True to his style, Bajrang Punia put his tactical acumen and strength to good use in the second period to pin Iran's Morteza Cheka Ghiasi for a semifinal berth in the men's free-style 65kg event which took him closer to an Olympic medal on debut, here on Friday.

Barcelona Football Club (FCB) on Thursday confirmed that the legendary footballer, Lionel Messi also tauted as the greatest footballer of all time will leave the club and will not renew his contract.

Nottingham: India were 125 for four in their first innings at stumps after rain effectively washed out the entire evening session on day two of the first Test against England here on Thursday.

Nottingham: A solid opening partnership between KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma has put the Indian team in the driver’s seat on the lunch on day 2 of the first test match against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Rohit Sharma fell on the stroke of lunch while attempting a pull shot and handing a soft catch to the fielder on the fine leg.

Indian wrestler Deepak Punia (86kg) loses bronze medal bout 2-4 to San Marino's Myles Nazem Amine.

Chiba (Japan), Aug 5: Vinesh Phogat suffered a massive upset defeat at the Olympic Games after being pinned by Belarus' Vanesa Kaladzinskaya in the 53kg quarterfinals to not only go out of the gold medal race but also face the risk of getting eliminated, here on Thursday.

Chiba (Japan): India's strong medal contender Vinesh Phogat knocked out Rio Olympics bronze-winner and six-time world medallist Sofia Mattsson to progress to women's 53kg quarterfinals, displaying the art of turning defence into attack, here on Thursday.