2016 Rio Games Badminton

Big Three of Badminton Vie for Men’s Singles Olympic Gold at 2016 Rio Games

 August 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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In the next three days, the top guys and girls in world badminton will attempt to prove their supremacy in the shuttle sports at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. However, unlike 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games, Rio will not see China’s Lin Dan and Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei playing the gold medal match. The […]

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Successful Gold Defense by Taylor in Triple-Jump Perkovic in Discus and Rudisha in 800m

 August 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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Over the last three days at 2016 Rio Games, several track-and-field medals were decided. USA’s Christian Taylor distinguished himself by defending his London Olympic gold in triple jump. Taylor thus became the first American to win back-to-back triple-jump gold medals in the last 112 years. Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic also defended her London Olympic gold in […]

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Sakshi Malik brought Medal to India when the Indians were in a dream of the Medal

 August 17, 2016   kridangan

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Wrestler Sakshi Malik who qualified for Bronze medal fight in Women’s freestyle 58 kg won bronze medal. Indians who was dreaming for a medal for India was in dream during mid night. Sakshi made there dreams true. Sakshi lost her quarter-final match against the Russian player Valeria but Sakshi qualified the bronze medal fight Repechage chance. Sakshi […]

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Sania Mirza & Rohan Bopanna Semi

Sania Mirza & Rohan Bopanna will meet Venus Williams and Ram Rajeev in Semi-finals today

 August 13, 2016   kridangan

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Indian duo Sania Mirza & Rohan Bopanna crushed the Great britain duo Andy Murray & Heather Watson in quarterfinals in straight set 6-4, 6-4 now One match away from confirming the medal to India. In the Semi final the will meet Venus Williams and Ram Rajeev. Sania Mirza & Rohan Bopanna playing good tennis they came with […]

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Michael Phelps Wins His 21st Gold

Michael Phelps Wins His 21st Gold and Counting as USA Continue Their Medal Haul at Rio

 August 11, 2016   R K Gupta

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Super swimmer Michael Phelps added two more gold medals on Tuesday night to take his tally of top podium victories to 21. His overall tally stands at 25 and he is not finished yet. Later this week, Phelps swims in three more events and going by his form, more medals could be added against the […]

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Atanu Das & Vikas Krishan Keep India’s Medal Hopes Alive at Rio Games on Tuesday

 August 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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Indian Archer Atanu Das directed his arrows superbly to sail into the round of sixteen in men’s recurve event of archery on Tuesday. On the same day, Indian pugilist Vikas Krishan Yadav also cruised into the round of 16 in men’s 75-kg middleweight boxing. Vikas defeated USA’s Charles Cornell in a unanimous decision. In men’s […]

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Love in the time of olympics

Love in the time of olympics

 August 10, 2016   Manu B

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Love in the time of cholera is quite often a popular tittle of the famous write Gabriel José de la Concordia Garcia Marquez. In the story the writer talk about the love of two old age people at time of the cholera . The writer is pretty well-known for his writing style. He is also called the […]

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Indians Hold Their Heads High in Rio Amidst Acerbic Utterances by Poisonous Columnists

 August 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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In three days of the fortnight long Rio Olympic Games, India have drawn a blank so far. On Monday, they came close to a medal, when ace shooter Abhinav Bindra figured in the final eight in men’s 10m air rifle competition. At one time, Bindra was among the top two and for long; he stayed […]

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Six World and Eleven Olympic Records Broken in First Two Days of 2016 Rio Olympic Games

Six World and Eleven Olympic Records Broken in First Two Days of 2016 Rio Olympic Games

 August 8, 2016   R K Gupta

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Several hours before the 2016 Rio Games officially began in the evening of August 5, Korean archer Kim Woo-jin had already broken the Games’ first world record. The 24-year old Kim produced 700 points from 72 arrows in men’s individual ranking round at the Olympic Archery Center Sambodromo and broke the earlier record held by […]

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Rio Olympics: Rower Dattu Bhokanal enters quarter-finals

Rio Olympics: Rower Dattu Bhokanal enters quarter-finals

 August 6, 2016   kridangan

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India’ sole rower, Dattu Bhokanal has given India a rousing start in the rowing men’s single sculls event. After a drop in the middle, Dattu picked up the pace to finish third and progress to the quarterfinals. Bhokanal was in second place for the first 500 metres of the race. He maintained his third position […]

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