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Wrestler Ravi Dahiya settles for silver after losing final to world champion Uguev
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Wrestler Ravi Dahiya settles for silver after losing final to world champion...

Chiba (Japan), Aug 5: Ravi Dahiya on Thursday became only the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games after he lost the men's freestyle 57kg title clash 4-7 to reigning world champion Zavur Uguev here. There were expectations that the 23-year Dahiya would become India's...
A real Chak De moment for Indian hockey: Mens team wins Olympic medal after 41 years
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A real 'Chak De' moment for Indian hockey: Men's team wins Olympic medal after...

Tokyo, Aug 5: A resolute Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating a plucky Germany 5-4 to win the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games here on Thursday. The eight-time former gold-winners, who battled a...
1st Test: England elect to bat, India include Thakur, Rahul
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1st Test: England elect to bat, India include Thakur, Rahul

Nottingham, Aug 4: England won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India here at the Trent Bridge on Wednesday. India, who have drafted in KL Rahul as opener, are playing four seamers in Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur. Thakur has been picked...
Wrestler Ravi Dahiya enters final, India assured of at least a silver
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Wrestler Ravi Dahiya enters final, India assured of at least a silver

Tokyo, Aug 4: Indian grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya assured India of at least a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics when he stormed into the men's 57kg freestyle final with a 'victory by fall' over Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev in the semi final on Wednesday. Dahiya became only the second Indian...
Disappointed I didnt get gold but will celebrate Olympic bronze with vacation: Lovlina Borgohain
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Disappointed I didn't get gold but will celebrate Olympic bronze with vacation:...

Tokyo, Aug 4: She isn't quite happy with just a bronze in her debut Olympics but Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain on Wednesday said it is nonetheless a huge reward for her sacrifices in the past eight years and she would celebrate it by taking her first vacation since 2012. The 23-year-old lost...
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I'm happy and content, says Lovlina's father

GUWAHATI, Aug 4: The residence of Tiken Borgohain at Baro Mukhiya village in Assam's Golaghat district witnessed a huge gathering since morning on Wednesday.It's a big day as his daughter Lovlina Borgohain's boxing semifinal bout was scheduled. For journalists, it's a major assignment of the day to...
Lovlina settles for bronze, loses semis bout
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Lovlina settles for bronze, loses semis bout

Guwahati, Aug 4: Assam's Lovlina Borgohain settled for bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics as she lost her boxing semifinal bout to Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli in the 69 kg welterweight category on Wednesday.Even though she lost her semifinal bout to the reigning world champion, the Golaghat born...
Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia storm into Olympic semifinals, get closer to medal rounds
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Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia storm into Olympic semifinals, get closer to medal...

Chiba (Japan), Aug 4: Ravi Dahiya was his usual dominant self while Deepak Punia pulled off a decisive two-pointer towards the end of his quarterfinal as the two Indian wrestlers stormed into the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics, here on Wednesday. Such was the dominance of 23-year Dahiya that...
Neeraj qualifies for javelin throw final with superb first throw, Shivpal out
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Neeraj qualifies for javelin throw final with superb first throw, Shivpal out

Tokyo, Aug 4: Medal contender Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian javelin thrower to enter the finals of the Olympic Games with a stunning throw of 86.65m in his opening attempt that put him on top of the qualification round here on Wednesday. The 23-year-old kept India's hopes of an elusive...
Shot putter Toor and javelin thrower Rani disappoint, fail to reach finals in Olympics
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Shot putter Toor and javelin thrower Rani disappoint, fail to reach finals in...

Tokyo, Aug 3 (PTI) Asian record holder shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor and javelin thrower Annu Rani failed to qualify for the final rounds of their respective events following below-par performances at the Olympics here on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Toor, who was expected to at least make the...
Hockey: So near yet so far for Indian men, lose 2-5 to Belgium to be out of Olympic final race
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Hockey: So near yet so far for Indian men, lose 2-5 to Belgium to be out of...

Tokyo, Aug 3: The Indian men's hockey team's dream of an Olympic gold after 41 years remained unfulfilled as it lost 2-5 to world champions Belgium in the last-four stage but the side is still in the hunt for a bronze in the Tokyo Games here on Tuesday. Alexander Hendrickx (19th, 49th, 53rd...
Wrestler Sonam loses opening bout on Olympic debut
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Wrestler Sonam loses opening bout on Olympic debut

Tokyo, Aug 3: Young Indian wrestler Sonam Malik lost her opening bout on criteria to Mongolia's Bolortuya Khurelkhuu in the women's 62kg category here on Tuesday and will now have to wait and see if she gets a repechage round on her Olympic debut. The 19-year-old led the bout 2-0 after...
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