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

RIO DE JANEIRO — It’s becoming the splash heard from Brazil all the way back up to the Northern Hemisphere: a Canadian pool party that seemingly has no curfew. Canadian women won a fourth medal here at the Olympic Aquatic Stadium on Wednesday night when the 4×200 metre freestyle teamRead More

Rio de Janeiro, August 10 Ace US swimmer Michael Phelps won two more Olympic golds here late on Tuesday, taking his total career medals tally in the Summer Games to 26 — which equals what India as a country has achieved since it started participating in 1900. Phelps won theRead More

Gros Islet, August 10 India on Wednesday recovered from a top-order collapse to reach a decent 234 for five at stumps on the first day of the third cricket Test, riding on a fighting 108-run stand for the sixth wicket between Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha. Ashwin (75 batting) andRead More