NEW DELHI: It turned out to be a gloomy day for India at the Paris Olympics with a series of near misses in badminton, shooting, and wrestling. Lakshya Sen missed a bronze medal in badminton while Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka fell short in the skeet mixed team event in shooting. Wrestler Nisha…
NEW DELHI: Veteran custodian PR Sreejesh emerged hero as India pulled off a nail-biting 4-2 win in the shoot-out against Great Britain on Sunday at the Paris Olympics. Steering India into the semis after a standout performance in the shoot-out, keeper Sreejesh along with a jubilant Indian side was seen celebrating India’s epic triumph over…
NEW DELHI: Star shooter Manu Bhaker, India’s first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics, narrowly missed out on adding a third medal in the 25m pistol competition, finishing fourth while archer Deepika Kumari also faced disappointment as India’s archery campaign came to a disappointing end at the Paris Games…
NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker positioned herself for a historic third successive Olympic medal while Lakshya Sen progressed to the badminton semifinals after claiming a historic win at the Paris Games on Friday. The Indian hockey team also ended a 52-year drought defeating Australia 3-2 in their final Pool B game. But despite the achievements, India…
NEW DELHI: India skipper Rohit Sharma has been well known for his on-field chatters with teammates and opposition players and some of them, caught on stump mic, have turned out to be absolute rib-ticklers.Rohit on Friday was once again involved in an hilarious exchange of words, this time, with Washington Sundar during the first one-dayer…
NEW DELHI: Swapnil Kusale clinched India’s first-ever Olympic shooting medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions event on a day when four other medal contenders including PV Sindhu, Nikhat Zareen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Sift Kaur Samra were knocked out from their respective events at Paris Olympics on Thursday. Little-known shooter Kusale secured a bronze…
NEW DELHI: India’s Nishant Dev on Wednesday advanced to the quarterfinals in the boxing 71kg men’s competition, defeating Jose Gabriel Rodriguez Tenorio of Ecuador at the Paris Olympics. Dev edged Rodriguez 3-2 via a split decision.Starting aggressively, Dev landed straight and precise punches to comfortably secure the first round. However, his Ecuadorian opponent saved his…
NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir started his Team India head coach tenure with a 3-0 series victory against Sri Lanka at Pallekele.India won the first T20I by 43 runs on Saturday, the second T20I by 7 wickets (DLS) on Sunday and the third T20I via Super Over on Tuesday.The Indian cricket board (BCCI), on Wednesday, shared…
NEW DELHI: Skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Rinku Singh produced miraculous efforts with the ball as Sri Lanka, yet again, inexplicably collapsed in the third and final T20I to hand India a 3-0 series win in Pallekele on Tuesday. Surya and Rinku turned out to be ‘men with golden arm’ as the Lankans, chasing a target…
A barrage of attacks by India in the first quarter, including a shot from Abhishek hitting the crossbar on the Argentine post, suggested a goal was around the corner for the Tokyo bronze medallist. But until the 59th minute, it was the 2016 Olympic champions who held onto their 1-0 lead in the Pool B…
