While some of these feats will be cherished by the team for a long time, Rani feels the turning point for her was the team's first-ever appearance at the Olympic Games.
With Dhanda and Malik's podium finishes, India had four medals in their kitty.
Sindhu, who narrowly missed out on winning the titles at the World Championship in Glasgow and Dubai World Superseries Finals, said there were a lot of positive things to learn from this year's performances.
The shuttler's early exit proved to be one of the biggest upsets for the Indian contingent at the Olympics.
Sindhu will open her campaign against either Korea's Kim Hyo Min or Egypt's Hadia Hosny in the second round.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) announced the squad for the tournament on Friday after the selection trials across weight categories at the STC Lucknow.
The elation over sending its biggest contingent ever to the Olympics did not last as the performance of Indian athletes did not measure up to the promise. It came as a disappointment not just to
Asserting that that countries ought to advance a culture of games for building peace and collaboration among individuals and nations, India has called for concerted action to prevent corruption, violence and drug abuse from permeating
In a move aimed at checking rising instances of foul play in international track and field events, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has now launched an online portal to report doping. As per
Haryana sprinter Dharambir Singh, who tested positive in a dope test just before the Rio Olympics and was barred from participating in the mega event, has been handed an eight-year ban by NADA.
Olympic 2016 silver medallist P.V. Sindhu on Wednesday said that she has to take more responsibilities and work harder than before to ensure that the Rio medal "is just the starting point" in her glowing career.
Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir sparked a controversy on Tuesday with his remarks in which he targeted the businessmen who gifted BMW cars to India’s Rio Olympic stars.
Rio bronze-medallist Sakshi Malik today issued a clarification on her earlier statement saying that her comment has been misinterpreted and that she never mentioned anything about Pakistani players being invited to sporting events in India.
A group of Russian hackers that claimed to have secured access to the database of World Anti-Doping Agency alleged that American tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams and Rio Olympics gold medallist gymnast Simone Biles
The only Prime Minister who showed an apparent interest in Indian sports before Narendra Modi was Rajiv Gandhi. It was to Gandhis credit that the 1982 Asian Games could be organised out without any real hassles as Indira Gandhi had entrusted the job
After tasting success in her maiden Olympic campaign, star shuttler PV Sindhu has now set her eyes on the upcoming Superseries this year and the All England championships in March.
some players of the Indian women’s hockey team had to face humiliation as they were forced to sit on the floor of the train while returning home from Rio.
As a lesson from the recently concluded Rio Olympics in which India could only manage two podium finishes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced setting up of a Task Force that will come up with
Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski has announced that he auctioned off his Rio Olympics silver to raise funds for treatment of a three-year-old boy suffering with a rare form of cancer.
North Korean athletes are faced with the possibility of being sent down to the coal mines after failing to fulfil their supreme leader’s expectations of at least five gold medals in Rio Olympics.
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