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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.11 : Indian archer Deepika Kumari progressed through to the round of 32 of the women’s individual event after sweeping aside Georgia’s Kristine Esebua 6-4 here at Rio Olympics on Thursday.The 22-year-old from Ranchi produce…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.11 : It seems to be a slight turnaround for India’s challenge at Rio Olympics as archer Deepika Kumari has also stormed into the pre-quarters of the women’s individual recurve event after beating Italian international Guend…

Bulawayo, Aug.11 : New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has heaped praise on star batsman Ross Taylor by describing him as selfless after the latter guided the side to an emphatic 254-run win in the second Test and eventually to a two-match series win a…

Johannesburg, Aug. 10 : World number one Novak Djokovic has pulled out of next week’s Cincinnati Masters due to a left wrist injury, the tournament organizers has confirmed.Announcing the news, Djokovic said that he felt extremely sad to confirm that h…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.10 : The Indian women’s hockey team suffered yet another defeat in the Rio Olympics by going down 1-6 at the hands of Australia in their third Pool B encounter here on Wednesday.Australia, the higher ranked team almost imme…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.10 : The chances of the Indian women’s hockey team making it to the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympics seemed unlikely after they suffered a crushing 1-6 defeat at the hands of Australia in their third Pool B match here on …

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.10 : India’s dismal show at the Rio Olympics continued as weightlifter Sathish Kumar Sivalingam was knocked out of the tournament, after failing to qualify for the finals of the men’s 77kg weightlifting category here on We…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 10 : Avtar Singh, India’s sole judoka in ongoing Rio Olympics, was knocked out of the prestigious games after suffering a defeat at the hands of Misenga Popole of the Refugee Olympic Team in the Men’s 90 kg elimination rou…

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 10 : Ace marksman Jitu Rai crashed out of the Rio Olympics after failing to qualify for the men’s 50m Pistol event here at the Olympic Shooting centre on Wednesday.The 2014 World Championships silver-medallist, who was in strong con…

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 10 : Indian archer Bombayla Devi Laishram progressed through to the pre-quarters of the women’s individual recurve event after defeating Chinese Taipei’s Lin Shih-Chia 6-2 here at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday.The 31-year-old, haili…