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Bye Bye Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 will be Next Destination
The biggest Sports Extravaganza, Rio Olympics 2016 came to an end at a glittering ceremony in Brazil's Maracana Stadium. United States topped the medal tally with 46 Gold, 37 Silver and 38 Bronze medals (total 121).
Great Britain…
India end Rio 2016 Campaign with 2 Medals, Yogeshwar Disappoints
Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who had won a Bronze medal at 2012 London Olympics, has disappointed at Rio, as he crashed out in the first bout itself to a weaker Mongolian opponent without a fight. India had to end its Rio campaign on a…
PV Sindhu becomes 1st Indian Woman to win a Silver at Olympics
Giant killer PV Sindhu faltered at the last hurdle, but became the first Indian Woman to win a Silver Medal at Olympics. Sindhu went down fighting to World No. 1 Carolina Marin of Spain 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 in the final.
Sindhu came…
Rio 2016: Wrestler Narsingh Yadav banned for 4 years by CAS
Wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s dream of competing at the ongoing Rio Olympics has come to an end as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) accepted the World Anti Doping Agency’s (WADA) appeal on Thursday and sanctioned a four-year ban on him.…
PV Sindhu enters Badminton Final at Rio 2016; Medal Assured
PV Sindhu became the first Indian woman to reach the final of Badminton Singles at Olympics, as she defeated Nozomi Yokuhara of Japan 21-19, 21-10 in the semifinals at Rio 2016.
Sindhu has been assured a medal - India's second at Rio…
Sprinter Dutee Chand returns Home, sets her Eye on Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Ace sprinter Dutee Chand on Thursday morning returned to Bhubaneswar from Rio Olympics 2016.
The 20-year-old athlete Dutee became the first Indian woman to represent India in 100m race at the Olympics after 36 years but failed in…
Sakshi Malik creates History, wins Bronze Medal in Wrestling at Rio 2016
Sakshi Malik became part of India's Sports History, as she became the first Indian Woman Wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics. Sakshi ended a 0-5 deficit to bounce back strongly and pulling off a sensational 8-5 win over Aisuluu…
Rio 2016: Shuttler PV Sindhu reaches in Semi-finals
Ace shuttler P. V. Sindhu is one win away from winning an Olympic medal at Rio 2016 games. Twenty-one-year-old Indian badminton player upset World No-2, China's Wang Yihan in the women's singles quarter final on Tuesday.
Sindhu defeated…
PV Sindhu enters Quarter-finals at Rio Olympics
Two-time World Championship bronze-medallist P V Sindhu on Monday reached quarterfinals of the women's singles competition after defeating Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying 21-13, 21-15 in Rio Olympics.
The 21-year-old Sindhu will next take…
Sprinter Srabani Nanda fails to qualify for 200m semifinals
Noted Indian Sprinter Srabani Nanda failed to qualify for semi-finals of the women’s 200 metres race at the Rio Olympics.
Srabani clocked 23.58 seconds and finished at 55th position among 72 athletes.
Notably, the first 24 athletes…