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Rio 2016: Wrestler Babita Kumari loses opening bout, awaits repechage resu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.18 (ANI): Indian wrestler Babita Kumari failed to continue her country's euphoria on the mat, as she suffered a crushing 1-5 defeat at the hands of Greece's Maria Prevolaraki in the pre-quarter-finals of the women's 53kg freestyle wrestling competi
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Rio 2016: Wrestler Sakshi Malik loses in freestyle 58kg quarters
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro, Aug.17 (ANI): Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik failed to maintain her winning momentum as she suffered a 2-9 defeat at the hands of Russia's Valeria Koblova in the quarter-finals of the Women's freestyle 58kg event here on Wednesday.
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Knee injury ends wrestler Vinesh Phogat's Rio Olympics stint
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.17 (ANI): In a major setback to India, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was forced to bow out of the Rio Olympics after she suffered an injury during the quarter-finals of the Women's freestyle 48kg event against Sun Yanan of China here on Wednesday.
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Rio 2016: Tintu Lukka fails to qualify for women's 800m semis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.17 (ANI):India's middle distance runner Tintu Lukka knocked out of the Rio Olympics after she failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Women's 800m event here at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday.
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Rio Olympics: Amitabh Bachchan joins political fraternity in lauding Sindh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday joined the nation in lauding ace Indian shuttler P.V Sindhu who reached the semi-finals of the women's singles event at the Rio Olympics.
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Rio Olympics: `Sprint king` Bolt wins heat, qualifies for 200m semis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.16 (ANI): Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt continued to dominate the track as he qualified for the semi-finals of the Men's 200m race at the Rio Olympics after winning the heat here at Olympic Stadium on Tuesday.
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India's medal wait continues as Renjith, Srabani exit Rio Olympics ea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (ANI): India's agonising wait for an Olympic medal showed no signs of abating on the tenth day of the Rio Games as triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary and Srabani Nanda failed to qualify for the finals in the triple jump and 200m events respectively here on Monday.
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Assured Dipa before finals that if Produnova could do it, so could she: Ka
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
By Vivek Prabhakar
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Rio 2016: Buoyant India geared up for Belgium challenge, says hockey skipp
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 13 (ANI): After ending their group stage with a 2-2 draw against Canada, Indian men's hockey team skipper PR Sreejesh said his side are fully geared up both mentally and physically for their quarter-finals clash against Belgium, which is slated to be held o
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Rio Olympics: Mirza-Bopanna roll into mixed doubles semis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.13 (ANI): India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna have continued their quest for Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro as they have booked their place in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles event with a straight-set victory in their last-eight encounter here last e
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Rio Games: Boxer Vikas Krishan punches his way into quarters
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.13 (ANI): Indian boxer Vikas Krishan remained on course to hand the country an elusive Olympic medal as he stormed into the quarter-finals of the men's middleweight 75 kg event after knocking down Turkey's Onder Sipal 3-0 here in Rio de Janeiro on Satur
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Shot putter Manpreet Kaur, discus thrower Vikas Gowda crash out of Rio Oly
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 (ANI): In another setback for India, shot putter Manpreet Kaur on Friday crashed out of the Rio Olympics after failing to qualify for the finals of the women's shot put event here at the Olympic Stadium.
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