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Olympics: Djokovic's Golden Slam hopes come crashing after defeat to Zverev

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia cannot achieve a 'Golden Slam' now after losing to Germany's Alexander Zverev in the men's singles semifinals at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Friday

Olympics: Djokovic's Golden Slam hopes come crashing after defeat to Zverev
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 7:19 PM IST

Tokyo 'great message of hope' - IOC President during visit to art centre

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach visited an Olympic art exhibition centre in Tokyo on Friday

Tokyo 'great message of hope' - IOC President during visit to art centre
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 7:15 PM IST

Judo star Teddy Riner misses gold mark, satisfied by bronze medal

The 10-time world champion heavyweight from France spent the past half-decade working for a chance to match Olympic history with three consecutive gold medals

Judo star Teddy Riner misses gold mark, satisfied by bronze medal
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 7:10 PM IST

Olympic first: Men, women to swim together in the same relay race

Here comes the 4x100-meter mixed medley relay making its Olympic debut in Tokyo on Saturday

Olympic first: Men, women to swim together in the same relay race
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 7:04 PM IST

Olympics: Indian men's hockey team beats Japan 5-3 in final group match

The Indian men's hockey team registered a comprehensive 5-3 win over hosts Japan to cement its quarterfinal spot

Olympics: Indian men's hockey team beats Japan 5-3 in final group match
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 5:41 PM IST
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 4:01 PM IST

Djokovic loses to Zverev at Olympics, ending Golden Slam bid

The top-ranked Serb lost to Alexander Zverev of Germany 1-6, 3-6, 6-1

Djokovic loses to Zverev at Olympics, ending Golden Slam bid
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 3:58 PM IST
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 3:22 PM IST

Olympics 2020: South African sets world swim record; Aussies add 6th gold

South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker was the star of the day, setting the first individual swimming world record at the Tokyo Olympics. Others shined, too. Evgeny Rylov completed a backstroke double for Russia, Emma McKeon gave the Aussie women another gold, and China earned a return trip to the top of the medal podium. The mighty Americans? For the first time in the meet, they spent the entire session Friday watching others win gold. Schoenmaker, a 24-year-old South African, won the women's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes, 18.95 seconds, breaking the mark of 2:19.11 set by Denmark's Rikke Moller Pedersen at the 2013 world championships in Barcelona. It was the third world record at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, with the first two coming in women's relays. I wasn't expecting that at all," said Schoenmaker, who added to her silver in the 100 breast. It couldn't have been a better race. It still just doesn't sink in, maybe one day." Rylov thoroughly snuffed out America

Olympics 2020: South African sets world swim record; Aussies add 6th gold
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 1:37 PM IST

Tokyo 2020: 'Wow! Wow!' Women get Olympic track off to a sizzling start

Usain Bolt might be long gone from the sprint scene. It doesn't mean Jamaica has slowed down one bit. Nobody has, at least not on the women's side of the sport. An opening day at the Olympics that's supposed to produce little more than a brisk jog for the world's best at 100 meters turned into something very different Friday. Reigning world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran her heat in the nearly empty Olympic Stadium in 10.84 seconds. Her Jamaican rival, defending Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, finished in 10.82. And Marie-Josee Ta Lou, the Ivory Coast sprinter who finished an excruciating fourth in Rio de Janeiro, kept saying Wow! Wow! after she crossed the finish line in a blistering personal best of 10.78. They were the fifth, sixth and seventh-fastest times of the year, produced on a day when seven of 54 sprinters hit a personal best all in an opening round designed more for shaking out cobwebs than watching the clock. All that even though the field was missing

Tokyo 2020: 'Wow! Wow!' Women get Olympic track off to a sizzling start
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 1:35 PM IST

Country erupts in joy after Lovlina assures India second Olympic medal

India rejoiced after Lovlina Borgohain on Friday assured the country of its second medal at the Tokyo Olympics

Country erupts in joy after Lovlina assures India second Olympic medal
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 1:31 PM IST

India score late winner to keep QF hopes alive in Olympic women's hockey

The Indian women's hockey team scored a late goal to eke out a narrow 1-0 victory over Ireland in a must-win penultimate pool match to stay alive in the Olympics here on Friday

India score late winner to keep QF hopes alive in Olympic women's hockey
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 1:22 PM IST

Archery: Deepika Kumari loses in quarterfinals, out of Tokyo Olympics

India's Deepika Kumari lost her quarterfinal match in the women's individual event to top seed An San of South Korea at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday

