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Saina fails to get elected as one of four-athlete IOC member
AGENCY
RIO DE JANEIRO: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has failed to get elected as one of the four athlete members of the International Olympic Committee as she finished sixth in the race to become a member of Athletics Commission of the…
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Kohli will make a good captain in all formats: Dhoni
New Delhi:- India's limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels his heir apparent Virat Kohli will make a good captain in all three formats.
Dhoni, showering praise on India's Test captain, said Kohli is always pushing the envelope…
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Rohtak to Rio: Sakshi carves sporting history
Agency
RIO DE JANEIRO: From yearning to fly in an aeroplane as a kid to clinching a bronze in the Olympics, the biggest sporting stage of all, Haryana wrestler Sakshi Malik has come a long way in her fairy-tale journey to etch her name in…
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Sindhu storms into final
Shuttler P V Sindhu made an epoch-making entry into the final of the women's singles in Olympic Games badminton when she outclassed Japan's higher-ranked Nozomi Okuhara and assured herself and the country of a silver medal here today.…
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Shuttlers shine, boxers end without medal in Rio Olympics
Agency
RIO DE JANEIRO: K Srikanth and P V Sindhu kept the medal hopes alive in badminton with facile wins but boxers drew a blank after Vikas Krishan was ousted in the quarterfinals on a mixed day for Indian athletes in the Rio Games here.…
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India hammer West Indies in 3rd Test to take 2-0 lead
AGENCY
ST LUCIA: The Indian cricket team produced a splendid bowling performance to decimate West Indies by 237 runs in the third Test and grab an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series here.
Having lost an entire day to rain, it…
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District Billiards, Snooker tourney from Aug 22
Sports Reporter
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Billiards and Snooker Association has decided to hold Jammu District Billiards and Snooker Tournament from 22nd August at Billiards Hall, MA Stadium, here. The competition shall be held for two…
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Rio Olympics: Lalita Babar lights up day eight for India
AGENCY
Rio de Janeiro: Woman steeplechaser Lalita Babar clipped nearly seven seconds off the existing national mark in the qualifiers to make a storming entry into the final of the gruelling event in the Olympic Games here today, but…
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India held 2-2 after Canada’s late goal
AGENCY
RIO DE JANEIRO: A nervy India squandered a one-goal advantage as they allowed Canada to stage a fightback with a late strike and earn a 2-2 draw in their final men's hockey pool game of the Rio Olympics Games here on Friday.
India…
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India’s Vikas Gowda, Manpreet Kaur fail to make the cut
AGENCY
Rio de Janeiro: India continued its flop show on Day 7 of the Olympic Games with Atanu Das bringing down the curtains in archery, rifle shooters Gagan Narang and Chain Singh coming a cropper and shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini…
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