In the fourth set, the German took two points with a 29-27 win but Deepika was already ahead by two points heading into the final set.
Prime Minister Modi on Saturday dedicated to the nation the Sela Tunnel built at an altitude of 13,000 feet in Arunachal Pradesh that will provide all-weather connectivity to strategically located Tawang and is expected to ensure better movement of troops along the frontier region.
The 22-year-old An powered through in Paris, however, as her controlled pacing finished off He, with the pair at one point delivering a rally that lasted nearly a minute.
China has omitted Asian Games singles champion Wang Shixian from their Olympic badminton team and picked 21-year-old talent Li Xuerui as the third and final entrant in the women's singles at the London Games.
'I really want to win an Olympic medal, and I won't quit until I achieve that'
Korea's Ryu Seung-min upset Wang Hao to win gold in the men's singles final and disrupt China's domination of Olympic table tennis.
Manika Batra is the first Indian woman paddler to break into the top-25 in table tennis world rankings.
Six Indian athletes found themselves agonisingly close to the podium, ultimately falling short.
Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese player to win an Olympic tennis singles gold medal when she held off Croatia's Donna Vekic for a 6-2, 6-3 win in a tense final on Saturday.
Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Friday.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 11, Tuesday, August 6, 2024:
China's Zheng Qinwen is bidding to become the fourth woman to win Olympic gold and the US Open title in the same year
Novak Djokovic beat 14-times French Open champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
Indian women's archery team endured a forgettable outing as they went down 0-6 to the Netherlands in the quarters.
However, there will be no bilateral meetings between Swaraj, Sitharaman with their Pakistani counterparts.
Prakash Amritraj beat Wang Yu of China to give India a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup.
Men's skeet, where competitors use shotguns to break clay targets flung into the air, has become much more competitive over the last decade, and it was "getting harder and harder to win", Hancock observed.
Debutant Ankita Bhakat left behind seasoned campaigners like Deepika Kumar to emerge as the best-placed Indian archer at 11th in the women's individual recurve qualification.
Shocked at the way Lakshya Sen succumbed to pressure in the men's singles badminton bronze medal play-off at the Paris Olympics, the legendary Prakash Padukone said it's high time players learn to withstand pressure, become accountable and start delivering results after receiving support.
World No. 15 Sindhu, who will be eyeing her third Olympic medal at the Paris Games in two months time, will face second seed and world no. 7 Wang Zhi Yi of China in the summit clash.
Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Hong Kong Super Series after losing to former world No 1 Wang Lin of China in the second round on Thursday. The third-seeded Indian failed to match Wang, currently ranked No 61, with her smashes and went down 19-21, 15-21 in 37 minutes.
Saina Nehwal of India has won the Olympic bronze medal after Wang Xin of China retired with a left knee injury in the second game of their playoff on Saturday.
Modi's remarks came in response to a congratulatory message from Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on his election victory.
Blinken will host his Chinese counterpart in Washington from October 26-28, the state department said in a press release on Monday.
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 3, Monday, July 29, 2024:
India will take on the winners of France and the Netherlands in women's team quarter-finals on Sunday; Men's team most fancied
Images from the US Open women's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Wednesday.
Dong, whose age is not known, has served in all major naval divisions in the PLAN.
A summary of the day's tennis action at Roland Garros.
Saina Nehwal played her heart out but lost to world number six Chen Wang of Hong Kong in an edge-of-the-seat semi-final of the World Super Series Masters Final in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
The 30-minute duel had some exciting moments as the two players fought hard for supremacy with Sindhu conceding a 4-2 lead to Zhang, who could only manage a one-point advantage at the break.
India's Saina Nehwal thrashed Olympic silver medallist Yihan Wang of China to storm into the semi-finals of the All England badminton championships in Birmingham.
Sindhu sweats past Nguyen to enter Arctic Open semis
Rafael Nadal has a tough opener against Australia's Mark Philippoussis at the US Open.
Kidambi Srikanth's opening round match ended in agony as he retired due to a knee injury after lagging 14-21, 3-11 against Japan's fifth seed Kodai Naraoka.
One of the biggest drawbacks of Saina Nehwal's career is her failure to break the Chinese stranglehold. It was the same old story again on Friday, as she went down to China's world No 1 Yihan Wang 21-13, 21-13 in the semi-finals of the women's singles badminton at the London Olympics.
Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee shocked world champion Chinese pair Chen Meng and Yidi Wang to enter the women's doubles semifinals
From firewood to barbells, no burden is too heavy for India's Mirabai
China's Wang Mingjuan extended a 10-year unbeaten international record to win gold in the first women's weightlifting event of the London Games, giving the Chinese team a perfect start in their defence of four Olympic titles.
China also removed Finance Minister Liu Kun and appointed Lan Fo'an in his place. Liu is the third senior Cabinet minister to be replaced without any explanation.
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