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Heartbroken on missing medal, will target gold for 2020 Olympics: Dipa Kar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 15 (ANI): Expressing disappointment at losing the Olympic medal by a whisker as she finished fourth in the women's individual vault final here at the Rio Olympics, Indian trailblazing gymnast Dipa Karmakar said that she was crestfallen but this has only made
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Dazzling Dipa Karmakar leaves sporting fraternity awestruck
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 15 (ANI): Although Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar missed out on an Olympic medal by a whisker, her stellar performance at the world's biggest stage has left much of the sporting fraternity awestruck.
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Dipa Karmakar's father believes presence of manager would've bee
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala, Aug 15 (ANI): While expressing satisfaction over his daughter's stellar performance in the Rio Olympics, the father of Indian star gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who missed the bronze medal by a whisker, said that the presence of a manager would have helped the team in problematic sit
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Gymnast Dipa Karmakar misses Rio Olympics medal by a whisker
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 15 (ANI): Indian trailblazing gymnast Dipa Karmakar missed out on an Olympic medal by a whisker as she finished fourth in the women's individual vault final here at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.
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Rio Olympics: Sindhu, Srikanth keep India's medal hopes alive
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 14 (ANI): Indian ace shuttler PV Sindhu progressed through to the round of 16 with a resilient win over Canadian rival Michelle Li in her second and final women's singles group stage contest here at the Rio Olympics here on Sunday.
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Rio Olympics: Medal wait continues as Mirza-Bopanna lose bronze medal matc
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 14 (ANI): India's agonising wait for their first medal continued on the ninth day of the Rio Olympics as tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna lost their bronze medal match against Czech Republican pair of Radek Stepanek and Lucie Hradecka in the mixed
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Martyred Lt. Col. E.K. Niranjan's family delighted over 'Shaurya
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru, Aug 14 (ANI): Shashank, the brother of Lieutenant Col. E.K. Niranjan who lost his life during the Pathankot airbase attack, on Sunday said the family felt proud after hearing that the latter will be conferred with 'Shaurya Chakra', the third highest gallantry medal, for
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Kohli backs Indian athletes in Rio, says 'we need to give them credit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 14 (ANI): Despite Indian contingent failing to still open its account at the medals tally at the ongoing Rio Olympics, Indian Test cricket skipper Virat Kohli has backed country's athletes, saying they need to given credit for putting their heart and soul while preparing
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Rio Olympics: Dipa Karmakar's parents await daughter to create histor
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati/Imphal, Aug. 14 (ANI): As the nation eagerly waits for Dipa Karmakar's performance in the Rio Olympics women's vault final, her parents hope that the 23-year-old gymnast gets a birthday present in the form of a medal at the prestigious quadrennial event.
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Rio Olympics: `Ready to win a medal,` says boxer Vikas Krishan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
By Vivek Prabhakar Singh
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Rio Olympics: National boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu praises boxer Mano
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.13 (ANI): National boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu has praised Manoj Kumar after he defeated London Olympic bronze-medallist Evaldas Petrauskas to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the Men's Light Welter 64kg event here at the Rio Olympics.
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2016 Summer Paralympics: Expectations high from Rio-bound Indian contingen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): As the Paralympic-bound Indian contingent heads for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, slated to be held from September 7 and 18 in Brazil, the country has pinned high hopes on its athletes winning a lot of medals in the prestigious quadrennial event.
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