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Tokyo Olympics Hockey: Australia inflict crushing 7-1 defeat on India
India, who had scraped through to a narrow 3-2 win against New Zealand on Saturday, were totally off colour and found the 2004 Olympic Games gold medallists too hot to handle, as the Kookaburras rode roughshod over Graham Reid's boys and blasted seven goals past them at the Oi Hockey Stadium here.
An epitome of longevity named Mary Kom
It has been 21 years since Mary appeared first at the national boxing championships in 2000. In all these years, the world has changed big time, thanks to the internet boom, social media overdose and phones becoming smart. But Mary, now a veteran, is showing no signs of hanging up her gloves.
Tokyo Olympics Boxing: MC Mary Kom wins, advances to next round in women's 51kg
Mary Kom, the 38-year-old from Imphal, started aggressively and unleashed a flurry of punches as she dominated the round to win 30-27. Her opponent fought back in the second round when she attacked a bit more and won it 29-28. Stunned by the reversal, Mary Kom tightened her defence and attacked with intent to win the next three rounds and clinch the bout.
Olympics Shooting: American Shaner bags air rifle gold as India's Panwar, Deepak disappoint
The 20-year-old Shaner set an Olympic record of 251.6 points, beating the Chinese duo of Sheng Lihao and Yang Haoran, who claimed silver and bronze respectively. Yang, who did not qualify for the final at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was the top finisher in the qualification with an Olympic record of 632.7 points. Shaking off a slow start in the final, he was unable to surpass his 16-year-old teammate Sheng, who shot for 250.9 points.
Tokyo Olympics TT: Sathiyan crashes out in second round
Sathiyan, the world No. 26, took three of the first four sets before losing the next three to crash out 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 10-12 and 6-11 to Hang. The match lasted an hour and three minutes. Sathiyan, who received a bye in the first round, had defeated Hang twice before -- 4-0 at the 2017 India Open and 4-1 at the Spanish Open later in the year.
Tokyo Olympics Shooting: Panwar, Deepak fail to qualify for air rifle final
Ranked world No. 2 and No. 9 in the event, Panwar and Deepak were making their Olympic Games debut. Deepak finished at 26th position with a score of 624.7, while Panwar ended with a score of 622.8 at the 32nd spot in the qualification stage of the event at the Asaka Shooting Range. Deepak and Panwar were forced to play catch-up after shooting low scores in the first two series.
Tokyo Olympics Tennis: Sania-Ankita knocked out in the first round
Sania and Ankita lost to the Kichenok twins of Ukraine The Indian pair had won the first set 6-0 in 21 minutes, giving no room to the sisters for breaking in. Sania and Ankita were leading 5-3 in the second set before a twist in the script arrived. The Ukrainians roared back by breaking Sania, who was serving and took the set to a tie-break, which they impressively won 7-0, forcing a decider in the third set.
IOA seeks relaxation in Covid tests for athletes, officials returning from Japan
Considering the difficulties in getting the Indian athletes out of the bio-secure bubble of the Olympic Village or hotels where they are staying and getting the Covid test done at a private lab as a nation-wide emergency is imposed in Japan, the Indian Olympic Association president, Narinder Batra, has asked the Indian government to give a one-time relaxation in the rule.
Tokyo Olympics Swimming: Tunisian Ahmed Hafnaoui wins men's 400m freestyle gold
The 18-year-old pushed Australia's Jack Mcloughlin to second in the final sprint, becoming an Olympic champion in his first appearance in three minutes and 43.36 seconds, 0.16 second ahead of the Aussie. Kieran Smith won a bronze for the United States in 3:43.94. Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi claimed the women's 400m individual medley title and burst into tears after winning.
The Hundred: Jemimah dazzles with unbeaten 92 off 43 balls
After restricting Welsh Fire to 130/8 in the allotted 100 balls, Northern Superchargers lost four early wickets to get reduced to 19 for four after 18 balls. However, Jemimah, who opened the innings, single-handedly dominated the opposition bowling, hammering 17 fours and a six to take her team past the target with 15 balls to spare. She shared an unbeaten 112-run partnership with Alice Davidson-Richards.
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