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Rio 2016: India's Manish Singh finishes 13th in men's 20km race
Updated : 8 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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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Rio 2016: Shuttlers Gutta-Ponnappa chance diminish after another defeat in
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 (ANI): The chances of Indian shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa making it to the quarter-finals of the women's doubles event are almost over after they suffered yet another defeat in their Group Play Stage on Day 7 of the Rio Olympics here on Frid
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Rio Olympics: Gagan Narang fails to qualify for 50m rifle prone finals
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 (ANI): India's dismal show continues at the 2016 Rio Olympics as shooter Gagan Narang failed to qualify for the finals of the 50m Rifle Prone Men's Qualification event on Day 7 here at the Olympic Shooting Centre on Friday.
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Rio Olympics: Atanu Das' failure brings India's challenge to end
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 (ANI): India's challenge in archery in the ongoing Rio Olympics ended on Friday as lone survivor Atanu Das also crashed out of the prestigious quadrennial event after going down 4-6 at the hands of World number eight Lee Seung-yun in the pre-quarter-fina
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Leading a delegation to Rio to encourage Haryana players: Anil Vij
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh, Aug 12 (ANI): Haryana Sports Minister Anil Vij on Friday said he is leading a delegation to Rio to encourage Haryana players.
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Celebration erupts as Fiji rugby team clinch first-ever Olympic gold
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug 12 (ANI): Fiji erupted into wild celebration after their Sevens rugby team clinched the South Pacific nation's first ever Olympic gold medal in the ongoing quadrennial event in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
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