Rio de Janeiro : Brazil did its best to roll out the red carpet for athletes, officials and visitors from over 200 countries for the 31st Olympic Games being held under the shadow of the biggest doping scandal afflicting the Russian players. The games, expected to be watched by a global audience of several billions, […]
Rio de Janeiro : A star-studded Indian shooting contingent will begin their Rio Olympics campaign here on Saturday with in-form Jitu Rai hoping to launch the country’s medal haul in an event which will also see his more illustrious senior colleague Abhinav Bindra aiming to end his glorious career on a high. Success in shooting […]
Kingston : Weather gods stood in the way of India’s victory charge after rain forced an early end to the fourth day with West Indies reeling at 48/4 in their second innings in the second Test here. Rain played hide and seek at Sabina Park as the hosts lost four wickets by lunch with only […]
United Nations : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will participate in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil. The ceremony will be held on Friday. Ban will participate in a relay in which the Olympic Torch is handed over, Xinhua news agency quoted UN spokesperson […]
New Delhi : Cleared by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), Narsingh Yadav on Wednesday got the go ahead of United World Wrestling (UWW) to compete in the Rio Olympics even as he waited for a WADA clearance as well.Narsingh, cleared by NADA on Monday, was awaiting response from UWW on the Wrestling Federation of India’s […]