SYDNEY: Swimming Australia’s president Barclay Nettlefold resigned yesterday after admitting to making comments inconsistent with the “standards expected of me”. Nettlefold, part of...
SYDNEY: Swimming Australia’s president Barclay Nettlefold resigned yesterday after admitting to making comments inconsistent with the “standards expected of me”. Nettlefold, part of...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge leaves after a news conference during the IOC Executive Board meeting, part of the annual SportAccord...
ST PETERSBURG, Russia: A shock International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to remove wrestling from the 2020 Olympic Games programme and then include it...
ST PETERSBURG, Russia: Wrestling, baseball/softball and squash made an International Olympic Committee shortlist for potential inclusion in the 2020 Games with five other...
PARIS: A united Spain is prepared for the fight for Madrid to win the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games, the bid’s...
Sergei Bubka (left), President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and a former champion pole vaulter, and Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary General...
ST PETERSBURG, Russia: Wrestling expects to make an International Olympic Committee shortlist of candidate sports for the 2020 Games as it battles to...
PARIS: Istanbul winning the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games would help bridge the gap between different cultures and religions, the bid’s...
MUMBAI: The International Olympic Committee has set India a September 1 deadline for a new election to facilitate the country’s return to the...
MOSCOW: The ancient sport of wrestling yesterday agreed a wholesale shake-up of its rules to make the sport more attractive for spectators, in...
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Ng Ser Miang looked set to challenge to become the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday, with officials...
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday said it had held successful meetings with exiled member India, following its suspension over claims of...
NAIROBI: Thomas Bach, bidding to become president of the International Olympic Committee, was backed yesterday by Kenyan running great Kipchoge Keino who said...
BERLIN: German Thomas Bach became the first official candidate to be the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) new president yesterday, saying his long experience...
LONDON: Turkey’s Asli Cakir Alptekin (pictured), who came back from a doping ban to win the women’s 1,500 metres under a cloud of...
MADRID: The Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) David Howman has criticised the decision of the judge in the Operation Puerto...
MOSCOW: Olympics discus silver medalist Daria Pishchalnikova is set to be stripped of her London 2012 medal after the Russian received a 10-year...
DES MOINES, Iowa: American Queen Harrison won the women’s 100m hurdles at the Drake Relays yesterday, clocking 12.71sec to beat the women who...
