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Johannesburg, Aug 12 : A Chinese swimmer has been tested positive for a prohibited substance at the ongoing Rio Olympics in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.18-year-old Chen Xinyi tested positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide on Sunday, the …

London, Aug.12 : Pakistan cricket’s new chief selector and former Test star Inzamam-ul-Haq has said that out-of-favour left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan should not feel disheartened by his non-selection in the national squad, but should continue with hi…

Mumbai, Aug 12 : Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina will lead the India Red, Blue and Green teams respectively in the upcoming Duleep Trophy, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed.The tournament, starting from August…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 12 : The Indian women’s hockey team suffered a 0-3 loss to the USA in their penultimate group game at the Rio Olympics here.In a tepid first quarter, USA and India played out a slug fest in the midfield, both reliant on lon…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 12 : World No. 11 shuttler Kidambi Srikanth kicked off his Rio Olympics campaign with a superb straight games win in the first match of the Group H men’s singles event here.Srikanth, the lone Indian challenge in men’s singl…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 12 : Putting aside the disappointment of their early ouster from their respective doubles event, India’s Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna produced a much-improved performance to reach the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles ten…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 : The Indian men’s hockey team have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympics despite suffering a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Netherlands in their fourth Pool B match here at Olympics Hockey Centre in Deodoro.I…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 : It was a rollercoaster day for ace Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri at Rio Olympics as he made a lowly 50th-place finish in the opening round of the men’s individual stroke play here at Olympic Golf Course on Friday.The 29…

By Vivek Prabhakar Singh Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 12 : After being pulled up by the Rio Olympic organisers, Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel has rubbished being part of any controversy in the ongoing prestigious quadrennial event saying that he ha…

By Vivek Prabhakar Singh Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 : Dipa Karmakar, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to storm into the individual vault final in the artistic gymnastics at the Rio Olympics, on Thursday expressed her excit…