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…
Editor’s note: Lindsey Vonn is a former Olympic alpine skiing champion and eight-time World Cup downhill season champion. With less than a year to go until the 2026 Olympics, she writes about her return to the sport at age 40 and her thoughts on possibly ending her career at the upcoming Games. The women’s competition…
Hardik Singh has the hockey world at his feet at the moment. The midfielder has been sensational for India ever since making his debut as a youngster all the way back in 2018 and has since gone on to be a vital cog in the midfield. The results were there for everyone to see, as…
Greg Bell (Photo Credit: X) NEW DELHI: Greg Bell, the 1956 Olympic long jump champion, passed away on January 25 at the age of 94. World Athletics paid tribute to Bell, who was the oldest living Olympic gold medallist in athletics.Bell was a dominant figure in the men’s long jump during the 1950s. His personal…
Rarely in Olympic history had a single company been as ubiquitous as LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods empire owned by France’s richest family. As the Paris Olympics’ biggest corporate sponsor, LVMH was everywhere. Its Moët & Chandon champagne flowed in V.I.P. suites. French athletes were clothed by LVMH’s Berluti fashion house. And,…