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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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The Indian duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna started their campaign on a positive note, defeating Sam Stosur and Jonathan Peers of Australia in straight sets in the mixed doubles tennis event at the ongoing Rio Olympics here. The Indian…
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There was no end to the Indian shooters' Olympic Games misery as 2012 edition's bronze medal winner Gagan Narang and Chain Singh failed to qualify for the 50m Rifle Prone event on Friday. While Narang, who won the London Games bronze in 10m…
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AGENCY Rio de Janeiro: Atanu Das let slip chances in his men's individual recurve pre-quarterfinal to bow out of contention and draw curtains on India's fruitless campaign in archery while rifle shooters Gagan Narang and Chain Singh got…
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New Delhi:- With the BCCI facing Supreme Court-appointed Lodha panel's deadline on implementing major reforms in the world's richest cricket body, its president Anurag Thakur today said that people who had not played the game were trying to…
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New Delhi:- Senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is all set to give the inaugural day and night Duleep Trophy with pink ball a miss due to pressing family commitments. It has been learnt that the ace off-spinner is planning to take a break…
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New Delhi:- Limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead a full strength Indian cricket squad for the two-match Twenty20 series against West Indies to be played in USA on August 27 and 28. The 14-member Indian team will witness the…
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AGENCY Rio de Janeiro: Indian boxer Shiva Thapa (56kg) bowed out of the Olympic Games after being out-punched by fourth-seeded Cuban Robeisy Ramirez in the opening round here today. The 22-year-old, competing in his second Olympics, lost…
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AGENCY RIO DE JANEIRO: Miffed with Indian sports minister Vijay Goel's entourage, Rio Olympic organisers have threatened to cancel his accreditation if unaccredited people accompanying him do not end their "aggressive and rude" behaviour.…
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AGENCY Rio de Janeiro: For a discipline that has given Indian athletes only the Olympian's tag, the country's track and field participants will begin their campaign in the Rio Olympics on Friday with little hope to break the 116-year-old…
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