Rio de Janeiro, Aug 9 (IANS) Spanish Olympic beach volleyball duo Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira were surprised by Qatar’s Jefferson and Cherif, who battled back from an early deficit to win the Pool F…
Rio De Jeneiro, Aug 9 (IANS) It was an all-Russian final in the women’s individual saber fencing that saw Yana Egorian winning gold and leaving her compatriot Sofiya Velikaya with silver. The 22-year-old Egorian beat…
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 9 (IANS) “I am done with shooting, even hobby shooting,” said Abhinav Bindra in detailed comments after coming fourth in the 10m air rifle event here at the…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Following is the medals tally of the ongoing Rio Olympics as at 11:30 pm IST on Monday. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 3 5 4 12 Italy…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Swimmers Shivani Kataria and Sajan Prakash were knocked out of their respective categories on Monday, ending India’s campaign in the discipline at the Rio Olympics. Shivani finished a disappointing…
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Abhinav Bindra, the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist, missed a medal at the ongoing Rio Games, finishing fourth in the men’s 10m Air Rifle competition at…
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Abhinav Bindra narrowly missed out on a medal after finishing fourth in the final of the men’s 10 metre air rifle final at the Olympic Shooting…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian trap shooters Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Kynan Chenai crashed out of the race to the semi-finals after finishing 16th and 19th at the Olympics here on Monday. Sandhu,…
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Abhinav Bindra narrowly missed out on a medal after finishing fourth in the final of the men’s 10 metre air rifle final at the Olympic Shooting…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Abhinav Bindra narrowly missed out on a medal after finishing fourth in the final of the men’s 10 metre Air Rifle final at the Olympic Shooting Centre here on…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) India’s archer Laxmirani Majhi bowed out of the women’s individual event, beaten 101-108 by Slovakian Alexandra Longova at the Rio Olympics here on Monday. Laxmirani trailed for the very…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian archer Laxmirani Majhi bowed out of the women’s individual event beaten 101-108 by Slovakian Alexandra Longova at the Rio Olympics here on Monday. Laxmirani trailed for the very…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Shooter Abhinav Bindra finished seventh to qualify for the 10 metre Air Rifle quarter-finals at the Rio Olympics while it was heartbreak for Gagan Narang who finished a lowly…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Shooter Abhinav Bindra finished seventh to qualify for the 10 metre Air Rifle quarter-finals of the 31st Rio Olympics while it was heartbreak for Gagan Narang who finished a…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Chinese lifter Long Qingquan claimed his second Olympic gold medal, winning the men’s 56 kg weightlifting event with a world record total lift of 307kg. The 25-year-old Long, the…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) American teenage sensation Katie Ledecky set a new world record to win gold in the women’s 400 metres freestyle at the Rio Olympics. The 19-year-old clocked 3 minutes 56.46…
Buenos Aires, Aug 8 (IANS) Argentina’s football superstar Lionel Messi has congratulated his countrywoman Paula Pareto for winning the country’s first gold medal in judo at the ongoing Rio Olympics. Pareto won the top spot…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian boxers will attempt to put a four-year long administrative turmoil behind them when they launch their Olympic campaign at the Riocentro arena here on Tuesday. The chaos in…
Lausanne (Switzerland), Aug 8 (IANS) The suspension of Russian athletes from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games was made for political reasons and contravenes the main principle of the Paralympic movement, the international governing body for…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) The suspension of Russian para athletes from the Rio 2016 Olympics by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was made under political pressure, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov…