Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (IANS) Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth edged past Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark in his round-of-16 match at the Olympics here on Monday. World No.11 Srikanth defeated World No.5 Jorgensen 21-19,…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (IANS) Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth ousted Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen to enter the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games here on Monday. World No.11 Srikanth registered a 21-19, 21-19 triumph in…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (IANS) Gymnast Dipa Karmakar lightened up another dismal day for India with a brave performance at the Rio Olympics even as the tennis duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s premier shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a shock exit, while P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth won their group rounds to progress to the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympics here…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s premier shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a shock exit while Kidambi Srikanth won his group round match in the Rio Olympics here on Sunday. Saina’s defeat was a huge…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s premier shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday suffered a huge upset against World No.61 Marija Ulitina of Ukraine in her second match of Group G as she was eliminated…
St. Lucia, Aug 14 (IANS) India’s batsman Rohit Sharma and West Indies’ Darren Bravo have both been fined 15 per cent of their respective match fees on Sunday for breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC)…
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…
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…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) India’s women’s badminton doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost their inconsequential Group A match against Puttita Supajirakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand to bow out of…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) Two time Olympic champion in the badminton men’s singles event Lin Dan faced a little difficulty defeating his Russian opponent Vladimir Malkov here at the ongoing Rio Olympics. A…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) India’s men’s badminton doubles duo of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy crashed out of the Rio Olympics after going down in straight games 13-21, 15-21 to China’s Chai…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) India’s women’s badminton doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out of the Rio Olympics after going down to Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek of the Netherlands…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) India’s women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out of the Rio Olympics after going down to Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek of the Netherlands in…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Indian shuttler Kidambri Srikanth edged past Lino Muzon of Mexico in straight games 21-11, 21-17 in the campaign opening Group H match in the men singles event here. The…
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…
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…
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…
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…