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Medal tally as of August 4.

Key updates:

Athletics: Parul Chaudhary records a personal best time of 9:23.39 in women’s 3000m steeplechase, but finishes eighth in the heat and does not qualify for the final.

Hockey: India beat Great Britain 4-2 via penalty shootout after the match ended 1-1. India were down to 10 players for 42 minutes after Amit Rohidas was given a red card.

Athletics: Jeswin Aldrin finishes 26rd in men’s long jump with a best of 7.61m.

Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain loses in the women’s 75kg quarter-final.

Badminton: Lakshya Sen loses to Viktor Axelsen in men’s singles semi-final; to play Lee Zii Jia for bronze medal.

Shooting: Maheshwari Chauhan finishes 14th and Raiza Dhillon 23rd in women’s skeet qualification; will not progress to final.

Shooting: Vijayveer Sidhu finishes 9th and Anish Bhanwala in 13th place in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification round and will not progress to the final.

Golf: Shubhankar Sharma’s campaign ends in joint 40th place, and Gaganjeet Bhullar ends joint 45th.

That’s it from us tonight! Do join us tomorrow for another drama-filled day of action at the Olympic Games!

What a way to end the night! Noah Lyles crowns himself as the fastest man on the planet after winning one of the best 100m finals in recent memory!

India had a subdued day in Paris with the men’s hockey team’s incredible quarter-final win over Great Britain the only positive. Down to 10 players with more than half the match remaining, India held Britain to a 1-1 draw before winning the match via penalty shootouts.

Lakshya Sen fell short of reaching the badminton men’s singles final after losing to defending champion Viktor Axelsen in the semi-final. Sen could still become the first Indian man to win an Olympic medal in badminton when he competes in the bronze medal match tomorrow.

There was further disappointment in shooting as Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala failed to reach the 25m pistol final despite being in the top six for most of the qualification round.

Athletics, men’s 100m final: NOAH LYLES IS AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION! In a 100m final for the ages, Lyles beats Kishane Thompson for gold by a thousandth of a second! Thompson looked destined to clinch gold only for Lyles to pip him at the line. Both clock 9.79s but Lyles is declared the winner in a photo finish! Fred Kerley picks up bronze with Akani Simbine missing out on a bronze with the barest of margins

Athletics, men’s hammer throw final: Ethan Katzberg becomes the first Canadian to win the men’s hammer throw Olympic gold! And he has done it in some style. His margin of victory is the biggest in the event since the 1920 Games! Hungary’s Bence Halász takes silver with Ukraine’s Mykhaylo Kokhan taking bronze.

Hockey, men’s quarter-finals: World Cup winners Germany pip Argentina in a thriller to book the last semi-final spot! Argentina, the 2016 champions, came back from a goal down twice but Germany got the job done with a 54th minute winner.

The men’s hockey semi-final lineup is complete! India take on Germany in a repeat of the Tokyo 2020 bronze medal match! Spain, who knocked out defending champions Belgium, face the Netherlands in the second semi-final.

Athletics, women’s high jump final: Just 22 years old, Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh is an Olympic champion! Mahuchikh, the reigning World Champion and world record holder pips Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers to gold! The bronze medal is shared by Ukraine’s Iryna Herashchenko And Australia’s Eleanor Patterson.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the women’s high jump gold medal | Kai Pfaffenbach / REUTERS

Hockey, men’s event: The FIH Technical Delegate has announced a one-match suspension for Amit Rohidas after his red card in India’s quarter-final win over Great Britain today. Rohidas will miss India’s semi-final on Tuesday. Hockey India is likely to appeal the FIH’s decision. If India’s appeal is unsuccessful, India will only have 15 players available for the semi-final.

Athletics, men’s 100m finals: And then there were eight! We are informed by the commentators that this is the first time that the runners who finishes with a time of 9.95s in the semi-finals did not make it to the final.

Athletics, men’s 100m semi-finals: Kishane Thompson lays down the challenge for the 100m title by clocking the fastest time across the three semi-final races, 9.80s, to win the third semi. Fred Kerley, the Tokyo 2020 silver medallist finishes second with a time of 9.84s! Marcell Jacobs and Kenny Bednarek also qualify for the final as the two next fastest runners!

Athletics, men’s 100m semi-finals: South Africa’s Akani Simbine wins the second heat ahead of Letsile Tebogo, Tokyo 2020 champion Lamont Jacobs and Tokyo 2020 200m silver medallist Kenny Bednarek! Jacob and Bednarek in danger of missing out on a place in the final!

