India to look for first Medal in Rio Olympics

In Rio Olympics, India will look for their first Medal as they have their contention in Archery, Shooting, Hockey, Boxing and Rowing today. In Archery men's singles recurve event, Atanu Das will be seen in Round of 64 action. He will be up against Jit Bahadur Muktan of Nepal. This contest w...

Another disappointing day for India as Bindra misses out on medal in farewell Olympic performance

Paralympics ban over doping is grave human rights abuse: Russia

The Head of the Russian Paralympic Committee has said that the decision to bar Russian athletes from taking part in next month's Rio Paralympics over doping allegations was a grave human rights abuse. Vladimir Lukin, President of the committee, told a news conference in Moscow that most Rus...

Lodha panel rejects BCCI request to defer key meeting

The Supreme Court appointed Justice Lodha panel has declined the request of Indian cricket board to defer the scheduled meeting tomorrow on implementation of reforms within the next six months.The request came a day after BCCI's newly appointed legal advisor Justice Markandey Katju told BCC...

Nita Ambani distributes medals at Rio Olympics victory ceremony

Newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Nita Ambani distributed the medals to women's 400m freestyle podium finishers at the Rio Games, becoming the first Indian woman to do the honours at an Olympic victory ceremony.Ambani, who became the first Indian woman to join the I...

India to lock horns with West Indies in 3rd test match at Trinidad

The third Cricket Test match between India and West Indies will begin today at Darren Sammy Stadium at St Lucia, Trinidad. The match will start at 7.30 p.m. (Indian Time). India skipper Virat Kohli hinted that he would like to persist with KL Rahul, who seized the opportunity by scoring a hundred in...

Rio Olympics: Another disappointing day for India as Bindra misses medal

Rio Olympics: Great Britain outclass India 3-0 in women's hockey

In Hockey, Indian eves were defeated Nil-3 by Great Britain in their second encounter of Rio Olympics this morning. After having a good game yesterday against Japan, Indian eves tried to hold London Olympics Bronze medalist Great Britain. But a fast pace game by the Brits and lack of defensive co-or...

Rio Olympics: Abhinav Bindra misses medal, India lose to Germany in hockey

Star Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra today missed a medal in the final of the men's 10m Air Rifle event at Rio Olympics. He qualified for the final of the event finishing seventh in the qualifying round. Gagan Narang however crashed out finishing at a lowly 23rd position in the qualifiers.Bin...

Rio Olympics: India lose to Germany 1-2 in Hockey

India's men's hockey team today lost to Germany at the Rio Olympics 1-2. Though India played brilliantly to keep the reigning Champions Germany to 1-1 till the dying moments, the winning goal came through Christopher Ruhr just a few seconds before the hooter. Germany took the initi...