BBB, AJCC emerge winners in Jammu & Kashmir Premier League
Jul 28, 2021, at 12:40 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Birch Blasters Burzhama (BBB) on Monday beat Elegant Strikers in the first match played after winning the toss in Srinagar, Kashmir.
Bengaluru FC rope in J&K’s frontman Danish Farooq
Jul 28, 2021, at 12:37 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Former Indian Super League champions Bengaluru FC on Sunday announced the signing of Jammu and Kashmir's Danish Farooq on a two-year contract.
Tokyo Olympics: Hsing-Chun Kuo from Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) wins weightlifting gold medal
Jul 27, 2021, at 10:51 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Hsing-Chun Kuo, a female athlete who represents Chinese Taipei, a term used by the International Olympic Committee to represent Taiwan, won the weightlifting gold medal in the -59 kg wight category on Tuesday at Tokyo Games.
Second Sri Lanka-India T20I postponed after Krunal Pandya tests COVID-19 positive
Jul 27, 2021, at 10:14 pm
Colombo: The second T20I between Sri Lanka and India originally scheduled to be played on July 27 has been pushed forward by a day and will now take place on Wednesday after an Indian all-rounder tested COVID-19 positive, BCCI said on Tuesday.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian Boxer Lovlina Borgohain wins hard-fought match to advance to quarters
Jul 27, 2021, at 09:40 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain overcame a tough challenge from Germany’s Nadine Apetz to register a win in the women’s 69kg (welterweight) category in the round of 16 bouts here on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Jul 27, 2021, at 09:27 pm
Tokyo/UNI: India's table tennis campaign came to an end on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics as veteran Sharath Kamal lost to Olympic champion Ma Long of China in a hard-fought match.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian shooters disappoint, make early exits
Jul 27, 2021, at 08:28 pm
Tokyo/UNI: India's shooting campaign received a further setback as its shooters in the mixed team events in the air pistol and air rifle made early exits after a poor show here on Tuesday.
India beat Spain 3-0 in Tokyo Olympics Hockey Pool A clash
Jul 27, 2021, at 04:02 pm
Tokyo: India defeated Spain 3-0 in men's hockey clash of the Tokyo Olympics here on Tuesday.
Tokyo Olympics: ROC swimmer Yevgeny Rylov wins gold in 100m backstroke
Jul 27, 2021, at 03:29 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: For the first time in 25 years, ROC's Yevgeny Rylov won the Olympic gold medal in swimming, defeating others in the 100-meter backstroke at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Tokyo Olympics: Aussie swimmer McKeown breaks Olympic record to win women's 100m backstroke
Jul 27, 2021, at 02:59 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown claim the women's 100m backstroke gold in an Olympic record time of 57.47 seconds at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Tuesday.
Tokyo Olympics: British swimmer Dean wins men's 200m freestyle gold
Jul 27, 2021, at 02:40 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Tom Dean and Duncan Scott led a one-two finish for Britain in the men's 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Tuesday.
India put up a dismal show on Day four of Tokyo Olympics
Jul 27, 2021, at 05:42 am
July 26 (IBNS) India put up a dismal show as all their competitors barring paddler A Sharath Kamal either lost their matches or failed to qualify in their events on the fourth day of Tokyo Olympics Monday.
Indian women put up a plucky fight before going down 0-2 to Germany
Jul 27, 2021, at 02:58 am
Tokyo/IBNS: Indian women put up a brave fight before going down 0-2 to favourite Germany in their second group league match in the Tokyo Olympic games Monday.
Manipur government appoints Mirabai Chanu as Additional SP
Jul 27, 2021, at 12:39 am
Imphal, July 26 : Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday announced that the state government decided to appoint Olympic Silver Medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu as Additional Superintendent of Police (Sports) in the Police department.
Tokyo Olympics: Indian boxer Ashish Kumar bows out
Jul 27, 2021, at 12:28 am
Tokyo/UNI: Indian boxer Ashish Chaudhary (75kg) crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics after losing to China's Erbieke Tuoheta in the round of 32 match, here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian men's archery team loses to Korea in the quarter finals
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:06 pm
Tokyo/UNI: The Indian men's archery team bowed out of the Olympics after losing to defending champions Korea in the quarter-finals of the men's team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.
Tokyo Olympic: Hancock wins his third Olympic gold in men's skeet
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:04 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Vincent Hancock of the United States won his third Olympic gold medal after a commanding 59-hit victory in men's skeet here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: India’s Satwik-Chirag loses to Sukamuljo & Gideon in second match
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:02 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost their second group stage match of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics against top-ranked Indonesian duo Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo, here on Monday.
Slovenia wins men's canoe in Olympic canoe slalom
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:58 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Slovenia's Benjamin Savsek won the men's canoe slalom at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Monday in the Kasai Canoe Slalom Center.
Tokyo Olympics: Japanese skateboarder Nishiya wins womens' street gold
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:56 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: The 13-year-old Japanese skateboarder Momiji Nishiya won the women's street final here on Monday, becoming the world's first female Olympic skateboarding champion.
Tokyo Olympics: Fencer Bhavani Devi impresses on her Olympic debut before bowing out
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:53 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian fencer Bhavani Devi put up an impressive performance on her Olympic debut before she lost her second round match in the women’s individual sabre and bowed out of Tokyo 2020, here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics: Sharath Kamal advances, while Sutirtha Mukherjee bows out in table tennis
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:50 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Veteran Indian table tennis player Sharath Kamal won a hard-fought match against Tiago Apolonia of Portugal 2-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 in the second round of the men’s singles at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics: Zhang Yufei claims sliver of women's 100m butterfly
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:48 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Zhang Yufei of China claimed the silver medal in 55.64 seconds, only 0.05 seconds after gold medalist Margaret Macneil of Canada, in the women's 100m butterfly final Monday.
Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav to join Indian team as Washington Sundar, Gill, Avesh Khan out
Jul 26, 2021, at 08:35 pm
Durham/IBNS: Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav have been picked in the Indian Test team which will take on English in a Test series.
India's Archery Team lose to Korea 0-6, crash out of Tokyo Olympics
Jul 26, 2021, at 04:52 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: In a heartbreak for the South Asian country, the Indian Archery Team Monday lost to Korea 0-6 in the men's event to crash out of Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Tokyo Olympics: Australian swimmer Titmus beat WR holder Ledecky for 400m freestyle gold
Jul 26, 2021, at 03:43 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Australia's world champion Ariarne Titmus edged world record holder Kathleen Ledecky of the United States to claim gold in the women's 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics: British swimmer Peaty wins men's 100m breaststroke gold
Jul 26, 2021, at 03:32 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Rio Olympic champion Adam Peaty defended his title in men's 100m breaststroke here on Monday, winning the gold medal in 57.37 seconds.
Tokyo Olympics: Canadian swimmer MacNeil wins women's 100m butterfly gold
Jul 26, 2021, at 03:22 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Margaret MacNeil of Canada touched home first in 55.59 seconds to win the women's 100m butterfly gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Monday.
T20I: Dhawan's India beat Sri Lanka by 38 runs, take 1-0 series lead
Jul 26, 2021, at 02:52 pm
Colombo/UNI: India produced a clinical performance to beat Sri Lanka by 38 runs in 1st T20I and take 1-0 lead in the 3-match series, here on Sunday.
Olympic returnees not required to produce negative RT-PCR test report : Indian Govt
Jul 26, 2021, at 06:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has said that the athletes, officials and media returning to the country from Tokyo Olympics will not be required to produce RT-PCR negative test reports for COVID-19 before boarding the returning flight from the Japanese capital.