Athletics, men’s 100m semi-finals: Oblique Seville lays down the marker! Storms to win the semis with a time of 9.81s, just ahead of Noah Lyles who comes second in 9.83s! Hinchcliffe comes third with a time of 9.97s.

Athletics, men’s 100m semi-finals: Time for the men’s 100m semi-finals! We start with a stacked heat 1 which features World Champion Noah Lyles, Louie Hinchcliffe and Oblique Seville.

Hockey, men’s event: The Netherlands get their revenge over Australia for their Tokyo 2020 quarter-final loss by beating the Kookaburras 2-0 at the same stage in Paris. In a tense match, second-half goals from Duco Telgenkamp and Thijs van Dam help the Dutch set up a semi-final clash against Spain. Belgium and Australia, the gold and silver medallists from Tokyo 2020, have been knocked out!

Paris Olympics 2024: An action-packed night is upon us! We have the remaining two men’s hockey quarter-finals to come with Australia facing the Netherlands while Germany will take on Argentina.

At the Stade de France, we have three track and field finals to look forward to — the women’s high jump final, the men’s hammer throw final and the men’s 100m final. We also have four finals in the swimming pool at La Defense Arena.

Badminton, men's doubles: Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, the pair who beat Satwik-Chirag in the quarter-finals, finish as the bronze medallists.

The Malaysians retain their bronze from Tokyo three years back with a 16-21, 22-20, 21-19 win over Denmark's second seedrd Astrup/Rasmussen.

Hockey India, the governing body of the sport in the country, has raised an official complaint with the international federation with regards to the officiating at the Olympics.

Excerpts from a press statement:

Hockey India has officially raised concerns about the quality of umpiring and decision-making in the ongoing Paris Olympic Games 2024 (Men's tournament). The complaint focuses on a critical match between India and Great Britain, where several inconsistencies in officiating potentially influenced the game's outcome.
Key issues highlighted include:
1.  Inconsistent video umpire reviews, particularly regarding the red card decision for an Indian player, which has eroded trust in the video review system.
2. Coaching of a goalkeeper from behind the goalpost during the shoot-out.
3. Use of a video tablet by a goalkeeper during the shoot-out.

Golf, men's individual Round 4: The day's proceedings are not yet over, but Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar's campaigns have ended.

Sharma has a total of 283 to keep him tied at 40th, while Bhullar is tied 45th with 285.

Tennis, men’s singles: Novak Djokovic wins the first set of the final 7-6 (3) against Carlos Alcaraz. Will Djokovic finally get his hands on an Olympic gold medal?

Shooting, men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification: Disappointing from Sidhu and Anish who were both relatively well placed to enter the final, but their last series went for 92 and 93 respectively which sees them finish in ninth and 13th places respectively. Sidhu finished with a score of 583-26x while Anish scored 582-22x.

Shooting, men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification: Good going from Vijayveer Sidhu so far who is in second place after two series in the second stage with a score of 491-23x. The other Indian, Anish is currently in eighth place with a score of 489-20x.

As per reports, a hearing will be conducted on Amit Rohidas at 7PM Central European Time. The Paris 2024 tournament director will take a decision on the punishment after reviewing the severity of the offence.

ICYMI: Rohidas was sent off in the second quarter of the match after the on-field umpire adjudged him to have hit his stick intentionally into the face of Great Britain’s William Calnan.

Tennis, men’s singles: Meanwhile, Roland Garros is all set to crown a new men’s singles Olympic champion as Serbia’s Novak Djokovic takes on Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the final.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final: Defending champions Belgium have been knocked out! A stunning upset in the men’s event! Spain secure a famous 3-2 win to march into the semi-finals. After a goalless first half, Jose Basterra gave Spain the lead in the 40th minute only for Arthur de Sloover to equalise a minute later.

Marc Reyne and Marc Miralles scored in the 55th and 57th minute respectively to put Spain 3-1 up. Belgium pulled one back in the 58th minute through Alexander Hendrickx! Belgium had a penalty corner with second on the clock but were denied by Luiz Calzado. Spain, the lowest ranked team in the competition, knock out the best team in the world!

Shooting, women’s skeet qualification: Unfortunately it is the end of the road for Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon in the women’s skeet event as they finish 14th and 23rd respectively, not enough to progress to the final.

