Tokyo Olympics Highlights: India rejoice at shuttler Sindhu's second Olympic medal

Indian badminton star PV Sindhu wins bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics, beating China's He Bing Jao 21-13 21-15 in third-place playoff. Meanwhile, Men's hockey team enters Olympic semifinals for first time in 49 years after beating Great Britain 3-1 in last-eight stage.

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Tokyo Olympics | Day 9 updates

Venezuela's Rojas smashes women's triple jump world record to take gold

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Belarus runner alleges Olympic team tried to send her home

A Belarus track sprinter alleged her Olympic team tried to remove her from Japan in a dispute that led to a standoff Sunday evening at Tokyo’s main airport.

An activist group supporting Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she believed her life was in danger in Belarus and would seek asylum with the Austrian embassy in Tokyo.

Tsimanouskaya said in a filmed message distributed on social media she was pressured by Belarus team officials and asked the International Olympic Committee for help.

"I was put under pressure and they are trying to forcibly take me out of the country without my consent,” the 24-year-old runner said.

Italy's Jacobs wins first post-Bolt Olympic 100m gold

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs outshone a field of unusual suspects to claim a shock Olympic gold in the men's 100 metres on Sunday, breaking retired Jamaican star Usain Bolt's 13-year hold on the blue riband event.

Jacobs, 26, timed a European record of 9.80 seconds, with American Fred Kerley taking silver in 9.84 sec in one of the most understated major championship 100m races of recent times.

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Kenya's Rotich through to 800m final with fastest time

Kenya's Ferguson Rotich cruised into the 800 metres final with the fastest run of the semi-final on Sunday, setting himself up as a strong contender to succeed compatriot David Rudisha as the new king of the event.

Double Olympic gold medallist Rudisha's persistent injuries denied him the chance to defend his title, opening the way for a new champion to emerge.

Rotich, the 2019 world bronze medallist, clocked 1:44.04 and was so confident as he approached the end of his race that he looked behind to encourage those trailing him to keep up as he crossed the line.

The tech behind Tokyo Olympics' fast track

Runners are certainly on track to setting personal, Olympic and possibly even world-record times over the next week at the Tokyo Games.

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Team India's schedule for tomorrow August 2 at Tokyo Olympics

China's Chen wins Olympic gold to deny Taiwan badminton double

China's Chen Yufei claimed women's badminton singles gold on Sunday, denying Taiwan a second straight night of success in the sport.

Taiwan had bagged its first-ever Olympic badminton medal the previous night with gold in the men's doubles competition.

But Chen ensured there would be no repeat in the women's singles, beating world number one Tai Tzu-ying 21-18, 19-21, 21-18 to capture the title.

India beat Great Britain 3-1, enter semis of Olympics men's hockey after 49 years

The Indian men's hockey team defeated Great Britain 3-1 in a quarterfinal match to qualify for the semifinals of Olympics Games after 49 years here on Sunday.

India scored three field goals through Dilpreet Singh (7th minute), Gurjant Singh (16th) and Hardik Singh (57th) to seal the win for the eight-time Olympic champions.

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Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins first post-BoltOlympic100m gold

India’s pride and one of our most outstanding Olympians: PM Modi congratulates Sindhu

Next generation lucky to have role model: Olympic medalist Bindra on Sindhu's bronze at Tokyo 2020

Sindhu has set a new yardstick of excellence: President Kovind

India's men's hockey team leads 2-0 against Britain in quarter-finals at Tokyo Olympics

Indian badminton star PVSindhuwins bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics, beating China's He Bing Jao 21-13 21-15 in third-place playoff.

Sindhu leads 1-0 against Bingjiao in fight for bronze at Tokyo Olympics

Sindhu in action versus Bingjiao for bronze medal

Lahiri signs off at T-42, American Schauffele takes gold

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri ended his second Olympic campaign at Tied 42nd after carding a one-over 72 in the fourth and final round here on Sunday.

Lahiri, who began the week with a superb 67 and was inside Top-10, slid down the ladder thereafter with rounds of 72-68-72 over the next three days for a total of 5-under 283. He had finished at 57th spot in 2016 Rio Olympics.

