Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12: Poland maintained an all-win record in Pool B by defeating Argentina 25-21, 25-19, 37-35 in a men’s volleyball match at the Rio Olympics here. Poland booked a berth in the top eight with three straight wins. Another team qualified for the quarterfinals are Italy, who eased past Mexico in straight […]

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 9: Following is the medals tally of the ongoing Rio Olympics as on Monday. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 3 6 4 13China 4 2 4 10Japan 3 0 7 10Italy 3 4 2 9Russia 2 4 3 9Australia 4 0 3 7South Korea 2 2 1 5Thailand 2 […]

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 9: Brazilian judo fighter Rafaela Silva earned the first gold medal for the host country at the 2016 Rio Olympics, defeating Mongolia’s Sumiya Dorjsuren in the 57 kg final. Silva, who grew up in the Rio de Janeiro slum made famous by the film “City of God,” continued a run of […]

New Delhi, Aug 5: President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday conveyed his good wishes to the Indian contingent for the Rio Olympics and urged them to do their best to the nation and to promote friendship among nations. In a message to Rakesh Gupta, Chef-de-Mission of Indian Contingent for the Rio Olympic Games 2016, the President […]

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5: The Brazilian authorities presented the legacy plan for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, which will officially start on Friday. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes and Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani detailed the plan in an interview at the Olympic Games’ media centre here on Thursday, reports Xinhua. Paes and Picciani said that […]

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 in 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 Stephane […]

New York: Micro-blogging website Twitter on Wednesday announced a change to its Moments feature which will now insert Olympic-related tweets into a user’s timeline for weeks at a time. Earlier, Moments used to insert tweets into a user’s timeline for a matter of hours or, at most, a few days. The feature can also be […]

New Delhi: A former junior national boxing champion, who was declared the best boxer of Haryana in 2014, has been arrested for helping an undertrial escape from police custody on July 30, police said on Tuesday. The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested Deepak Pahal aka ‘Boxer’, from Ghumar area of Sonepat district […]