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Archery: Deepika Kumari loses in quarterfinals, out of Tokyo Olympics

India's Deepika Kumari lost her quarterfinal match in the women's individual event to top seed An San of South Korea at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday

27 new Tokyo Games-related Covid-19 cases reported, highest so far

The Tokyo Games organisers on Friday announced 27 new COVID-19 cases linked with the Olympics, including three athletes, the highest daily count so far. The three athletes include US pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, a two-time world champion, who on Thursday pulled out of the Games after testing positive for the virus. The 27 cases, bringing the cumulative Games-related total to 220, comprise 18 residents of Japan and nine from overseas. Of the daily total, two athletes and a Games-related official were staying in the Olympic village. The highest daily figure in Games-related cases came a day after Tokyo reported 3,865 new infections, hitting a record for the third straight day, and the nationwide single-day count topped 10,000 for the first time. Besides the three athletes, those who tested positive for COVID-19 were 15 contractors, four Games-related officials, four volunteers and one member of the media, according to the organising committee. The total number of cases in the Games .

Tokyo Olympics: Super show by Lovlina, go for gold, says Abhinav Bindra

Lovlina (69kg) has assured India a bronze after storming into the semi-finals of the women's welterweight category.

Tokyo Olympics: Go for glory, go for gold, says Coach Das to Lovlina

Prashant Kumar Das, the coach of Indian pugilist Lovlina Borgohain, on Friday said he is confident the boxer will return with a gold medal after storming into the semi-finals of the ongoing Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Dutee Chand fails to qualify for semis in women's 100m

Sprinter Dutee Chand on Friday failed to progress to the semi-finals of the women's 100m event here at the Olympic Stadium.Running in heat 5, Dutee finished with a timing of 11.54 and was 7th and as a result, she failed to qualify for the semi-final.Shelly-Ann Frasher-Pryce topped the heat 5 with a timing of 10.84 while Ajla del Ponte finished at the second spot with a timing of 10.91.The first three in each heat qualified for the semi-finals and the next 3 fastest (all heats combined) advanced to the semifinals.Earlier, India's Avinash Mukund Sable failed to qualify for the men's 3000m steeplechase final here at Olympic Stadium.Running in heat 2, Sable finished with a timing of 8:18.12 on 7th position and improved on the National Record of 8:20.20. He had clocked his PB at 24th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships earlier this year in Patiala.

Tokyo Olympics: Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat crash out of women's 25m pistol

Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat crashed out of the 25m pistol qualifications (rapid fire stage) as both finished outside the top-8 at the Tokyo Olympics here on Friday.

Japan to widen coronavirus emergency after record spike amid Games

Japan is set to expand the state of emergency in Tokyo to neighbouring areas and the western city of Osaka in the wake of record-breaking surge in infections while the capital hosts the Olympics

Olympics: Boxer Simranjit Kaur bows out, loses 0-5 to Sudaporn Seesondee

India boxer Simranjit Kaur bowed out of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after Thailand's Sudaporn Seesondee defeated her in women's lightweight (57-60kg) by 5-0 here at Kokugikan Arena on Friday.Seesondee advanced to the quarterfinals after this victory against Simranjit in the lightweight category. All five judges gave the unanimous decision in favor of Thailand's boxer as she thrashed the Indian in three rounds.Simranjit started the match with a flurry of punches but it was Sudaporn who came out at the top with all judges ruling in the favour of the Thai boxer.Seesondee started the second round brilliantly as she landed three successive left hands-on Simranjit. And continued to derail the rhythm of the Indian boxer and took the round very easily.Simranjit had no chance but to aim for the knockout in the third round. The Indian went on offense but the clever footwork by Thai pugilist never gave her any clear-cut chance.Earlier on Thursday, Mary Kom, the face of India's boxing contingent, .

