After the appointment of the Bollywood megastar Salman Khan as the Indian Olympic contingent’s “goodwill ambassador” for the upcoming Rio Olympics couple of days ago, the sporting fraternity has been divided over IOA’s this decision. Whereas the star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and the legendary sprinter Milkha Singh is questioning and criticizing the move on the other hand some other sport …

Day 14 of the Rio Olympics 2016 will feature a total of five events featuring Indian participants with the spotlight, without a doubt being on Indian shuttler P.V Sindhu who will go for gold in the finals of the woman’s singles Badminton event. Here is a list of events featuring participants from the Indian contingent: Event : Golf (Woman’s Individual …

The only Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar created history after entering the Rio Olympics Final after qualifying the Vault event with 8th rank in the semi-finals. The Tripura girl entered final with 14.850 scores creating further hopes for India so as to grab Gold for the first time. Coming up as apparatus finalist for an artistic gymnastic category, Dipaentered the finals …

Perhaps the most celebrated name in swimming and decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps will look to enter the Olympic waters for the last time in his career in the games village at Rio. The all-time record holder of the maximum number of gold medals for a single participant ( 19 Olympic gold medals to be exact) crossed the …

India have not yielded any significant results so far in terms of medal tally in the ongoing Olympics but the persistent participants from the sub-continent have no intention of giving up their medal hunt. Day 8 of the Rio Olympics at the games village will kick off with a total of events featuring Indian participants. Event- Badminton: Woman’s Doubles(Group A): …

With a disappointing haul of results at the end of day 3, the optimistic Indian audience will be looking forward to day 4 of the Rio Olympics 2016 with India still searching for a first piece of silverware at the games village in Rio. What events are there on Tuesday(Day 4)? Men’s Single Sculls Quarterfinal 4: 25 year-old Dattu Bhokanal …

The Indian contingent for the Rio Olympics 2016 held in the games village in Rio have not yet yielded any significant results yielding a medal with gymnast Dipa Karmakar going the closest to a bronze medal finish on Sunday. With a majority of the Indian athletes crashing out in qualification, the hopes of the contingent lie on the remaining few …

India continues its quest for a first medal in the Rio Summer Olympics at the Games village in Brazil, with hopes resting heavily on the female contingent of shuttlers representing the country on the 6th day of the games. With some participants failing even to qualify for the final rounds of their respective competitions, the chances of a medal are …

Great Britain could do nothing to stop rampant, free-spirited Fiji, watched by their prime minister wearing a white t-shirt, claiming the first Olympic medal in their history at the inaugural rugby sevens tournament thrashing the mighty Brits with a terrific scoreline of 43-7. It took 60 years, but Fiji finally earned an Olympic medal within hours of their embarrassing 10-0 …

Aditi Ashok is the latest addition to the list of aspiring female athletes from India among the names of DipaKarmakar, P.V Sindhu and Sakshi Malik. No, she hasn’t won a medal yet but she is the first woman golfer to qualify for the final round of the Woman’s individual golf event at the Rio Olympics 2016. Who is Aditi Ashok? …

After a mixed day of results for the Indians at the Games village in Rio on day 6, India enters the 7th day of the Olympic games with a total of 16 events to participate in: Event-Shooting: 50m Rifle Prone Qualification: Chain Singh and Gagan Narang will compete in the Qualification stage of the Men’s 50m rifle prone. Timing:  05:30PM …

Fiji has won their first Olympic medal, that’s too a Gold medal when they beat the Great Britain in the rugby sevens final at the Rio Olympics 2016. Rugby is hailed as the larger than life sport, religion in the island country, and the top-seeded country has beaten the Brits with the 43-7 scoreline at the Deodoro Stadium. This fairytale …

The Greatest Show on the Earth, the Rio Olympics 2016 has already started its proceedings with a brilliant Opening Ceremony at the historical Maracana Stadium on Friday, 5th of August. And on the first day of this 28th edition of the global sporting event, Indian athletes have given a mixed bag performances so far. While the Indian Hockey Team kicked …

As the ‘Greatest Show on Earth, ’ the Rio Olympics 2016 is all set to unveiled in a day, the whole world is waiting eagerly for the Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony. Olympics Opening Ceremony is a hotly anticipated event, and it sets the tone of competition perfectly and declares the games ‘open’ officially. After much noise, controversy, and fears, Rio …

India has struck gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics already and it doesn’t  depend on the fact whether P.V Sindhu wins her final match at the games village or not. India has struck gold in the form of the 21- year old Shuttler who advanced to the finals of the biggest sporting event in the world. Unlike the United States …

To end his glorious career and to bid adieu from the Olympics Games as the fastest man ever lived on this planet, Usain Bolt is currently eyeing for his third sprint sweep at the Rio Olympic Games which is scheduled to start from the next month. With 6 Olympic Gold Medals in the 100m, 200m and 4 X 100m event, …

Russia is on the verge of to be kicked out of the Rio Olympics 2016, as their highly-ranked track and field team lost their appeal over being banned from the “Greatest Show on the Earth”, which is scheduled to start from the next month, for state-sponsored doping. Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had unanimously “dismissed” yesterday an appeal by …

Although Mary Kom’s dream to take part in Rio Olympics 2016 has shattered after the boxer was denied a wildcard entry, but the Bronze medalist winner of the last Olympic game said on Thursday, that she would not hang up her gloves just yet. The five-time world champion failed to get theticket for Rio through the two qualifiers held in …

For the recent brilliant performance by the Indian Hockey Team at the Champions Trophy, the former captain of the Indian Hockey team Dhanraj Pillay congratulated the ‘Men in Blue’ and said this team has all the potentiality to win an Olympic medal and should not end up regretting as he does even now after missing the chance of grabbing a …

It seems that the players’ row in this Rio Olympics is going on changing in the all the games. A few days back there was an issue regarding the selection of Sushil Kumar in the 74 kilos category of wrestling. Now, another change has been reported. In the men’s doubles of tennis, we shall get to see the duo of …

The five times World Cup champions, Brazil have confirmed their 18-men roster for the upcoming Rio Olympics 2016, which is scheduled to start from 5th August and as expected the Barcelona superstar Neymar has been included and will lead the squad. Apart from Neymar, electrifying Bayern Munich winger Douglas Costa and dependable Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos has also been named …

Chain Singh, the shooter from Jammu and Kashmir has sealed his place for the upcoming Rio Olympics 2016. Singh is the 12th rifleman to book his berth for Rio and he cemented his place in the 50m rifle 3 position event at the ISSF World Cup in Gabala , Azerbaijan, last August. Born and brought up at Assar in Doda …

The Indian 4x100m women’s relay team shattered the 18-year-old national record as they finished in 4th position at the IAAF World Challenge, in Beijing on Wednesday. The 4x100m women relay team comprising Merlin Joseph, Srabani Nanda, Dutee Chand and HM Jyoti and clocked 44.03s to finish the race, smashing the 18-year-old record of 44.43s created by the quartet of PT …

The chance for Sushil Kumar to go to the Rio Olympics 2016 is looking bleak day by day, as the two times Olympic medal winning wrestler is waiting for the Delhi High Court’s decision over his appeal for a “fair trial” against Narsingh Yadav. The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday told the Delhi High Court that Narshing Yadav …

The Sports Ministry of India has announced on Tuesday that the medal winners from the upcoming Rio Olympics 2016 will be considered for this year’s Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards. The Sports Ministry has taken the move so that the silverware winners get immediate recognition as well as get rewarded for their brilliant achievement in the “Greatest Show on the …