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Tokyo Olympics highlights: Canada defeat Sweden in penalties to clinch women's football gold medal

India's women lost the fight for the bronze medal in what was a thriller of a match against Great Britain and finished 4th place in women's hockey in Tokyo. Wrestler Bajrang Punia lost his semi-final match but still stands a chance to bring home bronze. In golf, Aditi Ashok is at 2nd Rank after round 3. Ashok will bring back a silver medal in case of weather interruptions in the final round.
Last Updated 06 August 2021, 18:15 IST
14:5506 Aug 2021

Canada beat Sweden on penalties to win Olympic women's football gold

Canadadefeated Sweden 3-2 on penalties to win Olympic women's football gold for the first time following a 1-1 draw after extra time Friday in Yokohama.

Goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe saved two spot-kicks in the shootout asCanadainflicted a second successive final defeat on Sweden, who took silver behind Germany in 2016. (AFP)

13:5206 Aug 2021

Italy win the men's 4x100m relay!

A near photo-finish in the men's 4x100m relay sees Great Britain finish second, while Canada finish third.

13:0206 Aug 2021

Wrestling: India assistant coach sent home for assaulting referee

A Belarusian member of India's wrestling coaching staff is being sent home for assaulting a referee at the TokyoOlympics, the IndianOlympicAssociation (IOA) said on Friday.

"Indian wrestling team's foreign assistant coach Mr Murad Gaidarov, who was involved in an uncalled (for) incident of assault on one of the match referees, is being withdrawn from the TokyoOlympicVillage immediately..." tweeted IOA secretary-general Rajeev Mehta.

The Belarusian, a formerOlympicsilver medallist, was flying back to India on a late flight, Mehta added. (Reuters)

12:1006 Aug 2021

The Indian men's 4x400m relay team set an Asian record time of 3:00.25 but were unable to make it to the final of the event.

Muhammad Anas, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom and Amoj Jacob finished 9th overall, missing the final by 0.88 seconds

11:2306 Aug 2021

And that's that! Netherlands win their fourth women's hockey gold medal after a 3-1 win over Argentina

Argentina, on the other hand, won their third silver medal in the event, unable to fulfill their quest for a gold medal in women's hockey.

(Published 05 August 2021, 23:54 IST)

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