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Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Manika Batra win

Manu Bhaker disappoints on Day 2 as she bows out in 10m Air Pistol qualification round. Check India today's Olympics matches, Tokyo 2020 live updates and telecast details in India

Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom, Sindhu cross first hurdle, into round 2

Iconic boxer M C Mary Kom, 38, beat her 23-year-old opponent

Tokyo Olympics 2020: American medal rush begins with a splash

Host Japan follows China in list for most gold medals

Tokyo Olympics 2021: First post-competition coronavirus case reported

However, this series of events did not hamper the rowing on Sunday as all events were held as scheduled

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Hockey to Swimming, India schedule on July 25

A host of events, including women's 10m air pistol, men's 10m air rifle, and men's skeet, are lined up on a busy day for shooters. Check today's India Olympics schedule

Tokyo Olympics: Wimbledon champion Ashleigh Barty knocked out in 1st round

Wimbledon 2021 champion Ashleigh Barty was knocked out of the women's singles event here in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.

Olympic: Indian shooters Manu, Yashaswini miss women's 10m air pistol final

Indian shooters buckled under pressure as Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Singh Deswal failed to make the finals of the women's 10m air pistol event in the Tokyo Olympics here on Sunday.

Tokyo Olympics 2021 - Badminton to Weightlifting: India schedule on July 24

There are some medal possibilities too as Mirabai Chanu will compete in weightlifting, Pravin Jadhav and Deepika Kumari will feature in Archery mixed team event. Check today's India Olympics schedule

Tokyo Olympics: German cyclist Simon Geschke tests positive for coronavirus

German cyclist Simon Geschke has been ruled out of the men's road race after testing positive for the coronavirus

Indian rowers move to repechage round in men's lightweight double sculls

The Indian rowing duo of Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal Jat qualified for the repechage round after finishing fifth in the men's lightweight double sculls heat here on Saturday.

Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra outplayed in Tokyo Olympics opener

Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra lost to third seeds from Chinese Taipei, Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching, in the mixed doubles round of 16 here

Olympics hockey: Need to tighten game, says Reid ahead of Australia match

Indian men's hockey team chief coach, Graham Reid, was satisfied with his team getting its campaign off to a winning start against New Zealand but said they need to focus on tightening their game

Chirag-Satwik stuns World No 3, Praneeth lose opener in Tokyo Olympics

Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty dished out a sensational show to beat world no 3 pair of Yang Lee and Chi-Lin Wang of Chinese Taipei in a thrilling group A match

Saurabh finishes 7th in 10m pistol final after shining in qualifications

Indian medal hope Saurabh Chaudhary could not replicate the form he displayed in the qualifications to finish a disappointing seventh in the men's 10m air pistol final at the Tokyo Olympics here

Sumit Nagal becomes only third Indian to win a singles match at Olympic

Sumit Nagal on Saturday became only the third Indian to win a men's singles match at an Olympics edition and the first in 25 years, when he edged past Denis Istomin in a three-setter at Tokyo Games

Sensational Mirabai Chanu snatches silver medal at Tokyo Olympics

Mirabai Chanu ended India's 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver medal in the 49kg category to open the country's account here on Saturday. The 26-year-old lifted a total of 202kg (87kg+115kg) to better Karnam Malleswari's bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. With this, she exorcised the ghosts of the 2016 Games where she had failed to log a single legitimate lift. The gold went to China's Hou Zhihui with an effort of 210kg (94kg+116kg) , while Aisah Windy Cantika of Indonesia took home the bronze with an effort of 194kg (84kg+110kg). Considered her weakness in the run up to the marquee event, Chanu attempted 84kg in her first snatch attempt. The Manipuri took her time and cleanly heaved the barbell. She lifted 87kg in her next attempt and raised the weight to 89kg, which was one 1kg more than her personal best of 88kg that she had lifted at the national championship last year. However, she was unable to better her personal best and settled f

Tokyo Olympics: China's Qian Yang grabs first gold in women's 10m air rifle

China's Qian Yang bagged the women's 10m air rifle gold in what was the first medal event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, here at the Asaka Shooting Range

Tokyo Olympics: Indian judoka Sushila loses her round of 32 clash

Indian judoka Sushila Devi's challenge in the Tokyo Olympics came to an early end as she lost her contest to Hungarian Eva Csernoviczki

Olympic archery: Deepika Kumari, Pravin Jadhav in mixed team quarterfinals

India's world No.1 women's archer Deepika Kumari and experienced Pravin Jadhav provided some cheers to the contingent, securing a place in the quarterfinals in the mixed team event

India beat New Zealand 3-2 to open hockey campaign positively in Olympics

The Indian men's hockey team overcame some anxious closing moments before defeating New Zealand 3-2 in an intense Pool A match to open their Olympic campaign on a positive note here on Saturday. Harmanpreet Singh (26th and 33rd minutes) scored a double for India, while Rupinder Pal Singh (10th) was the other goal-getter for the eight-time former champions, currently ranked fourth in the world. For New Zealand, Kane Russell (6th minute) and Stephen Jenness (43rd minute) scored the goals. India will next play mighty Australia on Sunday.