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Bolt reasserts sprint supremacy by winning 200m gold at Rio Olympics
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug 19 (ANI): Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has left an indelible mark on the annals of sports history by winning a third successive Olympic 200m gold in front of a jubilant crowd in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Narsingh Yadav banned: Distraught parents allege conspiracy, appeal to PM
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi, Aug 19 (ANI): Distraught by the four year ban on Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav, family of the dope-tainted grappler on Friday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention into the matter to let their son play in the Olympics.
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Narsingh's Rio dreams dashed as CAS hands four-year doping ban to wre
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 19 (ANI): In a major setback for the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics, wrestler Narsingh Yadav has been banned for four years after Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) overturned the clean chit given to him by the National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA)
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Rio Olympics: Young golfer Aditi Ashok tied third after round 2
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 19 (ANI): Aditi Ashok, the lone woman golfer at the ongoing Rio Olympics, produced a spectacular performance as she finished tied at third-place in the round two of the women's individual stroke play here at Olympic Golf Course.
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Rio Olympics: Vijay Goel congratulates Sindhu, Gopichand for scripting his
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): Lauding P.V. Sindhu, as she booked her place in the finals of the women's singles event with a straight-game victory over Nozomi Okuhara of Japan at the Rio Olympics, Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel has congratulated the badminton star and said that India is p
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Rio Olympics: Young golfer Aditi Ashok tied eighth after two rounds
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 19 (ANI): Aditi Ashok, the lone woman golfer at the ongoing Rio Olympics, produced a spectacular performance as she finished tied eighth after two rounds of the women's individual stroke play here at Olympic Golf Course.
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Ahead of Rio qualifiers, CAS gives green signal to Narsingh Yadav
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug.18 (ANI): Providing a major relief to Narsingh Yadav, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on Thursday gave a clean chit to the grappler to participate in the 74kg men's freestyle category at the ongoing Rio Olympics.
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PV Sindhu's parents hail Gopichand, confident their daughter will cli
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad, Aug.18 (ANI): Extremely proud parents of India's badminton star PV Sindhu on Thursday expressed their pleasure after their daughter assuring India of at least a silver medal in the ongoing Rio Olympics by storming into the finals of the women's singles event.
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Big B joins Twiterrati in mocking Shobha De after Sindhu scripts history i
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): Joining Twitter in mocking celebrity writer Shobha De who had said that Indian Olympians at Rio were doing nothing but takes selfies, Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday lauded Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu for assuring India of at least a silver medal in the o
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Rio Olympics: Sonia Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj join nation in praising Sindhu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): With P.V. Sindhu assuring India of a silver medal in women's singles in the ongoing Rio Olympics by crushing Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday congratulated the ace shuttler for her i
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Rio Olympics: President Mukherjee, PM Modi laud Sindhu for semi-final feat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): With P.V. Sindhu assuring India of a silver medal in women's singles in the ongoing Rio Olympics by crushing Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday showered praises on the ace shuttler and wished her all the best for her final enco
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Rio: PV Sindhu sets up summit showdown against World No. 1 Marin
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro, Aug.18 (ANI): India's badminton star PV Sindhu has assured India of at least a silver medal in the ongoing Rio Olympics, as she booked her place in the finals of the women's singles event with a straight-game victory over Nozomi Okuhara of Japan here on Thursday.
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