Olympic

Olympian Neeraj Chopra has added a Ranger Rover, to his SUV Collectio of cars. Taking to Instagram, the athlete and Olympic Gold Medalist announced his second Range Rover purchase worth crores, which recently started its booking. Notably, the other cars which Neeraj has are: Ford Mustang, Mahindra Thar,  Toyota Fortuner, Mahindra XUV700, Range Rover sports and others. Notably, Ranger Rover Velar are yet to be available completely in market.… read-more

Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh has been suspended from competing till October 2025 due to a doping violation. On October 2, Singh tested positive for the banned substance methandienone, a performance-enhancing steroid, following which the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) suspended Shivpal Singh for four years.  The suspension comes in effect from October 21, 2021, which means that the 27-year-old will be out of action till October… read-more

Olympic and world championship medalist from Trinidad and Tobago, Deon Lendore (29), died in a car accident in Texas on January 10. According to Texas A&M University, for who he had worked as assistant coach voluntarily, the sprinter was returning home from practice, when he met with an accident. Lendore competed at three olympic games, and was training as a professional athlete with Puma, while serving as coach in Texas.

Klete Keller, five-time Olympic swimming medalist, pled guilty on September 29 to a federal crime of storming the United States Capitol during the January 6 incident. He has been sentenced to jail for 21 to 27 months. Keller admitted that he attempted to prevent Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's Electoral College win. Authorities tried to move him from the Capitol Rotunda, but he pushed them and screamed vulgar-statements.

The International Cricket Council has shown its interest to offer the inclusion of cricket in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The ICC has also organised a working group that will yield help to make cricket part of the Games. “We have more than a billion fans globally and almost 90 percent of them want to see cricket at the Olympics,” said Greg Barclay, ICC Chair.