal prospect in