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Olympics: Germany beat India 2-0 in women's hockey
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19:17 Germany beat India 2-0 in women's hockey
Two huge chances for India in quick succession. But fail to convert them.
Green card for India. Soon Germany's Anne Schroder also gets a green card. Germans fail to capitalise on the opportunity as the ball goes wide. Yellow card for India! They have one player less, India in trouble. Meanwhile, Germans are lurking near the Indian goal.
In the 4th quarter, India try without luck to break down the German defence.
We are into the final five minutes of the game now.
The Indian women could not catch up today and lost 2-0 to Germany. They lost 5-1 to Netherlands in their first match.
Can the Indian women fight back? They are scheduled to play Great Britain, Ireland and South Africa now.
Four teams go through to the quarterfinals.
18:56 Germany lead 2-0 against India
The third quarter begins. The women in Blue have 30 more minutes to take a lead. They have the ability to do so. They've played well so far.
Second goal for Germany! Anna Schroder fires an unstoppable shot past Savita into the Indian goa! Germany 2 India 0.
18:30 At half time the Germans lead 1-0
As expected the German team is with the first attack of the match. The Indians have also managed to penetrate the circle twice now. Indian goalkeeper Savita forced to make a great save as the Germans throng the circle in the first quarter.
Germany get the first penalty corner of the day. And they score! Germany 1 India 0 at the end of the first quarter.
Vandana has been impressive for the Indian women's team so far and they try to fight back. The Germans have dominated the match so far.
18:16 Women's hockey team up against Germany
The Indian Women's hockey team is up against another top-grade team in Germany now. They are 5th out of 6 teams in Pool A after 1 match.
The Indian women's hockey captain, Rani is confident that the team will stay positive and keep backing their skills.
16:11 Swimmer Prakash fails to qualify for semis
He finished with a timing of 1.57.22 in Heat 2 but failed to finish among the top 16 swimmers, who made it to the semis.
Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the men's 200m butterfly event at the Tokyo Olympics.
He finished with a timing of 1.57.22 in Heat 2 but failed to finish among the top 16 swimmers, who made it to the semis.
15:33 Out in first round
Indian boxer Ashish Kumar Chaudhary has crashed out of Tokyo Olympics.
He lost his first round bout 0-5 against Erbieke Tuoheta of China in the Men's Middleweight (75kg) in the round of 32.
After losing the first two rounds, the third round was won by the Indian but even though there was intent in his punches, he was already on the backfoot having lost the first round.
14:18 Saravanan finished 20th in Race 2 and 24th in Race 3
India's Nethra Kumanan finished 15th in Race 3 and 40th in Race 4 in the Women's One Person Dinghy Laser Radial event. She has slipped to the 28th position. Only the top 10 will go through to the medal race.
Earlier, India's Vishnu Saravanan finished 20th in Race 2 and 24th in Race 3 in Men's One Person Dinghy Laser event.
13:45 Loses 0-4 to Polcanova
World No. 17 Sofia Polcanova beat India's Manika Batra 4-0 in 3rd round to book a spot in the last 16.
Batra lost 8-11, 2-11, 5-11, 7-11 in a lop-sided contest.
She was totally dominated by her higher-ranked opponent in a match that lasted 27 minutes.
Sharath Kamal is the lone Indian left in the fray in table tennis singles.
Batra has just no answers to Pulcanova's game and falls short yet again, losing the fourth game 7-11 and with that she loses 0-4 to be knocked out of the Olympics.
There is no relenting from the Austrian World No 17 as she takes the 3rd game 11-5 to go 3-0 up against Manika.
Batra needs to up her game to survive in this contest. The quality of table tennis on show from the Austrian is of another level altogether!
Batra loses 2-11 after a lopsided 2nd game. Polcanova gave the Indian no chance to settle and won the 2nd game in just 4 minutes.
The left-handed Polcanova takes the first game 11-8. Batra tested the World No. 17 but in the battle of nerves, the Austrian held hers to take a 1-0 lead.
13:15 Meets World No 17 Polcanova for spot in round of 16
Big match time!
India's Manika Batra takes on World No 17 Austria's Sofia Polcanova in women's singles table tennis round 3 match.
They have met only once before -- on the junior circuit, ten years ago -- where Polcanova had beaten the India.
Will the India do a one-up on her this time? Let's wait and watch.
12:59 Japan beat USA to advance
South Korea obliterated India 6-0 in the quarter-finals of the men's team archery event on Monday to advance to the semifinal, where they will face off against host Japan, who had their own convincing win over the United States.
The South Korean men's team has taken gold in the event five times at the Olympics, including most recently at Rio in 2016.
Japan beat the United States 5-1 to get to the semis.
12:42 Dutch men's doubles player Rojer tests positive
The Dutch men's doubles team has withdrawn from the Tokyo Games after one of the pair, Jean-Julien Rojer, tested positive for COVID-19, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said.
Rojer is the first tennis player and the sixth member of the Dutch Olympic delegation to test positive so far. The others include a skateboarder, a taekwondo player, a rower and two staff of the rowing team.
