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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.18 :India has finally managed to open their medal account in the ongoing Rio Olympics as wrestler Sakshi Malik clinched a bronze in the women’s freestyle 58kg event after defeating Asian No.1 Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyztan…

Port of Spain, Aug 17 :Ahead of his side’s fourth and the final Test match against West indies, skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday called on his side to keep playing good cricket for a sustained period of time if they want to become the number one team i…

Rio de Janeiro, Aug.17 : Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik failed to maintain her winning momentum as she suffered a 2-9 defeat at the hands of Russia’s Valeria Koblova in the quarter-finals of the Women’s freestyle 58kg event here on Wednesday.Sakshi, who …

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.17 : In a major setback to India, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was forced to bow out of the Rio Olympics after she suffered an injury during the quarter-finals of the Women’s freestyle 48kg event against Sun Yanan of China here o…

New Delhi, Aug 17 : Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday joined the nation in lauding ace Indian shuttler P.V Sindhu who reached the semi-finals of the women’s singles event at the Rio Olympics.”#PVSindhu .. you played a super game .. CONGRATUL…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.17 :India’s middle distance runner Tintu Lukka knocked out of the Rio Olympics after she failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Women’s 800m event here at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday.The reigning Asian champion p…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.17 : India’s floundering campaign in the ongoing Rio Olympics received a further setback as ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the prestigious quadrennial tournament after going down against Lin Dan of China in th…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.17 :Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik displayed a stunning comeback as she ousted World Number.3 Johanna Mattsson 5-4 to progress through to the pre-quarterfinals of the Women’s 58kg freestyle event at the Rio Olympics here on W…

Agartala, Aug.17 : The father of Indian star gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who missed the bronze medal by a whisker at the ongoing Rio Olympics, on Tuesday expressed his delight after she was recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.The 23-year-old, …

Madrid, Aug.17 : Downplaying speculations surrounding Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas’ potential move to Real Madrid, manager Zinedine Zidane said that the move to bring the Spain international into the squad will be a ‘complicated’ one.The former Bar…