The BCCI is “keen on adopting two to three Olympic disciplines” in the sports ministry’s ambitious plan to have corporate-backed individual Centres of Excellence, the work for which will begin this year. This was conveyed by the cash-rich cricket body in a meeting with sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday. The gathering also featured “representatives…
Indian Oil Corporation on Operation Sindoor: देश की सबसे बड़ी तेल कंपनी इंडियन ऑयल कॉरपोरेशन (आईओसी) ने शुक्रवार को कहा कि देश में पेट्रोल, डीजल और रसोई गैस (एलपीजी) पर्याप्त मात्रा में उपलब्ध है और घबराहट में इनकी ज्यादा खरीदारी करने की कोई जरूरत नहीं है. यह बयान सोशल मीडिया पर उन खबरों और वीडियो…
Lovlina Borgohain (Photo Credit: X) NEW DELHI: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain faces a significant decision regarding her weight category for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has scrapped her current 75kg weight class, forcing her to choose between moving down to 70kg or bulking up to the +80kg division.The…
Kirsty Coventry (Image credit: IOC Media) NEW DELHI: Kirsty Coventry made history on Thursday by becoming the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), calling it an “extraordinary moment.”At 41, the two-time Olympic swimming champion is also the youngest person ever elected to lead the most…
Photo Credit: @iocmedia on X Three days after World Boxing received recognition from the International Olympic Committee‘s (IOC) Executive Board, the sport’s inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics was confirmed following a unanimous vote by the IOC members on Thursday.The only time boxing wasn’t part of the Olympics since 1904 was when it was…
Late Wednesday night, members of the International Olympic Committee gathered for a dinner at the Olympic Museum on the banks of Lake Geneva. The next morning, they would see presentations from seven candidates vying to be their leader, a role that would by most measures be the most important in international sports. At the closed-doors…
IndianOil chairman Arvinder Singh Sahney NEW DELHI: The disruption in Russian oil exports caused by the latest US sanctions will have no impact on India’s energy security in terms of supply as a diversified procurement matrix and technical flexibility allows Indian refineries to tap multiple alternatives, Arvinder Singh Sahney, chairman of India’s largest refiner and…
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ICC chairman, Jay Shah (left), and IOC president Thomas Bach (Photo Credit: ICC) International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman, Jay Shah, met the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach, on Tuesday — ahead of the IOC Session on January 30.Timesofindia.com had earlier reported about Shah’s scheduled visit to Lausanne and his meeting with Bach.“Momentum continues…
International Cricket Council (ICC) Chair Jay Shah is off to Lausanne ahead of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) session on January 30 at the Olympic House. Shah is likely to have some meetings with regards to cricket at the Olympics.Shah was also in Brisbane last month to push for cricket’s inclusion at the 2032 Olympics….