Tokyo 2020: I played the best game possible, says TT star Sharath Kamal after crashing out in round 3

HIGHLIGHTS Sharath Kamal lost to China’s Ma Long in the men’s singles table tennis round 3 on Tuesday Sharath Kamal’s defeat brought an end to India’s challenge in table tennis at Tokyo 2020 I played the best game possible and this has been my best Olympic Games: Sharath Kamal Indian table…

Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu says thank you for treating her with delicious pizzas

HIGHLIGHTS Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal in women’s weightlifting 49kg category at Tokyo 2020 Dominos India offered free pizza to Mirabai after her historic silver at Tokyo Games My family and I appreciate the gesture from Domino’s Pizzas, says Mirabai Chanu Dominos India, who offered Mirabai Chanu to…

Tokyo Olympics: China come from behind to beat US to 10m air rifle mixed team gold

HIGHLIGHTS The Chinese came from behind to win despite a rare mistake by Qian in the early rounds, scoring in the sevens Qian had won the first gold of the Tokyo Olympics in women’s 10m air rifle Yulia Karimova and Sergey Kamenskiy of the ROC beat Taeyun Nam and Eunji Kwon from Republic of Korea to win…

India in England: In-form Indian batsman KL Rahul hopes for Test career revival in testing conditions

HIGHLIGHTS Kl Rahul scored an unbeaten 101 in India’s tour game against County Select XI India’s tour of England in 2018, Rahul played a knock of 149 at The Oval Kl Rahul has not played Test cricket for past two years It has been two years since KL Rahul played Test cricket. His last Test was against West…

IND vs SL, 2nd T20I preview: Shikhar Dhawan-led India aim to wrap up series against hosts Sri Lanka

HIGHLIGHTS India will try to wrap up the T20I series against Sri Lanka SL will look to restore parity in 3-match T20I series vs India India are likely to roll out the same combination in the second contest Shikhar Dhawan-led India will aim to seal the T20 International series when they take on Sri Lanka in the second…

Tokyo Olympics: 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby of US pulls off stunning victory in women’s 100m breastroke

HIGHLIGHTS Lydia Jacoby of the US wins women’s 100m breakstroke gold Rio Olympic champion and world record holder Lilly King bags bronze Jacoby is first Alaskan native to win an Olympic swimming gold medal Lydia Jacoby, 17, pipped Tatjana Schoenmaker to gold, touching in a time of 1:04.95 with the South African 0.27…

Tokyo Olympics: Naomi Osaka knocked out after stunning straight-set defeat to in women’s singles tennis

HIGHLIGHTS Osaka was one of the favourites to win gold at Tokyo The world No.2 lost 6-1, 6-4 to Vondrousova in the third round Osaka won her opening two matches in straight sets following a two-month mental-health break. World No.2 and home favourite Naomi Osaka was knocked out of women’s singles tennis at the…

Tokyo Olympics: Typhoon alert forces organisers move surfing schedule, medals to be decided a day early

HIGHLIGHTS Surfing is making its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 The Japan Meteorological Agency said Nepartak was headed northwest over the Pacific Ocean east of Japan on Monday with landfall expected Tuesday afternoon In advance, organisers made the first major alterations to the Olympic archery schedule because of…

Tokyo 2020: 57-year-old Al-Rashidi wins bronze for Kuwait 4 years after sporting Arsenal jersey in Rio final

HIGHLIGHTS Abdullah Al-Rashidi won the skeet men’s bronze at Tokyo Games At 57, Al-Rashidi won his 2nd Olympic medal in his 7th Games appearance Al-Rashidi competed as an Independent athlete in Rio in 2016 On a day when a 13-year-old from Japan won the skateboarding gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, a 57-year-old…

Tokyo Olympics: South Korea beat Taiwan to clinch gold in men’s archery, Japan bag bronze

HIGHLIGHTS South Korea won their second straight gold in the men’s archery South Korea brushed aside Taiwan in the final to win gold medal South Korean men’s team has win gold 6 times at the Olympics South Korea has defended its Olympic men’s archery team title at the Tokyo Games. After surviving a close…