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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.

Tokyo Olympics: Sania Mirza, debutant Ankita pair knocked out of games

Sania Mirza, debutant Ankita Raina knocked out of Tokyo Olympics despite dominating in women's doubles opener against Ukrainian twin sisters Nadiia and Liudmyla Kichenok, here on Sunday.

Tokyo Olympics: Murray out of Olympic singles tournament with quad strain

Two-time defending champion Andy Murray withdrew from the singles tournament at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday because of a right quad strain.

Olympic: Rowers Arjun, Arvind qualify for semifinals in lightweight doubles

Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh qualified for the semifinals of the men's lightweight double sculls repechage at the Tokyo Olympics here on Sunday. The Indian duo clocked 6:51.36 to finish in the third place at the Sea Forest Waterway. Poland's Jerzy Kowalski and Artur Mikolajczewski finished at the top with a timing of 6:43.44, followed by Spain's Caetano Horta Pombo and Manel Balastegui, who clocked 6:45.71 in the repechage 2. The semifinals will be on July 27.

World champion PV Sindhu wins her Tokyo Olympics opener in straight games

Reigning world champion P V Sindhu opened her Olympic campaign with an easy straight-game win over Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova in the women's singles group J match here on Sunday. The 26-year-old Indian, seeded sixth, beat the 58th ranked Polikarpova 21-7 21-10 in a lop-sided opening match. The world number seven Indian will next play Hong Kong's world number 34 Cheung Ngan Yi in the group stage. Rio Games silver medallist Sindhu started on an attacking note but briefly found herself lagging 3-4. However, she moved ahead quickly with Polikarpova making unforced errors and entered the break with a 11-5 lead. Soon, Sindhu was on a roll, grabbing 13 straight points. The Indian used her trademark straight and cross court smashes and drops to trouble the Israeli, who couldn't utilise the few opportunities that came her way. Sindhu sealed the first game in her favour when Polikarpova missed a shot. Polikarpova, who was playing with a strapped knee, continued to struggle with her stroke

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 2021 Highlights: Chanu's silver opens India's medal tally

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won India's first medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2021 today.

PM speaks to Chanu, says could not have asked for happier start to Olympics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that India is elated by Chanu's stupendous performance

Vice president hails Mirabai Chanu for winning silver medal at Olympics

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu

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

PM Modi leads country in congratulating Olympic silver medallist Mirabai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the country in congratulating Mirabai Chanu, who on Saturday ended India's 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver at Tokyo Games

Tokyo Olympics: PM Modi, Prez Kovind hail Mirabai Chanu for bagging silver

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Thakur also took to Twitter to wish the weightlifter

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