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Rio de Janeiro, Aug.7 : The Indian women’s archery team, who are one of the country’s biggest medal hopes at Rio Olympics, will aim to book their place in the semi-finals of the team recurve event when they take on Russia in their last eight clash late…

Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 7 : Indian trap shooters Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Kynan Chenai made a diappointing start as they ended the Day One of the Rio Olympics qualification round at 17th and 19th place respectively here at the Olympic Shooting Centre on …

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.7 : The India women’s hockey team, who were in action for the first time in 36 years, kicked off their Rio Olympics campaign with a 2-2 draw against Japan in their first Pool B match here on Sunday.Japan opened their accoun…

Johannesburg, Aug.7 : After going down two-nil in the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka, Australia spinner Nathan Lyon has called on his fellow tweakers to attack the stumps more aggressively in order to avoid series whitewash against the Angel…

Rio de Janerio, Aug 7 : The Indian women’s archery team on Sunday qualified for the quarterfinals after beating Columbia 5-3 on Day Two of the Rio Olympics here.The Indian team of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi and Bombayla Devi Laishram will now meet…

New Delhi, Aug 7 : Indian fast bowler Mohammad Shami, who has so far picked up eight wickets from the two Tests against West Indies, has revealed about the amount of hard work he had put in to shed the extra kilos he had piled after being forced to the…

Rio de Janerio, Aug 7 : Indian shooter Heena Sidhu on Sunday failed to qualify for the final of Women’s 10 meter Air Pistol event on Day Two of the Rio Olympics here at the Rio de Janerio’s Olympic Shooting Complex located in Deodoro Park cluster.Sidhu…

New Delhi, Aug 7 : Former chief justice Markandey Katju on Sunday called the recommendations made by Lodha panel as unconstitutional and stressed that the judiciary cannot stress reforms on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as it is the …

Johannesburg, Aug 7 : Paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius, who is serving a six-year sentence for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, was yesterday rushed to a hospital with injuries to his wrists after it was reported that he tried to…

London, Aug 7 : England batting mainstay Joe Root believes that there is still plenty of help for the bowlers at Edgbaston for his team to exploit and dismiss Pakistan on the last day of the third Test and take a 2-1 lead in the four-match series.Root …