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Karachi, Aug 7 : Contradicting the reports regarding a difference of opinion with the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) over the selection of Pakistani shooter Ghulam Mustafa Bashir to lift the national flag in the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics, the P…

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 opener Alex Hales has given a partial refund to a disgruntled spectator who took to social media to complaint about the slow over-rate during the ongoing third Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston.A spectator named Alexis Fuller, …

Melbourne, Aug 7 : After thrashing Australia by massive 229 runs in the second Test to clinch their maiden Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews has admitted that the tourists appear lost against the home side’s deadly spin briga…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.7 : World number three ranked air pistol shooter Jitu Rai’s meltdown in the finals of the 10-metre event on Saturday was a huge blow to India’s hopes of launching the 31st Olympic Games with a medal on the opening day, wher…

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 7 : Former Olympic-level trap and skeet shooter Raja Randhir Singh, who is now an Indian Olympic Association (IOA) member expressed his happiness at the qualification of Jitu Rai, who kept India’s medal hopes on the opening day of t…

By Vivek Prabhakar Singh Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.7 : Disappointed after not being able to qualify for the final of the 10m Air rifle women’s event here at the Olympic Shooting Centre, Indian shooter Ayonika Paul on Sunday said now her next aim is …

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.7 : India had an average day on Day one of its participation in the summer Olympics being held in the Brazilian city of Ro de Janeiro.Following are the results: Hockey: Group B Preliminary: India 3 (V.R. Raghunath 15th minu…

By Vivek Prabhakar Singh Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)/New Delhi, Aug.7 : India’s Shooting campaign at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games got off to a tepid start as Jitu Rai reached the finals of the Men’s 10m Air Pistol, but finished eighth on day one of co…

By Vivek Prabhakar Singh Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.7 : It was a victory eleven years, eleven months and twenty days in the making.India started their hockey tournament in Rio with a tough fought 3-2 victory over Ireland today, their first in the Oly…