Indian tennis stars Leander Paes, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna began their US Open campaign on a sound note, winning their respective opening round matches at Flushing Meadows here. Bopanna kicked off India’s day with a sweat-inducing 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win with his Danish partner Frederik Nielsen over 16th seeds Radek Stepanek and Nenad […]
Rio De Janeiro authorities will distribute free tickets for next month’s Paralympic Games to over 30,000 school children. Under a joint initiative between the state government and the Rio 2016 organising committee, the students will also receive free transport to venues, lunch and a Paralympics T-shirt, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. Children with deficiencies […]
Indian boxer Manoj Kumar stunned Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania by a split decision in the Round of 32 of the men’s Light Welterweight (64kg) category at the Riocentrio Pavilion here. Up against the bronze medallist of the 2012 London Olympics, Manoj dominated all three rounds to carve out a 29-28, 29-28, 28-29 verdict and advance […]
The Indian mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna will start their campaign at the ongoing Rio Olympics on Thursday after most of the tennis matches had to be postponed due to rain. Sania and Rohan Bopanna were originally scheduled to face off against Sam Sotsar and Jonathan Peers of Australia in their […]
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar turned out to be the standout performer as medals continued to elude India for the second successive day at the 31st Rio Olympics with shooter Heena Sidhu and the women’s archery team failing to impress. Dipa created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to enter the Olympic finals at the Rio […]
Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Saturday congratulated rower Dattu Bhokanal, who qualified for the quarter-finals of the men’s single sculls rowing in the 31st Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. “Congratulations to Dattu Bhokanal for qualifying for quarterfinals. #Kudos #rowing #OlympicReady #JeetoRio,” Goel tweeted. In the first heat of the day, Bhokanal finished the 2000 […]
Indian women’s archery team comprising, Deepika Kumari, L. Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi, finished seventh in the Rio Olympics, while individually all of them advanced for the Round of 32 here on Friday. Deepika started off well to even hit the top spot in the early rounds before stumbling at the halfway mark to finished […]
Be it a wheelchair-bound archer leading her country’s contingent, or one who stood out by dying her tresses in national colours, female athletes were in the forefront as the Rio Olympics got underway at a glittering ceremony on Friday night. Zehra Nemati, who not only became the first-ever Iranian woman to win a gold medal […]
Saying Rio is ready to make history, President of 2016 games, Carlos Nuzman, promised to deliver a great experience turning dreams into reality. For the first time refugees were recognised as a separate team with International Olympic Committee President, Thomas Bach, saying “we do not just tolerate diversity, but welcome it as an enrichment to […]
The 129th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) started officially got with a ceremony at the Cidade Das Artes in Rio de Janeiro. In his opening speech on Monday night, IOC President Thomas Bach paid tribute to the extraordinary work and efforts deployed by the Rio 2016 Organising Committee and the city authorities to […]