Navneet Kaur scored a late winner as the Indian women's hockey team kept its quarterfinals hopes alive in the Olympics with a 1-0 win over Ireland in a must-win penultimate pool match here on Friday.

Tokyo Olympics: India women's hockey team beat Ireland 1-0, keep quarterfinals hopes alive

Prashant Kumar Das, the coach of Lovlina Borgohain, was ecstatic after the Indian pugilist stormed into the semi-finals and assured a medal for India in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics in the women's welterweight category (64-69kg).

Lovlina Borgohain's coach says 'go for gold' as boxer assures India another medal at Tokyo Olympics

Sprinter Dutee Chand on Friday failed to progress to the semi-finals of the women's 100m event here at the Olympic Stadium. Running in heat 5, Dutee finished with a timing of 11.

Tokyo Olympics: Dutee Chand fails to qualify for semis in women's 100m

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain, who made her Olympics debut at Tokyo, has secured another medal for India after defeating Chinese Taipei's Nein-Chin Chen 4-1 in the women's welterweight category (64-69kg) on July 30 (Friday).

Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain wins quarterfinal bout, assures India of a medal

India's Avinash Mukund Sable failed to qualify for the men's 3000m steeplechase final here at Olympic Stadium on Friday. Running in heat 2, Sable finished with a timing of 8:18.

Tokyo Olympics: Avinash Sable fails to qualify for final in men's 3000m steeplechase

Tatjana Schoenmaker won the women`s 200m breaststroke on Friday in a world record time of 2:18.95 to deliver South Africa`s first gold medal of the Tokyo Games. US swimmers Lilly King and Annie Lazor took the silver and bronze medals.

Tokyo Olympics swimming: Schoenmaker takes gold for South Africa with world record

India's ace archer Deepika Kumari defeated ROC's Ksenia Perova to go through to the quarter-finals of the women's individual archery event at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 on July 30 (Friday).

Tokyo Olympics archery: Deepika Kumari enters women's individual quarter-finals

Hong Kong police said on Friday they were launching an investigation into booing of China's national anthem in a shopping mall broadcasting live the city's first Olympic gold medal win in 25 years earlier this week.

Hong Kong investigates China anthem booing during Olympics broadcast in mall

Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga celebrated his birthday by taking four wickets as Sri Lanka beat India by seven wickets and took the three-match Twenty20 series 2-1 in Colombo on Thursday, securing their first series win in the format since 2019.

Cricket: Wanindu Hasaranga steers Sri Lanka to T20 series win over India

Rahul Dravid, the coach of India's tour to Sri Lanka said that he is not "disappointed" with the performance of young batsmen after India lost the T20I series 2-1 to Lankans.

Cricket: 'I'm not disappointed,' says Rahul Dravid to young batsmen after Sri Lanka's T20I series win over India

It doesn't always have to be cricket for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to dominate the trends on social media. Sometimes it's him playing with pets and sometimes it's his bikes, now again he is trending and this time it is because of his quirky hairstyle and beard look.

'Dashing Look': MS Dhoni's latest haircut goes viral on social media - see pictures

Tokyo Olympics 2020, that's actually happening in 2021, will wrap up with too many bittersweet memories — that's for sure. From record-shattering performances to unprecedented obstacles, the Tokyo Games has to offer a lot to write in history books.

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