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He highlighted that this time, the highest number of players had qualified for the games.

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy directed officials to extend the cash award late on Monday night as part of the state sports policy.

Sonam, a two-time Cadet World Champion (2017, 2019), had qualified for the Tokyo Games by making the final at the Asian Qualifier in April in Almaty.

Belgium's Alexander Hendrickx (19th, 49th and 53rd min) scored a hat-trick.

Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will have spotlight on them when India's seven wrestlers, beginning with Sonam Malik, open their campaigns on Tuesday

She removed herself from the team final on July 27 after a shaky performance on vault during the first rotation.

Out of the last eight medals India won at Olympics, six of them are from women athletes.

A cameraman of an Argentinian TV channel covering the women’s hockey match between Spain and Argentina played on July 26, decided to go rogue and film a cockroach in the middle of an on-going women’s hockey match.

Tokyo has reported a record rise in cases for three days in a row, including 3,865 on Thursday.

Kumar took the first round comprehensively as all judges voted in his favour. Boxing in red, the Indian pugilist continued from where he left off and thrashed Brown with some quality right hook and body shots during the second round.

Playing an aggressive game, Sindhu had the measure of the Dane. The Indian star was full of energy. She moved well and executed some brilliant strokes.

World No. 7 Sindhu will meet Denmark's world number 12 Mia Blichfeldt, who topped Group I.

With Sharath's defeat, India's challenge ended in table tennis as Manika, Sutirtha Mukherjee and G Sathiyan had already exited the singles competition.

Ranked 10th in the world, the Indians beat world number 18 team 21-17 21-19 in a 44-minute Group A men's doubles match at the Musashino Forest Plaza.

Naomi Osaka lost to former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 in the third round of the Olympic tennis tournament on Tuesday.

The duo finished seventh in Qualification 2 after topping the first phase with 582 at the Asaka Range.

Drubbed 1-7 by Australia in their last match, India produced a spirited performance against world No.9 Spain.

Video game themes are often maligned as annoying earworms, but in Japan, the music that accompanies games is considered an art form.

The Russian did not even need his 'A' game as he cruised to a 6-2 6-1 win in just 66 minutes against 160th ranked Nagal at court 1 of the Ariake Tennis Centre.

Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Long has won every singles title in the sport, and is the reigning world champion as well.