Tiger Woods' is in the running for his career-redeeming first major title in 11 years, while Eliud Kipchoge's incredible sub-two-hour marathon run and Lewis Hamilton's sixth F1 world title also put them in contention for the prestigious award.
The hacker group called OurMine, that last month defaced social media accounts of the National Football League (NFL) and 15 of its teams, hijacked accounts for both the Olympics and FC Barcelona teams on Saturday
Srinivasa Gowda, a construction worker, took just 13.62 seconds to cover a distance of 145 metres at the Kambala at Aikala village about 30 kilometres from Mangaluru
Evgeny Ustyugov, 34, who also won the 2010 Olympic 15km mass start title in Vancouver, retired following the Sochi winter Games six years ago
Bhawana Jat clocked 1 hour 29 minutes and 54 seconds, well inside the Olympic qualification time of 1:31:00, to win the gold at National Championships
Many claimed that Srinivasa Gowda's timing was faster than Usain Bolt, who holds the world record in the 100-metre race at 9.58 seconds. Watch the Karnataka resident's unbelievable feat in a traditional buffalo race here
Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among the nine people killed in January 26, in a helicopter crash, west of Los Angeles. According to reports, the chopper was flying under cloudy conditions.
The Asian Olympic qualifier event, which was originally scheduled to be held from February 3 to 14 in Wuhan, will be held at the Sport City in Amman, Jordan from March 3-11
"There will be 30 events under four disciplines including snowboarding, snow skiing, cross country and snow show in which players from across the country would participate," the spokesman said