Shooting, men's 25m rapid fire pistol qualification: Stage 2 gets underway with Vijayveer Sidhu in 5th place and Anish Bhanwala in 7th place.

The top 6 will go straight through to the final.

Badminton, men's singles semi-final: It was inevitable. It was coming since he saved three game points in the opening round. Viktor Sen takes down Lakshya Sen 22-20, 21-14 in straight games.

The Danish superstar keeps his dream of a title defence alive. He will have a shot at becoming only the second men's singles shuttler after Lin Dan to defend the Olympic title.

As for Lakshya Sen, he will now have to go up against Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the bronze medal match. All is not yet over for the Indian.

Badminton, men's singles semi-final: Viktor Axelsen has opened up a 14-12 lead now in the second game. The Dane senses that Lakshya Sen has been demoralised and he is leaving no stone unturned to wrap this up as quickly as possible.

Sen would need a miracle fightback from this point.

Badminton, men's singles semi-final: Viktor Axelsen displaying why he is the reigning champion. Fights back from 7-0 down and Lakshya Sen has no answers. The Indian leads 11-10 at the mid-game interval.

Badminton, men's singles semi-final: Lakshya Sen off to a terrific start. Leads 6-0 as Axelsen seems to be struggling with the drift from the faster end. A few misjudgements from the Dane and a couple of lifts going long as well.

Badminton, men's singles: Lakshya Sen had three game points at 20-17, but fails to convert. The Indian looks tired and there's a visible drop in concentration as well and Viktor Axelsen takes avantage. The reigning champion pockets the opening game 22-20.

A huge support for Sen at the La Chapelle Arena and he needs to stand up. Now or never.

Badminton, men's singles semi-final: Lakshya Sen goes on 7-point run on either side of the break, but it finally ends with a shot gone wide after a long 43-shot rakky, Sen leads 15-10.

Badminton, men's singles semi-final: A closely fought start to this contest, but Lakshya Sen has managed to eke out an 11-9 lead at the mid-game interval. Viktor Axelsen trying to pin Sen to the baseline, but the Indian has been brilliant with his smashes, causing problems to the reigning champion.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1 (4) - 1 (2) Great Britain, PR Sreejesh speaks: When Amit got the card, I thought, I just want to play the best for him because it's frustrating as a defender. And I thought somewhere it shows our courage. It shows our hard work and the dedication and the tough mentality. That's a great effort from the team.

[On his saves] It's the daily job of a goalkeeper. And even [ GB keeper Ollie] Payne is a very good goalkeeper. But some days it's a different day for another person. And today, I think it was our day. We had done more things. We did everything in a perfect way. And what should I say? about the guys who took the shot in the shootout. They didn't disappoint me. They scored. That gave me enough confidence to continue with that. Ultimately I got two and we won it.

When I stepped on this field today, there were two options for me. This can be my last match or I can give myself the opportunity to play two more matches. I got two more matches.

[On the semi-finals] Whoever comes in the semis, we will just play our game. That's it. That's important because now it's a different game. Because we are one man down and we need to focus on that now. So I don't know how it's going to be. They must take a decision on Amit. So we are just waiting for that. But still, we need to play our best game in the semifinals.

Athletics, men's long jump: And Aldrin manages to get a successful attempt in his final jump with a distance of 7.61m, but that isn't enough to finish in the top 12 that qualify for the final. The Indian finishes in 26th place out of 31 successful jumpers.

Badminton, men's singles semi-final: Lakshya Sen wins the toss and opts for the side. Viktor Axelsen will serve first in the match.

Badminton, men singles semi-final: Lakshya Sen is out at the La Chapelle Arena for the men's singles semi-final. He is up against Viktor Axelsen, against whom he trails 1-7 in head to head encounters.

No Indian male has reached thus far in the Olympics. Sen has already created history, but can he push forward?

Boxing, women's 75kg quarter-final: No medal from Indian boxers in Paris.

Li Qian defeats Lovlina Borgohain by a 4:1 split decision. The legend of Li Qian in the Olympics continues. She is assured of a medal yet again. She had the lead in the first two rounds and all she did was carry on the momentum and keep landing the punches consistently to take the final round on four cards.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1 (4) - 1 (2) Great Britain: A stunning win for India! They had no right to win that match after going down to 10 players in the 17th minute. They defended with their lives repelling wave after wave of GB attack. GB huffed and puffed but could not find a winner past PR Sreejesh. India had the momentum going into the penalty shoot out with GB naturally full of nervous energy. It got to young Conor Williamson as he sent his shot wide. The experienced Roper then could not find a way past Sreejesh. A memorable win for India. One of its finest in modern times!

