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Mumbai, Aug 9: Several sportspersons have unitedly condemned author Shobhaa De for critising Indian athletes for their medal no-show at the Rio Olympics so far. Shobhaa tweeted on Monday night: "Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao (Go to Rio). Selfies lo (Take selfies). Khaali haat wapas aao (Return empty-handed). What a waste of money and opportunity. Only hope? Dependable Abhinav Bindra

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 9: Abhinav Bindra's body language belied any emotions whatsoever on what was the final day of an illustrious career as he made it clear that he was done with aiming bull's eye and ready to move to the next phase of his life although he does not know what it is. A near second Olympic medal was missed by a whisker and even if he felt gutted, Bindra was not ready to show it in

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 9: India’s women’s hockey team was outplayed 0-3 by higher-ranked Britain in its second group stage match of the Olympic Games. The difference in class and quality between the two teams was clearly on display as world No.7 Britain scored through Giselle Ansley (25th minute), Nicola White (27th) and Alexandra Danson (33rd). It was India’s first loss in Pool B after they drew the

Rio De Janeiro, Aug 8: When Bisweshwar Nandi caught his first glimpse of the Olympic rings after touching down in Rio with his gymnastics protege Dipa Karmakar, he felt an instant surge of adrenaline. Within seconds though, that excitement was replaced with shivers down his spine as he realised that his star pupil is shouldering the hopes of a billion people. "I am under so much pressure. Everyone

Rio De Janeiro, Aug 8: Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she became the first Indian to make the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games after finishing 8th in the qualifying round. The Tripura-girl, who is the country’s first woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, managed to perform her much-appreciated ‘Produnova’ vault cleanly to secure 14.850 points after two

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8: Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she became the first Indian to make the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games after finishing 8th in the qualifying round here. The Tripura-girl, who is the country's first woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, managed to perform her much-appreciated 'Produnova' vault cleanly to secure 14.850

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 7: India endured a largely disappointing day at the ongoing Rio Olympics with the men’s hockey team and rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal proving to be the only bright sparks. The Indian men’s hockey team began their campaign with a morale boosting 3-2 win against Ireland in their opening pool encounter. Bhokanal meanwhile, produced a creditable performance to reach the quarter-finals

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 7: The men's hockey team and army rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal provided the few bright spots while tennis ace Leander Paes made an early exit on a largely disappointing opening day at the Rio Olympics here. The men's hockey team broke a 12-year-old Olympics jinx by winning their opening group league encounter against minnows Ireland, while Bhokanal entered the quarterfinals by

Rio De Janeiro, Aug 7: A bullet which tore through the media centre of the Olympic equestrian venue was not targeting the Games, Rio 2016 organisers said, describing the security scare as an "unfortunate incident." No one was injured, but a TVNZ report said the bullet narrowly missed a New Zealand team official who was badly shaken by the incident yesterday. Rio 2016 chief spokesman Mario Andrada

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 7: World No 1 doubles player Sania Mirza's campaign in the women's event came to an end as she and her partner Prarthana Thombare lost their first round match against the Chinese pair of Shuai Zhang and Shuai Peng. Zhang and Peng won a closely contested match 7-6 (8-6) 5-7 7-5 that lasted two hours and 44 minutes as the Indian duo did put up a stiff resistance. Indian challenge