Washington, Jan. 13 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will received the United States's highest civil award - the Congressional Gold Medal of Honour, at a ceremony here today.
Sydney: You've run your last race or played your last game at the Sydney Olympics. Now what?Psychologists and other experts warn that the 16,000 athletes who took part in the world's biggest sports event risk a case of "post-Olympic blues".
Yaounde: Cameroon has declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate its national soccer team's Olympic gold medal.
Sydney: Boxer Wijan Ponlid slugged his way to Olympic gold and riches on the final day of the Sydney Games on Sunday with a victory which set off wild celebrations in Thailand.
Havana: Cuba's President Fidel Castro denounced what he called "a disgusting mafia" among international boxing judges which he said had "robbed" some Cuban boxers of medals at the Sydney Olympics.
Sydney: One bronze medal doesn't go far among a billion people, as Indians will certainly make clear to their 70-strong Sydney Olympic team.
Sydney: An Armenian and Norwegian athlete have tested positive for drugs, taking the number of Olympic athletes caught taking banned substances in competition in Sydney to seven, an IOC medical commission official said on Sunday.
Bucharest: Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan was feted as a heroine with flowers, flags and a brass band when she returned home on Saturday after losing her gold medal at the Sydney Olympics because of a failed drug test.
Sydney: Thailand's Wijan Ponlid outslugged Kazakhstan's world flyweight boxing champion to claim only his country's second-ever Olympic gold on the final day of the Sydney Games on Sunday.
Sydney: Cameroon won their first ever gold medal in any Olympic sport on Saturday when they came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with nine-man Spain and then beat them 5-3 on penalties in a remarkable soccer final.