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Olympics basketball: Gasol brothers confirm international retirement

Spain's defeat in the quarterfinals of the Olympic men's basketball competition also meant farewell to two of the best players, as brothers Pau and Marc Gasol confirmed their retirement

New India's towering self-confidence reflects in Olympics: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said new India's towering self-confidence was getting reflected in each game as the conviction and confidence of the country's players are at their peak

Team GB win double gold at Olympic sailing; Italy, Brazil also top podium

Great Britain won two sailing gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Tuesday on a day when four events were decided at the Enoshima Yacht Harbor. Their first came after a dramatic finish in the 49er men's skiff race with the British pair Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell taking gold by inches. Less than one hour later Giles Scott made it two golds for Britain to continue the country's dominance in the Finn class, the team's sixth successive title in the event. Scott retained his Olympic title after going into the race with a nine-point lead. There was a silver for Team GB in the mixed foiling nacra 17 in an event where Italy reigned supreme. Brazil's Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze made sure of gold in the women's 49er class after clinching victory in the last moments of the race.

Olympic families find solace, create bonds far from Tokyo due to Covid

Christina Dressel began organizing the room long before the NBC cameras started rolling

Tokyo Olympics: Athing Mu wins gold for US in women's 800 meters

Athing Mu has won the 800-meter gold medal for the United States in her first Olympics after leading almost from start to finish. Mu was never seriously challenged down the home straight as she strode away to win in 1 minute, 55.21 seconds. Britain's Keely Hodgkinson won the silver medal in 1:55.88 and Raevyn Rogers came from nowhere to clinch the bronze on the finish line and give the Americans a double celebration at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. The result confirms the 19-year-old Mu as the new star of the women's 800.

Tokyo Olympics 2021, Wrestling schedule: Ravi and Deepak get good draw

Indian wrestler Ravi Dahiya got a good draw as he will open his 57kg campaign in the Tokyo Olympics against Colombia's Tigreros Urbano.

Olympics 2021 Highlights: Women's hockey team scripts history, enters semis

The Rani Rampal-led side will play Argentina in the semifinal on Wednesday

Men's hockey team eyes end to Olympic medal drought; Belgium in way

Handling the immense burden of expectations would perhaps be the key when the Indian men's hockey team takes on world champion Belgium, aiming to secure a place in the Olympic finals

Need to keep emotions in check: Indian Men's hockey coach Graham Reid

The Indian men's hockey team chief coach, Graham Reid, has told his players to keeping their emotions in check ahead of their historic semifinal encounter against world champions Belgium

Hockey's history-makers: Meet ladies who defied odds to fly high at Tokyo

The Indian women's hockey team scripted history on Monday by qualifying for the semifinals of the Olympics for the first time, stunning three-time champions Australia 1-0 in Tokyo

Bajrang, Vinesh carry medal hopes; Ravi Dahiya too a strong contender

Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will have spotlight on them when India's seven wrestlers, beginning with Sonam Malik, open their campaigns here from Tuesday.

Belarus sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya gets Polish visa after govt threat

Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by the Warsaw government

Woman power at Tokyo

Female athletes have done India proud

Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur finishes creditable 6th in Olympics

Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur finished a creditable sixth in her first Olympics with a best throw of 63.70m in a rain-interrupted final here on Monday.

Indian women's hockey: An Olympic story of grit, camaraderie and family

Hockey India has done what many others have failed to for a long while - give equal funding to teams of both sexes in preparation for the Olympics

Keep playing without pressure, nothing to lose: Ex-Indian hockey players

When Rani Rampal and her team take the field on Wednesday for the Olympics women's hockey semifinal against Argentina, they will have a lot of people working to make things possible for them

Olympics: In India's hockey revival, Pakistan sees hope for itself too

The resurrection of Indian hockey in Tokyo Olympics has brought joy to even Pakistan as the legends believe that the arch-rivals' resurgence would help arrest the sport's decline in their own backyard

Spain coach confident of improvement ahead of Olympic football semifinals

Hosts Japan will face Spain in the semifinals of the Olympic men's football competition on Tuesday, as both sides look to earn the chance to play for a gold medal.

Tokyo: Spain, Greece win water polo groups with solid defensive performance

Spain allowed a tournament-low 31 goals while going 5-0 in Group B. Greece permitted just 34 goals while going 4-0-1 in Group A

Online shooting tournaments: One Indian, two countries, three medals

Indian shooters may not have achieved what they had set out to in the Tokyo Olympics but one Indian has had a hand in three medals won at the Games by marksmen from two countries