Rio suspends football for two weeks
Mar 17, 2020, at 04:42 pm
Rio de Janeiro/Xinhua/UNI: Rio de Janeiro's state championship is the latest Latin American football competition to be suspended because of the coronavirus.
Para athlete Deepa Malik becomes the first Indian woman to win medal
Sep 13, 2016, at 02:36 pm
Rio de Janeiro, Sept 13 (IBNS): Competing in her very first Paralympics, Deepa produced a stunning display to claim Silver medal in Women's Shot Put F53 with a personal best throw of 4.61m. World No. 1 Fatema Nedham from Bahrain claimed Gold with an effort of 4.76m while Dimitra Korokida of Greece took home the bronze with 4.28m.
Rio Paralympics: Mariyappan Thangavelu wins gold
Sep 10, 2016, at 02:19 pm
Rio, Sept 10 (IBNS): Two young Indian athletes have made India proud by clinching medals at the ongoing Rio Paralympics with Mariyappan Thangavelu winning gold medal in the men's high jump T-42 event on Friday.
FC Goa to play first pre-season friendly in Rio
Sep 10, 2016, at 02:18 am
Panaji, Sept 9 (IBNS): FC Goa will kick start its set of pre-season friendlies with an opening encounter against Bangu Atletico Clube in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PM Modi greets Indian Paralympic contingent
Sep 01, 2016, at 05:05 pm
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the Indian Paralympic contingent ahead of their participation in the mega sporting event.
It's a Silver for India's 'golden girl' PV Sindhu
Aug 20, 2016, at 03:02 am
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IBNS): Playing the finals of women's badminton, India's PV Sindhu lost the match 21-19, 12-21 and 15-21, thereby settling for an Olympic silver medal, which she had confirmed earlier.
Rio wrestling: India's Sandeep Tomar defeated
Aug 20, 2016, at 02:18 am
Rio, Aug 19 (IBNS): Victor Lebedev of Russia defeated India's Sandeep Tomar in the men's Freestyle wrestling 57 kilogram's 1/8 final round at the Rio Olympics here on Friday.
Aug 19, 2016, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi Aug 19 (IBNS): Decades ago P T Usha lost out on an Olympic medal by a whisker.
Rio: Usain Bolt wins gold in 200m
Aug 19, 2016, at 03:03 pm
Rio, Aug 19 (IBNS): Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt won his third successive Olympic 200m gold medal on Thursday, continuing his domination on the track.
Rio : Wrestler Narsingh Yadav, banned for four years
Aug 19, 2016, at 02:50 pm
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS): Giving jolt to India' s medal hopes, Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav, hit by doping trouble, has been banned by four years.
You are our daughter: Sushma Swaraj tells injured Vinesh Phogat
Aug 18, 2016, at 09:01 pm
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday tried to console Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who had to leave the venue of her Rio Olympics quater-final match on a stretcher due to injury, by calling her country's daughter.
Rio medal winner Sakshi thanks nation for support
Aug 18, 2016, at 04:41 pm
Rio, Aug 18 (IBNS): As the country is busy celebrating Sakshi Malik's golden run in the Olympics where she won the bronze, Indian wrestler thanked the nation for their support.
Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi wishes Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik for clinching Rio bronze
Aug 18, 2016, at 04:29 pm
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS): Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on Thursday congratulated wrestler Sakshi Malik after she clinched bronze medal at the Olympics on Thursday.
Kidambi Srikanth loses quater-finals clash against Lin Dan
Aug 18, 2016, at 01:26 am
Rio, Aug 17 (IBNS): Despite making a poor start, Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth fought hard and gave China's defending Olympic champion Lin Dan a tough competition before going down in the quater-finals clash of the men's singles event at the ongoing Rio Olympics here on Wednesday.
Rio: Bolt qualifies for 200m semi-finals
Aug 17, 2016, at 05:16 am
Rio, Aug 16 (IBNS): Jamaican athlete Usain Bolton Tuesday qualified for the men’s 200m semi-finals of the ongoing Rio Olympics.
