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Tokyo Olympics: Djokovic defeats Nishikori to enter semi-finals
The world number one registered a dominant straight-sets 6-2, 6-0 win over Japan's Kei Nishikori in just 72 minutes. Djokovic, whose best result in Olympics was a bronze medal in Beijing 2008, was not broken even once in the match. Nishikori, considered the local favourite, made 16 unforced errors. The 34-year-old Djokovic will be later seen in action in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles alongside Nina Stojanovic.
Tokyo Olympics Sailing: Ganapathy and Thakkar shine while Vishnu and Nethra struggle
Initially, the Indian sailing team had finished ninth. But the Switzerland and Portugal teams, who finished sixth and seventh respectively, were handed an automati‘ 'U Fl'g' disqualification. The reason was that the two teams were over the start line the minute before the starting signal of the race was sounded. Team Ireland moved to sixth place while the Indian pair was upgraded to the seventh position.
In-form golfer Diksha over the moon after late Oly call-up
Dagar will join Aditi Ashok at the Kasumigaseki Country Club when the women's competition begins next Thursday (August 5). The 20-year-old, who was born with a hearing disability, had won a silver representing India in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics held in Samsun, Turkey. Dagar, who was part of the team that won the Aramco Team Series title in London on the Ladies European Tour, is enjoying a rich vein of form.
Tokyo Olympics: Golfer Anirban Lahiri enjoys strong start with opening 67
Lahiri, who is making his second appearance in the Olympics after Rio 2016, dropped an opening bogey before finding his stride with a run of four birdies over five holes to make the turn in 33. He sank two more birdies on the 15th and 16th holes against a second bogey at a weather-hit Kasumigaseki Country Club.
Tokyo Olympics: Manu fifth, Rahi 25th after 1st qualification round in 25m pistol
Going into the two-day qualification round after she narrowly missed making the finalsin the women's 10m air pistol competition a few days ago, Manu, the 19-year-old from Jhajjarin Haryana, was in better form as she tallied a score of 292. She was tied on 292 points with Vitalina Batsarashkina of Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the gold medallist in women's 10m air pistol, and Ukraine's Olena Kostevych.
Tokyo Olympics: Atanu Das stuns Korean archer to reach pre-quarters
Das shot a 10 in the single arrow shoot-out after Jinhyek could manage only nine in an attempt to seal a memorable victory in a second-round match. Pravin Jadhav had replaced Das to partner Deepika Kumari in the mixed team as he had not done well in the ranking round on July 23, finishing second behind Jadhav.
2nd T20I: Depleted India go down to Sri Lanka by 4 wickets
India, who were asked to bat, had made 132/5 wickets at the R Premadasa Stadium as the batting line-up, which included only four specialist batsmen and wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson, couldn't set a total in excess of 150 which they had managed in the first T20I (164).
Tokyo Olympics: India beat Argentina 3-1 in men's hockey group match, reach quarters
After a barren first half, India opened the scoring when Varun Kumar, who came into the 16-member team for this match in place of experienced Birendra Lakra, scored off a penalty corner in the 43rd minute. India had denied Argentina many opportunities in the first two quarters but the South Americans came back strongly in the fourth quarter. Argentina earned their first penalty corner and Casella Schuth converted with a brilliant drag-flick to pull Argentina.
Tokyo Olympics: Railways athletes winning Gold at Tokyo Olympics to get Rs 3 crore
A Railway Ministry spokesperson said that continuing with its affluent sports legacy, Indian Railways' sportspersons are all set to
bring glory to the nation.He said that 25 athletes and five coaches and one physio from Railway Sports Promotion Board are representing Indian contingent in Tokyo Olympic Games being held from July 23 to August 8.
Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu reaches women's singles quarterfinals
Mia, who was ranked 11th in the world a couple of years back, had sent Sindhu packing from the Thailand Open in January this year, found the Indian star, silver medallist at the Rio Olympics and gunning for gold here, too strong on Thursday and could not play her usual game as Sindhu took control from the start.
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