The enigma that is Deepika Kumari

India's challenge in women's archery over RIO DE JANEIRO: Women archers Bombayala Devi and Deepika Kumari crashed out of the competition as India s chase for elusive medal continues in the Olympic. Mexico's Alejandra Valencia proved too strong for ...

Bombayla Devi looses to Mexico's Valencia in Women's Archery at Rio 2016 by 6-4 in Round of 16 clash. Earlier Deepika Kumari, who was India's biggest bid to win a medal at the Rio Games also crashed out in the round

The article below represents a preview only and is not meant for reuse or republishing. New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Jharkhand archer Deepika Kumari, who won her 1/64 and 1/32 contests in convincing fashion to book a place in the pre-quarters of the ...

"Nothing was wrong apart from the wind...I shot the arrow and it was a miss' Archer Deepika Kumari expressed bewilderment after a dismal show during the women's team event where the Indian team finished seventh in the qualification round of the ...

Before the Olympic Games few had met Dipa Karmakar, P V Sindhu, Vinesh Phogat, Deepika Kumari, Aditi Ashok, Heena Sidhu and many others. But Rio has changed all that. Corporate India is adopting more and more players and the trend will hopefully continue to ...

RANCHI: Jharkhand's hopes of an individual medal at the Rio Olympics ended on Thursday event after Deepika Kumari crashed out in the pre-quarter finals of the women's 10 meter individual recurve event. The state, which had sent its biggest ever ...

5 Min ago 0 0 Rio de Janeiro: Indian archer Deepika Kumari bowed out of the Rio Olympics, going down to Taipei's Ting Tan Ya in the 1/8 Eliminations round of the Women's Individual category here on thursday. Deepika lost to the Taiwanese ...

There was much anger among Indian sportspersons when Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was appointed the Rio Olympics 2016 Goodwill Ambassador, and many of them, like Yogeshwar Dutt, had taken to Twitter to express their dismay. However, some players ...

IMAGE: India’s Deepika Kumari competes in the women’s archery team elimination round at the Rio Olympics on Sunday. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters After failing to deliver when it mattered most, India’s ace archer Deepika Kumari blamed the 4-5 defeat to Russia in the quarter-finals of the women's recurve competition at the Rio Olympics on windy conditions. After the two teams were tied at 4-4, having won two sets each, the Russian trio of Tuiana Dashidorzhieva, Ksenia Perova ...