Dipa Karmakar India's pride, says Sushma Swaraj
Aug 16, 2016, at 05:07 pm
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS): Heaping praise on Indian Olympian Dipa Karmakar, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj referred to her as India's pride.
Rio: PV Sindhu, K Srikanth reach quater-finals
Aug 16, 2016, at 02:43 pm
Rio, Aug 16 (IBNS): Keeping alive hopes for India to clinch medals, Indian shuttlers PV Sindu and K Srikanth reached the quater-finals of the Rio Olympics.
Don't be burdened by what the result will be: Modi tells Indian athletes
Aug 14, 2016, at 05:56 am
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged Indian athletes performing in the ongoing Rio Olympics not to feel burdened by thinking about the results and the outcome of the matches in which they will perform in the mega spots event of the year.
Rio: Atanu Das defeated,fails to qualify for the quarterfinal
Aug 12, 2016, at 11:56 pm
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IBNS): Ending another hope, Indian archer Atanu Das lost to South Korea's Lee Seung-Yun in men's individual pre-quarterfinals match of the Olympics on Friday.
Rio: Spirited Indian Hockey team go down 1-2 to Netherlands
Aug 12, 2016, at 02:21 am
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IBNS): A spirited Indian Hockey team took on the unbeaten Netherlands in the group B fixture and lost the match 1-2, here on Thursday.
Aug 10, 2016, at 07:22 am
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 9 (IBNS): India put up another heroic performance to recover from the defeat at the hands of Germany to beat Argentina in a Rio Olympics group B match 2-1 here on Tuesday.
Rio: Abhinav Bindra finishes fourth in final
Aug 09, 2016, at 02:39 am
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IBNS): Fans back home were shocked and disappointed as Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra slipped from winning the bronze medal as he finished at the fourth spot in the final of the 10m air rifle event of the Olympics.
Rio: Novak Djokovic defeated in first round
Aug 08, 2016, at 03:08 pm
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IBNS) Serbian Tennis star Novak Djokovic suffered a jolt as he crashed out off the Olympics men's singles Tennis event after being defeated by Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday.
Rio: Dipa Karmakar creates history, reaches vault finals
Aug 08, 2016, at 02:46 pm
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IBNS): Magic was witnessed on the turf here as India's Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming the first Indian to reach the individual vault finals in her maiden Olympics after finishing 8th in the qualifying stage.
Rio: Virginia Thrasher clinches first gold medal of the event
Aug 07, 2016, at 05:27 am
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (IBNS): America's Virginia Thrasher clinched the first gold medal of the Olympics in the women's 10m air rifle event on Saturday.
Rio: Jitu Rai reaches 10m Air Pistol final
Aug 07, 2016, at 05:13 am
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (IBNS): Indian shooter Jitu Rai on Saturday qualified for the 10m Air Pistol Men's finals event of the Rio Olympics here.
Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel launches rap track for Rio Olympics
Aug 06, 2016, at 07:03 pm
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IBNS): The official song for India for the Rio Olympics 'Born a Champion' was launched at Olympic Carnival by union Sports Minister Vijay Goel, a release stated.
Rio: Wrestler Narsingh Yadav cleared of doping charges
Aug 02, 2016, at 02:04 am
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): Narsingh Yadav was on Monday cleared by the National Anti Doping Agency's (NADA) disciplinary panel of any wrongdoing in the ingestion of a prohibited substance.
It is a good news: Sushil says on Narsingh Yadav
Aug 02, 2016, at 01:50 am
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): Olympic media winning wrestler Sushil Kumar on Monday said he was happy that Narsingh Yadav has been cleared of doping charges.
Ready for Olympic Games, UN-supported refugee athletes set out for Rio
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:26 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):Five middle-distance runners from South Sudan, until recently living in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp, have flown out of the capital city of Nairobi to take part in the first-ever Olympic refugee team for the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the United Nations refugee agency has said.