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Arjun, Arvind finish 5th in Final B of lightweight Men's Double Sculls

The Indian Rowing duo of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh finished fifth in the Final B of lightweight Men's Double Sculls here at Sea Forest Waterway on Thursday.The Indian duo completed the race with a timing of 6:29.66 in the Final B. Arjun was the bower while Arvind had the responsibility of stroking in the match. The Indian pair maintained their fifth position throughout the race. Spain topped the final by 6:15.45 while Poland came second with 6:16.01. The duo from Norway 'did not start' the race in the six-team field.On Wednesday, the Indian team qualified for the Final B in lightweight Men's Double Sculls after finishing sixth with a timing of 6:24.41 in the semifinal A/B 2.Earlier on Sunday, the rower duo of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh qualified for the repechage semi-final A/B by finishing third with a timing of 6:51.36. The Indian pair gradually took the pace and moved ahead of Uzbekistan after the 1000m mark and maintained the lead till the finish.

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Archer Deepika keeps medal hopes alive

Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav crashed out of men's individual archery after losing in the 1/16 eliminations round Check Tokyo Olympics 2021 Day 5 highlights and match results here

'I can die': Olympic athletes struggle with Tokyo's sweltering heat

Earlier on Friday, Russian archer fainted as Tokyo's temperatures climbed to as high as 34 degrees C

Tokyo Olympics: P V Sindhu and Deepika Kumari register thumping wins

In hockey, the Indian wom­en's team lost 1-4 to defending champions Great Britain

Mirabai Chanu's is the story of Manipur, a state steeped in sports

Grounded in Manipur's strong sporting culture, its talented sportspersons, however, head out of the state for want of resources

The Next One: Japan's Daii Hashimoto takes gold in Olympic gymnastics

Daiki Hashimoto grew up watching Kohei Uchimura win gold medals, just like every other aspiring Japanese gymnast over the past decade-plus

Argentina, France, Germany eliminated from Tokyo Olympic soccer

No third gold for Argentina. No return to the final for Germany. No defensive ability for France. Some of soccer's biggest nations have fallen at the first stage in the Tokyo Olympics men's tournament, failing to advance from the group stage Wednesday. If only like Spain they weren't blocked by clubs from selecting the strongest players for this extra competition squeezed into the calendar. Even with stars from the team's run to the European Championship semifinals earlier this month, Spain was held 1-1 by Argentina in the final group game. But it was still enough to top Group C and set up a quarterfinal meeting with Ivory Coast on Saturday. Mikel Merino, one of three permitted players older than 24, swept in Spain's goal in the 66th minute in Saitama after being set up by Marco Asensio. There was an equalizer in the 87th Tomas Belmonte's header went in off goalkeeper Unai Simn's right knee but Argentina lacked the time to conjure the required win to avoid early ...

US bounces back from Tokyo Olympic-opening loss, routs Iran 120-66

The US basketball team got back to winning and winning easily

Sailors Ganapathy and Varun languish at bottom in skiff 49er event

The Indian pair of K Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar languished at 18th after four races in the men's skiff 49er sailing event at the Tokyo Olympics here on Wednesday

Even in absence, North Korea's presence felt at Tokyo Olympic Games

North Korea isn't at the Tokyo Olympics this summer. And therein lies a tale one of sports and viruses, but most of all a tale of complex politics

Tokyo 2020: Pugilist Pooja Rani storms into quarter-finals of Olympics

Boxer Pooja Rani stormed into the quarter-finals of the women's middleweight (69-75kg) category in the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Ichrak Chaib of Algeria in the Round of 16 here

For South Koreans, Olympic medal is only way out of military service

They keep telling themselves the Olympics is no different from any other golf tournament because anything else would only make it harder on Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim

Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu promised free movie tickets for life

A multiplex chain has now announced that it will celebrate Mirabai's historic win by giving her free tickets to watch as many movies as she wishes during her lifetime

Tokyo Olympics: Need to be sure for unknown against Argentina, says Reid

Having registered a comprehensive 3-0 win over Spain,Indian men's hockey team will look to keep momentum going when they take on defending Olympic champions Argentina in their fourth match of Olympics

Olympics: Deepika has not played to full potential yet, says sister Vidya

World No.1 Deepika Kumari might have won her two matches in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, but her sister Vidya reckons that Deepika has still not played to her full potential yet

Deepika Kumari keeps medal hopes alive, makes last-16; Rai, Jadhav exit

World number one archer Deepika Kumari survived some anxious moments before getting past US teenager Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez 6-4 to sail into the pre-quarterfinals of the women's individual section

Olympics: Not planning to retire anytime soon,says Paddler Sharath Kamal

Sharath Kamal has said that he will take a "lot of positives" from his defeat against China's former world No. 1 and three-time world champion Ma Long in the third round at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Rowers Arjun and Arvind fail to qualify for lightweight double sculls final

Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh failed to qualify for the men's lightweight double sculls final at the Tokyo Olympics after finishing sixth and last in the second semifinal on Wednesday

Tokyo Olympics 2021 highlights: Boxer Lovlina enters QF; India beats Spain

India's men's doubles team in badminton Shetty failed to qualify for the Quarterfinals despite a win today. Check India today's Olympics matches, Tokyo 2020 live updates and telecast details in India

Coronavirus cases in Tokyo leap to new record of 2,848 amid Olympics

A four-day weekend to celebrate the opening of the sports spectacle is also likely to have led to a backlog of testing