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  Rio 2016: Major heartbreak for India as champions Germany steal last minute goal to win 2-1

  Other Sports | August 08, 2016 22:24 IST

  India's hockey team conceded a goal barely three seconds from the hooter to lose 1-2 to Germany in its second match of the pool phase in the Olympic Games here on Monday. Christopher Ruhr deflected

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  Rio 2016: Abhinav Bindra misses 2nd Olympics medal by 0.1 point, ends fourth

  Other Sports | August 08, 2016 22:06 IST

  Narrowly missing out on a medal in his final Olympic games, Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra finished fourth a tense shoot-off in the final of the men's 10 metre Air Rifle final at the Olympic Shooting

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  Rio 2016: Abhinav Bindra storms into finals, Narang crashes out

  Other Sports | August 08, 2016 19:06 IST

  ace shooter Abhinav Bindra has qualified for the men’s 10m air rifle event. However, London Olympics medalist Gagan Narang crashed out of the qualifiers.

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  Grit and glory: As mother battles for life in hospital, Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal aims for nation’s pride

  Other Sports | August 08, 2016 13:01 IST

  Saddled by poor shows by shooters, paddlers and tennis players, rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal has proven to be among the few bright sparks in India’s Olympic journey so far.

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  Rio 2016: Indian women hockey team, archers advance, shooter Heena crashes out

  Other Sports | August 08, 2016 11:03 IST

  While Indian women’s hockey team managed to hold Japan to a draw and women’s archery team progressed to the quarter-finals, pistol shooter Heena Sidhu misfired on day two of the Rio Olympics on Sunday.

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  Tennis shocker: After Williams sisters, World No.1 Djokovic knocked out of Rio Olympics

  Tennis | August 08, 2016 9:30 IST

  Rio Olympics has spun out big surprises for the world of tennis .First it was three-time Olympic women's doubles champions Serena and Venus Williams, who faced a crushig defeat in the hands of Czech pair

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  Rio Olympics 2016: Gymnast Dipa Karmakar creates history, qualifies for vault final

  Other Sports | August 08, 2016 7:16 IST

  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. Her dream

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  Rio Olympics: Indian women's archery team enters quarters

  Other Sports | August 07, 2016 22:10 IST

  The Indian women’s archery team progressed to the quarter-finals by edging out Colombia 5-3 as shooters continued with disappointing run at the Rio Olympics today. The Indian trio of Laishram Bombayla Devi, Laxmirani Majhi

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  Hockey: Back in Olympics after 36 years, Indian Women eke out fighting draw against Japan

  Hockey | August 07, 2016 21:41 IST

  Indian women's hockey team showed tremendous fighting spirit and came from two goals down to eke out a 2-2 draw against higher-ranked Japan in their opening Pool B match at the Rio Games, here today.

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  Rio Olympics: Heena Sidhu loses medal hope in 10m Air Pistol, bows out of Qualification round

  Other Sports | August 07, 2016 20:50 IST

  Heena Sidhu, India’s medal hope in Rio Olympics Games, crashed out of the 10m Air Pistol Women’s Qualification round today, as Indian shooters’s disappointing run continued in Rio De Janeiro. Heena finished at 14th

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  News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

  India | August 07, 2016 20:12 IST

  News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

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

  Other Sports | 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

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

  Other Sports | August 08, 2016 13:48 IST

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

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  Rio 2016: Sania Mirza-Prarthana Thombare crash out of women's doubles

  Tennis | August 07, 2016 8:25 IST

  The Indian duo of Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare went down fighting to Shuai Peng and Shuai Zhang of China in the first round of the women's doubles competition at the Olympic Tennis Centre here.

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

  Other Sports | 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.

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  Indians safe in Rio, says Sushma Swaraj after blast at Olympics site

  Politics | August 07, 2016 7:20 IST

  All Indians are safe in Rio Di Janeiro, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said here yesterday in the wake of a blast and multiple shooting incidents in the Brazilian city which is hosting the Olymics.

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  Rio 2016: Leander Paes-Rohan Bopanna crash out of men's doubles tennis

  Tennis | August 07, 2016 7:11 IST

  Veteran tennis star Leander Paes' dreams of an Olympic medal came crashing down on Saturday after he and Rohan Bopanna went down 4-6, 6-7 (6) against Poland's Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski in the first round of the men's doubles competition at th

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

  Other Sports | 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.

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

  Other Sports | 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,

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  Blast near cycling course at Rio was detonation by anti-bomb squad: Official

  World | August 06, 2016 23:36 IST

  A loud blast has been reportedly heard near a cycling course at the Rio Olympics. As per the reports in media, the exact site of the blast is the finishing line of the men's cycling