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Vancouver | 22 days ago
Snow, rain - and pain for Vonn - as Games get ready
Vancouver, Feb 11 - Everything began falling into place Wednesday with less than 48 hours to go before the opening of the Vancouver winter Olympics.And that even included the snow. While rain dropped down in Vancouver, the snow-starved Cypress Mountain venue north-west of the Canadian city finally got the white stuff it was hoping for. Elsewhere it was touch and go for organisers and officials, wi ... read more

Vancouver | 22 days ago
IOC hears of positive doping tests ahead of Games
Vancouver, Feb 11 - The International Olympic Committee - has been told that more than 30 athletes won't be competing at the Vancouver Games because they have been tested positive in doping controls.The IOC Session, meeting in Vancouver, was given the figure by the World Anti-Doping Agency - president John Fahey Wednesday. IOC director of communications Mark Adams said the IOC had heard from WADA ... read more

Vancouver | 23 days ago
IOC chief calls for fair Games, praises Vancouver
Vancouver, Feb 10 - International Olympic Committee - president Jacques Rogge called for athletes to uphold the Olympic values at a winter Games free of doping in Vancouver and Whistler.At the start of the IOC's 122nd Session three days before the opening ceremony of the Games, Rogge also praised the local organisers, saying the lessons learned in Vancouver were a blueprint for future Olympics. I ... read more

8 months ago
India bag five golds, take tally to 10 in Asian Youth Games
New Delhi, July 3 - Indian athletes kept up their fine performance as they won two more golds to take their tally to 10 medals at the Asian Youth Games in Singapore Friday. On the last day of the track and field competition, Ravi Kumar won the gold in the 800 metres while Namita Kabat was the champion in the women's event. According to information received here, Indian athletes have won four o ... read more

8 months ago
India bag three more medals at Asian Youth Games
New Delhi, July 2 - Indian athletes continued their impressive run at the Asian Youth Games in Singapore, winning three medals Thursday to take their tally to six. According to information received here, Rohit Kumar won the gold in the javelin throw event with 74.60 metres and broke his own national record of 71.52 metres set at the junior nationals in Mysore last year. Cheng Chao-Tsun - and Pa ... read more

9 months ago
46 boxers found overage in National Youth Championships
Coimbatore, June 2 - An unprecedented 46 boxers were found overage in the 42nd Youth National Men's Championships that got underway here Tuesday. The Indian Boxing Federation - launched a drive to weed out the overage boxers with a series of medical tests. 'Show cause notices have been issued to the state associations for fielding overage boxers in this National Championships,' said IBF secret ... read more

10 months ago
Australia's pullout will not impact Commonwealth Games: Olympics body
New Delhi, April 25 - The Indian Olympic Association - has said that Australia's pullout from Davis Cup in India next month will not impact the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, and asked the International Tennis Federation - to take stringent action against Tennis Australia - for defying the apex body. TA Saturday refused to send its team for the May 8-10 tie in Chennai after the ITF board turned ... read more

1 year ago
Nanyang Technological University launches first-ever sports degree in Singapore
NTU has launched a new Bachelor of Science in Sport Science and Management degree programme. The first of its kind in Singapore, the four-year, direct honours programme aims to produce professionals with relevant knowledge and pertinent skills for engagement in the sports industry.The new degree is aimed at facilitating the growth of the sports and leisure industry in Singapore and the region. Sig ... read more