Saina to undergo knee surgery on Saturday
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) At a time when the whole nation was celebrating P.V. Sindhu’s historic silver medal feat at the Rio Olympics, London games bronze medallist Saina Nehwal announced on Friday that she…
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AIFF announces cash awards for Rio medallists Sindhu, Sakshi
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Praful Patel on Friday announced cash awards of Rs 5 lakh each to Rio Olympics medallists — shuttler P.V. Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik….
Shuttler Sindhu on cloud nine after silver-medal feat
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) After bagging a historic silver in women’s singles badminton competition at the Rio Olympics, an elated P.V. Sindhu on Friday said she implemented all the strategies…
Shuttler Sindhu adds silver lining to India’s Rio campaign
Rio de Janeiro: India’s P.V. Sindhu wins silver medal in badminton women’s singles during Rio 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug 19, 2016. (Photo: Xinhua/IANS) Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) Shuttler…
India’s Sandeep Kumar finishes 35th in 50km Race Walk
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) India’s Sandeep Kumar finished 35th in the men’s 50km Race Walk event here at the ongoing Rio Olympics on Friday. The 30-year-old racewalker took four hours, seven minutes and…
President, PM, Sonia congratulate silver medallist Sindhu
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi congratulated shuttler P.V. Sindhu, who clinched a historic silver at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Friday….
Badminton: Chong Wei beats Lin Dan to advance to final
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) Badminton’s long time rivals Lin Dan of China and Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia had one last Olympic showdown with Chong Wei eventually overcoming two-time Olympic gold medallist Dan…
Mukherjee congratulates silver medallist shuttler Sindhu
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee led the country in congratulating shuttler P.V. Sindhu, who clinched a historic silver at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. “Great game played with grit;…
Shuttler Sindhu settles for historic silver at Rio Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu settled for silver at the Rio Olympics after being beaten 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 by World No.1 Carolina Marin of Spain in the badminton women’s singles…
BAI announces cash awards for Sindhu, Gopichand
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Badminton Association of India (BAI) President Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta on Friday announced a cash award of Rs 50 lakh for shuttler P.V. Sindhu, who scripted history by bagging the…
India’s Sandeep Kumar finishes 35th in 50km Race Walk
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) India’s Sandeep Kumar finished 35th in the men’s 50km Race Walk event here at the ongoing Rio Olympics on Friday. The 30-year-old racewalker took four hours, seven minutes and…
Badminton: Chen Long to take on Lee Chong wei in final
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) World No.2 Chen Long on Friday thrashed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in straight sets 21-14, 21-15 in the men’s singles semi-finals of the badminton competitions to set up an…
Sindhu started playing at 8, had meteoric rise
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Aug 19 (IANS) Star shuttler P.V. Sindhu, who on Friday became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in badminton in the Olympics, has had a meteoric rise since…
Sindhu beaten in final, settles for silver at Rio Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu settled for silver at the Rio Olympics after being beaten 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 by World No.1 Carolina Marin in the badminton women’s singles event here on Friday…
Gopichand, the man behind India’s rise in badminton world
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Aug 19 (IANS) If there is one person and one academy which helped India produce world-class shuttlers and emerge as a badminton hotbed, it’s Pullela Gopichand and his badminton academy here….
Japanese shuttler Nozomi takes bronze in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) Japanese shuttler Nozomi Okuhara won bronze at the Rio Olympics after injured reigning champion Li Xuerui gave a walk-over in the women’s singles bronze medal match of the badminton…
Teenager becomes Iran’s first female Olympic medallist
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS/AKI) Eighteen-year-old Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin took the bronze in the taekwondo 57-kg class at the Rio Games becoming the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal. Zenoorin on Thursday…
Wrestler Sandeep beaten in 57kg freestyle event at Rio Olympics
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) Indian wrestler Sandeep Tomar was beaten by Victor Lebedev of Russia 3-7 in the men’s Freestyle 57 kilogram 1/8 final round at the Rio Olympics here on Friday. Sandeep…
Chong Wei beats Lin Dan to advance to Badminton final
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) Malaysian Lee Chong Wei scripted history by defeating two-time reigning Olympics champion Lin Dan of China 15-21, 21-11, 22-20 in the semi-finals of the men’s singles event of Badminton…
American swimmers’ behaviour in Rio ‘unacceptable’: US Olympic Committee
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has apologised for the actions of American swimmers who had claimed a false robbery in Rio during the ongoing Games. US swimmer Ryan…