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Anthony Ervin becomes oldest swimmer to win Olympic gold medal

The 35-year-old clinched the 50m freestyle gold to break the record set by Dara Torres, who was 33 when she took part in USA's victorious 4x100m relay team

Rio Olympics: Sania-Bopanna, boxer Vikas bring cheer on dismal day

Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna made it to semi-finals of mixed doubles tennis; boxer Vikas Krishan through quarter-finals in men's middleweight (75 kg)

Disappointing day for Indian athletes in Rio Olympics

Anas Yahiya finished 31st overall in the men's 400m event, while Ankit Sharma finished 12th in Group B of men's long jump

In Rio, ushering in a new dawn

The Indian hockey team's march to the Olympic quarter-finals may be the start of something truly special

Rio Olympics: How India fared on Day 7

Brands hunt for gold at the Olympics

Companies have set up ever more elaborate venues and marketing schemes to woo customers

Three ages of Olympic logos

Olympic logos support a strong, coherent brand, adapting its unchanging core to a dynamic world

Pro Kabaddi League Season 4 grows 51%

The fourth installment of the league registered 10 million average impressions

Shekhar Gupta: Faster, higher, stronger, but for God's sake, be calmer

No country can go from zero to hero in Olympic sports. A hundred Indians now feature in the top-25 and why that's real progress

Men's hockey: India held 2-2 after Canada's late goal

India were the overwhelming favourites against and as expected they started on a bright note

Chess (#1213)

The top seed in the open section is 18-year-old Vladislav Artemiev from Russia, who's currently rated 2665

Russian Chief of Staff dismissed

Dismissing Sergei Ivanov as head of the presidential administration & appointing Anton Vaino as the new staff chief

Michael Phelps: The aqua gladiator

A couple of years away from swimming haven't diminished Michael Phelps's appetite for a fight

Usain Bolt: Seeking redemption, this time for his sport

Usain Bolt is perhaps the only man who can salvage a dismal year for athletics with one final flash of lightning

Badminton doubles pair Jwala-Ashwini out of Rio Olympics

The Indian pair wilted under pressure to lose the game 16-21 in 19 minutes against the Dutch pair

Shooters Gagan Narang, Chain Singh fail to enter finals of 50m Rifle Prone in Olympics

Russian Sergey Kamenesky topped the chart as he shattered the Olympic record with a score of 629.0

Archer Atanu Das bows out of Rio Olympics

He lost to Korean archer Seengy-un Lee who hit three consecutive perfect 10s in the first set to take a two-point lead

Recall Goel from Rio, Cong MPs ask PM

Goel has rejected allegations of misbehaviour levelled against his entourage by the Organising Committee

Rio Olympics: Bulgaria's Silvia Danekova first athlete to test positive for EPO in Rio

Danekova, 33, was subjected to a doping test on July 26, a few days after her arrival in Rio de Janeiro

Simone Manuel hopes her gold can inspire African-American swimmers

Manuel, 20, became the first black swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal for US when she tied for first with Canada's Penny Oleksiak in the final of the 100m freestyle