Sakshi Malik made history by winning first medal for India by winning bronze in the women's 55kg freestyle event at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday. A diminutive 23-year-old girl from Mokhra village near Rohtak
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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with the Indian Embassy in Brazil arranged a reception for the athletes participating in the Rio Olympics on account of India's 70th Independence Day. However, it
Lifting the sagging spirits of India on the 10th day of the Rio Olympics, shuttlers K Srikanth and P V Sindhu registered facile wins in their respective matches, advancing a step closer towards medals. However,
Eight-time gold medallist, India, today blew away a great opportunity to create history after a hiatus of 36 years to climb the medal podium as it squandered a one goal advantage to go down 1-3
Dashing India's first medal hopes at Rio Olympics 2016, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna lost 1-6, 5-7 to Czechs Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek in the tennis mixed doubles bronze medal match today. It took
India’s dismal run at Rio Olympics continued as its biggest medal hope Saina Nehwal crashed out of the women's singles event. However, Kidambi Srikanth lifted some gloom from India's sagging badminton campaign as he reached
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In yet another dismal day at the Rio Olympics 2016, long distance runner Lalita Babar kept India's hopes alive as she qualified for the women's 3,000 metre Steeplechase finals. Apart from her, it was only
A nervy India squandered a one-goal advantage as they allowed Canada to stage a fightback with a late strike and earn a 2-2 draw in their final men's hockey pool game of the Rio Olympics
24-year-old overweight Ethiopian swimmer flaunts ‘Dad Bod’ in style at Rio.
Dipa Karmakar's request to allow her physiotherapist travel with her to Rio fell on deaf ears as the Sports Authority of India deemed her request as wasteful, according to the family of the gymnast. Earlier
Almost a day after the water in the Rio Olympics diving pool turned green, a second pool changed color. The water polo pool, situated in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center next to the diving pool
After suffering a major heartbreak by Germany yesterday, Indian men's Hockey team today beat Argentina 2-1 in a nail-biting pool match at the Rio Olympics. Chinglensana (8th minute) and Kothajit Khadangbam (35th) were the scorers
Mangaluru: World University Games silver medalist shot putter Inderjeet Singh achieved the Olympic qualification mark with a throw of 20.65m on the second day of the 19th Federation Cup at Mangala Stadium, here today. Defending champion
Rio de Janeiro: Developers brag that the athletes' village for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics will rival a five-star resort.The village will be turned into a private condominium complex after the games with some
New Delhi: Australian hockey team captain Mark Knowles feels India's qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics was "crucial" for the longevity of the Hero Hockey India League (HHIL), the third edition of which will begin
Kolkata: Indian archers had their share of hits and misses but the sport made little headway on the whole as they continued their slump in recurve section in 2014, a trend that doesn't augur too
New Delhi: Provisional suspension may be keeping her out of the ring but L Sarita Devi's indomitable spirit remains intact and the Asian Games bronze-medallist boxer says she is fully focussed on making the cut
Granada: Gagan Narang missed out on an Olympic quota by just one place as he finished sixth in the finals of 50-metre rifle prone while Prakash Nanjappa and Jitu Rai narrowly missed out on finals
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