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Rio De Janeiro, Aug 20: When it boils down to matters of discipline, Pullela Gopichand has no peers with PV Sindhu learning it the hard way since her formative years at the legendary coach's academy. In pursuit of excellence, there are little pleasures of life that needs to be sacrificed and from Saina Nehwal to Sindhu, Gopi's theory has never changed. However on a day when his ward Sindhu etched

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 20: P V Sindhu today said she is happy to win a silver in the women's singles badminton event after her gallant attempt to win a coveted gold for India ended in heart-break at the Rio Olympics here today. "I ended up with silver medal but am really happy," said Sindhu moments after losing her final clash 21-19 12-21 15-21 against two-time World Championship Marin here. "I'm

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 20: Usain Bolt brought the curtain down on his Olympic career with a record-equalling ninth gold medal on Friday, anchoring Jamaica to men's 100m relay glory at the 2016 Rio Olympics in a perfectly-scripted finale to complete his unprecedented "triple triple". Japan's quartet took a surprise silver in 37.60sec while Canada took bronze after the United States, who crossed in

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 20: P V Sindhu's gallant attempt to win a coveted gold medal for India ended in heart-break when she went down fighting against Spain's Carolina Marin and settled for a silver medal in the women's singles badminton competition at the Rio Olympics here Friday. The 21-year-old Indian, who has been simply unstoppable in the tournament so far, crumbled under the tremendous pressure

Rio De Janeiro, Aug 19: Wrestling Federation of India today conceded that it was not being able to convince the Court of Arbitration for Sports' panel that grappler Narsingh Yadav was a victim of conspiracy and sabotage, and that was why he lost the case and was ejected from the Rio Olympics with a four-year ban. In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Narsingh was ousted from the Olympics and slapped

New Delhi, Aug 19: 24 hours after wrestler Sakshi Malik ended India's excruciating wait at the Rio Olympics by winning a bronze, shuttler PV Sindhu+ extended her terrific form at the ongoing Games by outclassing world no 6 Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in the women's singles semi-finals to seal country's second medal on Thursday. At the Olympic Golf Course, 18-year-old Aditi Ashok+ has continued her

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19: In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav was ousted from the Olympics and slapped with a four-year ban for flunking a dope test after Court of Arbitration for Sports overturned the clean chit given to him by the National Anti-Doping Agency. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had appealed against the NADA all-clear to Narsingh at CAS, three days

Rio De Janeiro, Aug 18: From yearning to fly in an aeroplane as a kid to clinching a bronze in the Olympics, the biggest sporting stage of all, Haryana wrestler Sakshi Malik has come a long way in her fairy tale journey to etch her name in the sporting history of the country. Born into a humble family at Mokhra village near Rohtak, Sakshi tried playing kabaddi and cricket in her childhood but

Rio De Janeiro, Aug 18: After ending India's agonising wait for an Olympic medal at the Rio Games with a bronze medal, Indian women wrestler Sakshi Malik said it was the result of her 12 years of persistent hard work. Sakshi today scripted history by becoming the first woman wrestler from India to bag an Olympic medal and only fourth female athlete from the country to climb to the podium at the

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 18: Usain Bolt crossed the finish line and wagged his finger at the brash up-and-comer who dared challenge him. Didn’t Andre de Grasse know that nobody’s supposed to mess with the Jamaican’s 200 meters? Especially at the Olympics. Bolt, in search of his eighth Olympic gold, considers the 200 his best race and, in the past, has taken umbrage with anyone who suggests they might