India sent its biggest contingent, 118-members, to Rio Olympics hoping that it would emulate its best-ever tally of six medals, achieved at the London Olympics in 2012. However, it was not meant to be. The following is the performance of Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics. [source;rediff.com]

Spinner Ravindra Jadeja reaped rich dividends for reading the pitch well and grabbed 5 for 95 as India Blue looked all set to win the first-ever day/night Duleep Trophy, having secured a huge 337-run first-innings lead. India Red could only manage 356 in 98.1 overs and Jadeja was parsimonious in his 34 overs. He was also fast and accurate, giving Read More

Touched with Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu’s gesture to donate Rs 30 lakh from his prize money to his school, Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Monday said that all athletes backed by the government should try to set up academies or centres of their own to inspire the youth. Mariyappan, who scripted history at Rio Paralympics after winning a gold medal in Read More

Deepa’s best throw of 4.61m from her six attempts was enough to clinch the silver medal. India, thus, now have secured three medal from the Rio Paralympics. Deepa will receive a cash award of Rs 4 crore under Haryana Sports Scheme for her feat. Bahrain’s Fatema Nedham won the gold medal with a best throw of 4.76m, while Dimitra Korokida Read More

Spain did not need their best players to beat India but then they are taking the World Group Davis Cup play-off tie very “seriously”, bringing a strong 20-member contingent to tackle the lower-ranked home players. Led by World No 4 Rafael Nadal, the Spaniards landed in New Delhi on Monday morning and hit the courts in the evening. After watching Read More

In an escalation of their confrontation, the ICC on Monday disclosed that it has refused to bail out the BCCI in its tussle with the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee over implementing the reforms. ICC Chief Executive Dave Richardson said the BCCI had sought a letter from the world body, stating that it will disaffiliate the Indian Board if there is Read More

The Constitutional Court rejected Hewitt’s challenge on the grounds that “it lacks prospects of success”, meaning that the former tennis great has exhausted all legal avenues of appeal. Prior to lodging his appeal at the Constitutional Court, Hewitt, 76, had a similar application rejected by the Supreme Court of Appeal in June. He was convicted in May last year after Read More

Perez, who left Deportivo La Coruna last month, netted 17 La Liga goals as his side finished sixth from bottom last season. The 28-year-old Spaniard was handed his English top-flight debut in the 2-1 win over Southampton on Saturday. Defender Shkodran Mustafi also made his first appearance for the London club in the same game. “It is not easy to Read More

Manchester United expect profits to fall back from last season’s record levels after the club splashed out on new players to try to regain its place in Europe’s soccer elite. The English club paid a world-beating 89 million pounds ($118 million) last month for French midfielder Paul Pogba and has brought in other big name players including Swedish striker Zlatan Read More

Ullhas P Revankar is eerily familiar with the surroundings of the New Ashok Nagar police station in New Delhi. He has never committed a crime but visits to this cop shelter, tucked away in a clamourous corner of the eastern part of the capital, are alarmingly frequent. Officers greet him with coy smiles and unsure glances — for them, Revankar’s Read More