Vikas Krishan Yadav has quietly been India’s most impressive male athlete in Rio so far. Only Uzbekistan’s Bektemir Melikuziev now stands between him and a guaranteed medal. In wrestling, Ravinder Khatri will be the first Indian grappler to take the stage in Rio in men’s Greco Roman 85kg. In athletics, Lalita ... Read More »
No athlete from Singapore had ever won a gold medal before Joseph Schooling beat Michael Phelps Friday in the 100-meter butterfly. Phelps and fellow American swimmer Katie Ledecky cashed in $200,000 for winning eight gold medals. The duo also combined for $30,000 for its two silver medals. Schooling scored $753,000 ... Read More »
In celebration of the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Samsung Electronics Co., the official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Wireless Communications Equipment category, unveiled the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 7 (local time). The Rio 2016-inspired device incorporates an Olympic Games design ... Read More »
India’s Olympic dreams are getting a ‘Make in India’ touch. Unlike in previous Games, Indian athletes, this time, will have no room to complain about food. In the past, Indian contingent had to eat whatever was available at the Games Village. Not in Rio. In Brazil, they will get to ... Read More »
The 31st Olympiad was open in Rio after a stunning opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium. All 207 countries plus the refugee team walked at the Parade of Nations. As part of the tradition, Greece led the parade followed by other countries in alphabetical order in the Portuguese language. The ... Read More »
IT was the young and earnest Abhinav Bindra’s persistence, no doubt, that convinced his German coach Heinz Reinkemeier to start working with the shooting prodigy 16 years ago. A dozen new kids approach the reputed coach, tactician and psychoanalyst every month in Germany, sport shooting’s ultimate hub, so he wasn’t ... Read More »
Google is celebrating the start of the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro with a new Doodle that features fruit competing for Olympic gold. Released Friday, visiting Google’s homepage will treat users to an animated short in which a fruit stand comes alive with strawberries, coconuts and various berries who ... Read More »
The head of the world health body said she’s going to the games. The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games is both low and manageable, the chief of the World Health Organization said on Friday, a week before the event kicks off in Rio de Janeiro. Nearly ... Read More »
While he wasn’t robbed, kidnapped, or vomited on like some of his Olympic comrades, Andrew Bogut has plenty to gripe about. Last week, the Australian Olympic committee said that the athletes’ village was “uninhabitable,” according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Australian team members have reported a fire, as well as ... Read More »
The Latest on the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 4:35 p.m. The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, will be the top seeds in women’s doubles at the Rio Olympics. In men’s doubles, three-time major winner Andy Murray and his brother Jamie are seeded second, behind the ... Read More »
Rihanna was reported to have been the headline act at the Lollapalooza Colombia festival in South America. But just weeks before it was meant to take place, the Bajan beauty has left the festival in tatters by refusing to perform at the show. A source told the RCN Radio of ... Read More »
