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Tokyo Olympics: India beat Australia 1-0, storm into women's hockey semifinals
India defeated world No. 2 Australia 1-0 in the quarterfinals for their maiden entry into the medal rounds of the Olympic Games hockey tournament. This is India's biggest win in women's hockey as the team is playing in the Olympics only for the third time and had struggled to the knockout rounds, finishing fourth in Pool A.
Tokyo Olympics: Chinese shuttler Chen Yufei wins Olympic women's singles gold
Scores seesawed from the onset before Chen led from a 17-17 tie to 21-18. Chen raced to an 11-8 lead in the second game, but Tai recovered from 12-14 down to win 21-19. In the decider, Chen dominated to clinch a 21-18 victory. Chen, 23, who is a two-time bronze medallist at the World Championships, thus took her first Olympic gold in her competition debut, reports Xinhua. "It was unbelievable and I feel so happy," Chen said.
Hamilton retakes F1 lead as Ocon takes shock Hungarian GP win
A rain shower before the start saw all the drivers begin the race on intermediate tyres, and the lack of grip was clear as a multi-car incident at the first corner saw Valtteri Bottas, Charles Leclerc, Lance Stroll, Lando Norris and Sergio Perez all out of the race. With debris strewn across the circuit, the race was suspended to allow the track to be cleared, and mechanics up and down the pitlane frantically tried to mend their drivers' hobbled cars.
'Manpreet's team has brought hockey back in limelight'
Manpreet Singh's team beat Great Britain 3-1 in a quarterfinal match, absorbing tremendous pressure in the second half to seal a place in the semi-finals for the first time since 1972. "There can't be better news for a hockey player who loves this game. Reaching the semi-finals has been the aim for the hockey teams since 1972 -- I will not include Moscow as it was a round-robin league -- but they struggled to get through." Fernandes told IANS on Sunday.
Olympics: Italian and Qatari say no to jump-off, share high jump gold
Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi decided to share the gold after a rules official said the pair was allowed to do so. Barshim was getting ready for a jump-off when his Italian opponent was told that both could have a gold medal. Both had tied at 2.37 metres and failed to clear 2.39m. Once both agreed that they don't want to have a jump-off, they passionately embraced each other and went out to celebrate.
Olympic Hockey: Tortuous road to the first semi-final in 49 years
In the truncated 1980 Moscow Olympics, which was boycotted by western nations led by the United States, only six nations participated, so there was no semi-final, and the first two -- Spain and India -- played in the final, which India won.
Tokyo Olympics: Italian records surprise win in men's 100m race
Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs stunned the athletics world when he pipped Fred Kerley of the United States and Andre De Grasse of Canada to win the Olympic mens 100m sprint gold medal here on Sunday. Jacobs timed 9.80 seconds, Kerley 9.84 and De Grasse 9.89. The Italian is the first athlete to win the 100m race at Olympics after the retirement of Jamaican Usain Bolt who won the race in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 editions of the Games.
Xiao takes 3rd medal on Day 1 of individual gymnastics
Xiao, who had won a bronze in men's team all-around and silver in individual all-around, took bronze in the floor exercise final with 14.766 points, reports Xinhua. "Of course I was hoping to even get higher [on the podium], like getting gold or silver. But bronze is very good, and I am very happy with today's performance and result," Xiao said in a mixed-zone interview.
Had to switch off my emotions for this one match: Sindhu
Sindhu won 21-13, 21-15 against the left-handed He to clinch the bronze medal, a day after losing in straight games to Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei. With this, Sindhu has now become the first woman and second Indian after Sushil Kumar to win medals in successive Olympics. It is also India's second medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo Olympic hockey: Brilliant India secure semifinal berth after four decades, to take on Belgium
It was Super Sunday for India as the team coached by Australia's Graham Reid rode on a scintillating performance by goalkeeper PR Sreejesh to outwit Great Britain in the fourth and final quarterfinal, setting up a last-four clash with reigning World Cup winners Belgium. Australia take on Germany in the other semifinal.
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