Rio de Janeiro : Showing extraordinary fighting spirit, woman wrestler Sakshi Malik ended India’s frustrating medal drought with a dramatic bronze-winning effort on Day 12 of the Rio Olympic Games here.Sakshi fought five bruising battles in the 58kg category against equally determined opponents in a single day before securing the podium place.She had lost her […]
Rio : Wrestler Sakshi Malik finally made India proud at Rio Olympics 2016 by clinching the bronze medal in women’s freestyle 58kg category. After days of disappointment, India claimed the first medal at Rio 2016 and opened the account on the medal tally. Sakshi defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5 to become the first female Indian […]
Jaipur, August 17 : woman who faced life threats and sexual abuses online for her tweets ahead of gymnast Dipa Karmakar’s performance in Rio Olympics sought the help of Union Minister Sushma Swaraj following which a case was lodged by Rajasthan Police. A case against three Twitter handles of unknown persons was registered under 66 […]
Rio de Janeiro : A visibly elated PV Sindhu rated her win over London Olympics silver medalist Yihan Wang as one of the best moments of her career hoping that she could maintain her good form against Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in the semi-finals of the Rio Olympics. Asked about her initial feelings, Sindhu said:”This is […]
Rio : Dipa Karmakar, India’s first woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics, further scripted her success story as she advanced to finals of vault event in artistic gymnastics at the Rio Olympics. The gymnast finished eighth scoring 14.80 points to achieve the feat. The 20-year-old, after occupying sixth position on the standings, had to wait […]