Rio Olympics 2016

From waiter to an Olympian in Rio: This is India's unsung hero Manish Rawat's story – HATS OFF!

Manish Singh Rawat's final timing, 1:21:21, was less than a minute behind the bronze medallist.

Aug 26, 2016, 13:39 PM IST

Piers Morgan vs Indian Twitter: The battle isn't over yet as UK journalist provokes fans with THIS tweet

It remains to be seen whether Indian bigwigs will further engage themselves in another battle with the journalist. 

Aug 26, 2016, 13:23 PM IST

MUST READ: Rio 2016 silver medalist P. V. Sindhu​'s emotional note after whirlwind week

The youngster penned a rather emotional note, thanking people who contributed to her Olympics success. 

Aug 26, 2016, 10:22 AM IST

WOAH! Pakistani journalist silences Piers Morgan after he taunts Indians using Sachin Tendulkar's example

Surprisingly, among those making a case for India was a Pakistani journalist and statistician Mazher Arshad. 

Aug 26, 2016, 09:33 AM IST

Rio Olympics after-effects: Marathon runner OP Jaisha also tests positive for H1N1; hospitalised

Jaisha had competed in the women's marathon in Rio Olympics.

Aug 26, 2016, 00:47 AM IST

India ranked worst performer at Rio Olympics amongst medal winning countries

An unprecedented number of 207 countries participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Aug 25, 2016, 20:51 PM IST

Triple treble: How Usain Bolt stormed to another set of gold medals at Rio Olympics – VIDEO

The Jamaican sprinter's Olympics swansong saw him complete an unprecedented triple treble at Rio 2016.

Aug 25, 2016, 19:24 PM IST

OP Jaisha-AFI row: Marathon runner said no to personalised refreshment, clarifies coach Nikolai Snesarev

Jaisha, who fainted at the finish line after completing the race in 89th position, had alleged that there was no water, recovery drinks and refreshment available for her and only once in 8km did she got water.

Aug 25, 2016, 16:43 PM IST

Sakshi Malik expresses desire to meet Virender Sehwag – Read Viru's HILARIOUS reply

Sakshi, the Rio Games bronze medallist, took to Twitter to seek an appointment (the reason for which is still unknown) with Sehwag.

Aug 25, 2016, 16:17 PM IST

Sakshi Malik's felicitation ceremony: Fans disappointed, as Netas hog limelight, wrestler doesn't get to speak

More than 15,000 people from 36 nearby villages gathered for there ceremony.

Aug 25, 2016, 15:31 PM IST

Battled empty seats at Olympics but Rio organisers witness record as 133,000 tickets get sold in 1 day for Paralympic Games

More than 600,000 tickets have been sold so far, over 20 percent of the 2.5 million tickets available.

Aug 25, 2016, 15:17 PM IST

'Spit remark' on PV Sindhu's achievements: Director says fans didn't get his satire, gets TROLLED again

Instead of issuing an apology, the director took to Facebook again to say that people could not decipher the humour from his post.

Aug 25, 2016, 13:54 PM IST

Piers Morgan pokes fun at India's performance in Rio: Here's how Virender Sehwag SHUT him down

While several celebrities took a dig at Piers, Virender Sehwag – who has been in news lately for his brilliant tweets, didn't waste the opportunity and shut him down with two tweets.

Aug 25, 2016, 11:01 AM IST

Salman Khan's fan trolled, criticised Yogeshwar Dutt after he was out of Olympics. Here's his FITTING reply

Yogeshwar shared a video on Facebook where he apologised to his fans for letting them down, but also went hard at all those who crticised him with insulting tweets.

Aug 25, 2016, 09:39 AM IST

Here's PV Sindhu's REPLY to Telangana deputy CM who offered her a 'better coach' than Pullela Gopichand

Sindhu defeated World No. 2 Wang Yihan and World No. 6 Nozomi Okuhara before losing to World No. 1 Carolina Marin in the summit clash.

Aug 25, 2016, 08:59 AM IST

Thanks Piers Morgan, but two-medal India will celebrate Rio 2016 Olympics for PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik

When an outsider put the matter into a perspective – right or wrong, he was put to the sword, and was forced to take a tour of history, and also do extensive research on fields other than sports.

Aug 24, 2016, 22:43 PM IST

Michael Phelps ruled Twitter during Rio Olympics 2016

During the Olympics, over 187 million tweets were sent which led to 75 billion impressions (views on and off Twitter) of tweets, the company said on Wednesday.

Aug 24, 2016, 17:34 PM IST

Did OP Jaisha lie about official apathy in Rio? Here is her co-runner's version

After OP Jaisha's sensational claims of official apathy in the Rio Olympics, co-runner Kavita Raut on Tuesday gave this controversy a new twist on Tuesday.

Aug 24, 2016, 16:23 PM IST

Indians wildly celebrating two 'losing' medals? This British journalist terms it EMBARRASSING!

Sakshi and Sindhu may not have won gold but they didn't leave anything behind in the tank during their respective contests. 

Aug 24, 2016, 15:02 PM IST

Rio Olympics inspired mural sets new Guinness World Record

To accomplish the mural, it took 180 buckets of acrylic paint and 2,800 cans of spray paint as well as seven hydraulic lifts, Guinness World Records said in a statement.

Aug 24, 2016, 14:53 PM IST