Serena Goes Out Unheralded as Women’s QF Line-up Decided Murray Nadal Stay in Fray

 August 11, 2016   R K Gupta

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Now tennis at Rio doesn’t have both Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams in the main draw. With Serena’s unceremonious exit on Tuesday, 2016 Games’ tennis gold medal will not be won by any of the two world’s no.1 players. Of the two Williams sisters, Venus is still in the mixed doubles draw, where she plays […]

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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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Brazilian Men’s Team in Trouble While Women Reach Knock-Out Stage in Rio Football

 August 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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Hosts Brazil are struggling in men’s football with two goalless matches as against their women counterparts, who have already ensured the quarterfinal berth for themselves by winning back-to-back games. The performance of the team under Neymar is causing frustration to the fans and all they are getting are boos and jeers, when they play. The […]

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Vanquished Djokovic Cries on Court as Tennis Upsets Continue Even on Day-2 of Rio Games

 August 8, 2016   R K Gupta

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In one of his worst defeats in recent memory, world no.1 Novak Djokovic fell in the first round of the Rio Games. It was believed earlier that Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro could prove a tough opponent but the Serbian’s loss had never figured in the talk. The 12-time Grand Slam winner had added a […]

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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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Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna

Upsets Galore in Men and Women’s Tennis on Day-1 of 2016 Rio Olympic Games

 August 7, 2016   R K Gupta

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While Leander Paes of India made his 7th Olympic appearance at Rio, Venus Williams of the USA wasn’t far behind. She entered the Olympics for the 5th time. However, both Leander and Venus met with losses on the first day of the tennis action. While Paes playing with Rohan Bopanna in doubles; lost in two […]

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Gold medalist-Virginia Thrasher

Rio Olympics Women’s 10m Air Rifle Medalist

 August 7, 2016   Kridangan Statistics Team

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American shootist Virginia Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Rio Olympics, capturing the women’s 10-meter air rifle.    

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Gold medalist-Paula Pareto

Rio Olympics Women’s 48kg Judo Medalist

 August 7, 2016   Kridangan Statistics Team

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Paula Pareto won the first judo gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympics for Argentina beating South Korea’s Bokyeong Jeong in the final of the women’s 48kg category.    

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