India’s golden girl Sindhu wins silver – and Indian hearts world wide

At around 8.30 p.m. all of India held their collective breath in anticipation and nervous excitement. Sindhu had won the first game against World Number one Carolina Marin 21 - 19! Would she create history? Win the first Olympic Gold...

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By Nagpur Today On Thursday, August 18th, 2016

Sakshi Malik clinches bronze medal in women’s wrestling 58kg category

New Delhi/Nagpur: India’s Sakshi Malik won a bronze medal in the wrestling 58kg category after the Indian beat Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5 in the bronze medal bout. In a thrilling contest, Sakshi fought back from 0-5 down to seal the bout...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, August 11th, 2016

Disqualification looms large over Indian boxers at Rio Olympics

New Delhi/Nagpur: The International Boxing Association (AIBA) pulls up Indian boxers for not having 'India' written on their jerseys. Indian boxers Vikas Krishan, Manoj Kumar and Shiva Thapa now face a risk of being disqualified at the Rio Olympics, reports. It is...

By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, August 10th, 2016

Sports aficionados in Rio to watch Olympics victimized by thieves and muggers

Snatch and Grab: Astonishing footage shows how brazen Rio thieves target unsuspecting tourists in broad daylight New Delhi/ Nagpur: South America it seems is not safe when it comes to petty thefts including Purse-snatching, mobiles, laptops, cameras etc. Incidents of...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, August 5th, 2016

Rio Olympics: Leander Paes not assigned room in games village

Rio: Indian tennis star Leander Paes has not been allotted a room in the Rio Olympics games village, reports the Times of India. The seven-time Olympian, who arrived in Rio de Janeiro Thursday evening, said he was extremely disappointed with...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, July 9th, 2016

Women’s hockey team captain Ritu Rani dropped from Oly squad

Ritu Rani (File Pic) Bangalore/Nagpur: Indian women's hockey team captain Ritu Rani has been been dropped from the Rio Olympics-bound side owing to lack of performance and attitude problems. The final squad of 16 is to be picked in three days'...