The 25-year-old put in a time of 7:19.02 minutes - far from his best - but lead the race throughout only to lose out in the very final second. Hungary's Bendeguz Molnar Petervari came on top with a time of 7:18.88 minutes....
Rim Jong Sim of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea won her second Olympic gold with ease in the women's 75kg competition, becoming the first woman to win in both 69kg and 75kg at the Olympics...
Two time Olympic champion in the badminton men's singles event Lin Dan faced a little difficulty defeating his Russian opponent Vladimir Malkov here at the ongoing Rio Olympics....
Indian shooter Gurpreet Singh put up a disappointing performance as he finished in tenth position in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol qualification event at the Rio Olympics here on Friday. ...
The Indian star Tennis duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna entered the semi-finals of the mixed doubles event at the ongoing Rio Olympics by defeating Andy Murray and Heather Watson of Britain in straight sets here....
Football fans the world over got a huge reason to cheer about after Argentina icon Lionel Messi announced that he has decided to come out of international retirement....
The Haryana boxer dominated all three rounds on Friday to clinch a unanimous decision with the judges scoring 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in his favour....
India's men's hockey team was held 2-2 by lower-ranked side Canada in its final group phase game that failed to guarantee it a third place in the Pool B of the Olympic Games here on Friday....
India's flop show at the 31st Rio Olympics continued on Friday with shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa crashing out from the preliminary stages while archer Atanu Das went down fighting as shooter Gagan Narang and shot putter Vikas Gowda also added to the country's woes here...
The United States have come out as the biggest winner at the Rio Olympics as their athletes took five gold medals and helped them maintain the top spot on the medals table....
