The 31-year-old became the first swimmer to win the same event at four consecutive Olympics when he claimed the gold medal in the men's 200m individual medley late on Thursday, reports Xinhua....
Soon after the Rio Olympics organising committee threatened to cancel Sports Minister Vijay Goel's accreditation, Twitter went abuzz about the incident with Twitterati slamming the Minister for being "aggressive and rude" and pushing in non-accredited persons into restricted venues. ...
The 31-year-old is competing at his fifth Games and has already extended his record as the most successful Olympian, with his 22nd Olympics gold on Thursday, winning the men's 200m individual medley event, reports Xinhua....
Jinson Johnson's campaign at the Rio Olympics ended after he finished fifth in the qualification round of the men's 800 metres Heat 3 at the Olympic Stadium here on Friday....
The qualifying mark for the 18 shot putters in Group B was to achieve a throw of 18.40 metres or at least the 12 best performers advanced to the final round...
India's women's badminton doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out of the Rio Olympics after going down to Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek of the Netherlands in their second Group A match here on Friday....
After failing to reach the finals of the men's 50 metres Rifle Prone competition in the Olympics on Friday, Indian shooter Gagan Narang said he pinned his medal hopes on his next event, the Rifle Three Position....
Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova with a history of failed doping tests, has taken aim at the United States' Michael Phelps for past marijuana and alcohol use on the day of his record-breaking 22nd Olympic Gold medal here....
Ethiopian Almaz Ayana clocked 29 minutes, 17.45 seconds to break the women's 10,000 metres world record at the Rio Olympic Games here on Friday....
The qualifying mark for the 18 shot putters in Group B was to achieve a throw of 65.50 metres or at least the 12 best performers advanced to the final round....
