Swiss Open: Prannoy advances to quarterfinals

Defending champion H S Prannoy eked out a thrilling win over China's Qiao Bin to advance to the quarterfinals of the $120,000 Swiss Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament, in Basel on Thursday. The......

Highlights of Day 7: Tennis, boxing bring smile after spate of failures

IMAGE: India’s Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna play against Andy Murray and Heather Watson during the mixed doubles. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI. India lifted its sagging morale as Sania Mirza......

How Indian athletes fared on Day 7 in Rio

India’s report card on the seventh day of the 2016 Olympics. ARCHERY IMAGE: Indian archer Atanu Das in action on Friday. Photograph: Leonhard Foeger /Reuters. Men's Individual Round of......

Jwala-Ashwini out of Olympics after second defeat

The experienced Indian pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were eliminated from the women's doubles at the Rio Olympics after losing their second successive Group A match on Friday. In a......

Jwala-Ashwini thrashed by Japan's world No. 1 pair in opener

IMAGE: India's badminton doubles pairing of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa in action against Japan in the Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: PTI The Indian combination of Jwala Gutta......