Olympics Updates: India women lose to Netherlands

 Sat, 24 July 2021
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19:14

India women lose to Netherlands

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The Indian women's hockey team fought valiantly in the first two quarters before losing the steam to go down 1-5 against World No. 1 Netherlands in their opening pool match at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Felice Albers gave Netherlands the lead in the sixth minute before the advantage was...
17:24

Olympics Updates: Takato wins Japan's first gold

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Naohisa Takato won the final of the men's 60kg judo to give host nation Japan their first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, defeating Yang Yung-wei of Taiwan in the final.Takato's victory underscored Japan's strength at a sport that originated in the country. Bronze medals went to...
16:43

Vikas Krishan loses in 1st round

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Indian boxer Vikas Krishan crashed out in the first round of the men's welterweight boxing event at the Tokyo Olympics at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on Friday.Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (69kg) crashed out in the first round of the men's boxing at the Tokyo Olympics at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena...
15:07

Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu wins silver

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India's table tennis player Sutirtha Mukherjee on Saturday won her opening game in the women's singles event here at Tokyo Metropolitan Gym -- Table 1 in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.Mukherjee defeated Sweden's Linda Bergstroem 5-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, 11-5 in her women's singles round 1...
14:43

Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu wins silver

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South Korea won the gold medal in the archery mixed team event on Saturday, bringing the country's its first gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Netherlands took silver and Mexico claimed bronze.(Image: South Korea's An San and Kim Je Deok wave their national flags after winning gold on...
13:13

Silver for India in weightlifting

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Manika Batra got the better of Great Britain's Tin Tin Ho 4-0 in the opening round of her singles match at the Tokyo Olymics. It's a 3rd consecutive win for Manika against the British player. Manika will next face World No 32 Ukraine's Margaryta Pesotska.Earlier, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu...
12:30

India get medal in weightlifting

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Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary finishes respectable 7th in Final of 10m Air Pistol event. This means there is no medal for India in shooting today. Earlier, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu gave India's it's first medal at the Tokyo Olympics, winning a silver in 49 kg category. 
12:26

Only second Indian lifter to do win a medal

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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu gives India's it's first medal at the Tokyo Olympics, winning a silver in 49 kg category. She becomes only 2nd Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal. Indian badminton men's doubles team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty fightback to down...
12:02

Only 2nd Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal

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She becomes only 2nd Flag of India weightlifter ever to win an Olympic medal. 
11:48

End of their campaign

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India's Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav lost to mighty South Korea 2-6 in quarter-finals of the Mixed Team event. 
11:11

Lifter Chanu lifts 84kg in 1st attempt of Snatch

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India's Sai Praneeth goes down to World No 47 Misha Zilberman 17-21, 15-21 in their badminton 1st Group stage match. This is Praneeth's first defeat to Zilberman in their 4 outings.In the badminton men's doubles match, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty take the 1st game 21-16...
10:49

Abhishek in 8th spot

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Saurabh Chaudhary qualifies for the 10m Air Pistol shooting final after ending with 97 in series six for a final score of 586. His position is yet to be determined as other shooters are still firing.Abhishek gets 97 in his fourth series to climb up to No. 8. Top eight shooters qualify for...
10:33

1 more series to go in 10m Air Pistol event

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The 10m Air Pistol shooting event has started and India's Saurabh Chaudhary has moved to the top spot shooting 98 points in the 5th series. Top eight qualify for the final in the event.Abhishek Verma moves to 15th spot.In tennis news, India's Sumit Nagal has won the first set 6-4 in...
09:23

Sushila Devi's judo campaign ends

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India's Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra lose in the mixed doubles Round-of-16 match. They go down against 3rd seeds Lin Yun Ju and Cheng I Ching 0-4.
08:44

Sushila Devi's judo campaign ends

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India's lone judoka Sushila Devi Likmabam starts her campaign against Hungary's Eva Csernoviczki in the women's 48 kg category in the Elimination Round of 32. Halfway through the match Csernoviczki finds it difficult to score. After struggling, Csernoviczki pins Sushila Devi down...
08:31

India beat New Zealand 3-2 in a thriller

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Back-to-back PCs awarded to New Zealand but Indian goalie PR Sreejesh pulls off a stunning save to keep a Kane Russell bullet out. Superb work from India's wall. It is still NZ 2- 3 IND in the fourth quarter. In the 59th minute Sreejesh executed a full-stretch dive to his right to deny New...
08:17

India leads 3-2 after third quarter in men's hockey

In the 43rd minute New Zealand lessen the deficit. The Black Sticks use the right flank to send the ball in and Stephen Jenness converts from close-range. India leads 2-3 in men's hockey against New Zealand. Meanwhile, Australia beat Japan 5-3 to register the first points in Hockey at the...
08:08

China's Yang wins first gold medal of Tokyo Olympics

China's Yang Qian
China's Yang Qian
China's Yang Qian won the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics in the women's 10-meter rifle competition.The silver went to Russian shooter Anastasiia Galashina and the bronze medal went to Switzerland's Nina Christen.
07:45

Harmanpreet scores his second of the match

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Harmanpreet Singh is on fire and scores his second goal of the match through a penalty corner. He beautifully navigates the ball to the back of the net with sheer power as India leads 3-1 against New Zealand in the third quarter. Men's lightweight double sculls rowing:India's Arjun...
07:18

India take a crucial 2-1 lead in men's hockey

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In the hockey men's Pool A match India to face a daunting task against New Zealand. New Zealand won its first penalty corner and Kane Russell converts it with precision in the 6th minute of the match. In no time Rupinder Pal won a penalty stroke from a penalty corner and he sent New...
06:55

India beat Chinese Taipei, sail into quarters in mixed pair

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The mixed duo of Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav bounced back from behind to knock out Chinese Taipei and book a quarterfinal berth. Trailing 1-3 after they lost the first set by one point, Team India needed to win the third set to save their fortunes and the duo, who were shooting together...
06:50

Apurvi, Elavenil fail to qualify for 10m air rifle final

Elavanil Valarivan
Elavanil Valarivan
Welcome to the updates of Tokyo 2020 Games. Day 2 will have a lot of Indians in action.Shooters were off to a poor start at the Tokyo Olympics as first-timer Elavanil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the finals of the women's 10m air rifle event. Making her Olympic debut,...

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