Dipa Karmakar India's pride, says Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS): Heaping praise on Indian Olympian Dipa Karmakar, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj referred to her as India's pride.
Rio: PV Sindhu, K Srikanth reach quater-finals
Rio, Aug 16 (IBNS): Keeping alive hopes for India to clinch medals, Indian shuttlers PV Sindu and K Srikanth reached the quater-finals of the Rio Olympics.
Don't be burdened by what the result will be: Modi tells Indian athletes
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged Indian athletes performing in the ongoing Rio Olympics not to feel burdened by thinking about the results and the outcome of the matches in which they will perform in the mega spots event of the year.
Rio: Atanu Das defeated,fails to qualify for the quarterfinal
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IBNS): Ending another hope, Indian archer Atanu Das lost to South Korea's Lee Seung-Yun in men's individual pre-quarterfinals match of the Olympics on Friday.
Rio: Spirited Indian Hockey team go down 1-2 to Netherlands
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IBNS): A spirited Indian Hockey team took on the unbeaten Netherlands in the group B fixture and lost the match 1-2, here on Thursday.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 9 (IBNS): India put up another heroic performance to recover from the defeat at the hands of Germany to beat Argentina in a Rio Olympics group B match 2-1 here on Tuesday.
Rio: Abhinav Bindra finishes fourth in final
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IBNS): Fans back home were shocked and disappointed as Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra slipped from winning the bronze medal as he finished at the fourth spot in the final of the 10m air rifle event of the Olympics.
Rio: Novak Djokovic defeated in first round
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IBNS) Serbian Tennis star Novak Djokovic suffered a jolt as he crashed out off the Olympics men's singles Tennis event after being defeated by Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday.
Rio: Dipa Karmakar creates history, reaches vault finals
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IBNS): Magic was witnessed on the turf here as India's Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming the first Indian to reach the individual vault finals in her maiden Olympics after finishing 8th in the qualifying stage.
Rio: Virginia Thrasher clinches first gold medal of the event
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (IBNS): America's Virginia Thrasher clinched the first gold medal of the Olympics in the women's 10m air rifle event on Saturday.
Rio: Jitu Rai reaches 10m Air Pistol final
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (IBNS): Indian shooter Jitu Rai on Saturday qualified for the 10m Air Pistol Men's finals event of the Rio Olympics here.
Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel launches rap track for Rio Olympics
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IBNS): The official song for India for the Rio Olympics 'Born a Champion' was launched at Olympic Carnival by union Sports Minister Vijay Goel, a release stated.
Rio: Wrestler Narsingh Yadav cleared of doping charges
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): Narsingh Yadav was on Monday cleared by the National Anti Doping Agency's (NADA) disciplinary panel of any wrongdoing in the ingestion of a prohibited substance.
It is a good news: Sushil says on Narsingh Yadav
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): Olympic media winning wrestler Sushil Kumar on Monday said he was happy that Narsingh Yadav has been cleared of doping charges.
Ready for Olympic Games, UN-supported refugee athletes set out for Rio
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):Five middle-distance runners from South Sudan, until recently living in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp, have flown out of the capital city of Nairobi to take part in the first-ever Olympic refugee team for the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the United Nations refugee agency has said.