Rio de Janeiro, Cold War rhetoric that dominated the Olympics in the 1970s and 80s resurfaced in Rio after a simmering dispute between Russian and American swimmers boiled over. Relations between the sporting superpowers have been tense since US calls for the entire Russian team to be banned from RioRead More

Rio de Janeiro, India survived a final-quarter onslaught from Argentina for a nail-biting 2-1 win that enhanced their quarterfinal chances at the men’s hockey competition of the Rio Olympics, here on Tuesday. The second win in the Pool stage has virtually secured India a quarterfinal berth as they rose toRead More

Rio de Janeiro, Abhinav Bindra and Rafael Nadal are two of the world’s great sportspersons. They’re champions, they are, and they’ve been, the best in the sport they’ve chosen. We, the observers and fans, we the clueless analysers of their craft, will never ever know what they go through as theyRead More

Rio de Janeiro, Talented archer Atanu Das provided a silver lining on a disappointing day for the Indians by entering the quarter-finals of the Individual Recurve event at the Rio Olympics, here on Tuesday. Das first blanked Jit Bahadur Muktan of Nepal 6-0 in the round of 32 and then keptRead More

New Delhi, In an unexpected development, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have decided to end their astonishing partnership that took the tennis world by storm last year when they won nine titles including the year-end WTA championship. Sania and the Swiss great began their partnership last year in March with aRead More

Manchester,  French superstar Paul Pogba on Tuesday completed a sensational return to Manchester United from Juventus for a reported world record fee. United said Pogba had signed a five-year contract but did not give the cost which British media have put at 89 million pounds ($116.4 million, 105 million euros),Read More

Rio de Janeiro, Indian rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal finished fourth in the quarter-finals of the men’s single sculls to be out of medal reckoning in the Rio Olympic Games here on Tuesday. Bhokanal clocked 6:59.89 to cover a distance of 2000m, little more than six seconds behind the third andRead More

Rio de Janeiro: Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she became the first Indian to make the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games after finishing 8th in the qualifying round in Rio. The Tripura-girl, who is the country’s first woman gymnast to qualify forRead More

Rio de Janeiro: The Indian contingent is yet to shine at the Games Village but all eyes are on Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang who will start their campaign in the 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification. In archery, Laxmi Rani Manjhi will turn out for the 1/32 Eliminations. The men’sRead More

St. Lucia: Playing with five specialist bowlers did not yield a win for India in the second Test but pacer Mohammed Shami has endorsed his captain Virat Kohli’s theory, saying it makes the bowlers more productive. India finally hit the nets at the Darren Sammy Stadium here on Sunday, afterRead More