Tag: Olympics
Call for Russia ban from Olympics after probe finds state-run doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) called for Russia to be completely banned from the Rio Olympics and other international sport after an investigation found...
Pakistan ranked 10th in world hockey charts
Pakistan is ranked 10th in the latest International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hero World Rankings released on the other day following the conclusion of the...
Olympics should move due to Zika concerns, say 150 experts
The World Health Organization (WHO) has ruled out any change in timing or the location of the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,...
23 positives in retests of samples from London Olympics: IOC
Nearly two dozen athletes tested positive in reanalysis of their doping samples from the 2012 London Olympics, adding to the more than 30 already...
Russian gold medallists used steroids at Sochi Olympics, says report
According to the media reports the former head of Russia‘s drug testing laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov has told whistleblower Vitaly Stepanov that at least four...
Olympics: Flame lit for troubled Rio Games
The Olympic flame was lit Thursday in an ancient temple in one country in crisis and solemnly sent off carrying international hopes that Brazil's...
Ban Russian athletes over doping: WADA’s suggestion may stop Russia’s participation...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)'s independent commission suggested that Russia's athletics federation be suspended and its track/field athletes be banned from competitions till the country...
Sania Mirza ‘won’t kill herself’ over Rio gold
India's doubles world number one Sania Mirza has promised to take a measured approach to next year's Olympics, promising “I'm not going to kill...
Jahangir Khan says Olympic fight to go on
Legendary Pakistan squash player Jahangir Khan vowed to keep fighting for a place for his sport in the Olympics despite the failed bid to...
Japan upset by French cartoon linking Fukushima to Olympics
Japan is to formally complain about a cartoon that appeared in a French weekly newspaper showing sumo wrestlers with extra limbs in front of...
Sindh Olympics election illgal: POA
The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) condemns in strongest possible terms the unauthorized and illegal elections of the Sindh Olympic Association reportedly held on April...
Cricket to honor 2024 summers Olympics
Fresh moves are afoot to honor cricket as an Olympic sport by 2024 Summer Games.
The popular Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) World Committee is lobbying...
Greeks want wrestling to stay in Olympics
Greece threw its weight behind the campaign to keep wrestling, a sport which has survived from the ancient Olympics, on the Games programme on...
India’s ex-Olympics boss pleads not guilty in graft trial
India’s former Olympics chief pleaded not guilty in court on Monday to an array of corruption charges related to his handling of the chaotic...
Legally SBP cannot associate itself with National Games: Mashood
The Sports Board Punjab in light of the Supreme and High Court decisions regarding the implementation of the National Sports Policy cannot associate itself...
KPK Olympics must follow Punjab president
Mansoor Ahmed, Vice President, KP Judo Association said Friday that Syed Aqil Shah President, K.P. Olympic Association has no legal right to resist and...
London highlights ‘integration’ question
As the London Paralympics draw to a close, with record ticket sales, bumper crowds and the highest profile in the Games' history after a...
