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Tokyo Olympics 2021 Live Updates: India beat Japan in hockey, PV Sindhu in semis; Lovlina assured of a medal
PV Sindhu got the better of Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in straight games 21-13, 22-20 to enter the women's singles semifinals. Sindhu will play Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-Ying for a place in the final. Debutant Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) assured India of their first boxing medal at the ongoing Olympic Games when she upstaged former world champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the semifinals. The 23-year-old Assam boxer will square off against reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey. Indian men's hockey team ended its group stage with a 5-3 victory over Japan. Indian woman archer Deepika Kumari crashed out after losing to Korea's An San in the quarters. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India.Read Less
Indian men's hockey team beats Japan 5-3 to end pool engagements on a high
The Indian men's hockey team registered a comprehensive 5-3 win over hosts Japan to cement its quarter-final spot with a second-place finish in Pool A at the Olympics on Friday. Already assured of a quarterfinal berth going into the match, India scored through Gurjant Singh (17th, 56th), Harmanpreet Singh (13th), Shamsher Singh (34th) and Nilakanta Sharma (51st) to register their third consecutive win at the Oi Hockey Stadium. By virtue of this win, India finished second in Pool A behind Australia with four victories out of five Games. (PTI Photo)
UPDATE | Fencing - Japan wins gold in men's team epee
Japan won gold in the men's team epee fencing competition in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday. The Russian Olympic Committee took silver, and South Korea claimed bronze. (Getty Images)
Equestrian Update | India's Fouaad Mirza is at 7th position after two sessions in Eventing Dressage Individual event
(AP Photo)
Athletics Update | India finished 8th with a season best timing of 3:19.93 in the 4x400m Relay Mixed Round 1 - Heat 2. With it, India failed to qualify for the final as only the top three advance into it directly from the two heats, and the two best timings, from the remaining teams, get the final two spots.
Hockey Update | India beat Japan 5-3 to finish 2nd in Pool A
Indian men's hockey team defeated hosts Japan 5-3 in their final Pool A game to finish second in the standings behind Australia. Indian team had already qualified for the quarter-final stage.
Hockey Update | GOAL! India 5-3 Japan
59' - GOAL!!! Murata scores for Japan. The hosts still trail by two goals with less than 2 minutes left in the contest.
Hockey Update | GOAL! India 5-2 Japan
57' - GOAL!!! Gurjant Singh scores his second goal. India now lead 5-2 with less than 5 minutes to go.
Hockey Update | GOAL! India 4-2 Japan
51' - GOAL!!!! Nilakanta Sharma scores to extend India's lead to 4-2 against Japan.
Badminton Update | Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-Ying beats Thailand's Intanon Ratchanok 14-21, 21-18, 21-18 in 67 minutes to set up a semi-final clash with India's PV Sindhu.
Hockey Update | End of Q3: India lead Japan 3-2
Another two-goal quarter in Tokyo. Japan levelled the scoreline with a goal from Watanabe early in the third quarter. But a minute later, Shamsher Singh restored India's lead with a good field goal. India have a slender advantage going into the final quarter.
Hockey Update | GOAL! India 3-2 Japan
34' - GOAL!!! Shamsher Singh scores to restore India's slender lead in the game. Good field goal from Shamsher.
Hockey Update | GOAL! India 2-2 Japan
33' - GOAL!!! Watanabe scores the equaliser for Japan. It's level at 2-2 now.
I'm happy but it's not over yet. For me it's time to go back, relax and get ready for the next match. I'm happy but I need to prepare for the next match. There were some very long rallies. The second game was very important, I was leading and Akane came back - so I couldn't relax. On my side there were a few errors. I wasn't nervous even though she was at game point, my coach was saying: 'It's okay, keep the focus and you'll get there'. He was constantly supporting me and that got me by and I'm happy I got back in two games.
PV Sindhu after beating Akane Yamaguchi to reach semifinals
UPDATE | Judo - Czech Krpalek wins men's +100 kg category
Czech Lukas Krpalek won the Olympic gold medal in the men's judo +100 kg category on Friday, defeating Guram Tushishvili of Georgia in the final. Bronze medals went to Teddy Riner of France and Tamerlan Bashaev of the Russia Olympic Committee. (AFP Photo)
Hockey Update | End of Q2: India lead Japan 2-1 at the halftime break
Gurjant Singh increased India's lead early in the second quarter, when he tapped in one in the 17th minute. But the hosts Japan came back strongly to reduce the lead two minutes later with Tanaka scoring a brilliant field goal. India, who are already qualified for the quarterfinals, kept their one goal lead at the halftime break.
TENNIS | Djokovic downed by Zverev in men's semi-final upset
Novak Djokovic was beaten 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 by Germany's Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals of the men's singles at the Tokyo Games, dashing the Serbian's dream of winning his first singles gold medal and completing a Golden Slam. Djokovic had been aiming to become the first man to win all four majors and Olympic gold in the same calendar year, matching the feat Steffi Graf achieved in 1988. (Reuters Photo)
UPDATE | Judo - Japanese judoka Sone wins women's +78 kg category in Tokyo
Japanese judoka Akira Sone won the Olympics gold medal in the women's judo +78 kg category on Friday, defeating Idalys Ortiz of Cuba in the final. Bronze medals went to Iryna Kindzerska of Azerbaijan and Romane Dicko of France. (AP Photo)
BREAKING | Djokovic's hopes of winning 'Golden Slam' this year dashed by Zverev
Novak Djokovic knocked out after losing 6–1, 3-6, 1-6 to Alexander Zverev in the men's singles semi-final.
Hockey Update | GOAL! India 2-1 Japan
19' - GOAL!!! Tanaka scores a brilliant field goal to reduce the lead to 1-2 against India.
Hockey Update | GOAL! India 2-0 Japan
GOAL!!! Gurjant Singh taps one in to increase India's lead to 2-0 in the 17th minute.