The Olympic Council of Asia and AINAGOC are preparing for two major meetings in Nagoya, Japan, focusing on the 20th Asian Games scheduled for 2026. The Asian Games 2026 are scheduled to be held in Japan’s Aichi and Nagoya prefectures from September 19 to October 4. The meetings include the 1st Technical Delegates Meeting and…
Manu Bhaker and Suruchi Singh (@issf_official on X) NEW DELHI: India made a strong start at the ISSF World Cup in Lima, securing three medals on day one with Suruchi Singh and double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker clinching gold and silver respectively in Women’s 10m Air Pistol, while Saurabh Chaudhary won bronze in Men’s 10m…
Representative Photo. (Getty Images) In a landmark decision for the global archery community, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially added the compound mixed team event to the archery programme for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. This marks the first time compound archery will feature at the Olympics, making its debut alongside the…
NEW YORK — It’s early afternoon Tuesday, and Mikaela Shiffrin is sitting at the bar in a midtown Manhattan hotel, sipping tap water and noshing on shoestring fries — and talking about getting back onto the snow very soon. She’s five days removed from finishing her injury-interrupted season with her record-breaking 101st World Cup win,…
Track and field will introduce mandatory DNA sex testing for athletes entering female competitions, its global leader said Tuesday, making it the first Olympic sport to add the requirement. The move comes amid an increasingly vexed debate over eligibility rules in female sports and comes less than a year after the issue erupted at the…
International Cricket Council (ICC) President Jay Shah congratulated the newly elected International Olympic Association (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry on Thursday, March 20. Coventry became the first woman ever to become the IOC President. Congratulating her on the prestigious honour, Shah said that he’s looking forward to working with her on cricket’s inclusion at the Los…
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…
Imane Khelif (Image credit: Instagram) Algerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, who found herself at the center of a gender controversy during the Paris Games, is now setting her sights on a second gold medal in Los Angeles. She remains unfazed by Donald Trump’s recent policies, which have sparked further debate on transgender participation in…
Former pacer S Sreesanth has told people to stop asking Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli questions about retirement as he wants the duo to play in the Olympics and win the gold medal for the country. Kohli and Rohit continue to be 2 key players for India as they march into the semi-finals of the…
NEW DELHI: Double Olympic medallist shooter Manu Bhaker has clarified that Jaspal Rana will continue to be her coach despite his recent appointment as the High Performance trainer for the pistol discipline by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI). Rana, a four-time Asian Games gold medallist, had a fallout with Manu before the Tokyo…