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    Muhmmad Ali lights the cauldron at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.Sports
    A ceremony to die for at sporting events

    Opening ceremonies of sporting events are generally avoidable irritants. More often than not they make fans inside the...

    27 July 2016 6:53 AM IST

    The legacy of Nazi Games is still burning brightlySports
    The legacy of Nazi Games is still burning brightly

    The 2000 Sydney Olympics flame went under water at the Great Barrier Reef.

    26 July 2016 2:28 AM IST

    Tug-of-war at the 1908 London Olympics.Sports
    From tug-of-war to live pigeon shooting, Games have seen it all

    If you feel tug-of-war was an odd sport to have featured in the Olympics from 1900 from 1920, what would you think of...

    25 July 2016 1:35 AM IST

    Meet the endearing Oly ambassadorsSports
    Meet the endearing Oly ambassadors

    Mascots are not as old as some of the more enduring symbols of the Olympics but they endeared themselves so quickly to...

    24 July 2016 12:38 AM IST

    Fosbury’s Flop changed high-jumping foreverSports
    Fosbury’s Flop changed high-jumping forever

    Swimmer Michael Phelps isn’t an Olympic pioneer, although he has 22 medals including 18 gold. Nor can gymnast...

    23 July 2016 2:37 AM IST

    Olympic rings have magnetic pullSports
    Olympic rings have magnetic pull

    The image of the five inter-locked Olympic rings is a potent brand today but its birth was shorn of fanfare.

    21 July 2016 11:39 PM IST

    Mohammed Shahid was hockey’s Messi: BaskaranSports
    Mohammed Shahid was hockey’s Messi: Baskaran

    Mohammed Shahid, whose dazzling dribbling enchanted team-mates, opponents and fans alike in hockey, is no more. Words...

    21 July 2016 2:45 AM IST

    Luz Long (left) and Jesse Owens.Sports
    Heroes forever: Long and Norman

    Athletes and countries have used the Olympics as a platform to fight against racism because there is no bigger stage in...

    20 July 2016 7:10 AM IST

    When officials played spoilsport at GamesSports
    When officials played spoilsport at Games

    Light middleweight boxer Park Si-hun of South Korea was declared the winner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics despite only 32...

    19 July 2016 12:59 AM IST

    Identical triplets on way to Rio marathonSports
    Identical triplets on way to Rio marathon

    Countless identical twins have taken part at the same Olympics. But for the first time in the history of the Games,...

    18 July 2016 1:28 AM IST

    Rajiv can’t wait to hit Rio trackSports
    Rajiv can’t wait to hit Rio track

    S. Arokiya Rajiv expended his last ounce of energy to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in the 400m.

    17 July 2016 1:21 AM IST

    Barriers meant nothing for themSports
    Barriers meant nothing for them

    The Olympics have been fertile ground for myriad inspirational stories. Athletes who pushed the boundaries of excellence...

    16 July 2016 2:26 AM IST

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