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 AGENCY Rio De Janeiro: India men's hockey team defeated Argentina 2-1 in their third Pool B encounter at the Olympic Hockey Centre on Tuesday to climb to joint top with Germany in the standings with two wins to their name. Manipur's…
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It was a tale of missed opportunities for India at the Olympic Games here as star marksman Abhinav Bindra narrowly missed a medal and the men's hockey team slumped to a 1-2 defeat to Germany by conceding a goal with three seconds left in…
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 AGENCY RIO DE JANEIRO: Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she became the first Indian to make the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games after finishing 8th in the qualifying round here. The…
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AGENCY New Delhi: The BCCI top brass will be facing charges of 'Contempt of Court' if they decide not to appear in front of the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Panel to discuss the implementation of the Apex Court's verdict within next six…
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Beslan Mudranov won scandal-depleted Russia's first gold medal of the Rio Olympics in the judo on Saturday after their team was slashed over a massive doping conspiracy. Mudranov won the men's 60kg final with a golden score victory over…
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Agency Rio de Janeiro: The Indian women's archery team progressed to the quarter-finals and the hockey squad fought back to hold Japan to a draw, but experienced pistol shooter Heena Sidhu misfired on day two of the Rio Games here today.…
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Rio de Janeiro: World No 1 doubles player Sania Mirza's campaign in the women's event came to an end as she and her partner Prarthana Thombare lost their first round match against the Chinese pair of Shuai Zhang and Shuai Peng. Zhang and…
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India's men's hockey team broke a 12-year Olympics jinx by winning their opening group league encounter, but tennis star Leander Paes's dream of a second medal in the Games history went up in smoke after he and doubles partner Rohan Bopanna…
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 AGENCY RIO DE JANEIRO: The Rio Games launched with a flamboyant spectacle headlined by supermodel Gisele Bundchen as a doom-laden Olympic build-up gave way to an energetic party atmosphere at the fabled Maracana stadium on Friday. Marathon…
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AGENCY Rio de Janeiro: Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who qualified for the Olympics riding on the Produnova, a tough front handspring and two front somersaults, will showcase her expertise at the manoeuvre on Sunday when the women…
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