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All eyes on men's hockey team, PV Sindhu
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Tokyo Olympics: Dressel wins fourth personal gold in men's 50m freestyle
The reigning world champion touched home in an Olympic record time of 21.07 seconds, 0.48 seconds before Florent Manaudou of France. Bruno Fratus of Brazil took a bronze in 21.57 seconds. The 24-year-old Dressel has had three gold prior to Sunday's final -- from 100m freestyle, butterfly and 4x100m freestyle relay. Robert Finke of the United States won the men's 1,500m freestyle.
Need to respect the bowlers bit more in England: Pant
"As a cricketer when you have to play around the world, you have to keep something in mind… when you come to England you know the ball is going to swing a lot, so yes I have been [batting] outside the crease a little bit," said Pant in an interview to BCCI.tv. "Using the crease in and out especially in these kinds of conditions [is a key thing]. You have to respect the bowler slightly more than you do in other places." added Pant.
Anand replaces Vidit as captain of Indian chess Olympiad team
Anand replaces Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, who had led the gold medal winning Indian team last year. India had won the gold jointly with Russia. According to AICF, for the first time the Indian team has got a corporate sponsor in the form of city-based internet major Microsense Group, promoted by S. Kailasanathan, who himself is a former Tamil Nadu state chess champion.
Chinese Lyu becomes oldest weightlifter at 37 to win Olympic gold
Lyu, who turned 37 on Tuesday, broke the record of Rudolf Plukfelder of the Soviet Union, who was 36 years old when he won gold in 1964 in Tokyo, reports Xinhua. Zacarias Bonnat Michel of the Dominican Republic bagged a silver with 367kg. Italian Antonino Pizzolato nabbed a bronze with 365kg. Having taken up weightlifting in 1998, Lyu said the past two decades were all about his love for the sport.
Stokes's exit may hurt but England have multiple all-rounder options
However, the home side still has more options than India in that department. Even as India's pace bowling all-rounder option in Hardik Pandya remains unfit to perform Test duties and has been playing only limited overs cricket, England have Sam Curran, who turned out to be the difference in the last series against India at home.
Tokyo Olympics hockey: India women's team makes maiden entry into quarterfinals
India had defeated South Africa 4-3 in their last league match early in the day but their passage to the knockout stage depended on the result of the match between defending champions Great Britain and Ireland as the latter was placed fifth in the group and could finish fourth ahead of India. For India to qualify, Great Britain had to beat Ireland and that's what happened in a well-fought match on Saturday.
Tokyo Olympics: Elina Svitolina clinches women's singles tennis bronze
Playing in her second Olympics, Elina's determination was the story of her bronze-medal run. Four of her six matches were won in a deciding set. Elina defeated Germany's Laura Siegemund, Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic, Greece's Maria Sakkari, and Italy's Camila Giorgi, before losing in the semifinals to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic.
Confident of getting the better of Great Britain: India hockey coach Reid
India chief coach Graham Reid expressed confidence in his team's ability to get the better of their opponents on Sunday, saying, "To be honest, facing any of the four European teams who have come directly from the Euro Championships was always going to be a difficult quarterfinal game, but I think it really matters on which one you get. But probably Great Britain are the ones we are comfortable with and very confident with."
Olympics: Tai Tzu beats Sindhu in straight games in semifinals
Sindhu had drawn early advantage with her aggressive display in the first game, opening up a 6-3 lead. However, Tai Tzu fought back before Sindhu again opened up a three-point lead at 11-8. However, Tai Tzu then won three quick points to draw level and from there, the two went neck and neck before the Taiwanese player closed the first game in her favour 21-18.
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