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Rio Olympics 2016: Boxer Vikas Krishan enters Quarter-finals
Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav on Friday defeated Turkey's Sipal Onder 3-0 to enter the quarter-final of the men’s Middleweight (75kg) category at the Rio Olympics.
The Haryana boxer now stood a win away from an Olympic medal. Vikas…
ECB team takes stock of Security Arrangements For India-England ODI at Barabati
Ahead of the India-England One Day International (ODI) match in January next year at Barabati, the officials of England Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday held a discussion with the Commissionerate Police and the Odisha Cricket Association…
Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna enter Mixed Doubles Semi-Finals
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna on Friday entered into the semi-finals of the mixed doubles tennis event at Rio Olympics, defeating Britain’s pair, Andy Murray and Heather Watson 6-4, 6-4 in 67 minutes.
The Indian pair has now created a…
Dutee Chand out of Rio 2016, fails to qualify for Semifinals
Sprinter Dutee Chand, who became the first Indian woman to represent India in 100m race at the Olympics, crashed out of Rio 2016, with a disappointing below par performance.
Dutee finished 7th out of 8 athletes in her hit and failed to…
Rio Olympics: Shuttlers Saina, Srikanth, Sindhu advance to second round
Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth made winning starts as they registered easy victories in their first group games in the Rio Olympics 2016.
Medal hopeful Saina faced tough resistance from Brazilian player…
Rio 2016 Olympics: Hopes rest on Indian Star Dutee Chand
All eyes are now on Ace Odia sprinter Dutee Chand, who will represent India in the 100-metre sprint in the track and field events beginning today in Rio Olympics, 2016. The competition will start at 8.30 pm (IST).
Dutee is the first…
Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari reach Pre-Quarters in Archery
Bombayla Devi and Deepika Kumari are the bright spots for India at the Rio Olympics as they advanced into the 1/8 Eliminations round of the women's individual archery competion.
Bombayla beat Taipei's Shih-Chia Lin and Deepika defeated…
Rio Olympics 2016: Indian Boxer Manoj Kumar enters Pre-Quarters
Indian boxer and the former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar on Wednesday defeated ex-Olympic bronze-medallist Lithuanian Evaldas Petrauskas 2-1 in Boxing, in 64 kg weight category at Rio 2016 Olympics contest.
Manoj…
St. Lucia Test: R Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha hit Hundreds
Ravi Chandran Ashwin scored his 4th Test hundred - all against the West Indies and well supported by Wriddhiman Saha with his maiden hundred to help India post a respectable total in the first innings of 3rd Test match in St. Lucia.…
Jitu Rai, Prakash Nanjappa fail to qualify for 50m Pistol Final
Indian shooter Jitu Rai failed to qualify for the final round of the men’s 50m pistol event in the qualification round, after finishing a disappointing 12th in the qualifying round at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio. He scored a total of…