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Spains midfielder Marco Asensio runs to celebrate after scoring the opening goal during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mens semifinal football match between Japan and Spain at Saitama Stadium in Saitama on Tuesday. -- AFP

Superb Asensio puts Spain into Olympic football final against Brazil

Spain got the better of hosts Japan 1-0; Brazil blitz Mexico 4-1 on penalties

4 Aug 2021 1:43 AM IST

Uzbekistans Akbar Djuraev competes in the mens 109kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on Tuesday. -- AFP

Djuraev wins weightlifting gold in tense finish at Olympics

Djuraev failed a clean and jerk at 234 kilograms but returned to lift 237kg and overtake Martirosyan for gold with a...

4 Aug 2021 1:32 AM IST

Jamaicas Elaine Thompson-Herah celebrates taking gold in the womens 200m final at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday. -- AFP

Thompson-Herah seals Olympic -'double-double-' with 200 gold

Namibian teenager Christine Mboma took silver in 21.81sec while the USA-'s Gabby Thomas won bronze in 21.87sec

4 Aug 2021 1:24 AM IST

Team India celebrates after winning their womens field hockey match against Australia at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Monday. (Photo: AP)

History maker India women eye Argentina scalp to make maiden hockey...

India-'s best performance in the Olympics came way back in the 1980 Moscow Games where they finished fourth out of six...

3 Aug 2021 5:33 PM IST

Indias Tajinderpal Toor competes in qualifications for the mens shot put event at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Shot putter Toor fails to qualify for final, ends campaign with...

Toor could only manage one legal throw of 19.99m in his first attempt to finish at 13th out of 16 competitors

3 Aug 2021 5:16 PM IST

USAs Simone Biles poses with her bronze medal during the podium ceremony of the artistic gymnastics womens balance beam of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)

-'I did it for me-': Biles takes Olympic bronze after mental health...

The four-time gold medallist from the Rio Games received a huge cheer from her US teammates when she entered the arena

3 Aug 2021 4:56 PM IST

USAs Simone Biles attends a training session prior the artistic gymnastics womens balance beam final of the Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Simone Biles takes beam bronze on Olympic return after Mental health...

It was the US superstar-'s first taste of competition in Tokyo since standing down during the women-'s team final last...

3 Aug 2021 3:46 PM IST

Shanju Bao (left) and Tianshi Zhong of China celebrate their gold medals during a ceremony for the track cycling womens team sprint finals at the Summer Olympics in Izu, Japan, on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Olympic Chronicles: Mao pins worn by Chinese athletes may test Olympic...

China-'s current party chief, Xi Jinping, has invoked Mao-'s image as he tries to promote his own status as a...

3 Aug 2021 2:08 PM IST

Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand competes in the womens +87kg weightlifting event at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Olympic Chronicles: Transgender Olympian Hubbard hailed as debate...

The 43-year-old admitted she was -'overwhelmed-' during her moment in the spotlight

3 Aug 2021 1:32 PM IST

Indias Lovlina Borgohain (red) celebrates after winning against Chinese Taipeis Nien-Chin Chen after their womens welter (64-69kg) quarter-final boxing match during the Tokyo Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on July 30. (Photo: AFP)

Lovlina chases historic Olympic final berth against world champion

The 23-year-old boxer from Assam has become only the third Indian boxer to ensure a podium finish at the Olympics

3 Aug 2021 12:10 PM IST

Indian wrestler Ravi Dahiya. (Photo: PTI)

Ravi and Deepak get good draw; European champion awaits Anshu Malik in...

19-year-old Anshu Malik has got a difficult opener as she has drawn European champion Irina Kurachikina

3 Aug 2021 11:54 AM IST

Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh tries to unsuccessfully stop the penalty stroke goal of Belgium during their mens field hockey semifinal match at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

No time for disappointment, have to focus on bronze medal match:...

The eight-time winners of Olympic gold fell short against world champions Belgium, losing 2-5 in the semifinals

3 Aug 2021 11:34 AM IST