Rio de Janeiro: Indian shooters disappointing run at the Rio Olympics Games continued with Heena Sindhu crashing out of the 10m Air Pistol Women’s Qualification round in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Heena was way behind the leaders in the qualifying round, finishing on 14th position in the field ofRead More

Rio de Janeiro: Indian table tennis quartet led by veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal ended its Olympic campaign on the opening day itself as all four players lost their first round matches, here on Saturday. Save Mouma Das, who was blown away by 0-4 margin in just 21 minutes, Sharath andRead More

Rio de Janeiro: She has already grabbed a piece of history by becoming the first Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Olympics and Dipa Karmakar will aim to touch greater heights when she competes at the Rio Games, here on Sunday. Fighting all odds, the 22-year-old diminutive girl fromRead More

Rio de Janeiro: The men’s hockey team and army rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal lit up an otherwise gloomy opening day of competitions for India at the Rio Olympics here on Saturday. The men’s hockey team broke a 12-year Olympics jinx by winning their opening group league encounter, while Bhokanal qualifiedRead More

Jamaica: West Indies cricket legend Sir Viv Richards has heaped praise on his nation’s current crop of young players for displaying a great ‘fight and character’ in the drawn second Test match against India at Sabina Park in Jamaica. Battling to stave off another ignominious innings defeat in the four-matchRead More

Jamaica: Fresh from salvaging an unexpected draw against India, West Indies dropped opener Rajendra Chandrika on Thursday and brought batsman Shai Hope into the 14-man squad for the third Test. Roston Chase hit an undefeated 137 as West Indies lost only two wickets on the final day of the secondRead More

Rio de Janeiro: A fair share of controversies rattled Indian tennis in the run-up to the Olympics with Leander Paes in the middle of storm but it also carries the country’s medal hopes from the mixed doubles pairing of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna when the event gets underway inRead More

Birmingham: Azhar Ali’s century helped keep England at bay before he was out to the final ball of the second day of the third Test at Edgbaston on Thursday. Azhar’s more than six-hour 139, his 10th Test century but first outside Asia, ended when all-rounder Chris Woakes, on his WarwickshireRead More

New Delhi: Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla is all set to host the opening warm-up fixture of New Zealand’s tour of India when the visitors take on Board President’s XI from September 16-18. Interestingly, the BCCI had sounded out Kotla whether it wanted to host the Duleep trophy day/night ‘pink ball’Read More

Paris: For as long as athletes have been battling for gold medals, they have been taking fortifying tonics — some stomach-churning, others downright dangerous — with little concern for their health. As revelations of Russian doping have shown going into the Rio Olympics, top-level competitors are willing to take almostRead More