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Gymnast Dipa Karmakar misses Rio Olympics medal by a whisker
Updated : 8 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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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Rio Olympics: Mirza-Bopanna roll into mixed doubles semis
Updated : 8 years, 9 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, 9 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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Rio 2016: India's Manish Singh finishes 13th in men's 20km race
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.13 (ANI): India's Manish Singh, who was competing for an elusive medal for India at the Rio Olympics, made a respective 13th-place finish in the men's 20 km race walk ahead of the Olympic record holder, Ding Chen here in Pontal on Saturday .
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