Usha, Gopichand in IOA's new advisory panel

The newly-elected executive council of the Indian Olympic Association constituted a three-member advisory panel, on Thursday, which will guide the office-bearers on problems faced by athletes. It......

'Paddlers should not have gone for march past'

Indian paddlers were overawed by the enormity of the Olympics, says national coach Bhawani Mukherji, who feels that both Ankita Das and Soumyajit Ghosh should have focussed on their matches rather......

PT Usha heads Khel Ratna, Arjuna awards panel

Sprint legend P T Usha was on Thursday named chairperson of the selection committee for this year's national sports awards, while hockey icon Ashok Kumar was appointed head of the panel to pick the......

It's a great honour: Ajitpal Singh

Former captains of the Indian hockey team Ajitpal Singh, Zafar Iqbal and Aslam Sher Khan will share the honour with legendary athlete Milkha Singh in carrying the Olympic torch from Qutub Minar to......