Serena Williams lost to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-3, the defeat robbing her a chance of fifth Olympic gold medal. Top seed and defending champion Williams was clearly struggling with a right shoulder injury as she was stunned 6-4, 6-3 by Svitolina, 13 years her junior. “The better player won,” said Williams, who served up eight double faults, including five […]
» Read moreArcher Atanu Das provided a silver lining on a disappointing day for the Indians by entering the pre-quarterfinals of the Individual Recurve event at the Rio Olympics, here on Tuesday. Das first blanked Jit Bahadur Muktan of Nepal 6-0 in the round of 64 encounter and then kept his composure to prevail over Cuban Adrian Andres Puentes Perez 6-4 in […]
» Read moreIndia beat Argentina 2-1 in a men’s hockey pool match at Rio Olympics here on Tuesday. It is India’s second win in three Pool B matches, after beating Ireland 3-2 and getting beaten by Germany 1-2.
» Read moreKatinka Hosszu won the women’s Olympic 100 metres backstroke on Monday to claim her second gold of the Rio Olympics.
» Read moreIndian women’s hockey team could not produce the performance of their opening match against Japan as Great Britain convincingly overpowered them 3-0 in the second match of the Olympic Games, here today.
» Read moreIndian men’s hockey team’s perennial habit of conceding late goals continued to haunt them as reigning double Olympic champions Germany scored seconds from the final hooter to steal a 2-1 win in a thrilling Pool B match of the Rio Olympics, here on Monday. India will next play Argentina on Tuesday.
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