Confirms second medal for India Boxer Lovlina Borgohain defeated Nien-Chin Chen in the women’s Welter (64-69 kg) quarterfinal bout to assure India of another medal today. Lovlina qualified for the semi-finals and hence she is assured of at least a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. She won the bout via a 4:1 split decision….
Indian women’s hockey team register their first win
July 30, 2021Archer Deepika Kumari eliminated, shooters crash out The Indian women’s hockey team registered their first win of the campaign, sealing a 1-0 win Vs Ireland. Thanks to Navneet Kaur, who scored the goal in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Deepika Kumari crashed out of the quarterfinals in the Women’s Archery Individual event, losing to South Korea’s…
Tokyo Olympics 2020 (July 23 – August 8, 2021): Men’s Hockey team, shuttler P.V. Sindhu, boxer Satish Kumar enter quarterfinals
July 29, 2021The Indian men’s hockey team cruised into the Olympic Games quarterfinal with a comprehensive 3-1 victory over defending champions Argentina in its penultimate pool match today. After goalless first two quarters, India broke the deadlock in the 43rd minute through Varun Kumar before Vivek Sagar Prasad (58th) and Harmanpreet Singh (59th) struck in the closing…
Archer Atanu Das enters pre-quarters after defeating 2012 Champion
July 29, 2021Indian archer Atanu Das shocked South Korea’s Oh Jin Hyek in a nail-biting finish to make it to the 1/8 Elimination round in the men’s individual Archery event at the Yumenoshima Ranking Field today. The third-seed Korean started the match with a decent 8-9-9 and Das replied with 8-8-9, giving Jin Hyek two points in…
Tokyo Games 2020: P.V. Sindhu enters pre-quarterfinals
July 28, 2021Reigning 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 N.Y. Cheung in a Group J match 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…
Tokyo Games 2020 (July 23 – August 8, 2021): Glittering faces of Olympic celebration now ‘unmasked’
July 27, 2021Olympic athletes have received an extra incentive for winning a medal after organisers said they could remove their masks for 30 seconds for photos on the podium. Medal-winners were urged not to abuse the relaxation in the rules at the Tokyo Games, which have been marked by their strict anti-Coronavirus measures after opening a year…
PM Modi encourages Indian Fencer, says ‘You Gave Your Best’
July 27, 2021Bhavani Devi creates history becoming India’s first ever fencer in the Olympics Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered encouragement to C.A. Bhavani Devi, India’s first ever fencer in the Olympics who lost to the world number three, saying she gave her best and this is all that counts. Following her loss, Devi had tweeted…
Cycle Jatha wishing good luck for Indian Contingent at Olympics
July 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Wishing good luck for Indian contingent of sportspersons taking part in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, the city’s Suvarna Belaku Foundation took out a cycle Jatha and poster campaign in the city yesterday. The Jatha was launched near Ramaswamy Circle, in which senior sportspersons and specially abled sportspersons also took part. Suvarna Belaku Foundation President…
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins India’s 1st medal at Tokyo Games
July 24, 2021Tokyo: 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 India’s account here today. 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…
Chinese Shooter Yang Qian wins first Gold of the Games
July 24, 2021Chinese shooter Yang Qian won the first gold of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, snatching a dramatic last-shot victory from Russia’s Anastasiia Galashina in the women’s 10m air rifle final. Yang claimed gold with an Olympic record score of 251.8, edging ahead of Russian Anastasiia Galashina on 251.1 and Switzerland’s Nina Christen on 230.6. Galashina…
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