China is building a new military command centre near Beijing that is 10 times the size of the Pentagon, US intelligence officials have said. Satellite images of the base, about 20 miles south-west ...

Uttarakhand does not boast of a long line of world-beaters or medallists in its sporting history. Among them, most – like Abhinav Bindra, Jaspal Rana and Rishabh Pant – have earned their stripes ...

Olympic medals are displayed on a custom-designed trunk by Louis Vuitton at the Champions Park at Trocadero during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. © 2024 ...

Abhinav Bindra, who was awarded the prestigious Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 142nd IOC Session on Saturday, has applauded the Indian contingent for its ...

Beijing’s lack of clarity about whether it will lift sanctions previously placed on Marco Rubio — the new U.S. secretary of state and a China hawk — has sparked speculation on Chinese social ...

US swimmer Klete Keller smiles after winning the men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay swimming heat at the National Aquatics Center in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. AFP via Getty Images Keller ...

Last year's Paris Olympics may have been a resounding success but there’s been a snag: some medals are falling apart. More than 100 athletes have complained to the International Olympic ...

All that glitters is not gold — and, as some athletes who competed in the Paris Olympics are finding out, even gold can lose its luster. Since the 2024 Olympic Games last August, some Olympians ...

BEIJING: As Vice-President Han Zheng and Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng watched in a corner of the Capitol rotunda while Donald Trump was sworn in, China was hoping that their presence ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the IBA - which ran the Olympic Games' boxing programme - in 2019 because of concerns over its finances, governance, ethics, refereeing and judging.