Olympics highlights: It's India men's hockey team vs Germany for bronze

India's men's hockey team will play the bronze medal match on August 5 against Germany.

6:51 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, men's hockey semifinal: India vs Belgium

Men's hockey: INDIA vs BELGIUM -- SEMIFINALS

Indian men's hockey team stats
 

6:50 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, men's hockey semifinal: India vs Belgium

Men's hockey: INDIA vs BELGIUM -- SEMIFINALS

Indian hockey team stats
 

6:46 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, men's hockey semifinal: India vs Belgium

Men's hockey: INDIA vs BELGIUM -- SEMIFINALS

Belgium starting line-up
 

6:40 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, women's javelin throw qualification: Annu Rani in action

Women's Javelin throw: Qualification - Group A

India's Annu Rani finishes 14th with 54.04 metres.
 

6:33 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, men's hockey semifinal: India vs Belgium

Men's hockey: INDIA vs BELGIUM -- SEMIFINALS

The starting line up of India is out. 

6:29 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, women's javelin throw qualification: Annu Rani in action

Women's Javelin throw: Qualification - Group A

India's Annu Rani is ranked at 14th position after she hit the distance of 53.19 metres. The qualification mark is 63 metres.
 

6:07 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, women's javelin throw qualification: Annu Rani in action

Women's Javelin throw: Qualification - Group A

Poland's ANDREJCZYK Maria becomes the first athlete to breach the qualification mark of 63 metres. She threw the javelin at a distance of 65.24 metres.
 

6:01 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, women's javelin throw qualification: Annu Rani in action

Women's Javelin throw: Qualification - Group A

SZILAGYI Reka of Hungary throws the javelin to the distance of 57.95 metres.
 

5:59 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, women's javelin throw qualification: Annu Rani in action

Women's Javelin throw: Qualification - Group A

Here comes the Indian athete, Annu Rani and throws the javelin at the distance of 50.35 metres in her first attempt. But this score is very less than the her season best performance of 63 metres.
 

5:56 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, women's javelin throw qualification: Annu Rani in action

Women's Javelin throw: Qualification - Group A

KHALADOVICH Tatsiana of Belarus throw the javelin at the distance of 60.78 metres.

5:54 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates, women's javelin throw qualification: Annu Rani in action

Women's Javelin throw: Qualification - Group A

The qualification round begins

5:32 AM

At an extraordinary Olympics, acts of kindness abound

A surfer jumping in to translate for the rival who'd just beaten him. High-jumping friends agreeing to share a gold medal rather than move to a tiebreaker. Two runners falling in a tangle of legs, then helping each other to the finish line.

 

In an extraordinary Olympic Games where mental health has been front and center, acts of kindness are everywhere. The world's most competitive athletes have been captured showing gentleness and warmth to one another celebrating, pep-talking, wiping away one another's tears of disappointment.

 

Kanoa Igarashi of Japan was disappointed when he lost to Brazilian Italo Ferreira in their sport's Olympic debut.

 

Not only did he blow his shot at gold on the beach he grew up surfing, he was also being taunted online by racist Brazilian trolls.

 

The Japanese-American surfer could have stewed in silence, but he instead deployed his knowledge of Portuguese, helping to translate a press conference question for Ferreira on the world stage.

 

The crowd giggled hearing the cross-rival translation and an official thanked the silver medalist for the assist.

 

"Yes, thank you, Kanoa," said a beaming Ferreira, who is learning English.

 

Days later, at the Olympic Stadium, Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy and Mutaz Barshim of Qatar found themselves in a situation they'd talked about but never experienced they were tied.

 

Both high jumpers were perfect until the bar was set to the Olympic-record height of 2.39 meters (7 feet, 10 inches). Each missed three times.

 

They could have gone to a jump-off, but instead decided to share the gold.

 

"I know for a fact that for the performance I did, I deserve that gold. He did the same thing, so I know he deserved that gold," Barshim said.
 

5:24 AM

Men's hockey team eyes end to Olympic medal drought; Belgium in way

Handling the immense burden of expectations would perhaps be the key when the Indian men's hockey team takes on world champion Belgium, aiming to secure a place in the Olympic finals and with it, a medal for the first time in 41 years here on Tuesday.

 

With 11 Olympic medals, eight of them gold, in its kitty, India has a rich history in the Games and the Manpreet Singh-led side seems on course to resurrect that glorious past.

 

The Indians achieved the semifinal slot by beating Great Britain 3-1 in the quarterfinals on Sunday, and are now in touching distance of a medal.

 

India's last of the eight Olympic gold medals came way back in 1980 Moscow Games but there were no semifinals in that edition as only six teams participated in the event.

 

For a country that gave the world stalwarts like Major Dhyan Chand and Balbir Singh Senior among others, it has been especially painful to watch the hockey teams' Olympic debacles before this edition.

 

The last time India featured in the semifinals of the Olympics was in 1972 Munich Games where they lost 0-2 to arch-rivals Pakistan.

 

The Graham Reid-coached current side knows very well that another good outing against Belgium on Tuesday would etch its name in the history books in golden words no matter the colour of the medal.

 

The Indians are on a four-match winning streak after the 1-7 drubbing against Australia in their second pool match and come Tuesday, Manpreet and his teammates would look to continue the momentum. READ MORE

5:11 AM

Tokyo Olympics 2021 live updates

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Day 11 action in Tokyo 2020 Summer OLympic Games. India men's hockey to play against Belgium in the semifinal.