women football SF rio

Brazil Women Lose the Semifinal After Two Misses in Penalty Shoot-Out against Sweden

 August 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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It was heartbreak for Brazilians at Maracana after Cristiane and Andressinha saw their penalties saved by Swedish goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl. It was shoot-out time after a goalless semifinal at the end of 120 minutes of regulation and extra time. Brazil had looked a better side but they couldn’t unlock the Swedish defense despite their best […]

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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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Rio Men Hockey

Argentina Humiliate Double Olympic Champions Germany to Enter Rio Men’s Hockey Final

 August 17, 2016   R K Gupta

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Playing with overwhelming crowd support from fans, who crossed into neighboring Brazil in large numbers, Argentina handed 2008 and 2012 Olympic champions Germany their worst ever hockey defeat in recent memory. While India couldn’t make the expected dent in hockey, Argentina distinguished themselves by registering their best finish in Olympics. Ranked 7th in the world, […]

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P.V. Sindhu will meet Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in Semifinals

 August 17, 2016   kridangan

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P.V. Sindhu who is currently ranked world no 10 in BWF ranking beaten the world no 2 & London Olympics silver medalist Yihan Wang. P.V. Sindhu won this match with very close round 22-20 21-19. After initial struggle Sindhu shown tremendous patience and came back in-game against world number to Yihan Wang. Now Sindhu will […]

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Neymar Scores His First Rio Olympic Goal to Inspire Brazil’s Entry to the Semifinals

 August 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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As a 20-year old, Neymar played a crucial role in taking Brazil to the final of men’s football in 2012 London Olympic Games. However, until Saturday, as Brazil’s captain at Rio, Neymar had proved ineffective. He was jeered by home fans in the hosts’ first two league games that ended as goalless draws against South […]

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Tennis Olympic Gold 2016 Rio

Murray is First Player to Defend the Gold Puig Earns Puerto Rico’s Maiden Olympic Gold

 August 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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No tennis player, man or woman, has ever defended an Olympic gold. In Rio, there were two in line for such an honor. After London Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams made an early third-round exit, Andy Murray was still in the field. In the end, Murray successfully defended the men’s singles gold that he won […]

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Srikanth Kidambi & PV

Srikanth Kidambi & P. V. Sindhu will meet world No 2 in their QF Round

 August 15, 2016   kridangan

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India’s Srikanth Kidambi who is currently ranked 11 in BWF Ranking beaten World No 5 Jan O Jorgensen in straight games. He beat the Dane 21-19, 21-19 in the round of 16. He will meet World No 2 Lin Dan in Quarterfinals of the Rio Olympics. This may be difficult match for Srikanth. Srikanth meet Lin […]

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Usain Bolt stole the show on Sunday night

Blazing Bolt Beats Gatlin to Win 100m and South African Van Niekerk Breaks 400m WR

 August 15, 2016   R K Gupta

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Sunday at Rio had several athletic events beginning with women’s marathon in the morning. But nothing held viewers’ fancy more than the day-ending 100m men’s final that pitted Jamaican powerhouse Usain Bolt against USA’s Justin Gatlin. The two had taken top spots in their semifinal rounds earlier and excitement was already in air. Besides over […]

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Masterful Mo Farah Wins 3rd Olympic Gold

Masterful Mo Farah Wins 3rd Olympic Gold Fraser-Pryce Misses and Phelps Wins His 23rd

 August 15, 2016   R K Gupta

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On an action-packed day in the 2016 Rio olympics, athletics and swimming took center-stage with some expected and a number of unexpected results. In men’s 10000m, Great Britain’s Mo Farah won the gold medal to add to his two previous golds in 5000 and 10000m that he won at London 4 years ago. But Jamaica’s […]

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Del Potro rallies past Rafael Nadal to enter finals of Rio

 August 14, 2016   Vignesh Aravind

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It has been a dream run for Del Potro at this year’s Olympics in Rio.First it was world no 1 Djokovic and now Rafael Nadal. The Argentine who was a set down came back strongly to clinch the other sets.Now all eyes on him as he takes on this year’s Wimbledon winner Andy Murray. It […]

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