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New Delhi: Mary Kom, the face of India’s boxing contingent, defeated Hernandez Garcia of the Dominican Republic by a split decision 4-1 to advance into the last 16 round of the women’s 51kg category event in Tokyo on Sunday.In...

Tokyo: Indian paddler Manika Batra defeated Margaryta Pesotska of Ukraine 4-3 in the Tokyo Olympics table tennis women’s singles second round and advanced to the third round, here on Sunday.Batra came back from 2-0 down and then forced the...

Tokyo: Russian markswoman Vitalina Batsarashkina won the women's 10m air pistol gold at the Tokyo Olympics with an Olympic record of 240.3 points here on Sunday."I did not set a goal to win or to get into the top...

Tokyo: Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics after losing 4-3 to Hong Kong's Lam Siu Hang in the second round of men’s singles event, here on Sunday.Sathiyan, received a bye in the first round after...

Tokyo: Eighteen-year-old Ahmed Hafnaoui of Tunisia stunned the pool when he swam an event-winning time of three minutes and 43.36 seconds in the men's 400m freestyle, as the first four swimming medals of the 2021 Olympic Games were awarded...

Tokyo: Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi claimed the women's 400m individual medley title at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Sunday.Ohashi burst into tears after winning in four minutes and 32.08 seconds. Emma Weyant (4:32.76) and Hali Flickinger (4:34.90),...

Tokyo: Australia beat its own world record to win women's 4X100m freestyle relay gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Sunday.Touching home in three minutes and 29.69 seconds, the team (Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon and Cate...

New Delhi: The lone Indian judoka at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Manipur’s Shushila Devi Likmabam, bowed out in the opening round, pinned by Hungarian stalwart Eva Csernoviczki in the round of 32, while Indian rowers, Arjun Lal Jat and...

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu for becoming the first Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic silver medal.The Chief Minister tweeted that he hopes that like Mirabai Chanu, several other players from...

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday congratulated Saikhom Mirabai Chanu for winning a silver medal in weightlifting in the Tokyo Olympics.“Heartiest congratulations to Mirabai Chanu for starting the medal tally for India in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 by...