Tokyo Olympics 2021

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thanks to Lovlina's bronze medal in the welterweight category at the Tokyo Olympics, the village is now getting those things which they have been deprived of in the past. The 23-year-old Lovlina, who started with Muay Thai, a form of martial arts, lost her semifinal bout to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. It was a bout where Busenaz out-boxed Lovlina.

The 23-year-old from Assam lost the semifinal in a unanimous decision to Turkish top seed Busenaz Surmeneli at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena. Lovlina's bronze is India's third medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

On the opening day of the wrestling competition, Ravi Dahiya defeated Bulgaria's Georgi Vangelov 14-4 on technical superiority to reach the last-four in the men's 57kg category, while compatriot Deepak Punia overcame China's Zushen Lin 6-3 on points to advance to the semifinals. Dahiya will take on Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan in the last-four, while Punia will be up against David Morris Taylor of the USA.

Sindhu won bronze in badminton singles event on Sunday to add to her silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in the same category. Thakur was joined by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Culture, Tourism and Development of North-Eastern Region G. Kishan Reddy and Minister of State of Youth Affairs and Sports, Nisith Pramanik, as well as senior officers of the sports ministry like secretary (sports) Ravi Mittal.

Competing in the Round-of-16 bout against the Colombian wrestler, the 23-year-old Dahiya, who is making his Olympic debut at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba, showed no nerves as he dominated the bout to win by technical superiority (13-2). Dahiya, the reigning Asian champion and World Championships bronze medalist in his weight category, dictated the terms early on and kept Tigreros under pressure.

At the Olympic Stadium, the 23-year-old Chopra, the junior world champion, cleared the automatic qualifying mark of 83.50 metres with his first attempt of 86.65 metres in Group A to emerge a strong contender for a medal in the final to be held on Saturday. All eyes will be on Chopra on Saturday's final as he is on a roll this season and is the owner of the national record -- 88.07m -- which he achieved at the Indian Grand Prix in March.