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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 11 : Ace Indian shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa suffered a straight-game defeat against Japanese duo of Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi in their first round of the women’s doubles event here at the Rio Olymp…

St. Lucia, Aug 11 : India wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha has admitted that he was made to work extremely hard en route to his maiden Test century on a spongy track in the third Test against West Indies at Gros Islet.The 31-year-old, who stepped o…

New Delhi, Aug 11 : Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis on Thursday announced that they will join forces once again at the WTA Finals, which is scheduled to be held in Singapore later this year.In a joint statement posted on Twitter, the top-ranked women’s …

New Delhi, Aug. 11 : Star batsman Yuvraj Singh, known for his swashbuckling shots on the cricket field, is all set to make his singing debut with rapper Badshah.According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, the 34-year-old cricketer would collaborate with th…

Tokyo / Kyoto (Japan), Aug 11 : Nguyen Cong Phuong is a popular Vietnamese soccer player, who plays for Japanese club Mito HollyHock.A large number of Vietnamese tourists flock to Japan with an aim to extend their support to Nguyen, who is considered a…

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 : Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal will lead the seven-member Indian challenge when they kick off their Rio Olympic campaign in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.Saina, the bronze medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, is…

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 : Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal will lead the seven-member Indian challenge when they kick off their Rio Olympic campaign in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.Saina, the bronze medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, is…

By Vivek Prabhakar Singh Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.11 : An Indian couple travelled all the way from the national capital to Rio de Janeiro in a bid to fulfill their life-long dream of watching Olympic Games.Reflecting on their experience in Rio de J…

By Vivek Prabhakar Singh Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.11 : An Indian couple travelled all the way from the national capital to Rio de Janeiro in a bid to fulfill their life-long dream of watching Olympic Games.Reflecting on their experience in Rio de J…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 11 : Indian boxer Manoj Kumar advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Men’s Light Welter (64kg) event after knocking down Lithuania’s former lightweight Olympic bronze-medallist Evaldas Petrauskas 2-1 here on Thursday.The…