Sports / Olympics

Cancellara wins Tour of Flanders 01 Apr 2013 - 07:38 am

Audenarde, Belgium: Swiss ace Fabian Cancellara won the one day classic Tour of Flanders for the second time here yesterday. The 32-year-old 2008...

Radcliffe fears she may never race again 28 Mar 2013 - 09:08 am

LONDON: World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe admitted yesterday that she may never take part in a competitive race again because of ongoing...

Polish, Slovak leaders back 2022 Winter Olympics bid 28 Mar 2013 - 09:06 am

PRAGUE: Poland and Slovakia backed a joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics yesterday hoping to win the first Games for the...

Tokyo 2020 bid boosted by record support 27 Mar 2013 - 07:37 am

TOKYO: Organisers of Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Olympics said yesterday public support for their campaign had risen to 77 percent as IOC...

Istanbul eyes 2020 Games glory 24 Mar 2013 - 12:50 am

ISTANBUL: The International Olympic Committee’s evaluation commission arrived in Istanbul yesterday, with the Turkish city hoping to win over officials and bag the...

French anti-doping chief calls for funding increase 22 Mar 2013 - 04:28 am

PARIS: The president of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) yesterday criticised leading international federations for not taking the fight against doping seriously enough....

Madrid mayor hails IOC visit a success 20 Mar 2013 - 12:25 am

MADRID: Madrid mayor Ana Botella hailed the first day of the International Olympic Committee’s Evaluation Commission’s four-day inspection of the city’s candidacy for...

Rajoy tells IOC Madrid ready for 2020 Games 19 Mar 2013 - 12:20 am

Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday opened the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) evaluation team’s visit to Madrid by claiming the city deserves...

Bolt, Ennis honoured at Laureus Sports Awards 13 Mar 2013 - 12:00 am

Former German tennis player Boris Becker (right) and his wife Lilly Kerssenberg arrive for the Laureus Sports Awards ceremony in Rio de Janeiro,...

SOP Paralympic Day at Qatar Sports Club 12 Mar 2013 - 07:48 am

Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary General of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, (first right) Minister of...

Japan’s Kizaki wins Nagoya marathon 10 Mar 2013 - 11:50 pm

NAGOYA, Japan: Japan’s Ryoko Kizaki won the Nagoya International Women’s Marathon yesterday after a shoulder-to-shoulder battle with Berhane Dibaba of Ethiopia in the...

Wrestling to hold congress in Moscow 10 Mar 2013 - 01:01 am

MOSCOW: The world wrestling federation (FILA) will hold an extraordinary congress in May to elect a new president as the ancient sport battles...

USOC pleased with interest in 2024 Olympics 10 Mar 2013 - 01:00 am

New York: The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) said yesterday it was pleased with the level of interest by cities in possibly hosting...

Los Angeles interested in 2024 Olympic bid 09 Mar 2013 - 12:14 am

NEW YORK: The mayor of Los Angeles has notified the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) that the city is interested in bidding to...

Games legacy blueprint crucial to convincing IOC, says Coe 06 Mar 2013 - 12:59 am

MADRID: The ability of Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid to provide a convincing reason why they want to stage the Olympic Games and not...

Japan Inc. ready to back Tokyo Games 06 Mar 2013 - 12:58 am

TOKYO: Japan’s corporate giants are ready to chip in for another Summer Olympics in Tokyo in hopes the Games will provide the same...

Japan Prime Minister says Tokyo 2020 will be ‘inspiring’ 05 Mar 2013 - 08:18 am

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday Tokyo could be an inspiration for other cities if it wins the right to host the...

Bulgaria wrestling coach begins hunger strike 03 Mar 2013 - 10:14 pm

SOFIA: Bulgarian wrestling coach and two-times Olympic champion Armen Nazaryan has started a hunger strike to protest the sport being dumped from the...