Rio Olympics
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PV Sindhu readies for Superseries, says ‘becoming World No.1 is ultimate goal’
Other Sports | Aug 25, 2016, 02:42 PM ISTAfter scripting history by becoming India’s first shuttler to hand an Olympic silver medal, 21-year-old star shuttler Pusarla Venkata Sindhu has now set her eyes on the World Superseries, the only trophy missing from her cabinet.
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Twitter war: Piers Morgan trolled for mocking India’s Rio medals celebration
Other Sports | Aug 24, 2016, 10:07 PM ISTBritish journalist Piers Morgan on Wednesday got in a Twitter war with Indian social media users when he criticised India's hyped celebration of two Rio Olympics medals.
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Sakshi Malik receives grand welcome in Haryana, presented Rs 2.5 cr by CM Khattar
Other Sports | Aug 24, 2016, 12:51 PM ISTRio 2016 Olympics bronze medalist wrestler Sakshi Malik arrived here on Wednesday. On her arrival at the airport, Malik said: It’s a great feeling, the reception I got was amazing. It’s a proud moment for
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Rio athlete Sudha Singh tested positive for swine flu, not Zika virus
Other Sports | Aug 24, 2016, 07:57 AM ISTRio Olympian and Indian long distance runner Sudha Singh, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here for a suspected Zika virus infection, has tested positive for swine flu and will be out of action for at least two months
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Narsingh’s doping scandal, OP Jaisha controversy to a radiologist as CMO: The crisis of credibility in Indian sports administration
Other Sports | Aug 23, 2016, 04:35 PM ISTHigh-pitched drama over wrestler Narsingh Yadav, or the blame game that has ensued following marathoner OP Jaisha’s charge of official apathy, shows that India’s sports administration lies the shambles
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OP Jaisha refused to avail personalised drinks during marathon, AFI refutes charges
Other Sports | Aug 23, 2016, 08:21 AM ISTAthletics Federation of India (AFI) has refuted marathon runner OP Jaisha’s claim of official apathy saying that it was the athlete and her coach who refused to avail the option of having energy drinks during the race at the recently concluded Rio Ol
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Deprived of water, Olympian marathoner O P Jaisha collapsed after 42 km race
Other Sports | Aug 22, 2016, 06:33 PM ISTOP Jaisha has said that she collapsed at the end of 42.195 km race because the support staff failed to provide her even water during the run.
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Rio 2016: Mongolian wrestling coaches strip off clothes to protest bronze medal loss
Other Sports | Aug 22, 2016, 04:41 PM ISTTwo Mongolian wrestling coaches stripped their clothes off to protest the decision of a bronze medal match, which their athlete lost.
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Here’s how silver medallist PV Sindhu shared her golden moment with father
Other Sports | Aug 22, 2016, 04:07 PM ISTJust one reason is enough to bring a smile on billion faces, an example of which was given by 21-year-old girl last Friday. Handing India its first badminton silver at the Olympics, shuttler Pusarla Venkata
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Tokenism, cash rewards won't fetch India more Olympic medals; investments will
Other Sports | Aug 22, 2016, 07:52 PM ISTThe start of India’s Olympic campaign in Rio was dogged by controversies – first over Narsingh Yadav’s participation amid dope cloud, followed by reports of fissure between players in the tennis camp and hockey players
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10 most amazing moments of Rio Olympics 2016
Other Sports | Aug 22, 2016, 04:20 PM ISTThe Rio Olympics ended today amid a spectacular carnival-inspired closing ceremony as the official handover to 2020 hosts Tokyo. The biggest sports extravaganza on earth witnessed participation of over 11,000 athletes from 206 countries. It
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Rio 2016: Yogeshwar Dutt to start his campaign as India’s last hope for a medal
Other Sports | Aug 21, 2016, 09:52 AM ISTAfter Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) set aside the decision of the Indian anti-doping body NADA, and slapped a four-year ban of Narsingh Yadav on Friday, India’s hopes for one last medal in the
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Wrestler Narsingh Yadav's mother, village demand CBI probe
Other Sports | Aug 20, 2016, 01:11 PM ISTA day after wrestler Narsingh Yadav was handed a four-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on a doping charge, stopping him from participating in the Rio Olympics, his mother Bhulna Devi has demanded a CBI probe into the "conspiracy t
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Dipa Karmakar gets rousing welcome on homecoming , says ‘Tokyo Olympics is my next target’
Other Sports | Aug 20, 2016, 12:19 PM ISTGymnast Dipa Karmakar, who missed the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics but won hearts across the world, returned to India this morning.
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Rio 2016: I’m on cloud nine, says India’s youngest Olympic Silver medalist PV Sindhu
Other Sports | Aug 20, 2016, 08:09 AM ISTAfter bagging historic silver in women's singles badminton competition at the Rio Olympics, an elated PV Sindhu said that she implemented all the strategies and gave her best to achieve the feat.
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Will return PV Sindhu’s phone, let her enjoy an ice-cream, says coach Pullela Gopichand
Other Sports | Aug 20, 2016, 07:05 AM ISTPV Sindhu, who won the Silver medal in women's singles badminton at Rio Olympics, will now be able to WhatsApp her friends and enjoy her favourite ice-cream.
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Live: PV Sindhu loses second set 12-21, final set underway
Other Sports | Aug 19, 2016, 08:30 PM ISTIndia's P.V. Sindhu thumped Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to enter the final of the women's singles event of badminton competitions, assuring the country at least a silver medal at the Olympic Games here on Thursday.
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Rio 2016: Confident wrestler Narsingh will be cleared by Court of Arbitration for Sports, says IOA
Other Sports | Aug 18, 2016, 09:41 AM ISTThe appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against clean chit to Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav's participation in the Rio Olympics will come up for hearing here.
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Sakshi Malik, India’s first woman wrestler to bag an Olympic medal, set to get richer by at least Rs 2.5 crore
Other Sports | Aug 18, 2016, 08:38 AM ISTA diminutive 23-year-old girl from Mokhra village near Rohtak in Haryana, Sakshi Malik, touched glory at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday by reaching out and grabbing the only medal India has been able to win at the 31st Olympiad.
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Rio 2016: Bronze medal is result of my 12 years of hard work, says wrestler Sakshi Malik
Other Sports | Aug 18, 2016, 10:55 AM ISTWrestler Sakshi Malik today scripted history by becoming the first woman wrestler from India to bag an Olympic medal and only fourth female athlete from the country to climb to the podium at the biggest sporting event.