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India's Abhinav Bindra named among IOC's nine mental health ambassadors

August 15, 2025 11:51 am

The IOC also said the Ambassadors appointed will break the stigma of mental health and encourage honest conversations

As India pitches for Olympics, IOC airs concerns on doping, governance, sporting performance

July 04, 2025 10:40 am

World body says country has a lot to do on the administrative, regulatory and sporting facets before it can seriously contemplate hosting the Olympics.

New IOC president Kirsty Coventry, who took charge on Monday, said the meeting between international Olympics officials and Indian officials will go ahead as planned from June 30 to July 2. (PHOTO: IOC/Greg Martin)

India's 2036 Olympics ambition on a pause after world body announces review of host selection process

June 27, 2025 8:09 pm

New president Kirsty Coventry forms working group to 'review how future hosts are selected and when' days before Indian delegation is to visit Lausanne

BCCI open to adopting Olympic training centres: Sports Min

May 15, 2025 9:57 pm

BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla has expressed interest in developing Olympic training centres with no cost to the government, a sports ministry source said.

IOC President Thomas Bach, right, gestures to Kirsty Coventry after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo)

Who is Kirsty Coventry, next president of International Olympic Committee?

March 21, 2025 12:51 am

Coventry was elected to one of the most powerful jobs in sports on Thursday after winning 49 votes out of the 97 possible votes. She thus becomes the first woman and first African to lead the Olympic movement. Here's her long CV:

Kirsty Coventry was the only woman in a field of seven candidates fighting the elections to replace outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach. (PHOTO: IOC/Greg Martin)

How Kirsty Coventry emerged the runaway winner of the IOC polls, beating Seb Coe and Co

March 21, 2025 8:21 am

Former Olympic champion swimmer from Zimbabwe won 49 off the 97 possible votes

Boxing to be included in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

March 20, 2025 5:31 pm

The IOC had suspended the IBA following long-running disputes over governance, its finances and the integrity of bouts and judging

IOC presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry: Time to protect female category at Olympics

March 07, 2025 8:18 am

Kirsty Coventry, former Olympic champion swimmer from Zimbabwe, is one of the candidates vying to succeed Thomas Bach and also wants every athlete qualifying for LA Games to compete there

Coe, an IOC member for only four years, has had a somewhat strained relationship with the organisation, despite being the head of its biggest sport. (Reuters)

Sebastian Coe wants uncompromising, clear-cut transgender and DSD policies from IOC: 'Protecting women's sport is a non-negotiable for me'

November 14, 2024 3:32 pm

Coe is one of seven people in the running to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee and has said the present framework for transgender policies is 'not anywhere clear enough'

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How India can be Olympics-ready

November 08, 2024 10:59 pm

India's bid to host the Games shows ambition -- but there are challenges that will need to be met and there is no time to lose

Wankhede has claimed that the series disseminates a misleading and negative portrayal of anti-drug enforcement agencies, thereby eroding public confidence in law enforcement institutions.

‘Intent to malign reputation’: Sameer Wankhede moves Delhi HC against Aryan Khan

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IRS officer Sameer Wankhede filed a defamation suit against the production company, Netflix, and others for the "misleading" and "negative" portrayal of anti-drug agencies in the series 'Ba****ds of Bollywood'. He claims the series was deliberately made to tarnish his reputation and erode public confidence in law enforcement institutions.

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