Boxing, women's 75kg quarter-final: Li Qian takes Round 2 again on three cards. Plenty of clinching again but Li Qian initiates the attack early. However, the Chinese was happy to keep her distance and let her Indian counterpart do the attacking eventually. Lovlina needs to go all out in the final round for a major turnaround.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 4-2 Great Britain penalty shootout: Sreejesh saves from James Roper! Indian can win it with Pal! The youngster dispatches his attempt with ease! India are through to the semi-final for the second Olympic Games in a row!

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 3-2 Great Britain penalty shootout: Williamson fires his attempt wide! Lalit steps up and rolls it into goal! India lead!

Boxing, women's 75kg quarter-final: A fast start from Lovlina, who wants to find her range immediately. The smile and relaxed body language is constant and there is a lot of clinching but Li Qian manages to land a few combinations. The Chinese takes Round 1 on three cards.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 2-2 Great Britain penalty shootout: Wallace scores for GB. Sukhjeet has to wait for a while as there is a tablet PC behind the goal. Like his captain, he waits until the last second to shoot and scores!

Badminton, men's singles semi-final: Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand enters the final. He eases past Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia 21-14, 21-15 in the semi-final.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain penalty shootout: Albery wrong foots Sreejesh and fires the ball past a diving Sreejesh. Harmanpreet steps up, takes his time, and with just a second left, swivels and fires the ball in.

Boxing, women's 75kg quarter-final. In action now will be Lovlina Borgohain against one of the most decorated boxers in her weight division, Li Qian. The last woman standing from Indian boxing in Paris will go up against the Chinese who is a two-time Olympic medallist, a three-time world championships medallist and a two-time Asian Games medallist. Lovlina, an Olympic medalist herself, also has a strong CV but it's the weight change in the Olympics that can really come into play here.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, FT: A superb defensive masterclass from India! Down to 10 players for 48 minutes, they kept GB at bay allowing just one goal, that too after taking the lead. Sreejesh a wall in goal. Harmanpreet, Sumit, Manpreet and Jarmanpreet rocks in defence. GB simply not creative enough and one could argue, do not deserve to win this one. We go to penalty shootout!

Shooting, men's 25m rapid fire, stage 1: As stage 1 ends in the men's 25m rapid fire qualification event, Vijayveer Sidhu is ranked 5th and Anish Bhanwala is 7th. Both scored 293, but Sidhu has 14 inner 10s compared to Bhanwala's 11.

Athletics, men's long jump: Trouble for Aldrin who now has fouled his second jump as well. Radek Juska from Czechia has joined Tentoglou as the second automatic qualifier.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q4: Wallace with a feint to put Sumit off and India lose possession on the counter. “Keep the ball,” yells Fulton on the sideline. One minute left in the match now.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q4: GB tightening the screws now as India loses possession twice now cheaply. Both times GB are unable to find the finishing touch. Under three minutes left in the match now.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q4: Jack Draper has a good chance to score but ends up sending it high above the goal. India go ahead but after a good piece of skill, they end up losing the ball. GB counter and it’s a 2v1 situation. An unmarked Canlan has all the time and space in the world to shoot but Sreejesh pulls out a stunning save!

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q4: A good run from Hardik down the right channel and turns Sorsby inside out twice and wins the free hit. GB allowing India to attack. Hardik wins a free hit on the left corner. Sumit slaps the ball in but it loops up high off Mandeep’s stick. GB free hit.

Athletics, men's long jump: As of now, after the first jump for everybody, only reigning champion Miltiadis Tentoglou has automatically qualified with a first jump of 8.32

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q4: India finally have a sustained spell of possession in the GB half and GB sit back deep. No one presses Harmanpreet as he just stands with the ball in the centre of the pitch. Recovering energy and eating up time. GB finally have 11 players and India are pegged back in their half once again. A speculative slap from deep by GB. Sreejesh traps it with his right boot and kicks it to the side. GB try to play a cross-field aerial but give away a foul.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q4: Relief for India as Shipperley gets a green card. India back up to 10 players and it’s all square for two minutes. Chants of “India! India!” ring around the stadium.

