Olympic stars among Laureus World Sports Awards nominees
Olympic champions Katie Ledecky, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Mikaela Shiffrin are among the nominees for this year’s Laureus World Sports Awards.
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Government officials want IOC clarity on neutrality for Russia, Belarus
The governments of more than 30 nations released a letter Monday calling on the IOC to clarify the definition of “neutrality” as it seeks a way to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes back into international sports and, ultimately, next year’s Paris Olympics.
Nations: No clarity on neutrality, no Olympics for Russia
The governments of more than 30 nations released a letter Monday calling on the IOC to clarify the definition of "neutrality" as it seeks a way to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes back into international sports and, ultimately, next year's Paris Olympics.
Russian-led IBA says boycotted world championships must be 2024 Olympic qualifiers
The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) qualifying process for boxing at next year's Paris Games is unacceptable and must recognise world championships that some countries are boycotting, the governing IBA said on Monday.
IBA demand that boycotted world championships must be 2024 Olympic qualifiers
The International Boxing Association say that IOC's qualifying process for boxing at next year's Olympic Games is unacceptable and must recognise a world championships that many countries, including Ireland, are boycotting.
Deepika Kumari falters, Atanu Das returns after year; compound star Abhishek Verma out of top-4
The multiple World Cup gold medallist, who finished seventh in the first phase of the trials in Kolkata last month, ended outside top eight in the women's recurve event to miss the cut in the final leg of the three-day trials, which concluded at the SAI Sonipat here.On a day of upsets, reigning junior and former cadet world champion Komalika Bari and former national champion Ridhi Phor also finished outside the top-eight, which will be split into two teams for the six big events lined up this year -- Asian Games, four stages of the World Cup and the World Championships.Bhajan Kaur, Aditi Jaiswal, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur completed the top four who will compete in all the premier tournaments this year.
Bol breaks long-standing world indoor 400m record
Netherlands' Femke Bol ran the 400 metres in 49.26 seconds at the Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn on Sunday to break one of the longest-standing world records in track and field.
Diriyah’s BMX World Cup sees Logan Martin win first freestyle stage
DIRIYAH: Australian biker Logan Martin recently won the first stage of the 2023 World Cup for BMX at the Elite Sports Center Arena in historic Diriyah, one of six stages of the contest, which also serves as qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.