Rojer and his partner Wesley Koolhof, who were scheduled to play in the second round on Monday afternoon, have been placed in isolation, the ITF said.
Their opponents, Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus of New Zealand, will receive a walkover into the quarter-finals.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Dutch delegation thus swelled to six.
Earlier, the organisers, in their daily COVID-19 update, announced that three athletes, four contractors, eight Games-concerned personnel and one Games employee have been found to be COVID positive, taking the number to 148.
All the three athletes are not residents of the Olympic Village, which has reported 16 cases since it was opened.
One Games-connected personnel and a contractor are residents of Japan in the fresh additions.
The three athletes and seven Games-concerned personnel have been put under the mandatory 14-day quarantine.
The total number of Games-concerned personnel to have tested positive so far stood at 83 after the addition of 8 new cases.
12:33 She became the first Indian fencer to advance at the Olympics
Indian fencer Bhavani Devi penned an apologetic tweet after her loss in the 2nd round of the individual sabre event at the Olympic Games on Monday.
'Big Day It was Excitement & Emotional. I won the First Match 15/3 against Nadia Azizi and become the First INDIAN Fencing Player to win a Match at Olympic but 2nd Match I lost 7/15 against world top 3 player Manon Brunet. I did my level best but couldn't win. I am sorry,' tweeted Bhavani Devi after being ousted from the Tokyo Olympics.
Rest assured she need not be sorry for the effort she put in despite the loss in the second round.
India is proud of you, Bhavani!
12:00 Nagal's Olympic campaign ends
India's Sumit Nagal goes down to World no. 2 Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 1-6 in 2nd round.
With this, his Olympic campaign comes to an end.
11:24 Skeet Shooting: Mairaj-Bajwa fail to make final
India's Sumit Nagal has evidently struggled so far against World No 2, Russia's Daniil Medvedev in their 2nd round match of the Men's singles tennis event.
Nagal has lost the first set 2-6.
A little while ago, India's Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa failed to qualify for men's skeet final.
11:17 Finish on 25th and 18th spots respectively
Not so good news coming in from the shooting range. As expected, India's Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa have failed to qualify for men's skeet final.
While Ahmad finished on 25th spot with 117 points, Bajwa finished in 18th spot with 120 points on Day 2 of Qualification.
In a field of 30 shooters, 6 qualify for the final.
11:04 Indian men's archery team knocked out in quarters
Here's some astonishing development coming in...
13-year-old Japanese Momiji Nishiya is the first-ever women's skateboarding gold medallist!
Sharing the podium with her are two other teenagers -- 13-year-old Brazilian Rayssa Leal who took silver and her 16-year-old compatriot Nakayama Funa who bagged bronze in the event.
TAKE A BOW, GIRLS!
10:45 Satwik-Chirag lose 2-0 in badminton
More disappointing news for India coming in from Tokyo as the Indian archery team of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai lose to South Korea 0-6 in the Men's Team quarter-final.
Moments ago, the Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to World No 1 pair Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi 13-21, 12-21 in their badminton 2nd round match men's doubles match.
10:36 Beaten by World No 1 pair 21-13 21-12
Satwiksairaj-Chirag lose to World No 1 pair Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi 13-21, 12-21 in their 2nd round match.
They face British duo Ben Lane and Sean Vendy on Tuesday.
After the break, the Indonesians have reeled off four quick points while the Indians have only added one since.
There is clearly a lack of co-ordination between the Indians. That toe injury must be bothering Chirag.
The Indonesians are steamrolling the Indian pair in this second game and they have taken the game 21-12.
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi beat Satwiksairaj-Chirag 21-13 21-12.
The Indonesians serve to start the second game and the Indians have grabbed the early lead, 2-0.
But not for nothing are the Indonesians the World No 1, they are fighting hard even as the Indians are playing more aggressively in this game.
Satwik-Chirag maintain the lead but the Minions as the Indonesians pair is called have finally caught up and go level at 7-7, logging three straight points.
The Indians are now trailing again and are 8-11 at the break.
10:18 Short rallies
The match between Satwiksairaj-Chirag and the Indonesian pair of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi has started and the Indians have been pushed on the backfoot after the teams were tied at 7-7.
The Indians trail 9-13.
Chirag seems to be having some issue with his foot and the tournament doctor comes to check on him.
The issue has been resolved and the game has restarted.
The Indonesians are not letting up, taking a 15-10 lead.
The exchanges are short and quick as points as the World No 1 pair races to a 18-11 lead.
Too many errors from the Indians and their opponents and the Indonesians win the first game 21-13.
10:03 Nagal to face Medvedev in shortly
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will shortly face World No. 1 pairing of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi.
A weather update from Tokyo: Tokyo Olympic organisers said there is currently no plan to
reschedule further events due to a tropical storm heading towards the main
Japanese island of Honshu.
Rowing and archery events have been moved due to the storm, which is forecast to bring rain to the capital on Tuesday.
"At this time there are no plans to change the schedule for any of the other events due to be held on Tuesday," Tokyo 2020 spokesman Masa Takaya told reporters on Monday.
