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Take your time, you owe explanation to no one: Shastri on Biles' withdrawal

"Take your time, Simone Biles. You owe explanation to no one," said Indian cricket team's chief coach Ravi Shastri as he lent his support to the multiple Olympic medallist American gymnast

Olympics: South Africa stun Germany 4-3 in men's hockey Pool B match

South Africa produced the biggest shock of the Tokyo Olympics men's hockey tournament so far when they stunned former champions Germany 4-3 in a Pool B match on Thursday

Tokyo Olympics: Golfer Lahiri enjoys strong start with opening 67

While Anirban Lahiri overcame a shaky start to post a solid first round score of 4-under 67 for a share of eighth position, countryman Udayan Mane struggled to a 76 to end the day in 60th position

Olympics sailing: Ganapathy, Thakkar shine while Vishnu and Nethra struggle

The Indian sailing duo of KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar finished seventh in the sixth qualifying race of the mens 49er class at the Enoshima Yacht Harbour

India's challenge ends as Sajan unable to advance to 100m butterfly semis

Swimmer Sajan Prakash finished second in his Heat but that was not enough to advance the semifinals of the men's 100m butterfly event

Indian rowers Arjun Lal, Arvind Singh finish 11th overall in Tokyo Olympics

Indian rowers, Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh, ended 11th over in the men's lightweight double sculls competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday

Tennis: Belinda-Marketa set up Swiss-Czech final in women's singles

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland will meet Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic for the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

Men's hockey team, Sindhu in quarters; unlucky Mary Kom bows out of Olympic

The men's hockey team marched into the quarters and archer Atanu Das triumphed over a two-time Olympic champion Korean

Arjun, Arvind finish fifth 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

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