• 

  Rio 2016, Day 1: Hockey team, rower Dattu Bhokanal bring cheer for India on opening day

  August 07, 2016 13:17 IST

  Day one of the Rio Olympics was a major disappointment for India contingent. However, the hockey team and rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal managed to bring some cheer for India with their performance. The men's

• 

  Rio 2016: All eyes on Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang as India hope to open medal tally

  August 08, 2016 13:48 IST

  Here is the list of India’s participation in different events in Rio Olympics 2016 today.

• 

  Indian campaign ends at Olympics in Table Tennis with first round defeat

  August 07, 2016 8:54 IST

  Indian table tennis quartet lead by Achanta Sharath Kamal including Soumyajit Ghosh, Mouma Das and debutant Manika Batra ended their Rio Olympic campaign in first round. The 34-year-old Sharath, competing in his third Olympic

• 

  Rio 2016: Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu fails to impress, returns disappointed

  August 07, 2016 7:28 IST

  Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu produced a disappointing performance and was unable to make an impact in the women's 48kg category at the Riocentro Pavilion 2 arena here.

• 

  Rio 2016: Shooter Jitu Rai crashes out of 10-metre air pistol finals, finishes eighth

  August 07, 2016 6:34 IST

  India’s campaign in the Olympic shooting competition got off on a disappointing note with medal hope Jitu Rai finishing eighth in the men’s 10 metre Air Pistol event on Saturday.

• 

  Rio 2016: Jitu Rai progresses to finals of 10m Air Pistol, Gurpreet Singh crashes out

  August 06, 2016 23:53 IST

  Aiming for glory, Indian shooter Jitu Rai qualified for the finals of the 10 metre Air Pistol event at the Rio Olympics today. Jitu scored 580, including 22 10s, after posting rounds of 96, 96,

• 

  Rio 2016: Rupinder Pal hands India Olympic win in Hockey after 12 years

  August 06, 2016 22:31 IST

  With Rupinder Pal Singh strucking twice, India began their men's hockey campaign with a morale boosting 3-2 win against Ireland in their opening pool encounter Rupinder Pal Singh (27th and 49th) scored a brace

• 

  Rio 2016: Inglorious exit for Paes-Bopanna after defeat in first round

  August 06, 2016 22:19 IST

  India's men's tennis doubles pair of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna went down 4-6, 6-7 (6) against Poland's Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski in their first round match today. With this defeat, Paes’s dream of

• 

  Rio Olympics: Mixed start for India as Rower Bhokanal enters quarters, women shooters flop

  August 06, 2016 19:50 IST

  India's Rio Olympics campaign is off to a mixed start as the day one of the competitions saw rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal powering in to the quarterfinals in men's single sculls and women shooters crashing

• 

  Rio 2016: Deepika Kumari fails to impress, finishes 20th

  August 06, 2016 13:05 IST

  India’s ace archer and Olympic medal hope Deepika Kumari expressed bewilderment after a gloomy show in the women’s team event where the Indian team finished a dejecting seventh in the qualifying round of the Rio

• 

  Rio fever: Meet ‘refugee’ athlete Yusra Mardini who ‘swam’ from Syria to the Olympics

  August 06, 2016 10:59 IST

  Recounting the horror she and her elder sister had to face when an overloaded boat started to sink as they were crossing the Mediterranean to Greece, Yusra Mardini (18), who is a member of first

• 

  ‘Banned’ Russia upset with UWW’s decision in favour of Narsingh Yadav, calls it ‘discrimination’

  August 06, 2016 8:10 IST

  It’s been a turbulent year for India’s Olympic-bound wrestler Narsingh Yadav. After the legal fight with two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar for a berth in the 74-kg freestyle category in the Rio Olympics, he was

• 

  31st Rio Olympics starts with colourful, melodic ceremony; Abhinav Bindra leads India in parade

  August 06, 2016 13:16 IST

  Depicting Brazil's vibrantly diverse culture at the Macarana stadium, thousands of people joined an open air party here to mark the opening of 31st Olympics, the first to be held in South America and only

