The Indian duo of Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare went down fighting to Shuai Peng and Shuai Zhang of China in the first round of the women's doubles competition at the Olympic Tennis Centre here....
Adam Peaty of Britain set a world record of 57.55 seconds in the men's 100m breaststroke heats on Saturday, the first day of the swimming competition of the 2016 Rio Olympics here on Saturday....
China's Zheng Saisai has pulled off a major early upset in Rio Olympics women's tennis, eliminating fourth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 7-5 in first-round action here on Saturday....
I don't know what happened, my mind has totally gone blank,†said Apurvi Chandela after getting eliminated in the 10 metre air rifle competition for women here at the Olympic Shooting Centre....
India's Mouma Das and debutant Manika Batra crashed out in the first round of the women's singles table tennis competition at the Olympics here on Saturday. ...
Over 200 Russian athletes have been tested for doping at the Olympics here, the head of the Russian Olympic delegation, Igor Kazikov said on Saturday....
India's Soumyajit Ghosh crashed out in the first round of the men's singles table tennis competition at the Olympics here on Saturday....
Penalty corner specialist Rupinder Pal Singh scored a brace as India began their men's hockey campaign in the Rio Olympics with a morale boosting 3-2 win against Ireland in their opening pool encounter here on Saturday....
India had a mixed day at the Rio Olympics on Saturday with the men's hockey team and rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal tasting success while the women shooters and paddlers and the tennis duo of Leander Paes and Bopanna proved to be a disappointment....
Veteran tennis star Leander Paes' dreams of an Olympic medal came crashing down on Saturday after he and Rohan Bopanna went down 4-6, 6-7 (6) against Poland's Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski in the first round of the men's doubles competition at the Rio Olympics...
