Category: Rio Olympics 2016

Sakshi loses women’s 58kg quarter-final bout in Rio

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) India's Sakshi Malik lost 2-9 to Russia's Valeria Koblova in the women's Freestyle 58kg…

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Freak injury costs wrestler Vinesh 1/4 Final bout

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Wrestler Vinesh Phogat lost to China's Yanan Sun 1-2 after a freak injury cost…

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Wrestler Sakshi advances in women’s 58kg freestyle at Rio

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik defeated Moldova's Mariana Esanu Cherdivara on a four point take…

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Tintu finishes 6th in 800m heats at Rio

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Despite clocking her season's best timing, double lap runner Tintu Luka finished sixth in…

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Badminton: Sindhu to take on Okuhara in semis

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) India's shuttler P.V Sindhu will face reigning All England champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan…

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Phogat wins in 48kg freestyle event at Rio

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Vinesh Phogat began her Rio Olympics wrestling campaign overpowering Romania's Emilia Alina Vuc 11-0…

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Shuttler Srikanth loses to Lin Dan in Olympic quarters

Rio De Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) India's Kidambi Srikanth went down fighting to two-time defending champion Lin Dan of China…

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Wrestler Sakshi advances at Rio

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik defeated Sweden's Malin Johanna Mattson 5-4 in the women's Freestyle…

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Hockey: Belgium stun Dutch to set up title clash with Argentina

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Belgium stymied favourites the Netherlands 3-1 to set up the men's hockey final clash…

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Uganda’s Kiprotich ready to defend Olympic marathon gold

Kampala, Aug 17 (IANS) Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich is ready to defend his Olympic marathon gold medal when the event takes…

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Sweden upset Brazil to reach Olympic women’s football semis

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Sweden shocked hosts Brazil 4-3 on penalties to advance to the final of the…

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Sportsmanship wins the race

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) The Olympics is all about competing against each other with the cheers reserved only…

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IPC urged not to ‘violate hundreds of clean para-athletes rights’

Moscow, Aug 17 (IANS) The All-Russian Society of Disabled People, the All-Russian Society of the Deaf and the European Blind…

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Russia stripped of women’s relay gold of 2008 Olympics

Moscow, Aug 17 (IANS) Russia has been stripped of the 4x100 metres women's relay gold of the 2008 Beijing Games,…

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Rivals in race, they helped each other to feet to win Rio hearts

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) They may not have achieved what they came for, but middle-distance runners Nikki Hamblin…

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Matri joins Sassuolo from AC Milan

Rome, Aug 17 (IANS) Italian striker Alessandro Matri has joined Sassuolo from AC Milan, the two clubs announced. The 31-year-old…

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Pole vaulter Lavillenie booed on the Olympic podium

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie, who won the silver in men's pole vault, burst…

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Canada’s Drouin wins high jump gold

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Canada's Derek Drouin has recorded his best leap of the year to win gold…

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Spurs goalkeeper Lloris sidelined by hamstring injury

London, Aug 17 (IANS) Tottenham Hotspur's star goalkeeper Hugo Lloris could miss the team's Champions League opener due to a…

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China harvest two more golds at Rio Olympics

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) China claimed two more gold medals in diving and table tennis to be placed…

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