• 

  Rio Olympics: Sania, Paes look to amend India’s poor record in Tennis

  August 05, 2016 20:12 IST

  For the last twenty years, all tennis enthusiasts in India have been rooting for the sight of an Indian player standing on a podium at the Olympics. Unfortunately, after Leander Paes brought back an individual

• 

  Onset of 31st Olympic Games in Rio in thick of doping controversies

  August 05, 2016 17:50 IST

  Despite Brazil putting its best foot forward to detach the Games from the shadow of the biggest doping scandal afflicting the Russian players, a plethora of incidents related to doping have cast a heavy shadow

• 

  Rio Olympics: Gold medalists from Haryana to get Rs 6 crore cash prize

  August 05, 2016 13:14 IST

  What may further boost the morale of Rio Olympics bound sportspersons from Haryana, chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced big cash prizes for medal winners from the state. The policy entails a cash reward

• 

  Nita Ambani elected as IOC member, first Indian woman to be elected Olympic Committee

  August 04, 2016 21:23 IST

  Nita Ambani, founder chairperson of Reliance Foundation and wife of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambai, was today elected as an individual member of International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first Indian woman to

• 

  No sweat: As Indians struggle for chairs and tables at Rio Games Village, US basketball teams hire lavish cruise liner for stay

  August 03, 2016 18:49 IST

  The state of affairs at Brazil’s Olympics Games Village has received a lot of bad press since teams began to touch down in the South American nation for the Olympic Games. Some teams have complained

• 

  After NADA’s clean-chit, Narsingh Yadav secures UWW go ahead for Rio Olympics

  August 03, 2016 16:23 IST

  the United World Wrestling (UWW) today cleared his path to the Rio Olympics, though he will have to wait for a WADA clearance as well.

• 

  Dope cloud? India’s sole sprinter to qualify for Rio ‘skips’ Rio flight

  August 03, 2016 13:41 IST

  200m sprinter Dharambir Singh has failed the drug test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) following which he didn’t travel to Rio de Janeiro to take part in the Olympics games, starting August 5.

• 

  Rio hopes fade for shot putter Inderjeet Singh after he fails second dope test

  August 02, 2016 18:54 IST

  , India’s Rio-bound shot putter Inderjeet Singh failed to clear the dope test for the second time after his confirmatory B sample also returned positive

• 

  India will win eight medals, including one gold in Rio Olympics, predicts Goldmann Sachs

  August 02, 2016 17:58 IST

  global financial major Goldmann Sachs has predicted in its ‘The Olympics and Economics’ report that India will win eight medals in the Olympic games, including one gold medal.

• 

  Rio 2016: No chairs, tables or TV sets, Indian hockey contingent struggles for basic facilities in Games Village

  August 02, 2016 16:05 IST

  With merely a few days left for the commencement of the Rio Olympics in the Brazilian capital of Rio de Janeiro, the Indian national men’s and women’s hockey team are facing difficulties in availing basic

• 

  Meet Gaurika Singh: 13-year-old Nepal earthquake survivor is the youngest competitor at Rio Olympics

  August 02, 2016 13:39 IST

  In April 2015, while back in Nepal for the national championships with her mother Garima and little brother Sauren, Singh was caught in the earthquake that devastated the country.

• 

  ‘Bring medals, no injustice will be done to you’: PM Narendra Modi tells Narsingh Yadav

  August 02, 2016 14:16 IST

  A day after he was cleared of doping charges, wrestler Narsingh Yadav met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi where the PM told him that there would be no injustice done to him.

• 

  Exonerated by NADA, Narsingh yet to cross the last hurdle for Rio Olympics

  August 02, 2016 12:45 IST

  Though NADA has given him a green signal, Narsingh is yet to cross a crucial hurdle before he boards the flight for Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic Games starting August 5.

• 

  Go win for me and the country: Sushil Kumar tells Narsingh Yadav

  August 02, 2016 10:40 IST

  India’s ace wrestler and two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar today hailed the decision of NADA to acquit Olympic-bound wrestler Narsingh Yadav from doping charges after which he would be able to represent India in the

• 

  Narsingh Yadav a victim of sabotage, says NADA; clears him of doping charges

  August 01, 2016 18:10 IST

  Narsingh Yadav has been given a clean chit by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) which also overturned the provisional suspension imposed on him in connection with the alleged doping case.