The storm is currently forecast to pass to the north of Tokyo, according to the website of the Japan Metereological Agency.
09:30 Indian pair slip down
A spot in the final looks like a long shot for Indian skeet shooters Angad Vir Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan who have fallen to the 19th and 23 spots respectively on Day 2 of Qualification.
Only the top 6 qualify for the final.
Meanwhile, in men's hockey, Belgium beat Germany 3-1 in a scrappy contest, while the Netherlands defeated Ireland in the women's tournament.
09:09 Loses 4-0
India's Sutithra Mujherjee has been knocked out by Portugal's Fu Yu in the 2nd round of the women's singles match.
She lost 4-0 (3-11, 3-11, 5-11, 5-11) in just 20 minutes!
A dominant Fu Yu gave Sutithra no time opportunity to take control as unforced errors were the order of the day for the Indian.
After losing the first three games, Sutithra Mujherjee is finally managing to gather her nerves and is forcing Fu Yu into making errors.
But the Indian has squandered an early lead and the Portuguese is once again crushing the Indian with her returns.
The Indian eventually loses the game 5-11 and the match 4-0.
08:50 Fu Yu dominant
India's TT player Sutirtha Mukherjee doesn't seem to have any answers to Fu Yu's serves and is trailing 0-2 after losing the 2nd game 3-11.
08:47 India's skeet shooters trailing
In the second game, Sutirtha has managed to cut down her opponent's lead but trails 3-8.
Sutirtha off to a slow start as Fu Yu has a measure of her and is galloping to a big lead in the 1st game.
She has no answers to Fu Yu's tight serves and the Portuguese has won the 1st game 3-11.
08:38 She faces Portugal's Fu Yu in the 2nd round
So Bhavani Devi's campaign at the Olympics has come to a close but there is a lot more in store as far as India is concerned at the Games on Monday.
Next up is Sutirtha Mukherjee who will be in action in Round 2 of her women's singles TT match.
Here's all the Indians in action through the day. Click here to check out the schedule for the day.
08:21 Indian fencer Bhavani Devi knocked out
Australia's Ariarne Titmus won the gold medal in the women's 400 metres freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.
Katie Ledecky of the United States won the silver and Li Bingjie of China took the bronze.
Earlier, Indian fencer Bhavani Devi was knocked out by Frenchwoman and World No 3 Manon Brunet after she lost 7-15 in the 2nd round of the Individual Sabre event.
08:00 Loses to Frenchwoman Brunet
Fencer Bhavani Devi's Tokyo Olympics has ended, losing 7-15 to French World No 3 Manon Brunet in the 2nd round.
Bhavani lost 5-7 in the 2nd period after trailing 2-8 in the first half.
Earlier, she had beaten Tunisia's Nadia Ben Azizi to advance to the Round of 32.
Commendable effort from the Indian fencer on her Olympic debut!
07:51 Tough fight against Frenchwoman
Tough start for Bhavani in this second round match as her French opponent and World No 3 Manon Brunet has raced to a 8-2 lead at end of the first period.
07:46 Faces World 3 Brunet
Fencer Bhavani Devi will face World No 3 Brunet in the 3rd round of the women's individual sabre event.
07:37 Good start for India on Day 3 at Tokyo Games
It's been a good start so far for India this morning with fencer Bhavani Devi advancing to the second round of the women's individual sabre event, the Men's Archery team of Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai moving to the quarter-finals where they face heavyweights Korea and now paddler Sharath Kamal advancing to the third round.
On to shooting now and it's the men's Skeet event that is in progress. It is not being telecast, unfortunately.
07:28 Beats Portuguese Tiago Apolonia
Achanta Sharath Kamal has beaten Portuguese World No 59 Tiago Apolonia to advance to Round 3 at the Tokyo Games.
Sharath Kamal won the contest 4-2 in a 49-minute encounter.
The Indian meets reigning Olympic champion China's Ma Long for a place in the last 16.
07:20 He has taken a 3-2 lead
Kamal now has a 3-2 lead after Game 5.
Achanta Sharath Kamal's Portuguese opponent Tiago Apolonia has won the fourth game of the best-of-seven Round 2 match to go level at 2-2. Sharath leading 7-4 in Game 5.
Sharath Kamal taking on Portuguese Tiago Apolonia in 2nd round. The Indian had received a 1st round Bye.
07:09 Fencer Bhavani Devi wins opener
We have some good news from the Tokyo Olympics this Monday morning as Indian athletes have started well.
The Indian men's archery team of Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai downed Kazakhstan 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal clash against heavyweights Korea.
The Indians were strong, especially Atanu Das who drilled in five perfect 10s during team's easy win in the 1/8 Elimination round at the Yumenoshima Park.
The Kazakhstan troika of Denis Gankin, Ilfat Abdullin, Sanzhar Mussayev showed flashes of brilliance. They took the third set with one point margin.
Earlier, India's fencer Bhavani Devi began her Olympic debut with confidence, demolishing Nadia Ben Azizi 15-3 to advance to the second round of the women's individual sabre event.
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