Rio de Janeiro, August 14 A lacklustre India squandered a one goal advantage to go down 1-3 to Belgium in the quarterfinals and crashed out of the men’s hockey competition of the Rio Olympics, here on Sunday. Eight-time gold medallist India, thus, blew away a great opportunity to create historyRead More

RIO DE JANEIRO, August 14 Trying hard to hold back tears, an emotional Sania Mirza was at loss of words in explaining the defeat with partner Rohan Bopanna in the mixed doubles event of the Rio Olympic Games, here on Sunday. The fourth seed Indian duo of Sania and BopannaRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 14 Former Commonwealth Games gold-medalist Manoj Kumar (64kg) put up a spirited show but could not match the power of fifth seed Fazliddin Gaibnazarov in his pre-quarterfinal bout to bow out of the Olympic Games here on Sunday. The 29-year-old Indian went down 3-0 in theRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 14 Rifle shooters Gagan Narang and Chain Singh failed to progress to the finals of the men’s rifle 3-position to crash out of the competition and end India’s campaign in Olympic Games shooting on a dismal note here on Sunday. Narang, a bronze medalist in theRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 14 Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson stormed to victory in the women’s 100m here to end the Olympic reign of compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Thompson, 24, got off to a flying start and quickly surged to the front to cross in 10.71sec, punching the air and embracing training partnerRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 14 Britain’s Mo Farah overcame the shock of a mid-race fall to take a second straight Olympic 10,000m title and extend his remarkable record at global championships. The 33-year-old produced a trademark surge over the last 100 metres to time 27min 05.17sec in the 25-lap race.Read More

Rio de Janeiro: Michael Phelps swept to a jaw-dropping 22nd Olympic gold Thursday to become one of only three athletes to have won titles in the same individual event at four straight Games. There was a stunning upset in the women’s competition as Australian world record-holder Cate Campbell inexplicably floppedRead More

Rio de Janeiro: Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna entered the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event of tennis competition at the Rio Olympics with a straight-set win over Australian pair of Samantha Stosur and John Peers here on Friday. Sania and Bopanna, who are being touted asRead More

Rio de Janeiro: India’s schedule at the Rio Olympics on Friday. (All IST) Archery: 5:43pm: Men’s Individual 1/8 — Atanu Das vs S Lee (Korea). Athletics: 7:25pm: Men’s Discus Throw Qualification Round – Group B (Vikas Gowda) 6:35pm: Women’s Shot Put Qualification Round – Group B (Manpreet Kaur) 6:58pm: Men’sRead More

Rio de Janeiro: Reigning bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal and two-time World Championship bronze medallist P.V. Sindhu were the only bright spots on an otherwise dismal day for Indian shuttlers at the Rio Olympics here on Thursday. Saina defeated a spirited Brazilian shuttler, Lohaynny Vicente, in straight sets 21-17, 21-17 in aRead More