PV Sindhu got the better of Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in straight games 21-13, 22-20 to enter the women's singles semifinals. Sindhu will play Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-Ying for a place in the final. Debutant Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) assured India of their first boxing medal at the ongoing Olympic Games when she upstaged former world champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the semifinals. The 23-year-old Assam boxer will square off against reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey. Indian men's hockey team ended its group stage with a 5-3 victory over Japan. Indian woman archer Deepika Kumari crashed out after losing to Korea's An San in the quarters. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India.
Hockey Update | Indian men's team will face Great Britain in the quarter-final on August 1
Australia vs Netherlands | Germany vs Argentina | Belgium vs Spain. All the last-8 matches will be played on August 1.
India's first Equestrian to qualify for the Olympics in last two decades, Fouaad Mirza astride his horse 'Seigneur Medicott' put on an exciting show on the first day of individual eventing at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. Following a spectacular horse and rider performance, Fouaad sits on the 7th place with 28.00 penalties with 21 riders yet to compete, a statement issued by the Embassy Group, which has backed the rider, said on Friday. A total of 42 out of 63 riders participated on day 1 of the "Individual eventing dressage" round. The second day will see the remaining 21 riders compete, concluding the dressage competition.
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