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

Rio de Janeiro, Lalita Babar failed to repeat her creditable display in the qualification as she finished 10th in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase final as Indians continued their disappointing performance in track and field events of the Rio Olympics here on Monday. Babar clocked 9:22.74 in the finals, nearly threeRead More

Rio de Janeiro, India’s campaign in the Rio Olympics wrestling event got off to a disappointing start when Ravinder Khatri crashed out of the Greco-Roman 85kg category after suffering a first round loss here on Monday. Khatri failed to clear even one round in his category, going down tamely againstRead More

Rio de Janeiro,  They might have failed to qualify for the Olympic Games semifinals here, but the Indian men’s hockey team has shown it belongs to the big stage and could emerge as a serious medal contender four years hence. In 2012, at the London Olympics, the eight-time gold medallistsRead More

Rio de Janeiro, Usain Bolt roared into Olympic history on Monday, capturing an unprecedented third consecutive 100m crown to confirm his place in the pantheon of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen. The 29-year-old Jamaican legend, competing in his final Olympics, powered over the line in 9.81sec, vanquishing drug-taintedRead More

Rio de Janeiro,  Andy Murray became the first player to win two Olympic tennis singles gold medals Sunday when he defeated Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in an epic final. Murray added the Rio title to his 2012 triumph and to his Grand Slam collection ofRead More