Tag: Rio Olympic
Sindhu Enters Final Of India Open
India's Olympic bronze medallist P.V. Sindhu overcame South Korean second seed Sung ji Hyun on Saturday to set up a pulsating title showdown against Spanish top seed Carolina Marin in the India Open World Superseries badminton championships here.....
Badminton Worlds: Sindhu Loses In Final; Record 3rd Title For Carolina Marin
Indian women's singles star shuttler P.V. Sindhu suffered yet another heartbreak in a major final as she lost to Rio Olympic champion Carolina Marin in straight games in her second consecutive final of the Badminton World Championships here on Sunday.....
Sindhu Conquers Marin To Bag Maiden India Open Title
India's Olympic 2016 silver medallist P.V. Sindhu overcame her Rio Games conqueror Carolina Marin of Spain in straight games to win her maiden India Open Superseries badminton title at a packed Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi on Sunday.....
Sports Budget Hiked By RS. 351 Crore
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday allocated Rs. 1943.21 crore to the ministry of youth affairs and sports for 2017-18 fiscal, an increase of Rs 351 crore from the last financial year. ....
China Win Two Titles At Strandja Boxing Tournament
China won two gold medals at the 68th edition of the Strandja Memorial Boxing tournament here.....
Indian Boxers Bag Three Medals At Strandja Memorial
Mohamed Hussamuddin went down fighting in the final of the men's bantamweight (56kg) category as India finished with three medals at the 68th Strandja Memorial boxing tournament here.....
Virat Kohli, Deepa Malik, Sreejesh Receive Padma Shri
Indian cricket skipper Virat Kohli, Paralympian Deepa Malik and hockey captain P.R. Sreejesh were honoured with the Padma Shri by President Pranab Mukherjee at a civil investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Thursday.....
Shuttler Sindhu Rises To Second Spot In BWF Rankings
Rio Olympic silver medallist Shuttler P.V. Sindhu reached her career best world rankings, grabbing the number two position with 75759 points in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday.....
Good Performance Will Automatically Improve Ranking: Sindhu
India's star shuttler P.V. Sindhu is focusing on coming championships and aims to give her best to achieve her ultimate goal -- becoming World No. 1. ....
US Olympic Champion Rollins Banned For One Year
American Olympic champion hurdler Brianna Rollins has accepted a one-year ban for failing to report correctly her whereabouts to anti-doping officials, a media report said.....