Athletics, men's long jump: Aldrin's first attempt is a red flag and has two more attempts left.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q4: GB gets us underway and attack straightaway eager to take full advantage of India being down to nine players. India clear and try to counter but lose possession. GB attack but end up giving the ball away again. India play long ball, lose possession and GB attack once again.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, End of Q3: Boos ring across the stadium as Sorsby goes down to the turf. Sumit cleared the ball after the whistle had gone with the ball hitting Albery. Albery gets up but Sorsby, weirdly, stays down. Sumit gets a green card for hitting the ball after the whistle had been blown. India down to nine players for 10 seconds in this quarter and 110 seconds in the next. Craig Fulton applauds, sarcastically I presume, on the sideline.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q3: GB win a PC with just under a minute left. India review confidentially saying that there was no foot. Replays confirm that with Manpreet getting his stick down in time. The match will restart with a bully. India had possession before the PC was given. GB give the ball back to India who just hoick it the other way. GB restart again.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q3: GB attack, India defend solidly and win possession, India give away possession and GB get on the attack once again. That has been what the third quarter has been about so far with two minutes left on the clock.

Athletics, men's long jump: Aldrin's personal best is 8.42m back in the Indian Open Jumps competition in Bellary in 2023. Will be interesting to see how far he can go.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q3: Lovely aerial ball from deep by Harmanpreet. Sumit does well to take the ball down while sprinting down the right. Beats a couple of defenders and fires the ball in. It is blocked with Abhishek trying to win it back on the line but gives away a free hit.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q3: The ball comes off of Manpreet’s foot and GB have another PC. Sreejesh denies Sorsby with another good save and India deal with the rebound effectively. Sreejesh unhappy with something and lets the umpire know about it.

Athletics, men's long jump: Jeswin Aldrin will now take to the Stade de France in the men's long jump qualification round. If Aldrin can cross the mark of 8.15m, he will secure automatic qualification to the final. Each jumper will have three jumps to accomplish this.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q3: Back to back PC for GB and Sreejesh equal to the task both times. Saved it from Ward and both times and then denies Calnan off the rebound.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q3: We are finally shown a replay of the Shipperley chance. The GB man hit the post from a yard out with no one to beat. Sreejesh dived back to smother the rebound. A huge let off for India.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q3: India get on the counter with Hardik dancing around his marker and winning a free hit. Finds Mandeep who is under pressure and eventually commits a foul.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q3: GB gets us underway and immediately lay siege on the Indian defence. Sreejesh with a good save to deny Shipperley at the far post! The Indian goalkeeper looks to have injured himself and calls for the spray which takes time to arrive. Sreejesh just dusts himself up off the turf and gets on with it.

Shooting, men's 25m rapid fire, stage 1: Good start from Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala. They finish stage 1 ranked third and fourth respectively, with both scoring a total of 293. At the end of Stage 2, which will begin at 4.30 pm, the top six shooters will move into the final.

Badminton, women's singles semi-final: He Bing Jiao, the shuttler who beat PV Sindhu in the Round of 16 a few days back is an Olympic finalist now.

He advances to the gold medal match after former champion Carolina Marin withdraws with a knee injury. The Chinese shuttler will play South Korea's world No 1 An Se Young in the women's singles final.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, HT: Great Britain look to get another goal in with a minute left on the clock. They pass the ball around the Indian 23m zone. Sumit puts in a good tackle and is then fouled. India run down the clock to end the first half level. An eventful 30 minutes of hockey with two goals and a rare red card being shown in the match. India will have to put an almighty defensive shift in the second half and there will be more pressure on Harmanpreet to deliver when India win PCs.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-1 Great Britain, Q2: Great Britain score! The cross is slapped in from the right. Sreejesh steps up and boots it but straight at Morton. The GB player shoots, Sreejesh makes the initial save but the ball bounces off him and lands inside the goal!

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-0 Great Britain, Q2: GB win possession high and counter. Rupert Shipperley makes the run towards goal but misses the ball completely. India need to be patient in possession.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-0 Great Britain, Q2: Lee Morton wins GB a PC After he was obstructed by Prasad. PC number 50 in Paris for GB. Can they get their sixth PC goal? No they cannot. They went for the variation but Manpreet read it well and blocks Ward’s attempt.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 1-0 Great Britain, Q2: Harmanpreet scores! What a time to score! There is no second batter on the edge of the circle with Rohidas sent off. There’s only Harmanpreet to defend for GB but they leave a yawing gap for Harmanpreet to target and he rockets it in with venom! Craig Fulton is pumped up as is the team. He chirps at the GB bench as well!

