Sindhu displayed a dominant performance to beat Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu-ying in straight games 21-13, 21-15 and booked her spot in the quarter-finals of the women’s singles badminton event at the Rio Olympics on Monday.
» Read moreThe International Cricket Council on Monday (August 15), fined Pakistan for maintaining a slow over-rate in the final Test against England at the Oval. Match referee Richie Richardson imposed the sanction after the on-field umpires Marais Erasmus and Bruce Oxenford, third umpire Joel Wilson and fourth official Rob Bailey found the visiting side guilty. Pakistan fell short of their target […]
» Read moreYounis Khan’s match-winning double century in the fourth and final Test against England at The Oval helped him march into the Top 5 in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen.
» Read moreTripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Monday said Dipa Karmakar’s brilliant performance at the Games would encourage others and give a boost to Indian gymnastics. “Dipa’s extraordinary performance would encourage others and boost Indian gymnastics,” Mr. Sarkar said. Congratulating Dipa, the Chief Minister said: “We are confident that she would earn medals for the country next time.” In the final […]
» Read moreSania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna’s disappointment of semi-final loss against Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram carried into the bronze medal match against Radek Stepanek and Lucie Hradecka of Czech Republic with the Indian pairing bowing out tamely in just over an hour by 1-6, 5-7. The loss means India’s medal-less run at Rio continued with bronze medal also out of […]
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