Shooters aim to launch medal haul, Jitu opens Indian campaign

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 […]

UN chief to attend Rio Olympic Games opening

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 […]

Wrestling body clears Narsingh, who inches closer to Rio

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 […]

Sprinter Dharambir under dope cloud, skips Rio flight

New Delhi : India’s dope shame in the Rio Olympics build-up continued with indications that 200m runner Dharambir Singh has returned positive for a banned substance in an in-competition test conducted last month. Dharambir, who became the first Indian male sprinter to qualify for the Olympics after 36 years, missed his flight to Rio last […]