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The first goal of the Paris Games was scored by Spain right back Marc Pubill in the 29th minute

The United States is projected to win 112 medals overall — 39 gold, 32 silver, and 41 bronze

India last won medals in successive Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 — bronze medals in Mexico and Munich

As the clock ticks down for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, the question is whether India will undergo another transformation in the French capital

The Ministry of Sports approved Sindhu’s proposal to train at the Hermann-Neuberger Sportschule in Saarbrucken, Germany. She will spend over a month there with her coach and support staff before traveling to Paris.

The spectacle saw the light of the day after staving off numerous challenges on the way

The team of Felix, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu was never in jeopardy in this one.

"It feels unbelievable. It is the first time India has won a gold in athletics, so I feel very good. We have just one gold here in other sports," the 23-year-old said after winning the historic gold.

Bajrang showed some initiative and aggression against Niyazbekov to storm to victory.

Marijne coached the Indian women's hockey team to its best ever performance in the Olympic Games, guiding them to a creditable fourth place finish

Bajrang defeated Iran's Morteza Ghiasi Cheka by pinning him down to the mat (victory by fall) in the 1/4 Final.

Indian women's hockey team to take on the Great Britain

The V Baskaran-led team was the last to secure an Olympic medal (gold) back in Moscow 1980.

They trailed 1-3 at half-time before they scripted their finest comeback victory.

"I did not come to Tokyo for a silver medal. It will not give me satisfaction. Maybe this time I deserved only a silver because Uguev was a better wrestler today," Dahiya said

But it was a dream run as Lovlina had the honour to win the third medal for the country in Tokyo after Mirabai Chanu and PV Sindhu.

“Iron sharpening iron,” McLaughlin called the latest in her series of showdowns with Muhammad, each one faster than the last. “Every time we step on the track, it’s always something fast.”

India vs Germany in men's bronze medal match: 7:00 am

India still have a chance to win the bronze medal as they will take on Great Britain in the third-fourth place play-off match on Friday.

The 23-year-old lost 0-5 in the welterweight (69kg) semifinals to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey here this morning.