India At #TokyoOlympics Live Blog: Neeraj Chopra Wins Historic Gold

Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Panwar Fail To Qualify For 10m Air Rifle finals

Indian shooters Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar were knocked out in the qualifier for the medal round in men's 10m Air Rifle, finishing 26th and 32nd place, respectively.

Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina Knocked Of Women's Doubles

Sania Mirza and deubtant Ankita Raina were knocked out women's tennis doubles opening match, losing against Ukrainian twin sisters Nadiia and Liudmyla Kichenok 6-0, 6-7, 8-10.

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PV Sindhu Beats Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova

Indian badminton champion PV Sindhu made a strong start to her Olympics campaign by beating Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova in a rather one-sided match, winning with 21-7 21-10.

Sindhu, the world number seven Indian, will next play Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi, world number 34, in the group stage.

Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal Fail To Qualiy For 10m Air Pistol Final

On Sunday, debutant Manu Bhaker came very close to sealing a spot in the Woman's 10m Air Pistol Final - she needed to shoot an X in her final shot, but eventually shot an 8, that got her out of the competition.

She was trailed closely by World No. 1 Yashaswini Deswal, who finished a spot behind her.

Sumit Nagal Clinches Historic Win

Sumit Nagal became the first Indian man since Leander Paes to win an Olympics men's singles tennis match after he stunned Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in the first round. Nagal won the first set 6-4 and led 5-2 in the second set before Istomin fought back to take the match into a third set. Nagal regained his composure to seal a 6-4, (6)6-7, 6-4 win. Nagal will next face World No 2 Daniil Medvedev in the second round.

Satwiksairaj-Chirag Pair Stun World No 3 Pair In Doubles Badminton

On their Olympic debut, the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stunned the Chinese Taipei World No 3 pair of Wang Chi-Lin and Lee Yang 21-16, 16-21, 27-25. In the men's singles event, however, B Sai Praneeth lost to Israel's Misha Zilberman.

Harmanpreet Singh's Brace Helps Men's Hockey Team To Win

Indian vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace as India secured a thrilling 3-2 win over New Zealand in the men's hockey pool A clash. India will next take on Australia on Sunday. Meanwhile, the women's team will be in action at 5.30 pm IST when they face The Netherlands.

Shooters Falter On Day 1

It was not a good day for the Indian shooting contingent. Though much was expected of them, Elavenil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to make it to the final of the women's 10m air rifle event. In the men's 10m air pistol event, Saurabh Chaudhary made it to the finals whereas Abhishek Verma bowed out in the qualifiers. Chaudhary ended up finishing seventh in the event.

Mirabai Chanu Wins India's First Medal At Tokyo Olympics

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won India's first medal on the first day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.  The 26-year-old from Manipur lifted a combined weight of 202 kg in the women's 49 kg event to win silver.