Swimmers from the US Olympic delegation -- Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger -- were released after questioning for four hours in a Brazilian police station regarding an alleged assault and robbery case, the media reported....
India's Aditi Ashok continued to impress as she carded a second straight three-under 68 to be tied eighth after the second round of the women's golf event at the Olympic Games here....
India's Rio Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik will be given Rs.5 lakh by the International Fitness Festival....
India's P.V. Sindhu thumped Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to enter the final of the women's singles event of badminton competitions, assuring the country at least a silver medal at the Olympic ...
Wrestler Sakshi Malik will get a reward of Rs 2.5 crore from the Haryana government for her bronze medal winning feat which got India its first medal in th Rio Olympics....
Celebrations took place at the home of Sakshi Malik on Thursday in Haryana's Rohtak town after the gritty wrestler brought India its first medal in the ongoing Rio Olympics by winning a bronze....
Brianna Rollins secured the women's 100m hurdles gold medal at the Rio Olympics as the United States claimed each of the top three places in final....
The 24-year-old crossed the line in a season's best 21.78 seconds, a tenth of a second ahead of world champion Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands on Wednesday, reports Xinhua news agency....
Protests marred the semi-final match between Germany and Nigeria in the Olympic men's football competitions here....
When Brazilian gymnast Arthur Nory won a bronze in the floor exercises, he naturally expected an all-round ovation from his countrymen. But that was not to be. The reason lay in a racist joke cracked by him last year in a snapchat video, apparently targeting a black member of the Brazilian team....
