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Indias Ashish Kumar, left, exchanges punches with Chinas Tuoheta Erbieke during their mens middleweight 75-kg boxing match at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Olympic debutant Ashish ousted after opening loss

The 27-year-old former Asian silver-medallist went down 0-5 in the bout

26 July 2021 4:34 PM IST

Indias Manika Batra reacts during the Tokyo Olympics Table Tennis Round 3 match against Austrias Sofia Polcanova in Tokyo on Monday. -- PTI

India-'s women challenge ends with Manika-'s exit

Manika-'s impressive campaign in the women-'s singles came to an end with a 0-4 loss to 10th seed Sofia Polcanova in the...

26 July 2021 3:26 PM IST

Medal winners will be allowed to take off their mask for 30 seconds on the podium. (Photo: AFP)

Bonus prize for an Olympic medal: 30 seconds mask-free

Medal-winners were urged not to abuse the relaxation in the rules

26 July 2021 2:29 PM IST

Tokyo: Indias Mairaj Ahmad Khan during Skeet Mens Qualification round at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (Photo: PTI)

Angad Bajwa finishes 18th in skeet, Mairaj 25th

The 25-year-old Angad shot 120 across five series and Mairaj could manage only 117 at the Asaka Range

26 July 2021 12:37 PM IST

Indias Pravin Jadhav (right) and Atanu Das compete in the mens team eliminations during the Tokyo Olympic Games at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Indian men-'s team knocks out Kazakhstan, sets up QF against top seed...

The Indians were strong, especially Atanu Das who drilled in six perfect 10s to play a crucial role in team-'s win at...

26 July 2021 10:51 AM IST

Tunisias Nadia Ben Azizi (L) compete against Indias Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundh in the womens individual sabre qualifying bout during the Tokyo Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture in Japan on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

CA Bhavani Devi crashes out of women-'s individual sabre after...

The fencer won in India-'s first ever participation at the Fencing event at the Olympics, before crashing out in the...

26 July 2021 10:39 AM IST

Sutirtha Mukherjee in action in the Tokyo Olympics. (Photo: AFP)

Paddler Sutirtha Mukherjee bows out after losing in Round 2

Fu Yu defeated Mukherjee 4-0 and the match lasted for just 23 minutes

26 July 2021 10:13 AM IST

$Japan\s Naomi Osaka breezes into third round$ Sports

Japan-'s Naomi Osaka breezes into third round

Naomi Osaka recorded her second straight-sets victory, defeating Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland by 6-3, 6-2 to move...

26 July 2021 10:00 AM IST

Indian paddler Sharath Kamal in a file photo. (Photo: Olympics Official website)

Experienced Sharath Kamal defeats Tiago, progresses to Round 3

Kamal defeated Tiago 4-2 in Round 2 of the men-'s singles event on Monday in a match that lasted for 48 minutes

26 July 2021 9:31 AM IST

Pravin Jadhav and Deepika Kumari. (Photo: PTI)

Indian archers look to hit restart button after mixed pair debacle

Pravin Jadhav will be taking the field two days after the quarterfinal defeat in the mixed pair competition, along with...

25 July 2021 8:30 PM IST

Australias Joshua Beltz (left) and Jacob Thomas Whetton Australias celebrate after teammate Daniel James Beale (out of frame) scored against India during their mens pool A match of the Tokyo Olympic Games field hockey competition, at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Australia hammer India 7-1 in men-'s hockey

The Indian men-'s hockey team was thrashed 1-7 by world no.1 Australia in its second Pool A match of the Tokyo Olympic

25 July 2021 7:23 PM IST

Indias Maana Patel Patel reacts after competing in a heat for the womens 100m backstroke swimming event during the Tokyo Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Maana Patel finishes second in heat, fails to reach semifinals

The 21-year-old Indian, who qualified for the Games via a -'Universality quota-', finished 39th overall

25 July 2021 7:11 PM IST