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Three-time Olympic champion Lyu Xiaojun tests positive for doping

Three-time Olympic weightlifting champion Lyu Xiaojun of China has tested positive in a doping case, the International Testing Agency said on Thursday. The ITA said Lyu tested positive for EPO, an endurance boosting hormone banned in sports, on October 30 while he was training. The Chinese star is provisionally suspended while a disciplinary case is prosecuted. Now aged 38, Lyu said on winning a third straight Olympic title in Tokyo last year that he would target a fourth at the 2024 Paris Games. He was the oldest-ever weightlifting gold medalist when he won the men's 81-kilogram category in Tokyo.

Viacom18 bags 2024 Paris Olympics broadcasting rights for Rs 250 cr

Deal also includes 2024 Youth Olympics; will cover India and neighbouring countries

Neeraj Chopra replaces Bolt as world's most visible track and field athlete

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has dislodged the iconic Usain Bolt as the "most visible" athlete in the world after winning a historic gold medal in the Tokyo Games, claimed a World Athletics study. The 24-year-old Indian further enhanced his superstar status by winning a silver at the world championships. Chopra led a star-studded field in terms of media coverage with 812 articles published in his name, followed by Jamaican sprint trio of Elaine Thompson-Herah (751), Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce (698) and Shericka Jackson (679). The charismatic Bolt, also a Jamaican, was in the fifth spot with 574 articles in his name, according to the statistics released by World Athletics during President Sebastian Coe's year-end interaction with a select group of Asian journalists, including from PTI. The data was provided by Germany-based media monitoring firm Unicepta. This is the first time that Bolt, who retired in 2017 and who still holds the world record in 100m and 200m, has not led the ...

Russians face major hurdles for return to Olympic track amid Ukraine war

The International Olympic Committee's complex discussion about allowing Russian athletes to participate at the Paris Games in 2024 if their country is still at war provided no short-term help in improving the athletes' standing among leaders in track and field, the biggest sport on the Olympic programme. In a year-end interview this week, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe suggested the Russian war in Ukraine, to say nothing of the still-active doping sanctions against Russia that have been in place since 2015, have led to a more difficult path for Russian track athletes to reach the IOC goal of participating as neutrals either at next year's world championships or at the Olympics the year after that. Coe sketched out a two-part process for Russian reinstatement. First, the doping sanctions would have to be lifted at a World Athletics council meeting in March, a prospect that seems more likely after a series of positive reports from a task force that monitors Russia's compliance

PT Usha becomes first woman president of Indian Olympic Association

Ushering in a new era in country's sports administration, the legendary PT Usha was on Saturday elected as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The 58-year-old Usha, a multiple Asian Games gold medallist and fourth place finisher in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 400m hurdles final, was declared elected unopposed for the top post in the polls. The elections were held under the supervision of Supreme Court-appointed retired SC judge L Nageswara Rao. The election of Usha to the top job marked an end to the long drawn crisis in the faction-ridden IOA, which was warned of a possible suspension by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if elections are not held this month. The polls were originally due to be held in December 2021. Usha's anointment to the top post was a forgone conclusion late last month after she emerged as the lone candidate for the top post. Nobody was willing to fight against Usha, who was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the ruling Bhar

IOC to look to allow Russian, Belarus athletes' international participation

"The OCA offered to facilitate the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in competitions in Asia under its authority, while respecting the sanctions in place"

IOC denies to lift boxing body's suspension; writes letter listing concerns

The International Olympic Committee has decided not to lift the suspension of the International Boxing Association's recognition and involve it in conducting boxing competitions at the Paris Olympics

