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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

Tokyo Olympics: China's Qian Yang grabs first gold in women's 10m air rifle

China's Qian Yang bagged the women's 10m air rifle gold in what was the first medal event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, here at the Asaka Shooting Range

Tokyo Olympics: Indian judoka Sushila loses her round of 32 clash

Indian judoka Sushila Devi's challenge in the Tokyo Olympics came to an early end as she lost her contest to Hungarian Eva Csernoviczki

Olympic archery: Deepika Kumari, Pravin Jadhav in mixed team quarterfinals

India's world No.1 women's archer Deepika Kumari and experienced Pravin Jadhav provided some cheers to the contingent, securing a place in the quarterfinals in the mixed team event

India beat New Zealand 3-2 to open hockey campaign positively in Olympics

The Indian men's hockey team overcame some anxious closing moments before defeating New Zealand 3-2 in an intense Pool A match to open their Olympic campaign on a positive note here on Saturday. Harmanpreet Singh (26th and 33rd minutes) scored a double for India, while Rupinder Pal Singh (10th) was the other goal-getter for the eight-time former champions, currently ranked fourth in the world. For New Zealand, Kane Russell (6th minute) and Stephen Jenness (43rd minute) scored the goals. India will next play mighty Australia on Sunday.

Olympic organisers announce 17 new Tokyo Games-related Covid cases

The Olympics organisers announced 17 new Games-related Covid-19 cases on Saturday, including one athlete and an event-related personnel staying at the Games village

India at Olympics: Apurvi, Elavenil fail to qualify for 10m air rifle final

Indian shooters were off to a poor start at the Tokyo Olympics 2021 as first-timer Elavanil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the finals of the women's 10m air rifle event

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights, men's football: Brazil beats Germany 4-2

Richarlison scores a hat-trick as Brazil gets the better of Germany

Tokyo Olympics 2021, Women's football: Netherlands thrash Zambia 10-3

Two goals from Stina Blackstenius and one from Lina Hurtig snapped the US Women's national team's unbeaten streak from January 2019

Tokyo Olympics 2021 highlights: Opening ceremony concludes at Tokyo Stadium

The Tokyo 2020 Games were inaugurated by Japanese Emperor Naruhito a month after raising worries about the likely spread of coronavirus during the Olympics.

Let the games begin: With over 100 Covid cases, Olympics get underway

The total number of cases directly linked to the Games stood at 106 on Friday with 11 of them athletes.