Sports / Olympics

Best offbeat stories of 2014 18 Dec 2014 - 08:55 am

PARIS: The best offbeat sports stories of 2014. Bat’s not cricket New Zealander cricketer Jimmy Neesham had a shock travelling through America when...

Southeast Asian Olympics possible after IOC reforms 17 Dec 2014 - 10:04 am

SINGAPORE: Indonesia are optimistic about bringing the Olympics to Southeast Asia in collaboration with one of their neighbours after the International Olympic Committee’s...

Rome to lead Italy’s bid for 2024 Games 16 Dec 2014 - 08:20 am

ROME: Rome will spearhead an Italian bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said yesterday vowing a strong campaign to...

IOC ready to accept joint bids for future Games 09 Dec 2014 - 12:25 pm

MONACO: The International Olympic Committee yesterday voted to allow Olympic Games to be hosted by two countries and to add new sports as...

IOC counts on Paris bid for 2024 Games 08 Dec 2014 - 08:26 am

MONACO: Top International Olympic Committee (IOC) members are increasingly confident that Paris will bid for the 2024 Olympics ahead of a deadline of...

IOC outlines 2024 bid process, wants invitation phase 07 Dec 2014 - 12:28 am

MONACO: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) unveiled its timeline for candidates for the 2024 summer Games but President Thomas Bach said an invitation...

IOC family ‘prepared’ to make swift changes 06 Dec 2014 - 01:50 am

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach, of Germany, attends the opening of IOC Executive Board meeting in Monaco, yesterday. The IOC Executive...

Rio making progress: Bubka 06 Dec 2014 - 01:48 am

MONACO: Rio de Janeiro is making “very good progress” catching up with delays in preparations for the 2016 Olympics, top IOC member Sergey...

Coe announces plans to run for IAAF presidency 29 Nov 2014 - 05:17 am

LONDON: The man who successfully delivered the London 2012 Olympic Games on Thursday launched his bid for the presidency of world athletics’ governing...

Winter Olympics may have to move for 2022 World Cup: ECA 09 Oct 2014 - 12:01 am

Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee Secretary General Hassan Al Thawadi (second left) with ECA Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (left), First Vice-Chairman Umberto Gandini (second right)...

Resolute Al Attiyah eyes Rio Olympics 01 Oct 2014 - 10:19 am

Qatar’s multi-tasking sportsman Nasser Al Attiyah (left) along with his coach during the skeet shooting event at the Asian Games in Incheon, yesterday. ...

Incheon 2014 by the numbers 10 Sep 2014 - 12:38 am

This picture taken on August 26, 2014, shows Asian Games mascots Barame (left), Vichuon (centre) and Chumuro (right) posing on the flag plaza...

IOC meets Saudis on women’s participation in Games 10 Sep 2014 - 12:32 am

BERLIN: The International Olympic Committee has met with the new Saudi Arabian Olympic chief to discuss women’s participation in the Games among other...

Barshim wins thriller; Gatlin powers to title 06 Sep 2014 - 09:31 pm

Justin Gatlin of the US competes to win the Men’s 200m during the Memorial Van Damme Athletics Diamond League Meeting in Brussels, on...

Lee sorry after final failure on national day 01 Sep 2014 - 09:46 pm

Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei plays against China’s Chen Long in their men’s singles final at the Badminton World Championship in Copenhagen on Sunday....

Wlodarczyk sets women’s hammer world record 01 Sep 2014 - 09:31 pm

BERLIN: Poland’s European hammer champion Anita Wlodarczyk set a world record of 79.58 metres at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium yesterday....

World doubles gold for China and South Korea 31 Aug 2014 - 09:02 pm

Gold medallist Carolina Marin of Spain celebrates during the awards ceremony after the women’s single final at the 2014 BWF Badminton World championships...

Youth Olympics close with spectacular ceremony 28 Aug 2014 - 09:32 pm

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing,...