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Nation celebrates first Olympic hockey medal in 41 years
Twitter has been swarmed with congratulatory wishes for the team. Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the win as historic. Here is a look at major reactions on the social media: Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Historic! A day that will be etched in the memory of every Indian. Congratulations to our Men's Hockey Team for bringing home the Bronze.
Tokyo Olympics: US shot putter Ryan Crouser wins men's gold
Crouser took the lead all the way, and threw 23.30 metres in his sixth attempt, refreshing the Olympic record. Crouser's compatriot Joe Kovacs bagged the silver with 22.65m, while Tomas Walsh of New Zealand took bronze with 22.47 metres. Pedro Pichardo of Portugal took an outright victory in men's triple jump while China took a historical silver on Thursday.
New Zealand to tour Pakistan after 18 years: PCB
Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi will be the venue for the ODIs scheduled for September 17, 19 and 21, while the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will stage the five T20Is from September 25 to October 3. The ICC World Test Championship winners will return to Pakistan next year to play Test matches. The New Zealand white-ball series marks the start of a long 2021/22 home season for Pakistan.
Tokyo Olympics Wrestling: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat loses in quarterfinals
The loss brings an end to Vinesh's hopes of clinching gold in Tokyo, though she can still win bronze through the repechage route. The 28-year-old Vanesa was the first one to go on the offensive. She started off with a two-pointer and took a 5-2 lead at the end of the first period. Earlier, Vinesh had started her campaign with a comfortable win against Sweden's Sofia Mattsson in the pre-quarterfinals.
Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Anshu's hopes end as she loses repechage bout
Anshu had lost to Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus in the pre-quarterfinal bout on Wednesday. But Valeria Koblova, who had also lost to Iryna and was also to play in the repechage rounds as she had lost the eventual finalist, proved too strong for Anshu as she emerged 5-1 winner.
Root becomes England's top run-getter in international cricket
The 30-year-old surpassed Sir Alastair Cook during his innings of 64 as England's batsman with most runs across all international cricket. On Wednesday, he looked the only England batsman capable of scoring big during his stay at the wicket. Root now has 15,780 runs. He is playing the 290th international match of his career. He went past Cook's 15,737 runs, when he reached 22.
Tokyo Olympics Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat in quarterfinals with easy win
Vinesh, who had to withdraw from the Rio Olympics five years ago with a serious injury, overcame Sofia Mattsson, bronze medallist in the Rio Olympics,7-1 on points to make it to the quarterfinals. Vinesh, the reigning Asian champion, next faces Belarus' Vanesa Kaladzinskaya, who beat Romania's Andreea Ana in her opening bout, in the quarterfinals.
Most England batsmen fall on incoming deliveries: Shami
"Maximum number of England batsmen fall on incoming deliveries. The ball was holding up a bit. So I was just trying to move it from leg stump and middle stump [into the batsmen]," the India pace bowler said to media in a virtual interaction. Five of England's top six batsmen fell to deliveries that came in. Shami scalped three of those top six, and all were on those that came in, including the wicket of Dan Lawrence who was caught down the leg-side.
Tokyo Olympics Hockey: India beat Germany 5-4 to win bronze, a medal after 41 years
India fought back brilliantly from a two-goal deficit to score an impressive 5-4 win that reminded its fans of the glory days when the Indians were a force to reckon with in World hockey. Simranjeet Singh scored two goals while Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinderpal Singh, and Mandeep Singh scored a goal apiece for India while for Germany Oruz, Furk, Nicolas Whellen, and Windfeder were on target.
Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Anshu still in with a chance to win bronze
According to the rules of wrestling competition at the Olympics, the losers against the eventual finalists get to fight among themselves for a chance against the losing semi-finalist for bronze medal. While the Belarusian Iryna beat Anshu in the pre-quarter final, she prevailed over Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)'s Valeria Koblova in the quarter-finals. She then defeated Bulgaria's Evelina Nikolova in the semi-final.
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