India’s Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal came up with a spectacular show to defeat PV Sindhu in straight games in the women’s singles final to clinch the Senior Badminton National Championship title on Wednesday. Saina, who is currently ranked World No. 11, won 21-17, 27-25 against her compatriot and Rio Olympics silver medallist Sindhu. Saina won …
Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu entered the quarterfinals of the USD 750,000 Star Australian Super Series Thursday after posting comfortable victories in their respective women’s singles second round matches in Sydney. However, India’s campaign was over in both the men’s singles and men’s doubles events. As expected, world No. 8 Saina had …
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Michael Phelps tired near the end to finish a distant second to France`s Yannick Agnel in the 200 metres freestyle at the Arena Grand Prix at Santa Clara on Saturday. Olympic champion Agnel led Phelps only narrowly after 100m but extended his lead in the second half of the race to clock 1:46.99. Phelps was …
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Yogeshwar Dutt will lead India’s challenge in the Olympic wrestling competition on Saturday after Amit Kumar and Narsingh Pancham Yadav crashed out of the competition here. Dutt will take on Bulgaria’s Anatolie Ilarionovitch Guidea in the opening round of the men’s 60 kg freestyle wrestling event. India’s best bet in the sport, Sushil Kumar, will …
Usain Bolt finally permitted the world to acclaim him as a sporting legend after the supreme showman of track and field delivered another superlative performance at the London Olympics on Thursday. Bolt danced around the bend in the men’s 200 metres final, accelerated past Yohan Blake on his inside and glanced quickly to his left …
India’s Tintu Luka produced her season’s best timing but still finished sixth in the second heat of the women’s 800m semifinals to crash out of the London Olympics on Thursday. The 23-year-old Luka clocked 1:59.69secs to finish sixth in heat number two, from which Caster Semenya (1:57.67) of South Africa and Russia’s Elena Arzhakova (1:58.13) …
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Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal returned to rousing receptions first at Delhi airport and later at Hyderabad airport as she arrived here from London on Tuesday after winning a historic bronze medal at the ongoing Olympic Games. At Delhi airport, the Hyderabadi was greeted by a large number of fans and well-wishers who had gathered to …
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London: India’s top discus thrower Vikas Gowda came up with a below-par performance to finish a disappointing eighth in the final round of the men’s discus throw event with an effort of 64.79m at the Olympic Stadium here. The 29-year-old Gowda, who had qualified for the final round with a throw of 65.20m, surprisingly could …
Finally, the monkey is off the back of the Indian contingent with Gagan Narang winning a bronze medal in the 10m air rifle event. The fact that Narang fired 10.7 with his last shot in the close final to finish third proved that he is a champion. Narang’s medal should come as a boost for …
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Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap on Wednesday became the first Indian man in history to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games after securing a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Sri Lanka’s Niluka Karunaratne at the Wembley Arena. The 21st ranked Kashyap had to bring in all his experience and craft into play to quell the strong challenge …
