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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.
Ind vs Eng, 1st Test: Indian pacers skittle out England for 183
Shami picked the wicket of Jonny Bairstow (29) at the stroke of tea to revive India after the No. 5 batsman and skipper Joe Root (64) had added 72 runs for the fourth wicket. England had gone into the tea break at 138/4 Soon after tea, Shami got the wicket of Daniel Lawrence without any addition to the score. Jos Buttler was removed by Bumrah for a duck before Shardul Thakur got the wickets of Root and pacer Ollie Robinson (0).
Golden Memories: When Wadekar's India scripted history in England
It was leg-spinner Bhagwath Chandrasekhar's 6/38 -- along with left-arm spinner Bishan Bedi's 1/1 and S. Venkataraghavan's 2/44 -- that helped India shoot England out for 101 in the second innings of the third and final Test and upturn the disadvantage of a 71-run deficit into a gettable 173-run target for India in the fourth innings. The first two Tests of the three-match series, played in July-August 1971, had been drawn.
Tokyo Olympics: Golfer Aditi Ashok cards 4-under 67, ends Day 1 tied second
The 23-year-old Aditi and the reigning women's PGA Championships winner, American Nelly Korda, shot identical scores in perfect conditions to trail Sweden's Madelene Sagstrom by a stroke. The 28-year-old Madelene, who notched her maiden LPGA Tour win at Gainbridge in Boca Raton, Florida early last year, had a superb five-under 66.
Ashwin's omission: Justified or not?
It left English pundits, including former captains like Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain, quite aghast. Indeed, the buzz created by the decision stole the thunder from fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah trapping Rory Burns leg before wicket in the very first over even before the home side had got off the mark. Ashwin was the pick of the spinners in the clash with Australia last winter.
Ind vs Eng, 1st Test: Shami ends Bairstow-Root stand as England move to 138/4
England had won the toss and elected to bat but lost the wicket of opener Rory Burns early to Jasprit Bumrah, in the first over of the match. India had wasted a review on Crawley in the 21st over when a ball from Siraj hit the batsman's pads and went to the wicketkeeper even as the Indian skipper Virat Kohli thought the batsman had edged it and asked the appeal to be referred to the TV umpire.
Tokyo Olympics: American Sydney McLaughlin wins women's 400m hurdles in world record time
Sydney finished the race in 51.46 seconds, 0.44 seconds faster than the previous world record set by her on June 27. Sydney's compatriot Dalilah Muhammad won the silver with personal best of 51.58s, also bettering the previous world record of 51.90s. Femke Bol of the Netherlands took bronze in 52.03s. In the 800m men's final, Emmanuel Korir and Ferguson Rotich completed a Kenya 1-2.
Tokyo Olympics: Indian women Hockey team lose semifinal 1-2 to Argentina, to play for bronze
It looked like India's fairy-tale run, that saw them reach the semifinals after losing their first three matches, will continue when drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur put them ahead in the second minute but Argentina's skipper Maria Noel Barrionuevo scored a brace to help her team emerge 2-1 winners and reach the final.
Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Dahiya enters final, to aim for Olympic gold next
Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler in history after Sushil Kumar -- who had entered the 2012 London Olympics final but ended up winning silver -- to make it to the title round at the quadrennial showpiece. Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler in history after Sushil Kumar -- who had entered the 2012 London Olympics final but ended up winning silver -- to make it to the title round at the quadrennial showpiece.
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