It was truly a golden moment in the annals of Indian badminton, a moment that made the heart of every sports lover in the country swell with pride and admiration. PV Sindhu of India poses with the silver medal in badminton. When, at the end of a titanic, 83-minute cut-and-thrust battle, the narrowly vanquished Pusarla Venkata Sindhu crossed the court to lift to her feet a tearful world, European — and now, Olympic — champion Carolina Marin, and... 

Wrestler Narsingh Yadav, cleared to participate in the Rio Olympics by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), has finally flown out to Brazil, five days after the quadrennial event began on Saturday, but well ahead of the wrestling bouts, which have been scheduled for 19 August. File image of wrestler Narsingh Yadav. Having acquitted him last week, the WFI and NADA decided that the 27-year-old wrestler... 

Day Two Preview Dipa Karmakar, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Rio Olympics, will carry a billion hopes when the women gymnastics events unfold here on Sunday. Indian shooter Heena Sidhu will look to bag a surprise medal in Women’s 10m air pistol event. The Tripura girl, who rode on the Produnova, a tough front handspring and two front somersaults, said she is under no pressure and will give... 

Predicting the $1.5 billion Powerball Jackpot or putting your money on the right horse at the Meydan Racecourse during the Dubai World Cup would be slightly easier than pulling out the names of possible medal winners from the 119 Rio Olympics-bound Indian contingent. Of course, there are a few favourites, plus those tipped to finish in the top three; the rest make up what is our ‘representation’ at the Olympic Games. Yogeshwar Dutt, Saina Nehwal,... 

New Delhi: Confident about the trio of Shiva Thapa, Vikas Krishan and Manoj Kumar, stalwarts of Indian boxing feel the three are capable of producing a historic Olympic performance in Rio despite the pressure they are facing. File picture of Shiva Thapa. Beijing 2008 bronze-medalist Vijender Singh, London 2012 bronze winner M C Mary Kom and Beijing quarter finalist Akhil Kumar — the three names which took Indian boxing to unprecedented heights... 

Rio de Janeiro: Brazil’s government has warned that it will shoot down any unidentified aircraft that violates the protected airspace around facilities of the Olympics Games at Rio in August. “We are not playing,” said Defence Minister Raul Jungmann while introducing the Olympics Games security plan at a press conference at Rio on Wednesday. The plan involves security provided by 41,000 soldiers during the event, 21,000 of them...