India is among a host of countries who are interested in hosting the Olympic Games in 2036, 2040 and even beyond, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said. The IOC recentl...

After the conclusion of the Tokyo Games, Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) appealed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to eliminate equestrian events from future Olympics, c...

Sir — For many, the rise of commercial space tourism is a vulgar display of wealth and power. Amid several global crises, including climate change and a pandemic, billionaires are spending their...

The absence of their own and the country's name on some Indian boxers' vests in the Olympics has caused a small furore here, after the legendary M C Mary Kom alleged that she was forced to cha...

Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Games were remembered during Friday’s opening ceremony with a moment of silence, the first time this has happened. T...

Tokyo Olympics organisers on Saturday reported the first case of Covid-19 at the athletes’ village, along with 14 other new cases connected to the Games that begin next week, raising fresh doubt...

Dr Sudeep Satpathy (physiology and sports medicine), professor of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, is a much elated man after being nominated as the doctor of the Tokyo-bound Indian men’s ...

The president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee said on Friday that a visit to Japan this month by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach seemed unlikely with a state of e...

Citius, Altius, Fortius — faster, higher, stronger — the immortal words that constitute the motto of the Olympics, need not be viewed as a mere endorsement of sporting excellence.&nbs...

City-based shooter Rishav Bhowmik has been selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as one of their Young Leaders for 2021-24. Rishav is among the twenty-five youths who have been select...