India enter Olympic quarters despite Netherlands loss
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) The Indian mens hockey team reached the quarter-finals after a gap of 36 years at the ongoing Rio Olympics despite beaten 1-2 by the Netherlands for its second loss…
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Rio Olympics: Mixed day for golfers Chawrasia, Lahiri
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) India’s golfers Anirban Lahiri and S.S.P. Chawrasia scored three-over 74 and 71 respectively in the opening round of the Olympic Games here on Thursday. World No.69 Lahiri got off…
Rio Olympics medals tally
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Following is the medals tally of the ongoing Rio Olympics as at 12:00 am on Friday. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 11 11 10 32 China 10…
Mixed day for Indian shuttlers at Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Women singles shuttlers raised Indian hopes as both Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu won their opening matchs, while both the Indian pairs faced defeats in the Rio Olympics here…
Saina, Sindhu enliven dampened Indian campaign in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu were the lone bright spots as India endured another dismal day at the ongoing Rio Olympics with archers Deepika Kumari and Laishram…
Sreejesh rues India failing to convert penalty corners
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) India’s men’s team hockey captain rued that his side failed to make the most of the penalty corners they got late in the 1-2 loss against the Netherlands in…
Rio organisers threaten to cancel Goel’s accreditation
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) The Olympic organising committee in Rio has threatened to cancel the accreditation of Indian Minister of State for Youth and Sports, Vijay Goel, for being “aggressive…
In Olympics and life, you explore or you expire, says Moon-man Buzz Aldrin
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, says the Olympics is no different from space exploration where you put in everything that you have into the…
Shot putter Inderjeet appeals to PM Modi to intervene in doping case
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) India’s shot putter Inderjeet Singh on Thursday said that he is innocent and has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in his doping case and let him fly to…
Badminton: Saina beats Lohaynny in Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal beat local hope Vicente Lohaynny 21-17, 21-17 in her opening Group C match in the women singles event here on Thursday. Saina got a…
World No.1 paddler Ma Long reaches final in Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) World No.1 Ma Long overcame a late stumble to beat sixth-ranked Japanese Jun Mizutani 4-2 and made the table tennis men’s singles final at the Olympic Games here on…
Boxer Shiva Thapa out of Rio Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian boxer Shiva Thapa was beaten by Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez 0-3 in his men’s Bantam weight (56kg) category at the Rio Olympics here on Thursday. Shiva was on the…
Shuttler Sindhu beats Hungary’s Laura in women’s singles group tie
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) India’s P.V. Sindhu thrashed Hungarian Laura Sarosi 21-8, 21-9 in straight games in a Group M match of women’s singles badminton at the Rio Olympics here on Thursday. The…
Hockey: India beaten by Dutch 1-2
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) India’s men’s hockey team was on Thursday beaten by the Netherlands 1-2 for its second loss in four Pool B games but with yet another group match to go,…
Boxer Shiva Thapa beaten in Rio Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian boxer Shiva Thapa was beaten by Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez 0-3 in his men’s Bantam weight (56kg) category at the Rio Olympics here on Thursday. Shiva was on the…
Hockey: India beaten by Dutch 1-2
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) India’s men’s hockey team was beaten by the Netherlands 1-2 as it lost its second match in four Pool B games in the Olympics here on Thursday. Rogier Hofman’s…
Russian ex-swimmer robbed in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Retired Russian swimmer Yevgeny Korotyshkin, silver medallist at the 2012 London Games, on Thursday become the victim of an armed robbery here amid the 2016 Rio Olympics. “On my…
Tough task for Indian track and field athletes in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) India’s track and field athletes will begin their campaign at the ongoing Rio Olympics here on Friday with the tough task of achieving a medal in their disciplines. Since,…
Shuttlers Manu-Sumeeth lose campaign opener at Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) World No.21 Indian pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy lost their opening Group D match against the second seeded pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of…
Archers Deepika, Bombayla bow out of Rio Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Deepika Kumari and Bombayla Devi were beaten in their 1/8 Eliminations round of the Women’s Individual category, ending India’s campaign in women’s archery at the Rio Olympics here on…