Debutant Lovlina assures India of first boxing medal at Tokyo Olympics

Debutant Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) assured India of their first boxing medal at the ongoing Games when she upstaged former world champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the semifinals

Tokyo 2020: Olympic sponsors praise Simone Biles after withdrawal

Simone Biles' sponsors, including Athleta and Visa, are lauding her decision to put her mental health first and withdraw from the gymnastics team competition during the Olympics. It's the latest example of sponsors praising athletes who are increasingly open about mental health issues. Tennis star Naomi Osaka found widespread support when she withdrew from the French Open earlier this year. Biles could still compete in other gymnastic events during the Olympics. She also has a solid history of gymnastic accomplishments, including four gold medals and a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. She has earned five more all-around titles in world championships since 2013. That earns the 24-year-old a lasting athletic legacy that sponsors can capitalize on. We are past the time when athletes like Simone are valued simply for their athletic prowess," said Jim Andrews, founder of A-Mark Partnership Strategies. She has earned a place in gymnastics history, and has proven herself to be an amazi

'Happy tears': Sunisa Lee's gold sparks joy at home in Minnesota

There were cheers and screams and happy tears for one of their own, and unending delight for what many saw as an Only in America story. Sunisa Lee captured the women's all-around gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, a triumph that wowed all of Minnesota but carried special resonance in the state's close-knit Hmong American community, one of the largest in the United States. I can't find the words to express how happy we are, how important that was to me and my family and to the whole Hmong community throughout the world, John Lee, father of one of the brightest lights now in Tokyo, told The Associated Press. We never expected gold, but she came through. She did it. That she did, and dozens of her family and friends gathered early in the morning at a suburban St. Paul event center to watch the gymnastics broadcast from Tokyo. Sunisa Lee got an opening when reigning Olympic champion Simone Biles withdrew from the all-around competition to focus on her mental health. There

From the Emperor Naruhito on down: Memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

From Emperor Naruhito on down, every Japanese of a certain age remembers the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Deepika Kumari seals QF berth, ousts Perova of ROC

World number one archer Deepika Kumari beat former world champion Ksenia Perova of the Russian Olympic Committee in a thrilling shoot-off to advance to the women's individual quarterfinals

Sable betters own 3000m steeplechase national record in Tokyo Olympics

India's Avinash Sable shattered his own 3000m steeplechase national record while finishing seventh in his heat race at the Olympics here on Friday

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.

Olympics: US pole vaulter's positive test sends Aussies into isolation

Approximately 2,000 athletes are listed in the track lineup the largest sport on the sprawling Olympic program

Tokyo Olympics: Sunisa Lee takes gold in women's gymnastics final

An American finished atop the podium in the women's Olympic gymnastics all-around, just like always. Sunisa Lee became the fifth straight American woman to claim the Olympic title on Thursday, edging Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in an entertaining and hotly contested final while defending champion Simone Biles watched from the stands. Lee's total of 57.433 points was just enough to top Andrade, who earned the first gymnastics all-around medal by a Latin American athlete but missed out on gold when she stepped out of bounds twice during her floor routine. Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova earned bronze two days after leading ROC to gold in the team final. Lee and the Americans earned a silver in that event, one in which Biles withdrew after one rotation when she decided she was not mentally prepared to compete. Biles opted to pull out of the all-around final, too, leading to the jarring sight of the gymnast considered the greatest of all-time watching the biggest meet in five years fr

Olympics: Chen beats Chinese teammate for gold in women's table tennis

For the ninth straight Olympics, a Chinese woman won the gold medal in table tennis.

Tokyo Olympics: Atanu Das stuns champion archer, Mary Kom knocked out

Men's hockey team, P V Sindhu shine on a good day for India at the Olympics

South Korea rallies to beat Israel 6-5 to win Olympic baseball

Jeremy Bleich forced in the game-ending run by hitting batters with consecutive pitches in the 10th inning, and defending champion South Korea beat Israel 6-5 to win its Olympic baseball opener.