Riding high on confidence,world champion Viswanathan Anand outsmarted Jon Ludvig Hammer of Norway to jump to the joint second spot in the Norway chess 2013 super tournament, in Sandnes (Norway).
Assured of a place in theupcoming FINA World Championship after a record-breaking feat, India’s Sandeep Sejwal Friday his second gold medal in the 56th Malaysia Open Swimming Championship in Kuala Lumpur.
Indian women cagers clinched their first gold medal at a FIBA Asia event after an easy win against Mongolia in the final playoff game of the inaugural FIBA Asia 3x3 basketball tournament here.
Tribal Cultural Society (TCS) has organized a three-day Sekkor tournament from Thursday in Chaibasa, tribal-dominated West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
World champion Viswanathan Anand outclassed Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan to jump to joint third spot after the seventh round of Norway chess 2013 super tournament, here.
Sports minister Jitender Singh addressing a press conference today said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to pave the way to lift ban on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Indian sportspersons will soon able to join the Olympics.
Hindustan Times brings you the ace shooter Abhinav Bindra's speech that could heavily impact India's return to the Olympic fold.
There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel for the Indian Olympic Association. Just over five months after it was suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the global governing body raised hopes on Wednesday that it would revoke the punishment.
India's Mouma Das, K Shamini and Madhurika Patkar have entered the main draw of the women's singles event while Soumyajit Ghosh too made the cut in the men's competition at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris.
In the absence of a recognized gymnastics federation, the Sports Authority of India has took the onus on itself and formed a high-level committee to provide the country's gymnasts best training facilities and prepare them for next year's Commonwealth and Asian Games.
A nine-year old doping issue suddenly surfacing in public has left Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore peeved and the National Rifle Association of India in a spot.
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Why have the relations soured?
The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday gave India, and its sports fraternity, hope that if they follow the roadmap given to them, they could soon be walking with their heads held high in the global arena.
World champion Viswanathan Anand let Russian Sergey Karjakin off the hook and drew after a stellar performance in the sixth round of Norway Chess 2013 Super Tournament in Sandnes, Norway.
The United States, Iran and Russia on Tuesday forged an unlikely heavyweight alliance to keep the ancient sport of wrestling in the Olympic Games.
India’s hopes of regaining its Olympic status at the International Olympic Committee meeting in Lausanne on Wednesday was dealt a big blow after reports that the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) had backed out of the conclave.