Rio de Janeiro, August 20 PV Sindhu is happy to win the silver in the women’s singles badminton event after her gallant attempt to clinch a coveted gold for India ended in heartbreak at the Rio Olympics here, saying she gave her “heart out”. “I ended up with silver medalRead More

New Delhi, August 20 Fresh from her historic feat at the Rio Olympics, gymnast Dipa Karmakar touched down in the country to a rousing welcome here on Saturday and candidly said she was oblivious to all the frenzy she had generated in the past few days, while promising a medalRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 20 Usain Bolt drew down the curtain on his brilliant Olympic career by securing a sweep of the sprint titles for a third successive Games when Jamaica successfully defended the 4×100 metres relay crown on Friday. Two days before his 30th birthday, Bolt ran the anchorRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 20 Downplaying ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu’s final defeat at the hands of world number one Carolina Marin at the ongoing Rio Olympics, badminton chief coach Pullela Gopichand has said he is really proud of the way she played throughout the match and brought a historicRead More

Score: 2nd game: PV Sindhu 15 – Carolina Marin 21 Rio de Janeiro: Carolina Marin made a strong comeback in the final after she clinched the second game with ease against PV Sindhu in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. The Spniard, who let the three-point lead slip in the firstRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 19 P V Sindhu will strive her very best to become the first-ever woman Olympic champion from India across all sporting disciplines when she takes on world no 1 Carolina Marin in the gold medal contest in women’s singles badminton here on Friday. The country’s sportsRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 19 Taking up cudgels on behalf of wrestler Narsingh Yadav after CAS overturned the clean chit given to him by the National Anti-Doping Agency, the Indian Olympic Association blamed unnamed compatriots for his ouster from the Olympics and the four-year ban slapped on him. “It’s notRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 19 The incomparable Usain Bolt once again proved utterly unbeatable on the Olympic track on Thursday, powering his way to a third straight 200 metres gold and remaining on course for an extraordinary “triple-triple” of sprint titles. The Jamaican simply laid waste to the best ofRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 19 Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has failed to get elected as one of the four athlete members of the International Olympic Committee as she finished sixth in the race to become a member of Athletics Commission of the global governing body of sport. Nehwal securedRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 19 Teen golf sensation Aditi Ashok raised hopes of an Olympic medal as she stood just three strokes off the pace at tied 7th after the second round of the Women’s Individual event here on Thursday. The 18-year-old was just three shots behind the leader, StaceyRead More