Rio Olympics 2016: PV Sindhu's heart-winning match nets her Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan as fans

PV Sindhu got India its first silver on Thursday at Rio Olympics 2016 and the nation can't thank the shuttler enough. She may have lost the badminton singles match to world number one Carolina Marin however she won a billion hearts with her superlative exertion.

As the match started, twitterati and Bollywood celebs were cheering the 21-year-old Sindhu on. Salman Khan shared a photo of Sindhu and him together and composed, "Saw d finals on television with my mother and advised her I hv a photo with Sindhu . Glad ."

Amitabh Bachchan, an eager games fan who has been cheering the unforeseen as far back as Olympics started, took to Twitter to compose, "#PVSindhu you played your heart out ! All of India is so glad for you .. Thank for giving us that snippet of pride !!! T 2353 – #PVSindhu .. look what you did .. you had 1.25 billion individuals pulling for you !! That is no mean accomplishment ! Glad for you !!"

Days in front of Rio Olympics, Formula One's Bernie Ecclestone's relative hijacked

Day in front of the begin of the Rio Olympics in Brazil, the relative of Formula One preeminent Bernie Ecclestone has been seized and being held for payoff, as indicated by reports. The 67-year-old Brazilian relative has been seized in São Paulo and a payoff of $36.5m is being requested.

As per the magazine Veja, Aparecidia Schunck was kidnapped last Friday night, close to her home in Sao Paulo region of Interlagos. She has not been gotten notification from since. The magazine further included that the payoff was a record sum in Brazil and is to be paid in sterling pound and split into four unique sacks.

Rio Olympics: Russia to field cleanest Olympic group as more competitors banned for doping

All that's needed is one estimate to make sense of this one. Who will be the cleanest group at the Olympics at the Rio Olympics that are because of begin on 5 August? The answer is Russia, a nation that barely got away from a sweeping restriction from the Games because of a doping outrage.

On Tuesday, 26 August, nineteen Russian rowers were banned from contending at one month from now's Olympics. This, going ahead the heels of competitors crosswise over paddling, cutting edge pentathlon and cruising and also seven swimmers and three rowers being banned. The aggregate number of banned Russian competitors this week remains at 37.