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q2: Delightful from Prasad! Superb dribbling skill to get past two defenders on the goalline. He fizzes the pass in where Pal tries to shove it in. There’a goalmouth scramble with Payne on the turf and India have a PC!

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q2: Manpreet Singh with a bad tackle and gives away a PC. Sreejesh makes a superb save which instantly starts the Indian counter. Abhishek makes his way to the circle before going for a reverse hit. It sails high above the goal!

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q2: Amit Rohidas is sent off! Rohidas with a bad foul. He was making his way up the pitch with William Calnan pressing him. Rohidas raises his stick and catches Calnan flush on his face. The TV umpire says it was deliberate from Rohidas and he should be sent off! India down to 10 players for the rest of the match!

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q2: Sumit gives away the ball cheaply and makes up for it. Wallace shot at goal, saw his shot saved by Sreejesh. He got on the rebound but Sumit gets his stick on it. Sam Ward reviews. The umpire says that he had given GB the advantage but goes up to the TV umpire. No reason to change the decision and GB lose their review. Not a good referral from the experienced Ward.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, End of Q1: A good quarter of hockey comes to an end with both sides having chances but unable to convert. Abhishek had the best chance to score a field goal but Payne dealt with it well. The Indian midfield needs to start asserting themselves.

Athletics, women's 3000m steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary records a personal best time of 9:23.39, but it is not enough. She finishes eighth and her campaign at the Paris Games comes to an end.

Only top-5 from the heat advance to the final.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q1: India win their first PC of the match. Vivek Sagar Prasad does not trap it cleanly. He takes matters into his own hands and slaps it at goal. Wins another PC. It is charged down and it will be another PC. This time Harmanpreet gets past the runners but Payne does well to kick it away.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q1: Another GB PC. And what a superb piece of defending from Jarmanpreet Singh and Sreejesh. The former did well to block Zach Wallace’s drag flick on the line. Sreejesh reacted quickly to turn around and whack the ball off the line before any GB players could pounce on it.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q1: India attack twice in quick succession. The second chance is created as Harmanpreet Singh presses high and wins possession. Hardik feeds it to Abhishek hits the ball with venom. Ollie Payne does well to save it with his boot.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q1: PR Sreejesh has been proactive in dealing with GB crosses. Not staying on his line but coming out to cut them out before they can reach a GB stick.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q1: Good dribbling from Raj Kumar Pal under pressure. Goes one way and then another and manages to sit Lee Morton down and wins the free hit.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q1: Tom Sorsby gets past Hardik Singh and shoots at goal. It bounced high and Amit Rohidas blocks it. It bounced above waist high and India get the free hit out. GB review asking for a foot. And it did hit Sumit’s foot. First penalty corner of the match goes to GB. Rohidas does well on first rushing duties to block the drag flick. GB get another PC. Rohidas does well to block it again, legally this time.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India 0-0 Great Britain, Q1: It has been an even start to the match so far. GB have made a couple of circle penetrations but not done anything to trouble the Indian defence. India are taking their time to settle in.

Hockey, men’s quarter-final, India vs Great Britain: It’s the start of the knockout stages and we get underway with eight-time champions India taking on three-time champions Great Britain in the quarter-finals.

The two teams have faced off 23 times with GB winning 13 encounters, India winning 8 and two matches ending in a draw. GB are on a four-match unbeaten run against India with three wins and a draw. However, the last time India beat GB, it was at this same stage at the Tokyo Olympics. In fact, India have beaten GB five times at the Olympic Games with GB only winning twice.

India come into this match on the back of a morale-boosting win over Australia in their final Pool B match while GB lost a close match to World Cup winners Germany. Both India and GB have been solid at the back and boast the joint-second meanest defence in Paris so far with only Germany and Argentina (six goals) conceding fewer goals than India and GB (seven goals).

Athletics, women's 3000m steeplechase Round 1: After a decent run in the women's 5000m, Parul Chaudhary shifts her focus to her pet event – the 3000m steeplechase.

Chaudhary will compete in the first heat slated to start at 1.35pm IST. She'll need to finish in top 5 of the 12-member field to advance to the final. The Indian will surely need a season best timing here to stand any chance.

