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Rio Olympics: India's Sandeep Kumar finishes 35th in men's 50km
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.19 (ANI): Indian race-walker Sandeep Kumar, who competed against 79 other athletes at the ongoing Rio Olympics, ended his campaign in the prestigious quadrennial games by making a 35th-place finish in the men's 50 km race walk here on Friday.
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Millions of hands raised in prayer for Sindhu's triumph at Rio
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai/New Delhi/Hyderabad/Chandigarh, Aug. 19 (ANI): As Indian ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu vows for gold in the Rio Games, millions of hands raised for prayers in India for her triumph against Spain's Carolina Marin.
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P.V. Sindhu will come back with an Olympic gold: Rajyavardhan Rathore
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): Ecstatic with the performance of girls in the ongoing Rio Games, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today expressed confidence that shuttler P.V. Sindhu will return home with an Olympic gold.
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Saina Nehwal hospitalised with knee injury
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad, Aug.18 (ANI):Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal, who made a group stage exit from the ongoing Rio Olympics, has been admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad after a reoccurrence of the knee injury she suffered before the prestigious quadrennial games.
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Rio Olympics: Tarlochan Singh defends son's appointment as CMO
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana, Aug.17 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) vice-president Tarlochan Singh on Wednesday defended his son Pawandeep Singh's appointment as the Chief Medical Officer of the Indian contingent at the ongoing Olympics Games, which is being held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Ja
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Shuttler Sindhu keeps India's medal hopes afloat, enters semis at Rio
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 17 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu produced a gritty performance under tremendous pressure as she overcame Chinese world number two Yihan Wang in straight games to reach the semifinals of the women's singles event at the Rio Olympics.
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Vikas Krishan's loss prolongs India's wait for Rio Olympics meda
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 16 (ANI): Indian ace boxer Vikas Krishan failed to end his country's agonising wait for an Olympic medal as he lost the quarterfinal bout against Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev in the men's middleweight (75kg) category here at the Rio Games on Tu
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Shuttler Sindhu joins Srikanth in Rio Olympics quarters
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (ANI): Indian ace shuttler PV Sindhu progressed through to the quarterfinals of the women's singles event with a crushing straight games win over Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei here at the Rio Olympics here on Tuesday.
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Vikas Krishan will end India's medal drought in Rio, says father
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhiwani, Aug 16 (ANI): As India's agonising wait for an Olympic medal shows no signs of abating in the ongoing Rio Games, the father of ace boxer Vikas Krishan has expressed confidence that his son will bring an end to this barren run when he will step into the ring for the quarterfinal
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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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Shuttler Srikanth storms into pre-quarters at Rio Olympics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 14 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth progressed through to the round of 16 with a crushing straight games win over Sweden's Henri Hurskainen in the men's singles event here at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.
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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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