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'Phenomenally proud of our athletes in Rio," PM Modi responds to
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): While appreciating cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar's request to encourage Indian athletes participating in the ongoing Rio Olympics in his speech on the 70th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country is proud of its sportspersons
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Rio Olympics: Lalita Babar breaks national record, qualifies for 3000m ste
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 13 (ANI): Steeplechaser Lalita Babar produced a sensational performance as she progressed through to the women's 3000m final after finishing seventh overall in the qualifying rounds of the event here at the Rio Olympics on Saturday.
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Rio Olympics: National boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu praises boxer Mano
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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Vijay Goel is embarrassing India at Rio Olympics: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai, Aug 13 (ANI): Accusing Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel for bringing disrepute to the nation at the Rio Olympics by flouting rules and codes of decency, the Congress on Saturday asserted that Goel could have done his job of taking care and cheering the Indian contingency by staying b
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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 2016: India's Manish Singh finishes 13th in men's 20km race
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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Rio Olympics: India end group stage with 2-2 draw against Canada in men�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.13 (ANI): The Indian men's hockey team, who have already qualified for the quarterfinals of the ongoing Rio Olympics, ended their group stage with a 2-2 draw against Canada here at Olympics Hockey Centre in Deodoro last evening .
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Rio 2016: Shuttlers Attri-Reddy ousted post second successive loss in men&
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 12 (ANI): India's badminton contingent suffered a major setback as ace shuttlers Manu Attri and Sumeeth B. Reddy were on Friday crashed out of the men's doubles event after suffering their second successive defeat in their group play stage here at the R
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Rio 2016: Mairaj Ahmad Khan finishes 10th on Day 1 of skeet qualifiers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro, Aug.12 (ANI): India's skeet shooter Mairaj Ahmad Khan struggled on the opening day of the men's skeet qualifying event as he finished at lowly 10th place at the Rio Olympics here at the Olympic Shooting Centre on Friday.
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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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Rio Olympics: India's Jinson Johnson fails to qualify for men's
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 (ANI): India kicked off their campaign on track on a disappointing note on Friday as Jinson Johnson failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Men's 800m heat event here at the Rio Olympics.
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No unaccredited person going along with Vijay Goel in Rio Olympics: Govt.
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 12 (ANI): The Sports Ministry on Friday clarified that no formal communication has been received by them either from the Rio Organization Committee or through the Indian Olympic Association regarding entry of an un-accredited Indian Official accompanying Union Sports Minister
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