The other Indian in fray, Udayan Mane, who got into the field later as a result of some withdrawals, also shot one-over 72 in the final round after earlier rounds of 76-69-70. He was 3-over for the week and ended 56th.

Indian women's hockey team braces up for tough Australia challenge in pursuit of Olympic history

The Indian women's hockey team's grit will be put through a severe test when it takes on Australia in the Olympic quarterfinals here on Monday, hoping to add another unexpected win to a dream run that has seen the side reach the last-eight stage for the first time.

India finished their Pool A proceedings in the fourth place with six points, riding on back-to-back wins over Ireland and South Africa. The top four teams from each pool made it to the knockout stage.

The Indian women hockey team's best finish at the Olympics came on debut in Moscow back in 1980 when it ended up at the fourth position among six teams.

In that edition, only six teams participated out of which India finished fourth in a round-robin format competition with no classification or elimination matches.

Brazil's Andrade vaults to women's gymnastics gold at Olympics

Rebeca Andrade, the all-around silver medallist, went one better when succeeding the absent Simone Biles as women's vault champion at the Olympics on Sunday.

In silver came Mykayla Skinner, who took Biles's place in the final after the American superstar pulled out with "the twisties", a condition where gymnasts lose the ability to orientate themselves in mid-air.

The bronze went to Yeo Seo-jeong of South Korea

Alexander Zverev defeated Russian Karen Khachanov in straight sets to win the men's singles final

Zverev won the final 6-3, 6-1.

Tennis: Czech Republic win gold in women's doubles

Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova defeated Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic in straight sets 7-5, 6-1

Schauffele wins gold medal in golf for United States

Xander Schauffele won the gold medal for the United States at the Olympicgolfon Sunday.

Rory Sabbatini won silver for Slovakia, while bronze will be decided by a playoff. (Reuters)

Chen Long breezes past Anthony Sinisuka in straight finals, to vie for badminton singles gold against Axelsen

The Chinese shuttler defeated his Indonesian opponent 21-16, 21-11

Australia defeat Netherlands 3-0 in penalty shootout, set up date with Germans in men's hockey semis

Viktor Axelsen advances to men's singles final, ends Guatemalan Kevin Cordon's dream run

Axelsen won in straight games 21-18, 21-11

Boxing: Jalolov outclasses Satish Kumar in 91 kg quarterfinal

Men's hockey: Germany defeat Argentina 3-1, to face winner of Australia vs Netherlands in semis

Tokyo 2020 reports 18 new Covid-19 cases, tally tops 259

As things stand, Dressel has won a fourth medal, while McKeon has clinched a sixth medal

Dressel's medal includes four golds, while McKeon has three golds and three bronze medals

Australia's Mckeon stretches medal haul with women's 50m freestyle win

Emma Mckeon of Australia won the gold medal in the women's 50m freestyle at the TokyoOlympicson Sunday.

Sarah Sjoestroem of Sweden won the silver and Pernille Blume of Denmark took the bronze.

(Reuters)

Caeleb Dressel wins 50m freestyle gold

Caeleb Dressel of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle at the TokyoOlympicson Sunday.

Florent Manaudou of France won the silver and Bruno Fratus of Brazil took the bronze. (Reuters)

Here's India's schedule for today!

Thompson-Herah smashes Florence Griffith's 32-year-old Olympic record in women's 100m sprint

Streaking down the track, with only six steps to go until she reached the finish line, Elaine Thompson-Herah stuck out her left arm and started pointing at the clock.

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Not Federer, not Wawrinka: Bencic gets gold for Switzerland

A Swiss tennis player won gold in singles at the Olympics and it’s not Roger Federer or Stan Wawrinka. Belinda Bencic accomplished something Saturday that her better-known fellow Swiss players never managed.

And she’s not done yet.

The 12th-ranked Bencic beat Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 at the Tokyo Games for the first major title of her career and she’ll also contest the women’s doubles gold medal match on Sunday.

(AP)