India was represented in the 10m Air Pistol men's qualification event by Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar. Six Indian shooters have been in action until now, and only one Indian made it to the final.

Tokyo Olympics: Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Panwar fail to qualify for 10m Air Rifle men's final

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu made history as she secured the silver medal in the women's 49 kg rivalry. This is India's first medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Mirabai Chanu lifted 87 kg in the grab and then guaranteed herself of the silver by lifting 115 kg in clean and jerk.

Tokyo Olympics: Silver medallist Mirabai Chanu's special Olympic earrings stole the show

Simone Biles will get a chance to atone for an uninspiring qualifying effort on Sunday and get a shot at six gold medals that would enshrine the American gymnast in the pantheon of all-time Olympic greats.

Tokyo Olympics: US' Simone Biles remains on track for six golds

World number one Ashleigh Barty smashed out of the Olympic knocked out of the singles tennis event in the opening round on Sunday, losing 6-4, 6-3 to Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo.

Tokyo 2020: Tennis - Sara Sorribes Tormo upsets the World no.1 Ashleigh Barty to reach the 2nd round

Australia shattered the women's 4x100m freestyle world record to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics Sunday, clocking 3mins 29.69 secs to better their own mark set three years ago.

Tokyo Olympics: Australia smash world record to win women's 4x100m relay gold medal

After Mirabai Chanu's memorable silver medal in weightlifting lifted Indian competitors' spirits on the first day of the season of the Tokyo Olympics, India hopes to further develop their medal count with numerous events arranged on Day 2.

Tokyo Olympics: Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal fail to qualify for women's 10m Air Rifle final

India boxer Manish Kaushik (63kg) on Sunday bowed out of the men's lightweight (57-63 kg) category event after losing to Great Britain's Luke McCormack in the round of 32 here at the Kokugikan arena.

Tokyo Olympics: Indian Boxer Manish Kaushik crashes out after losing to Luke McCormack

Indian table tennis star Manika Batra won her second-round clash against Margaryta Pesotska of Ukraine at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Returning from a two-game deficiency, Manika crushed Pesotska 4-11, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7 in 57 minutes.

Tokyo Olympics: A stunning comeback pushes Manika Batra to 3rd round in Table Tennis singles

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the formal start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but celebrated as a moment of global hope.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Naomi Osaka lights flame as 'games of hope' open

Tokyo 2020's oldest competitor, 66-year-old Australian horse rider Mary Hanna, said on Saturday she also aimed to take part in the 2024 Olympics unless her body gave way.

Olympics 2020: Tokyo's Oldest Olympian says ready for Paris 2024 'unless body breaks'

After appearing in the Olympics for the first time in 36 years at the 2016 Rio Games, the Indian women's hockey team take the field for the first time in history to take part in their second consecutive Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Tokyo Olympics: World no.1 Netherlands women's Hockey team beats India 5-1

China's Wang Shuang scored four goals including a late penalty as the Asian side grabbed a 4-4 draw with Zambia in the Olympics women's soccer tournament at Rifu's Miyagi Stadium on Saturday after Babra Banda netted her second hat-trick in as many games.

Tokyo Olympics: China's Shuang Wang scores four to deny Zambia in eight-goal thriller

U.S. archer Mackenzie Brown bemoaned the lack of fans on Saturday after she and Brady Ellison, number two seeds in mixed archery, crashed out, as South Korea won its first Tokyo 2020 gold with a record-breaking run.

Tokyo Olympics: South Korea wins first Tokyo gold as U.S. mixed archer bemoans lack of fans

Novak Djokovic launched his bid to stay on course for a Golden Slam with a clinical 6-2, 6-2 win over 139th-ranked Hugo Dellien of Bolivia on Saturday, as sweltering conditions in Tokyo took a toll on the players on the opening day of tennis at the Games.

Tokyo Olympics: Novak Djokovic beats Hugo Dellien to continue his quest for gold medal

Sutirtha Mukherjee, in her debut Olympic, showed a great exhibition to take out Sweden's high-positioned Linda Bergström in a seven-game spine chiller, winning, 11-5, 9-11, 13-11, 11-9, 3-11, 9-11, 5-11.

Tokyo Olympics: Sutirtha Mukherjee fights back to win the Table tennis women's singles first round

Poland's Iga Swiatek put in a clinical performance to move past Mona Barthel of Germany with a 6-2 6-2 win on her Olympic debut, as sweltering conditions in Tokyo took a toll on the players on the opening day of tennis at the Games.

Tokyo Olympics: Iga Swiatek makes fast start as players struggle with heat factor

India's Sumit Nagal made India pleased at the Tokyo Olympics 2021 on Saturday, overcoming Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in the first round. With the success, Sumit Nagal has become the first Indian player to dominate a singles game at the Olympics since Leander Paes in 1996.

Tokyo Olympics: Sumit Nagal beats Denis Istomin to win a match in Tennis singles for India after 25 years

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Top 7 teenagers from India set to shine in the greatest extravaganza

India's badminton superstar PV Sindhu admits that the pressure is on at the Tokyo Olympics and she will be in the firing line. The 26-year-old world champion, who won silver at the Rio 2016 Games, begins her tilt at gold on Sunday against Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova.

Tokyo Olympics: Indian badminton star Sindhu feeling the pressure

The most troubled Olympics in modern history finally get under way in Tokyo on Friday, struggling to emerge from the clutches of COVID-19 after a one-year postponement following a build-up marred by scandal and controversy.

Troubled Tokyo Olympics set to open under Covid cloud

After six athletes and officials of the Czech Olympic team tested positive for coronavirus at the Olympic village, the Prime Minister has expressed dissatisfaction on the news and has called it a "scandal".

Tokyo Olympics: 'I don't like this one bit': Czech PM angered at athletes and officials testing positive for Covid

A Russian archer fainted in the Tokyo heat during a qualifying Olympic round on Friday as a heatwave pushed coaches and staff to huddle under trees for shade. Svetlana Gomboeva collapsed as she checked her final scores and required assistance from staff and teammates who put bags of ice on her head to cool her down.

Olympics 2020: Russian archer passes out under Tokyo's scorching heat

American gymnastic goddess Simone Biles and Japan's national sporting deity Kohei Uchimura begin their quests for Olympic immortality in Tokyo this weekend. Both have already achieved enough to be considered the greatest gymnasts of all time, but they approach the delayed 2020 Games as hungry as ever to enhance reputations that already stand as tall as nearby Mount Fuji.

Tokyo Olympics: Biles on five-gold gymnastics mission as 'King' Kohei plots triumphant farewell

More than 160 openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer athletes are due to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, making this year`s Games the most inclusive ever.

Tokyo Olympics: With more LGBTQ athletes than ever, Games put focus on Japan

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