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Salman Khan announces Rs. 1 lakh for Indian athletes at Rio Olympi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Wednesday said he would handout cheques of Rs1.01 lakhs to the Indian athletes representing the nation at Rio Olympics.
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Dipa's father ecstatic after daughter's name recommended
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala, Aug.17 (ANI): The father of Indian star gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who missed the bronze medal by a whisker at the ongoing Rio Olympics, on Tuesday expressed his delight after she was recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
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Rio Olympics: Tarlochan Singh defends son's appointment as CM
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana, Aug.17 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) vice-president Tarlochan Singh on Wednesday defended his son Pawandeep Singh's appointment as the Chief Medical Officer of the Indian contingent at the ongoing Olympics Games, which is being held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Ja
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Rio Olympics: Amitabh Bachchan joins political fraternity in laudi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday joined the nation in lauding ace Indian shuttler P.V Sindhu who reached the semi-finals of the women's singles event at the Rio Olympics.
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Parents elated over Sindhu's quarterfinal victory at Rio Olym
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad, Aug 17 (ANI): The parents of shuttler PV Sindhu on Wednesday expressed delight after their daughter kept India's medal hopes alive by reaching the semifinals of the women's singles event at the Rio Olympics, which is being held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio Olympics: WFI president confident that Narsingh will clear CAS
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 17 (ANI): Amid latest twist in the Narsingh Yadav saga, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has expressed confidence that the embattled wrestler will be cleared by the Court of Arbitration (CAS) in his doping case.
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Shuttler Sindhu keeps India's medal hopes afloat, enters semi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 17 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu produced a gritty performance under tremendous pressure as she overcame Chinese world number two Yihan Wang in straight games to reach the semifinals of the women's singles event at the Rio Olympics.
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Rio Olympics: `Sprint king` Bolt wins heat, qualifies for 200m sem
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.16 (ANI): Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt continued to dominate the track as he qualified for the semi-finals of the Men's 200m race at the Rio Olympics after winning the heat here at Olympic Stadium on Tuesday.
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Narsingh Yadav's Rio participation in jeopardy as WADA appeal
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.16 (ANI): In what come as another blow to India's campaign at Rio Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against the clean chit given to Rio-bound Narsingh Yadav by the National Anti-doping Age
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Rio 2016: Wrestler Hardeep Singh loses opening bout of Greco-Roman
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.16 (ANI): India's dismal show at the Rio Olympics continued even on Day 11 as wrestler Hardeep Singh lost his opening bout at the hands of Turkey's Cenk Ildem 1-2 in the Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg event here on Tuesday.
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Vikas Krishan's loss prolongs India's wait for Rio Olymp
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 16 (ANI): Indian ace boxer Vikas Krishan failed to end his country's agonising wait for an Olympic medal as he lost the quarterfinal bout against Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev in the men's middleweight (75kg) category here at the Rio Games on Tu
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Shuttler Sindhu joins Srikanth in Rio Olympics quarters
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (ANI): Indian ace shuttler PV Sindhu progressed through to the quarterfinals of the women's singles event with a crushing straight games win over Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei here at the Rio Olympics here on Tuesday.
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