Gold is bought in India during festivals, for marriages as part of the bridal trousseau and gifted in the form of jewelry by relatives. The festival season in India runs from August to October followed by the wedding season from November to December …

There was, however, the lingering warmth of another world championship gold medal – his sixth in total and his second at 100m, to follow his world-record breaking triumph in Berlin in 2009. Bolt's time of 9.77sec was his slowest in a major 100m final.

Gold fell into a bear market in April as some investors lost faith in the metal as a store of value and inflation failed to accelerate amid unprecedented money printing by central banks. Charles Evans, Sandra Pianalto and Richard Fisher, regional Fed …

Iran routed the Philippines 85-71 to bag gold at the 27th FIBA Asian men's basketball championship Sunday, powered by NBA centre Hamed Haddadi. The seven-foot two-inch Haddadi was simply too much inside the paint for the Philippine side, scoring 29 …

Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images. Christine Ohuruogu gave another dauntless advertisement of her gold medal claims for Monday's 400m final by running the fourth fastest time of her life to win her semi-final while easing down. She has gone quicker …

MOSCOW — Ashton Eaton added the world title to his Olympic decathlon gold medal and Brittney Reese reigned over the long jump for the third time in a row in a golden day for the United States. Later Sunday, Usain Bolt was to make his return to the …

Mo Farah has revealed that the painful memory of losing out on gold two years ago in Daegu was the driving force behind his victory in the 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Moscow. Farah and Ibrahim Jeilan went head-to-head on the final lap, …

MANILA, Philippines – After securing a slot for next year's FIBA World Cup in Spain, the Philippines satisfyingly settled for second place following a 71-85 loss to Iran in their gold medal match at the 27th FIBA Asia Men's Championship Sunday night at …

The veteran Olympian stunned the favourite, Vladimir Morozov (Russia), with another blistering start to steal the gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle and clock an amazing 20.86 seconds. Morozov was unable to close Schoeman down and ended second on …