India men archery team come last in ranking round

At the London Olympics today, Indian men's Archery team finished at the bottom of the heap in the ranking round. In the event held at the Lord's Cricket Ground, the team finished 12th and last. The trio of Jayanta Talukdar, Tarundeep Rai and Rahul Banerjee combined for a score of 1...

Olympics 2012 open tonight in London

India, Lanka play 3rd ODI tomorrow

The Indian cricket team will aim to get their campaign back on track when they take on hosts Sri Lanka in the third ODI in Colombo on Saturday. The visitors gave contrasting performances in the two matches at Hambantota where they first won comfortably by 21 runs before being defeated by nine wicket...

S Korea make world records in men archery ranking

South Korea claimed the first two world records of London Olympics 2012 in the men's Archery ranking round today. They set a team world record of 2087 points. India finished last in a 12-team event.Korea's Im Dong-Hyun broke his own individual record for 72 arrows with a score of 6...

Govt to offer coaching jobs for Olympic medal winners

Sports Minister Ajay Maken has said the Government of India will offer coaching jobs to its athletes who win medals at the 30th Olympic Games starting today. Sports minister Ajay Makan said in London the the this would would motivate the 81-strong Indian contingent to perform well "so that ...

Olympics 2012 open tonight in London

Olympics 2012 opens tonight in London

Govt to offer coaching jobs for 2012 Olympic medal winners

Sports Minister Ajay Maken has said the Government of India will offer coaching jobs to its athletes who win medals at the 30th Olympic Games starting today. Sports minister Ajay Makan said in London the the this would would motivate the 81-strong Indian contingent to perform well "so that ...

Japan beat Spain in Olympic Football opener

On the first day of the men's Olympic football tournament yesterday Japan upset Spain 1-0 , while Brazil held on for a 3-2 victory over Egypt and host Britain had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Senegal.Uruguay and Belarus also won yesterday. The Men's Football Event kicked off yeste...

Coaching jobs for Olympic medal winners: Sports Min Maken

Sports Minister Ajay Maken has said the Government of India will offer coaching jobs to its athletes who win medals at the 30th Olympic Games starting today. Sports minister Ajay Makan said in London the the this would would motivate the 81-strong Indian contingent to perform well "so that ...