Shooting, women's skeet qualification: Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon continue their women's skeet qualification on Day 2. The Top 6 shooters qualify for finals.

Badminton, women's singles semi-final: Reigning world champion and top seed An Se Young moves to the Olympic final on debut. She beats Indonesia's Georgia Mariska Tunjung 11-21, 21-13, 16-21 after being a game down.

An will next face either former champion Carolina Marin or He Bing Jiao in the gold medal match.

Shooting, men’s 25m rapid fire pistol: Anish Bhanwala, in third relay, will begin his shots soon in the first stage of qualification.

Shooting, men’s 25m rapid fire pistol: Sidhu scores 97 out of 100 in the third series and finishes on the third spot with a total of 293-14x. Sidhu will be back for the second stage of the qualification at 4:30pm IST.

Shooting, men’s 25m rapid fire pistol: Sidhu scores 98 out of 100 in the second series and climbs up to the fifth spot with a total of 196-9x.

Shooting, men’s 25m rapid fire pistol: Vijayveer Sidhu, competing in the first relay, scores 98 out of 100 in the first series and currently holds sixth place.

Badminton, men's singles: Reigning champion Viktor Axelsen is all set for the semi-final. The Danish shuttler will go up against India's Lakshya Sen as he looks to replicate the great Lin Dan's feat of defending the men's singles Olympic crown.

Shooting, men’s 25m rapid fire pistol: Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala will kickstart their Olympics campaign today. The qualification round will consist of two stages, each comprising three series of 10 shots. The top 6 shooters after both stages are completed will qualify.

Golf, men's individual Round 4: Last day of men's golf today. There's a tough catchup for the Indians as both Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar seem out of medal contention.

Sharma is joined 34 with a total of 211 while Bhullar is tied 48 with 215. Tommy Fleetwood from Great Britain, who is currently in third place, has a score of 200.

Golf resumes at 12.30 pm.

Clash of titans on Roland Garros

It will be a clash of titans when Serbia’s Novak Djokovic takes on Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in a blockbuster clash to decide who wins the men’s singles tennis gold in Paris.

While the 37-year-old insists that the young Spaniard is “favourite” for gold, the Serbian himself would be eyeing the top of the podium – if he wins, he would join the likes of Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams as the fifth player to complete the quartet of Grand Slam titles and an Olympics gold medal.

At 37, Djokovic would be the oldest Olympic tennis singles champion since the sport returned to the Games at Seoul in 1988.

At 21, Alcaraz would be the youngest of all time.

(Text from AFP)

Noah Lyles looks to end 20-year gold medal drought in 100m sprint

All eyes will be on Noah Lyles of the United States of America when he steps up to the starting block in the Stade de France on Sunday.

Lyles is bidding to become the first American sprinter since Justin Gatlin in Athens 2004 to win gold in the men’s 100m. It will be a matter of restoring pride to the country after Sha'Carri Richardson suffered a surprise defeat to Julien Alfred in the rainy women's 100m final on Saturday.

But Lyles, who came in second in his heat on Saturday, faces stiff competition. Those posing a threat to the American include reigning champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy, who looks imperious as ever in his return from injury. Alongside Jacobs, Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson and Great Britain’s Louie Hinchcliffe, the latter beating Lyles in his heat.

(Text inputs from AFP)

Here’s the medal standings at the start of Day 9. India is down in 53rd position with three bronze medals.

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It is a big day for the Indian contingent.

As it stands, India has won three medals so far at the Paris Olympics – all three from shooting, all three bronze. But Lovlina Borgohain has a chance to add to the tally when she takes on China’s Li Quan in the women’s 75kg boxing quarter-final. A win will assure Borgohain a second Olympic medal after she won bronze in Tokyo 2020.

Her bout will start at 3.02 pm. But a short while later, Lakshya Sen will have a chance at creating more history for India.

Already, he is the first from the country to reach the semi-final of the men’s singles badminton event, and the third Indian to ever reach this far at the Olympics in the sport – after Saina Nehwal (London 2012) and PV Sindhu (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020).

Today he takes on the defending champion and world No 1 Viktor Axelsen. A win will take Sen into the gold medal match. A loss will see him move into the bronze-medal match. Either way, he’s just one win from a medal.

The day however starts with some golf and shooting action, while the men’s hockey team will take on Great Britain in the quarter-final at 1.30 pm.

Stay tuned!

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