1960 Olympic 5,000-meter champion Murray Halberg passes away at 89

Murray Halberg, who overcame serious injury to win the 5,000-meter gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics and later devoted his life to charity work, has died. He was 89. His death was confirmed by Athletics New Zealand which did not specify a cause. Athletics New Zealand described Halberg as one of the most iconic names in New Zealand sport. Halberg also won gold medals in the three-mile race at the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games and was the first New Zealanders to run a sub-four minute mile. He achieved all of those successes though his left arm had withered after he was injured playing rugby as a teenager. He later became best known in New Zealand for his work with the Halberg Trust which helped disabled children play sport. The organization is now known as the Halberg Disability Sports Foundation. The Halberg Award is presented annually to New Zealand's Sportsperson of the Year and the Halberg Games are staged over three days each year for athletes aged eight to 21 with a phys

In light of Hans Niemann's Chess scandal: 10 cheating scandals in sports

Cheating in sports has existed as long as sports. Unfair advantage is sought by athletes and coaches to make sure they or their teams win at any cost. Here's a list of the 10 such instances

IOC releases first visual identity to bolster Olympic brand's core values

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released its first-ever visual identity in order to bring the Olympic brand and its core values to life, the IOC announced on Wednesday

Paris taps French stage director Thomas Jolly for Olympic opening

Paris Olympic organizers appointed prize-winning French theater director Thomas Jolly to direct the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2024 Games and the Paralympics. As artistic director, the 40-year-old Jolly will be tasked with bringing to life Paris' ambitious plan to hold the July 26, 2024, opening ceremony in the French capital's city center, along the Seine River, taking it out of the traditional Olympic Stadium setting for the first time. Paris organizing committee head Tony Estanguet said Jolly knows how to break norms and take them to the next level and that he'll be able to imagine unprecedented artistic concepts for the shows. Estanguet also said the Place de la Concorde, the large central Paris square where King Louis XVI and others were executed during the French Revolution, is being considered as a venue for the Paralympic opening ceremony, which Jolly will also direct. The closing ceremonies will be held at the Stade de France, the stadium that hosted the World C

Anil Khanna resigns as Indian Olympic Association acting president

Senior sports administrator Anil Khanna on Wednesday resigned as acting president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), saying he respects the views of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

IOC chief sorry for not honouring victims of 1972 Munich Olympics attack

The head of the International Olympic Committee apologized Wednesday for the organization's longtime failure to commemorate 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Thomas Bach spoke at a ceremony in Tel Aviv marking the 50th anniversary of the deadly attack on the Munich Olympics, two weeks after Germany's president apologized at a memorial ceremony in Germany for his country's failures before, during, and after the attack. On Sept. 5, 1972, the Palestinian group Black September attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Olympic Games, killing 11 Israelis and a police officer. Israeli President Isaac Herzog said the athletes were brutally murdered in cold blood by a Palestinian terrorist organization just for being Jews, just because they were Israelis. This was the moment that the Olympic torch was snuffed out, and the five-ringed flag was stained with blood, he said. Bach said the attack in Munich was one of the darkest days in

How technology played a part in India scripting triple jump history

Separated by visa issues, coach, athletes turned to WhatsApp; came home with gold & silver

IOC postpones Mumbai session, threatens to suspend India from Olympics

International Olympic Committee Executive Board postponed the 140th IOC Session to be held in Mumbai from May 2023 to September/October and threatened to suspend India from the Olympic movement again

'Confidence is most important': Sakshi Malik is queen of the mat again

They'd written her off after her Rio bronze, but with a gold in the Commonwealth Games, Malik has shown the fire burns bright, writes Vaibhav Raghunandan

Indian sporting federations: Caught between a rock and a hard place

The recent ban on AIFF is just one more in a long list of sporting bodies that have been hauled over administrative lapses.

IOC to consider including cricket in 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games

Cricket's much-anticipated inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics received a shot in the arm as the IOC shortlisted it for a review along with eight other sporting disciplines.

Paris Olympics is the ultimate goal, says PV Sindhu at CWG 2022

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu hopes the Commonwealth Games will serve as a perfect launchpad for her quest to regain the world championship crown next month

CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony: When and where to watch the event Live in India?

The entire program of the CWG opening ceremony, expected to last about two and a half hours, has been created by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Thus a lot of buzz has been created around it.