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

Rio de Janeiro: India’s dismal show continued in Rio Olympics on Thursday with archers Bombayla Devi and Deepika Kumari crashing out in pre-quarters. Devi lost 26-28, 26-23, 27-28, 23-25 to Mexico’s Alejandra Valencia. Ace archer Kumari suffered a heavy defeat to Chinese Taipei archer Tan Ya-Ting. She was thrashed 28-27,Read More

Rio de Janeiro: Miffed with Indian Sports Minister Vijay Goel’s entourage, Rio Olympic organisers have threatened to cancel his accreditation if unaccredited people accompanying him do not end their “aggressive and rude” behaviour. “We have had multiple reports of your Minister for Sports trying to enter accredited areas at venuesRead More

Rio de Janeiro: India’s Sania Mirza and Swiss veteran Martina Hingis, the world’s top ranked doubles team, announced Wednesday their intention to split, although they will reform for the end-of-season WTA Championships. The pair started playing together in 2015 and won their first three tournaments before capturing the 2015 WimbledonRead More

Rio de Janeiro: Leonidas of Rhodes would recognise a kindred spirit in Michael Phelps of Baltimore. After 2,160 years of history, give or take a decade, the greatest athlete of ancient Greece is no longer alone on his pedestal. The medal machine that is Phelps on Tuesday matched what mustRead More

Rio de Janeiro: If some swimmers consider second place to be first of the losers, spare a thought for Ethiopian Olympic debutant Robel Kiros Habte. By the time the chubby 24-year-old had emerged for air from his opening dive off the blocks in the 100 meters freestyle heats, he wasRead More

Rio de Janeiro: Women archers were on target in the individual events, while Manoj Kumar scripted a triumph of the underdog in the boxing ring as India bounced back from the disappointment of star shooter Jitu Rai’s barren Olympic campaign on the fifth day of the Rio Games here. InRead More

Gros Islet (St. Lucia): Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has said that his side will be looking to continue the fightback in the remainder of the third Test after recovering from a precarious 130 for five and finishing the first innings at 353. The West Indies finished day two at 107Read More