Tag: olympics
Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas dives over the finish line of...
Sprinter Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas has taken gold in an upset win over USA's Allyson Felix in the women's 400m and how! Though...
Shuttlers shine, boxers end without medal in Rio Olympics
K Srikanth and P V Sindhu kept the medal hopes alive in badminton with facile wins but boxers drew a blank after Vikas Krishan...
Indian badminton player reaches quarterfinals of Rio Olympics
Two-time World Championship bronze-medallist P V Sindhu advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles badminton competition after notching up a dominating straight-game win...
Victory & setbacks part of life: Prime Minister tells Rio-bound athletes
India might be medal-less in the ongoing Olympics so far, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the athletes competing in Rio should not get...
Lalita creates history, Sania-Bopanna missed silver in Rio Olympics
India were left to rue a missed opportunity in tennis with Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna's mixed doubles semifinal loss after Lalita Babar became...
Let’s talk sex at the 2016 Olympics, 450k condoms carted in...
Rio organisers have the Olympic village fully stocked with half a million condoms.
According to the dating app Tinder, matches on the app have spiked 129%.
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An Olympic medal will mean a world to me: Sania
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza feels that there is "enough pressure" on them as elite athletes to even think of aspects like why India...
Kangana Ranaut slammed Shobha De saying her comment was “disturbing”
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday slammed author Shobha De for her tweet on Indian Olympians at Rio and said the comment was "disheartening."
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Shobhaa De has insulted Indian athletes: Maharashtra Sports Minister
Maharashtra Sports Minister Vinod Tawde on Wednesday said author Shobhaa De has "insulted" Indian athletes by "mocking" they had gone to Rio Olympics to...
‘Sub-standard’ equipment given to Indian players in Olympic: Congress member Kumari...
"Sub-standard" sports equipment have been given to Indian players participating in the ongoing Rio Olympics, Congress member Kumari Selja alleged in Rajya Sabha on...