Kathleen Bam (14th, 42nd minutes) struck twice for the Americans while Melissa Gonzalez (52nd) scored the third goal to hand the Indians their third consecutive defeat here on Thursday....
Indian shuttler Kidambri Srikanth started his Olympic campaign in superb fashion, breezing past Lino Muzon of Mexico in straight games in the opening match of Group H in the men's singles event here....
The India pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna won their campaign opener in straight sets against Sam Stosur and Jonathan Peers of Australia in the mixed doubles event at the ongoing Rio Olympics here....
World No.69 Lahiri got off to a poor start as he bogeyed the first hole. He continued to struggle by making bogeys on the sixth, eighth, 11th and 12th holes. He somehow recovered to make two birdies on 15th and 18th holes to bag a 74....
The Indian mens hockey team reached the quarter-finals after a gap of 36 years at the ongoing Rio Olympics despite beaten 1-2 by the Netherlands for its second loss in four Pool B games. ...
Star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu were the lone bright spots as India endured another dismal day at the ongoing Rio Olympics with archers Deepika Kumari and Laishram Bombayla Devi crashing out while the men's hockey team went down fighting to the Netherlands here on Thursday....
Following is the medals tally of the ongoing Rio Olympics as at 12:00 am on Friday....
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, says the Olympics is no different from space exploration where you put in everything that you have into the effort....
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal beat local hope Vicente Lohaynny 21-17, 21-17 in her opening Group C match in the women singles event here on Thursday....
Indian boxer Shiva Thapa was beaten by Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez 0-3 in his men's Bantam weight (56kg) category at the Rio Olympics here on Thursday. ...
