Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro continued his improbable run in Rio Olympics men’s tennis, holding off a determined late rally by Spanish No. 3 seed Rafael Nadal to win…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Argentina came away with a 111-107 win over Brazil after the second overtime at the ongoing Rio Olympics here. Andres Nocioni led the Argentines with 37 points. Facundo Campazzo…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) The diving platform that should have been the starting point of the Olympic open-water swimming competition has sunk into the sea and an urgent meeting has been called to…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Christian Reitz has claimed the Olympic title of the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol, the third gold in shooting for Germany at the Rio Games. Reitz made 34 hits…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) British second seed Andy Murray moved within one victory of an unprecedented second Olympic men’s tennis singles gold medal by defeating Japanese No. 4 seed Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-4…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) New Zealand’s Mahe Drysdale kept the gold he won in the men’s single sculls in the 2012 London Olympics, while Kim Brennan of Australia followed up her bronze in…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Russia defeated Ukraine in the women’s sabre team final 45-30, claiming its fourth fencing gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games here. The Russian sabre team, the world…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Pernille Blume won Denmark’s first gold medal of the Rio Olympics by storming to victory in the women’s 50m freestyle here. The 22-year-old finished in 24.07 seconds, just two…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Olympic organizers has said that they will change the water in one of the pools at Rio’s Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre after it mysteriously turned green. Officials said on…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Long distance runner Lalita Babar kept India’s hopes alive by qualifying for the women’s 3,000 metre Steeplechase finals while rower Dattu Bhokanal topped the Final C to finish 13th…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy defeated Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in straight games in their final Group D match of the men’s doubles competition…
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) The Indian duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna went down fighting in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles tennis event to the US team of…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy defeated Hiroyuki Endo and K. Hayakawa of Japan in straight games in a Group D match of the men’s doubles competition at…
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) Crestfallen after losing in the mixed doubles semi-finals, the Indian tennis duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna are determined to recover from the disappointment and…
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) A first generation American of Indian origin, Rajeev Ram was a proud and satisfied man after beating India’s Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna to enter the…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) The Indian duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna went down fighting in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles tennis event to the US team of Venus Williams and…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s golfers S.S.P. Chawrasia and Anirban Lahiri finished tied 22nd and joint 57th after posting two-under 69 and four-over 75 respectively in the third round of the Olympic Games…
Moscow, Aug 14 (IANS) All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) president Dmitry Shlyakhtin on Saturday said that long jumper Darya Klishina, country’s sole contender at the athletics competition in the Olympic Games, was banned from competing in…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) Christian Reitz claimed the Olympic title of the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol on Saturday, the third gold in shooting for Team Germany at the Rio Games. Reitz scored…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) Long distance runner Lalita Babar kept India’s hopes alive on Saturday by qualifying for the women’s 3,000 metre Steeplechase finals while rower Dattu Bhokanal topped the Final C to…