Archery: Deepika Kumari loses in quarterfinals, out of Tokyo Olympics
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 1:04 PM IST

27 new Tokyo Games-related Covid-19 cases reported, highest so far

The Tokyo Games organisers on Friday announced 27 new COVID-19 cases linked with the Olympics, including three athletes, the highest daily count so far. The three athletes include US pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, a two-time world champion, who on Thursday pulled out of the Games after testing positive for the virus. The 27 cases, bringing the cumulative Games-related total to 220, comprise 18 residents of Japan and nine from overseas. Of the daily total, two athletes and a Games-related official were staying in the Olympic village. The highest daily figure in Games-related cases came a day after Tokyo reported 3,865 new infections, hitting a record for the third straight day, and the nationwide single-day count topped 10,000 for the first time. Besides the three athletes, those who tested positive for COVID-19 were 15 contractors, four Games-related officials, four volunteers and one member of the media, according to the organising committee. The total number of cases in the Games .

27 new Tokyo Games-related Covid-19 cases reported, highest so far
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 1:03 PM IST

Tokyo Olympics: Super show by Lovlina, go for gold, says Abhinav Bindra

Lovlina (69kg) has assured India a bronze after storming into the semi-finals of the women's welterweight category.

Tokyo Olympics: Super show by Lovlina, go for gold, says Abhinav Bindra
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 12:47 PM IST

Tokyo Olympics: Go for glory, go for gold, says Coach Das to Lovlina

Prashant Kumar Das, the coach of Indian pugilist Lovlina Borgohain, on Friday said he is confident the boxer will return with a gold medal after storming into the semi-finals of the ongoing Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Go for glory, go for gold, says Coach Das to Lovlina
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 12:46 PM IST

Tokyo Olympics: Dutee Chand fails to qualify for semis in women's 100m

Sprinter Dutee Chand on Friday failed to progress to the semi-finals of the women's 100m event here at the Olympic Stadium.Running in heat 5, Dutee finished with a timing of 11.54 and was 7th and as a result, she failed to qualify for the semi-final.Shelly-Ann Frasher-Pryce topped the heat 5 with a timing of 10.84 while Ajla del Ponte finished at the second spot with a timing of 10.91.The first three in each heat qualified for the semi-finals and the next 3 fastest (all heats combined) advanced to the semifinals.Earlier, India's Avinash Mukund Sable failed to qualify for the men's 3000m steeplechase final here at Olympic Stadium.Running in heat 2, Sable finished with a timing of 8:18.12 on 7th position and improved on the National Record of 8:20.20. He had clocked his PB at 24th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships earlier this year in Patiala.

Tokyo Olympics: Dutee Chand fails to qualify for semis in women's 100m
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 12:27 PM IST

Tokyo Olympics: Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat crash out of women's 25m pistol

Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat crashed out of the 25m pistol qualifications (rapid fire stage) as both finished outside the top-8 at the Tokyo Olympics here on Friday.

Tokyo Olympics: Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat crash out of women's 25m pistol
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 10:41 AM IST

Japan to widen coronavirus emergency after record spike amid Games

Japan is set to expand the state of emergency in Tokyo to neighbouring areas and the western city of Osaka in the wake of record-breaking surge in infections while the capital hosts the Olympics

Japan to widen coronavirus emergency after record spike amid Games
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 10:29 AM IST

Olympics: Boxer Simranjit Kaur bows out, loses 0-5 to Sudaporn Seesondee

India boxer Simranjit Kaur bowed out of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after Thailand's Sudaporn Seesondee defeated her in women's lightweight (57-60kg) by 5-0 here at Kokugikan Arena on Friday.Seesondee advanced to the quarterfinals after this victory against Simranjit in the lightweight category. All five judges gave the unanimous decision in favor of Thailand's boxer as she thrashed the Indian in three rounds.Simranjit started the match with a flurry of punches but it was Sudaporn who came out at the top with all judges ruling in the favour of the Thai boxer.Seesondee started the second round brilliantly as she landed three successive left hands-on Simranjit. And continued to derail the rhythm of the Indian boxer and took the round very easily.Simranjit had no chance but to aim for the knockout in the third round. The Indian went on offense but the clever footwork by Thai pugilist never gave her any clear-cut chance.Earlier on Thursday, Mary Kom, the face of India's boxing contingent, .

Olympics: Boxer Simranjit Kaur bows out, loses 0-5 to Sudaporn Seesondee
Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 10:17 AM IST