Tokyo Olympics: Medal for Lovlina Borgohain; P V Sindhu closes in

The women too kept their hopes of moving ahead alive with Navneet Kaur scoring a late winner against Ireland for a 1-0 win

Debutant boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) provided the spark that India’s Olympic campaign desperately needed with a medal-clinching quarterfinal win, while ace shuttler P V Sindhu reconfirmed her status as one of the greats of the sport as the country enjoyed a largely successful day 7 at the Games on Friday.

Borgohain, all of 23 and already a two-time world championship medallist, took a big step in making her own space in the Indian women’s boxing’s landscape, which has been largely dominated by the iconic M C Mary Kom.

She defeated former world champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to become the first