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Basketball player Durant becomes USA's top scorer at Olympics
Durant, who plays for the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA, scored 23 points in the Team USA's 119-84 win against the Czech Republic on Saturday, taking his points tally to 354. He overtook Carmelo Anthony (336 points). LeBron James (273) is third and is followed by David Robinson (270) and Michael Jordan (256) in the top five on the all-time US scorers list.
Olympics: Barbora-Katerina clinch women's doubles gold
Barbora, the French Open singles and doubles champion this year, and Katerina defeated the Belinda-Viktorija pair 7-5, 6-1, in the one hour and 25 minutes, becoming the first team from the Czech Republic to claim the women's doubles gold. Barbora and Katerina were the third Czech duo to reach the women's doubles Olympic final. The reigning French Open champions became the first from their country to prevail in any of those finals.
Tokyo Olympics Hockey: Nothing to lose for Indian women in QF against Australia
The team had left Indian shores for Tokyo with the target of reaching the quarters and they managed that by finishing fourth with two wins and three defeats in the six-team Pool A. The Indian women's team had spent some anxious hours after they ended their engagements in the preliminary Group A with six points following a 4-3 win over South Africa as they waited for the result of the match between defending champions Great Britain and Ireland.
Tokyo Olympics: Satish bows out in quarterfinals as India's challenge in men's boxing ends
Satish was the first boxer from his category in India to qualify for the Olympics. He entered the ring at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena on Sunday despite seven stitches above his left eye and chin during his pre-quarterfinal win against Ricardo Brown of Jamaica. The 32-year-old was given medical clearance to fight in the quarterfinal in the morning. Satish hanged in there but couldn't clinch the result in his favour.
Returning Nadal to begin US Open tune-up with Citi Open
After having skipped Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics the world No. 3 begins his quest for an 89th tour-level title as the top seed and he could meet one of the most in-form players of the season in an early test. Should he reach the quarterfinals, Nadal could get a big test in the form of seventh-seeded UK player Cameron Norrie, who lifted his first ATP Tour trophy a fortnight ago.
All eyes on men's hockey team, PV Sindhu
Watch all this action live on Sony TEN 2 and Sony SIX SD & HD (English), Sony TEN 3 (Hindi) and Sony TEN 4 (Tamil and Telugu). Doordarshan will also show Olympics on its territorial and DTH services.
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.
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