Sports Shorts: Twelve-toed Swapna gets customised shoes

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: 'The journey from here should get easier. I would like to thank the Adidas team in India and at the Athlete Services Lab for......

Rio 2016: Indian boxers get new kits, no threat of disqualification

Threatened with disqualification for not wearing vests bearing their country's name, India's boxers at the ongoing 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have got their kits replaced as required by......

Highlights of Day 5: Archery, boxing lift Indian spirits at Rio

IMAGE: India’s Manoj Kumar celebrates after winning his bout against Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania during Day 5 of the Rio Olympics on Wednesday. Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters. Women......

Boxing: Manoj Kumar stuns Evaldas Petrauskas to enter pre-quarters

IMAGE: Indian boxer Manoj Kumar acknowledges the crowd. Photograph: Reuters. Former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar (64kg) stunned ex-Olympic bronze-medallist Evaldas......

How Indian athletes fared on Day 5 in Rio

IMAGE: India’s Bombayla Devi Laishram competes in the women's Individual Recurve event at the Rio Olympics. Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters Check out India’s report card on the......