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Sindhu's sincere encouragement left me in tears: Silver-medallist Tai Tzu

World number one badminton player Tai Tzu Ying has revealed that Indian ace P V Sindhu's words of encouragement after the medal ceremony left her in tears

Tokyo Olympics: Badminton star P V Sindhu scripts history on Super Sunday

Badminton star becomes first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals; men's hockey team secures semi-final berth after 41 long years

P V Sindhu tames China's Bing Jiao to secure her second Olympic medal

Star Indian shuttler P V Sindhu on Sunday became only the second Indian to win two Olympic medals, securing a bronze.

Badminton: P V Sindhu through to semifinals at Tokyo Olympics

Sindhu is the reigning world Champion

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Mary Kom bows out with a smile

Sindhu will play her quarterfinal match against Akane Yamaguchi of Japan on July 30.

Tokyo Olympics: Superb Sindhu enters quarterfinals, beats Mia Blichfeldt

Reigning world champion P V Sindhu sailed into the women's singles quarterfinals after beating Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt in straight games at the Tokyo Olympics badminton competition here on Thursday.

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

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

True legend of Indian badminton: tributes pour in after Nandu Natekar dies

An inspiration to many stalwarts of Indian badminton, Nandu Natekar's death on Wednesday was mourned by his fraternity with PM Narendra Modi also paying homage to his outstanding sporting legacy

Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu to face Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt in Round of 16

India's star shuttler PV Sindhu will face Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt in the round of 16 here at the Musashino Forest Plaza Court 2.World Number 12 Mia Blichfeldt defeated Zetchiri of Bulgaria in the playoff stage 21-10, 21-3 to march into the knockouts. Sindhu leads the head to head 4-1 against the Danish shuttler.Earlier on the day, Sindhu defeated Hong Kong's Ngan Yi Cheung in her second Group J match of the Tokyo Olympics.Sindhu defeated Ngan Yi Cheung in straight sets 21-9, 21-16 to cruise into the elimination round of women's singles. The 26-year-old Indian wasted no time in the first set and won it with ease. The first set (21-9) lasted for just 15 minutes.This was the second successive win for the 2016 silver medallist who earlier on Sunday started her Tokyo campaign on a good note after defeating Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova 21-7, 21-10. The entire match lasted for just 28 minutes.

Olympics: Sindhu beats Cheung in straight games, enter pre-quarterfinals

Reigning world champion P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of women's singles badminton event at the Tokyo Olympics after beating Hong Kong's NY Cheung in a group J match here on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Indian, who had claimed a silver medal in the last edition in Rio, prevailed over world No. 34 Cheung 21-9 21-16 in a 35-minute match to top the group. This was Sindhu's sixth win over Cheung in as many meetings. "I found my rhythm from the second game on and I finished it off. It was a fast game and I made a couple of unforced errors. I changed my tactics and got things under control. This type of test is important before a big match," Sindhu said after the match. World No. 7 Sindhu will meet Denmark's world number 12 Mia Blichfeldt, who topped Group I. Sindhu has a 4-1 head-to-head record against Blichfeldt, whose only win against the Indian was at the Yonex Thailand Open earlier this year. "It's not going to be an easy game. I need to recover well and come back ...

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

Tokyo Olympics: Chirag-Satwik win but could not qualify for knockout stage

Indian shuttlers Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy emerged victorious against the England pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in their final Group A match but still missed out the quarterfinals

Shooting to Hockey: India's Tokyo Olympics 2021 schedule today (July 27)

Indian men's hockey team will be also in action on July 27 morning against Spain after a 7-1 drubbing from Australia in their previous match. Check today's India Olympics schedule

Tokyo Olympics 2021 highlights: Germany defeats India 2-0 in women's hockey

India suffered another setback when paddlers Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra bowed out of the women's singles event after losing their Round 2 matches

Satwik-Chirag loses to world No.1 Sukamuljo and Gideon in second match

The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a straight game loss to world number one Marcus Gideon Fernaldi and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia

Olympics: Rankireddy-Shetty lose to Indonesian pair in men's doubles

India's Satwinsairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty went down after putting up a fight against world No.1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia in their second Group A match

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 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

Indian badminton umpire Fine C Dathan on way to realise Olympic dream

International umpire Fine C Dathan will be the lone Indian among a 26-member panel of umpires officiating at the Tokyo Olympics badminton competition. The 50-year-old Dathan from Thiruvananthapuram will be leaving for the Japanese capital on Tuesday night after completing all the procedures related to the COVID-19 protocols. Four Indians, including Rio Games silver medallist P V Sindhu, will be participating in the badminton competition that gets underway on July 24. "It is a first Olympics for me and such opportunities come once in a lifetime," Dathan, an associate professor at the department of physical education, Government Ayurveda College, Trivandrum, told PTI. Dathan, a member of the Elite Panel of umpires of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), had to skip a few tournaments this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but said it won't be a problem as he has the experience of officiating in all major events. "I was nominated two years ago but then there was this pandemic and al