Japan’s Naomi Osaka knocked out of Olympics tennis in 3rd round
Naomi Osaka suffered a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova in the third round of the Tokyo Games, crushing her dreams of winning Olympic gold at home.
Naomi Osaka suffered a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova in the third round of the Tokyo Games, crushing her dreams of winning Olympic gold at home.
Indian men’s hockey team beat Spain 3-0 in their Pool A match to virtually seal their quarterfinal spot
India women’s hockey team face litmus test against Great Britain
July 24 Netherlands 5-1 India
July 26 Germany 2-0 India
July 24 New Zealand 2-3 India
July 25 Australia 7-1 India
July 27 Spain 0-3 India
Indian Women’s & Men’s Hockey schedule
India boxer Lovlina Borgohain defeated Nadine Apetz of Germany 3-2 by a split decision in the Round of 16 of women’s welterweight (69 kg) clash on Tuesday.
Indian shooters misfired once again after Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary and Yashaswini Deswal-Abhishek Verma 10m Air Pistol Mixed team event, Elavenil Valarivan-Divyansh Panwar and Deepak Kumar-Anjum Moudgil fail to qualify for the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Event medal rounds.
Indian men’s doubles badminton pair of Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty failed to qualify for the quarterfinals despite winning their last Group A match against Ben Lane and Sean Vendy owing to poor game difference.
Veteran paddler – Achanta Sharath Kamal put up a brave fight against the defending champion MA Long before losing the Round 3 match
Official statement: “Simone Biles has withdrawn from the team final competition due to a medical issue. She will be assessed daily to determine medical clearance for future competitions.”
Germany’s female artistic gymnastics team took a stand against the sexualization of women in their sport by wearing unitards (long-legged and long-sleeved uniforms) instead of the common bikini-cut leotards at Tokyo2020
“We want to make sure everyone feels comfortable”
Well said girls! Love this new look!
Japan, US, China and ROC continue to contest for the top spot.
70 Medals were handed out today. A total of 232 medals have been awarded to 56 countries by Day 4.
72 Gold
72 Silver
88 Bronze
Romania gets the opening #Rowing medal of Tokyo2020 with the fastest ever Olympic time of 6:41.03 in the women’s double sculls!
It’s France who takes the gold in the men’s double sculls after edging out their rivals in the last few metres!
What a race! Australia start strong and hold off their rivals to claim gold in the women’s four!
They dominated from start to finish to secure Gold!