Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian justice has blocked assets of the company that serves as the host broadcaster organisation for the Olympic Games. The ruling by Judge Marcia Leite Nery on Saturday was enforced after the Paralympic Games closing ceremony on Sunday night to avoid interfering with the event’s broadcast, courtRead More

London: Rafael Nadal and British Olympic great Mo Farah said they have nothing to hide after their medical records were the latest to be leaked by a cyber-hacking group on Monday. They are among more than 60 international athletes, including 17 from the British team at the Rio Olympics, whoRead More

Margao: Facing the threat of an early elimination, hosts India will need to post a win to stay afloat in the AFC U-16 Championship when they take on formidable Iran in a must win Group A clash here on Wednesday. After going down to United Arab Emirates in their openingRead More

Gabala (Azerbaijan),  Indian shooters won seven medals, including three gold, on the opening day of the ISSF Junior World Cup for pistol, rifle and shotgun. Subhankar Pramanik gave India the first gold in the year’s second and final junior World Cup. The Bengal boy shot 613.8, his best performance everRead More

London, Watford dealt Manchester United a third successive defeat in eight days with a deserved 3-1 Premier League win that left Jose Mourinho raging at a rare run of failure. Goals from Etienne Capoue, Juan Zuniga and a stoppage time penalty from Troy Deeney overwhelmed the visitors, who had levelledRead More

SINGAPORE, Germany’s Nico Rosberg celebrated his 200th Formula One race by retaking the championship lead from Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton after a pole to flag win in Singapore on Sunday. After a chaotic start that brought out a safety car on the opening lap, Rosberg stayed clear of Red Bull’sRead More

Rio De Janeiro,  Rio today closes a Paralympic Games that many feared would be a fiasco but which turned into a triumph, though marred in the final hours by the death of an Iranian cyclist. Eleven days of competition where China dominated the medals table, followed by Britain, Ukraine andRead More

Tehran, The Indian men’s basketball team upstaged Chinese Taipei 80-68 in a classification match to finish seventh in the FIBA Asia Challenge here today. India used a strong fourth quarter finish to stave off higher-ranked Chinese Taipei. China held off Japan, 75-67, to finish fifth. Vishesh Bhriguvanshi and Amritpal Singh poweredRead More

New Delhi: AITA on Friday said they were indeed approached by Sania Mirza’s family to pursue the WADA hacking issue, which revealed that several international athletes were allegedly allowed to take banned substance under Therapeutic Use Exemptions, but the tennis body did not receive a request in writing. AITA secretaryRead More

Dhaka: Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan and his wife Umme Ahmed Shishir on Friday narrowly escaped an accident after the helicopter that was carrying the two crashed immediately after dropping them in Cox’s Bazar. The 29-year-old all-rounder said that he was shocked to learn of the tragedy, in which oneRead More