In what turned out to be a staggering revelation, Asian Games gold-medallist Pinki Pramanik was found to be a male after a medical check-up at a private nursing home on Thursday.

Police arrested the

Pakistan's fastest woman athlete on Thursday committed suicide, reportedly after a quarrel with her fiance, her relatives said.

Mubeen Akhtar had been upset for the past few days as her fiance Liaqu

The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) will review Timothy Bradley's shock split-decision victory over Manny Pacquiao, which sparked outrage among observers who thought the Filipino fight king won the bo

The US Anti-Doping Agency is bringing doping charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, threatening to strip his famous victories in those cycling races.

Armstrong could face a

2006 Asian Games gold medalist Pinki Pramanik was on Thursday arrested on charges of 'rape' and allegations that she was actually a 'male'.

The police said Pramanik was arrested on Thursday morning a

Olympic torch chiefs were left in a state of turmoil after they could not reignite the flame after it blew out during its tour of Scotland.

A blast of wind killed the flame just as the latest leg of

Arthur Gilbert, from England, has defied his years to become the world's oldest triathlete.

The energetic grandfather, who carried the Olympic Torch through Minehead, Somerset, last month, has taken

Football hooliganism has for long existed in the football frenetic European countries but it has slowly found its place in the history of Malappuram in Kerala with the recent violence and killings in

London's Olympic Stadium will be transformed into a rural British idyll for the Games opening ceremony on July 27, organisers said on Tuesday.

The ceremony's artistic director Danny Boyle -- whose fi

Jamaica's 100 metres world record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt was involved in a car accident near his home on Sunday but escaped without injury, his publicist said.

Reports said the 25-yea