Rio: Sakshi Malik wins Bronze, ends India's medal drought
Aug 18, 2016, at 02:58 pm
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 18 (IBNS): Showing grit and dexterity, Indian grappler Sakshi Malik won the Bronze medal in the women's 58kg freestyle bout, ending the nation's wait for a laurel.
Rio: Sakshi Malik clinches bronze
Aug 18, 2016, at 02:50 pm
Rio, Aug 18 (IBNS): Ending India's drought at the Rio Olympics, Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal in the women's 58 kg freestyle event on Thursday.
Kidambi Srikanth loses quater-finals clash against Lin Dan
Aug 18, 2016, at 01:26 am
Rio, Aug 17 (IBNS): Despite making a poor start, Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth fought hard and gave China's defending Olympic champion Lin Dan a tough competition before going down in the quater-finals clash of the men's singles event at the ongoing Rio Olympics here on Wednesday.
Mamata Banerjee wishes PV Sindhu for reaching Rio semis
Aug 18, 2016, at 01:14 am
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wished Indian shuttler PVSindhu after she reached the semi-finals of the women's singles event of the Rio Olympics here.
Rio: Sakshi Malik reaches Round 16
Aug 18, 2016, at 01:08 am
Rio, Aug 17 (IBNS): Indian women wrestler Sakshi Malik on Wednesday moved to the to the Round 16 of the ongoing Olympics in the freestyle 58 kg Round.
Rio: Kidambi Srikanth defeated by Lin Dan
Aug 18, 2016, at 12:46 am
Rio, Aug 17 (IBNS): In a clash that went down to the wire, Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth lost to China's Lin Dan in the men's singles quater-finals event of the ongoing Rio here on Wednesday.
Aug 17, 2016, at 11:41 pm
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): Reliance Foundation Youth Sports – the campus sports initiative recently launched by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in Delhi - has witnessed a rush of school and college institutes enrolling for the inaugural year of school & college football competitions starting on Aug 28.
FC Goa confirms signing of Mandar Rao Dessai, Fernandez, Kattimani
Aug 17, 2016, at 11:08 pm
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): Soccer club FC GOA on Wednesday confirmed a trio of signings with the club tying up deals for Romeo Fernandes, Mandar Rao Dessai and Laxmikanth Kattimani.
Australia hands over number-one ranking to India
Aug 17, 2016, at 09:30 pm
Dubai, Aug 17 (IBNS): Australia has conceded its number-one ranking to India after Sri Lanka made a clean sweep of the three-Test series in Colombo on Wednesday.
Pakistan eye Ireland and England series for automatic World Cup qualification
Aug 17, 2016, at 06:57 pm
Dubai, Aug 17 (IBNS): After featuring in one of the most thrilling and competitive Test series in recent times, Pakistan shifts its focus to white ball cricket when it plays Ireland in Dublin on Aug 18 and 20, and then England in a five-ODI series from Aug 24 to Sept 4.
Rio: Fiery Sindhu storms past Chinese opponent to enter semis
Aug 17, 2016, at 06:15 pm
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IBNS): Keeping alive India's hope for a medal in Rio, Indian Shuttler PV Sindhu inched closer to a podium finish after she stunned Wang Yihan of China in straight sets.
Rio: Bolt qualifies for 200m semi-finals
Aug 17, 2016, at 05:16 am
Rio, Aug 16 (IBNS): Jamaican athlete Usain Bolton Tuesday qualified for the men’s 200m semi-finals of the ongoing Rio Olympics.
Clean chit given to wrestler Narsingh Yadav appealed
Aug 17, 2016, at 04:27 am
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IBNS): The World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed against the clean chit given to Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav.
Online ticket sales begin for India vs West Indies T20Is in the U.S.A.
Aug 17, 2016, at 03:13 am
Florida, Aug 16 (IBNS): The tickets of the two T20 International matches between India and the West Indies in the US have gone on sale.
PM Narendra Modi greets political bugbear Kejriwal on his birthday
Aug 16, 2016, at 11:42 pm
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS): Keeping aside the regular conflicts and exchange of barbs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday wished Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on his birthday.
Dipa Karmakar India's pride, says Sushma Swaraj
Aug 16, 2016, at 05:07 pm
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
Aug 16, 2016, at 02:43 pm
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.
Virat Kohli praises Olympics gold medal winner Usain Bolt
Aug 16, 2016, at 01:53 am
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IBNS): Indian Test captain Virat Kohli appreciated and congratulated Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt after he clinched another gold medal in the Rio Olympics.
Rio: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth reaches quater-finals
Aug 16, 2016, at 01:24 am
Rio, Aug 15 (IBNS): Rising a new hope for a medal, Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Monday moved to the quarter-finals of the men's singles event of the Rio Olympics here.
German striker Lukas Podolski retires from international football
Aug 16, 2016, at 12:51 am
Berlin,Aug 15 (IBNS): German footballer Lukas Podolski has retired from international football.
Younus returns to the top five
Aug 15, 2016, at 11:09 pm
Dubai, Aug 15 (IBNS): Pakistan’s Younus Khan has returned to the top five of the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after belting his sixth career double-century which helped his side to record an impressive 10-wicket victory over England in the fourth and final Test of the series at The Oval.
Dipa Karmakar narrowly misses Rio bronze
Aug 15, 2016, at 07:41 pm
Rio/New Delhi, Aug 15 (IBNS): Indian athlete Dipa Karmakar came fourth in the vaults final at the Rio Olympic gains, missing the bronze medal by a mere 0.150 points, according to media reports.
Tennis : Andy Murray clinches Olympics gold in Olympics
Aug 15, 2016, at 03:27 pm
Rio, Aug 15 (IBNS): Britain Tennis star Andy Murray clinched his second Olympics gold medal by beating Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro.
Usain Bolt clinches gold medal
Aug 15, 2016, at 03:12 pm
Rio, Aug 15 (IBNS): Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt clinched gold in the Olympic 100m event by beating American Justin Gatlin here.
Rio: Belgium beat India in Q/Fs
Aug 15, 2016, at 05:58 am
Rio, Aug 15 (IBNS): Indian hockey team suffered a jolt as they were defeated by Belgium in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Rio Olympics here on Sunday.
Aug 15, 2016, at 05:38 am
Rio, Aug 14 (IBNS): India's new icon Dipa Karmakar missed an oppurtunity to win medal for the nation and finished fourth in the women's vault final here on Sunday.
Pakistan retains third position on ICC Test team rankings
Aug 15, 2016, at 05:06 am
Dubai, Aug 14 (IBNS): Pakistan has remained in third position on the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings but could rise to number-one depending on how the Colombo Test between Sri Lanka and Australia, and the fourth Test between the West Indies and India in Port of Spain pan out.
Rio: Saina Nehwal defeated, crashes out of Olympics
Aug 15, 2016, at 05:03 am
Rio, Aug 14 (IBNS): In a major blow to India's hope for winning a medal, Indian badminton icon Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Olympics after she was defeated in the group stage clash of the women's singles here on Sunday.
Rio: Sania,Rohan miss bronze winning chance
Aug 15, 2016, at 04:51 am
Rio, Aug 14 (IBNS): Indian Tennis star Sania MIrza and her mixed doubles partner Rohan Bopanna missed an oppurtunity to clinch bronze at the Rio Olympics as they were defeated by Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic here on Sunday.
Bravo and Sharma fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct
Aug 14, 2016, at 10:32 pm
Dubai, Aug 14 (IBNS): Darren Bravo of the West Indies and India’s Rohit Sharma have both been fined 15 per cent of their respective match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the final day’s play in the third Test at Gros Islet on Sunday.