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Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21: In a massive heartbreak for India, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt slumped to a shock defeat in the men's 65kg freestyle qualification round bout against Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran of Mongolia at the Rio Olympic Games here today. The London Olympic bronze-medallist's only hope of making it to the medal rounds lies in his Mongolian opponent reaching the gold medal round. Mandakhnaran

Aug 21: On the final day of Rio Olympics, Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has a shot at fetching India one last medal at the Games. Representing India in his fourth and most probably final Olympics, Yogeshwar is widely regarded a strong gold medal contender in the men's 65kg freestyle event on Sunday. India have already clinched a bronze and silver medal through wrestler Sakshi Malik and shuttler

Patiala, Aug 21: A national-level handball player today allegedly committed suicide on Saturday after she was allegedly denied free hostel facility by the Khalsa College authorities. Pooja (20) was a student of BA-II and her body was found hanging in her room this morning. Her parents informed the police. SHO Kotwali Gurpreet Singh Bhinder informed that after they received information about Pooja

Rio De Janeiro, Aug 21: Neymar struck the winning penalty as Brazil claimed a first ever Olympic football gold medal with victory over Germany on penalties at Rio's Maracana. The 5-4 shoot-out win exacted revenge for a humiliating 7-1 World Cup semi-final defeat to Germany two years ago. Olympic gold was the only major title to have escaped five-time world champions Brazil in their history. But

Mumbai, Aug 20: Ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal today underwent a knee surgery at a city hospital here after suffering the injury early this month, which got aggravated during the Rio Olympics. "Saina Nehwal has sustained an intra-articular injury (inside the joint) to her right knee. A small fragment of bone has separated from her patella (knee cap bone)," said Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, Head Centre

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 20: The Olympics is going to miss the Lightning Bolt pose that has lit up the last three Games at a time when athletics desperately needs a hero. When Usain Bolt crosses the finish line and starts pounding his chest, it resonates with the public around the world. But after his 4x100m triumph in Rio on Friday, the Rio crowd celebrated in the knowledge that they were witnessing

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