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

Rio de Janeiro, August 19 Argentina won their first Olympic men’s hockey gold with a 4-2 victory over Belgium thanks to a 10-minute goal blitz in the first half. The title also allowed the South Americans to match their best gold haul at an Olympic Games of three which wasRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 18 Elaine Thompson maintained Jamaica’s incredible stranglehold on Olympic sprinting on Wednesday when she added the 200 metres gold to the 100m title she collected earlier at the Rio Games, while Usain Bolt remains on course for a track ‘triple-triple’. After winning nine of the 12Read More

Britain’s Jason Kenny won the men’s track cycling keirin, taking his gold medal haul to six and equalling Chris Hoy’s record for the country’s most Olympic titles. In a race that was controversially restarted twice without disqualifying any riders, Kenny ultimately had too much pace down the final stretch, recoveringRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 18 Gritty woman wrestler Sakshi Malik ended India’s painful wait for a medal at the Rio Olympic Games by clinching the bronze in the 58kg category, pulling off a sensational 8-5 victory over Aisuluu Tynybekova in the Play-off bout, here. The 23-year-old from Rohtak became onlyRead More

Colombo, Sri Lanka clinched their first series whitewash over a major cricketing nation today as they won the third and final Test against Australia by 163 runs, with spinner Rangana Herath taking 7-64. Set a formidable target of 324 in their second innings, the world No. 1 Test side collapsed inRead More