The Indian women’s team will face Germany in their second hockey match at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games.
India got off to a winning start on Day 3 of the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games as Bhavani Devi, the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics, beat Tunisian Nadia Azizi 15-3 in the individual saber event women but failed to defeat world number 4 Manon Brunet of France in the round of 16.
Tokyo 2020 medal count
Check out the Tokyo 2020 India schedule for July 26 here
The Indian men’s archery team are withdrawing from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after losing their quarter-final match to Korea. Earlier, the men’s archery team won their Round of 16 playoff 6-2 against Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, Chirag and Satwiksairaj’s pair of doubles lost their second match against the seeded Indonesian pair.
Paddler Manika Batra is said to be looking to make table tennis history, when she takes on Austria’s Sofia Polcanova around 1:00 p.m. IST today.
Experienced Indian paddler Sharath Kamal won his men’s singles match (2-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9) against Portuguese Tiago Apolonia and advance to the next round. He will play against one of the greats of table tennis, Chinese Ma Long in his next match.
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India Olympic Games Matches Today
| Fencing | |||
| Events | Indian participants / matches | Time (IST) | Results |
| Individual Women’s Saber Table of 64 | Bhavani Devi | WIN | 15-3 |
| Individual Women’s Saber Table of 32 | Bhavani Devi against the French Manon Brunet | Loses | 15-7 |
| Archery | |||
| Men’s team eliminations 1/8 | India vs. Kazakhstan | India wins | 6-2 |
| Men’s quarter-finals | India vs. South Korea | India loses | 6-0 |
| Filming | |||
| Men’s Skeet Qualifying – Day 2 | Angad and Mairaj | In progress | To be determined |
| Table tennis | |||
| Men’s singles, round 2 | Sharath Kamal vs. Tiago Apolonia (Portugal) | Sharath wins | 4-2 |
| ladies’ singles round 2 | Sutirtha mukherjee | Loses | 4-0 |
| ladies’ singles round 3 | Manika Batra vs Sofia Polcanova (Austria) | 1:00 p.m. | To be determined |
| Tennis | |||
| Men’s singles, round 2 | Sumit Nagal vs. Daniil Medvedev (ROC) | Nagal loses | 6-2, 6-1 |
| Veil | |||
| Laser Men Race 02 | Vishnu Sarvanan | 8:35 a.m. (rescheduled) | To be determined |
| Laser Men Race 03 | Vishnu Sarvanan | 9:10 a.m. (rescheduled) | To be determined |
| Laser Radial Women Course 03 | Nethra Kumanan | 11:05 | To be determined |
| Laser Radial Women Course 04 | Nethra Kumanan | 12h00 | To be determined |
| Badminton | |||
| Group stage of men’s doubles – Group A | Satwik and Chirag vs. Kevin and Marcus (Indonesia) | India loses | (21-13, 21-12) |
| Boxing | |||
| Midfield Men (69-75kg) Round of 16 | Ashish Kumar vs. Erbieke Tuoheta (China) | 3:06 p.m. | To be determined |
| Swimming | |||
| 20m butterfly men – series 2 | Sajan Prakash | 3:50 p.m. | To be determined |
| Hockey | |||
| Female hockey | India vs. Germany | 5:45 p.m. | To be determined |
Sailors Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan will also be in action as they prepare for laser radial races three and four.
Sajan Prakash, who became the first Indian swimmer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, will also be in action for the first time at Tokyo 2020. In addition, boxer Ashish Kumar will play his round of 16 match.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Live Stream India and Stream Details
The live broadcast of the matches of the Olympic Games in India will take place on Sony Sports Network. Sony TEN 1 HD / SD, Sony TEN 2 HD / SD and Sony SIX HD / SD with commentary in English. Sony TEN 3 HD / SD will live stream the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games with commentary in Hindi. DD Sports will be streaming India’s matches live on its DTH Live service.
Live streaming of the 2021 Olympics will be available on the Sony LIV app and website.
Stay tuned for live updates from the 2021 Olympics….
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