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Tokyo: Chinese veteran weightlifter Lyu Xiaojun claimed the gold medal in men's 81kg division with three new Olympic records at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Saturday.Despite failing on his first snatch attempt at 165kg, Lyu timely regrouped himself...

Tokyo: India’s hope of winning a medal in archery at the Tokyo Olympics ended as the last remaining archer Atanu Das lost in the men’s individual event on Saturday.Atanu lost to London 2012 silver medalist Takaharu Furukawa of Japan...

Tokyo: Nina Christen of Switzerland won her first Olympic gold with a victory in women's 50m rifle 3 positions here on Saturday.Taking a 10m air rifle bronze a week ago, the 27-year-old set an Olympic record of 463.9 points...

Tokyo: The Indian eve's riding on Vandana Katariya's hat-rick defeated South Africa in their last Pool A match of women's hockey at the Tokyo Olympics here on Saturday.India defeated South Africa 4-3 at the Oi Hockey Stadium in a...

Tokyo: Britain won their second swimming team gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay at the Tokyo Olympic Games in a world record time here on Saturday.Coming from behind to clock 3:37.58 for the top prize, British swimmers Kathleen...

Tokyo: World record holder Kathleen Ledecky of the United States added another gold to her colletion, winning the women's 800m freestyle here on Saturday.The defending champion enjoyed a safe lead before touching home in eight minutes and 12.57 secondsThis...

Tokyo: China's second-seeded Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping beat their compatriots, world No. 1 Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, 2-1 in the badminton mixed doubles final at the Tokyo Olympics here on Friday.Each pair won a 21-17 game before Wang/Huang held their nerves...

Tokyo: India's Ace archer Deepika Kumari defeated ROC’s Ksenia Perova, to enter the quarter-finals of the women’s individual archery event at the Tokyo Olympics here on Friday.The ace Indian archer beat her Russian rival, a two-time Olympic silver medallist,...

New Delhi: Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) Friday assured of medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after she had defeated Chinese Taipei's Nien-Chin Chen 4-1 to enter the semifinals.The 23-year-old boxer from Assam, participating in her first Olympic Games,...

New Delhi:  Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom’s bid for a second Olympic medal ended in heartbreak after she lost a close fight against Colombian Ingrit Valencia in the women's flyweight pre-quarterfinals at Tokyo 2020 on Thursday.Mary Kom lost by split...