Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) India’s Sakshi Malik lost 2-9 to Russia’s Valeria Koblova in the women’s Freestyle 58kg category quarter-final at the Rio Olympics here on Wednesday. Sakshi, who trailed 0-1 after the…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Wrestler Vinesh Phogat lost to China’s Yanan Sun 1-2 after a freak injury cost her the women’s Freestyle 48kg 1/4 final bout of the Rio Olympics here on Wednesday….
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik defeated Moldova’s Mariana Esanu Cherdivara on a four point take down criteria in the women’s Freestyle 58 kilogram qualification match to enter the 1/4 final…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Despite clocking her season’s best timing, double lap runner Tintu Luka finished sixth in the 800 metre heats at the Rio Olympics here on Wednesday. Tintu started off well…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) India’s shuttler P.V Sindhu will face reigning All England champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan for a place in the final of the women’s singles event at the Rio Olympics…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Vinesh Phogat began her Rio Olympics wrestling campaign overpowering Romania’s Emilia Alina Vuc 11-0 in the Freestyle 48 kg 1/8 round match here on Wednesday. Phogat was dominant from…
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) India’s Kidambi Srikanth went down fighting to two-time defending champion Lin Dan of China in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles event of badminton competitions at the Olympic Games…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik defeated Sweden’s Malin Johanna Mattson 5-4 in the women’s Freestyle 58 kilogram qualification match at the Rio Olympics here on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Indian beat…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Belgium stymied favourites the Netherlands 3-1 to set up the men’s hockey final clash with Argentina at the Olympics between the two first-time finalists. World No.6 Belgium on Tuesday…
Kampala, Aug 17 (IANS) Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich is ready to defend his Olympic marathon gold medal when the event takes place on August 21 in Rio de Janeiro. The 2012 Olympics star on Wednesday told…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Sweden shocked hosts Brazil 4-3 on penalties to advance to the final of the Olympic women’s football competition after their semi-final match ended goalless after extra time. Brazil, favourites…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) The Olympics is all about competing against each other with the cheers reserved only for the winners. But two sprinters, despite finishing last are being hailed far beyond the…
Moscow, Aug 17 (IANS) The All-Russian Society of Disabled People, the All-Russian Society of the Deaf and the European Blind Union has urged the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) not to violate the rights of the…
Moscow, Aug 17 (IANS) Russia has been stripped of the 4×100 metres women’s relay gold of the 2008 Beijing Games, after track and field athlete Yulia Chermoshanskaya failed the re-analysis of her anti-doping test, the…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) They may not have achieved what they came for, but middle-distance runners Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D’Agostino are assured of their places in Olympic Games folklore. Hamblin of New…
Rome, Aug 17 (IANS) Italian striker Alessandro Matri has joined Sassuolo from AC Milan, the two clubs announced. The 31-year-old player who had been loaned out to Lazio, Juventus, Fiorentina and Genoa in recent seasons…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie, who won the silver in men’s pole vault, burst into tears during the medal ceremony at the Olympic Stadium after he was booed by…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Canada’s Derek Drouin has recorded his best leap of the year to win gold in the men’s high jump at the Rio Olympics. The world champion cleared 2.38m at…
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Tottenham Hotspur’s star goalkeeper Hugo Lloris could miss the team’s Champions League opener due to a hamstring injury that might keep him out for up to a month, the English club…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) China claimed two more gold medals in diving and table tennis to be placed third on the medals table of the Rio Olympics. Chinese female paddlers defended the team…