A reception on India’s Independence Day arranged by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as well as the Embassy in Brazil. But it left the athletes very unhappy. The reason: They expected good food to be served at the late afternoon reception, or at least decent Indian snacks, since most of them were missing home food What they got […]
» Read moreIndia’s Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the quarter-finals of the men’s singles badminton event after eking out a hard-fought win over World No. 5 Jan Jorgensen of Denmark at the Rio Olympics on Monday. Srikanth dished out an aggressive performance to defeat Jorgensen 21-19, 21-19. And will next take on two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan on Tuesday.
» Read moreSindhu 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 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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