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GOAL! Rupinder Pal Singh scores from penalty corner. A powerful strike from the set piece specialist of India, there was no stopping that one. He scores his second of the day. India go 3-0 up with 9 minutes to go for the final hooter.

There was drama right at the end of the third quarter. The hooter went off just before Spain scored, it was disallowed. But just before the hooter went off, the referee had played the advantage when it was a clear penalty corner. Spain went for a referral and the TV umpire awarded them penalty corner but they failed to convert. India 2-0 Spain at the end of Q3

Despite the 2-0 lead, India are continuously pressing forward and looking for more goals. That's the right way to go forward in hockey. They nearly got their third through Dilpreet. 6 minutes to in Q3.

The third quarter begins. India need to maintain the intensity, Spain will come hard at them.

India maintain their lead, no goals in the second quarter but some exciting hockey played by both the sides. India 2-0 Spain at halftime.

A successful review for Spain and they get a penalty corner. But no harm done to India as the shot was wide. India 2-0 Spain with 6 minutes to go for halftime.

Brilliant from Sreejesh. He stands like a wall to save the penalty corner from Spain and keep India ahead. India 2-0 Spain three minutes into the second quarter.

GOAL! Rupinder puts India 2-0 ahead. It was a hat-trick of penalty corners for India, Rupinder Pal failed to convert but his powerful last stroke resulted in a penalty stroke for India and he did not miss there. India 2-0 Spain at the end of Q1 in men’s hockey pool a match

GOAL! India score. They were pressing forward, building more numbers and finally they get the result. It's Simranjeet who gives India the lead. India 1-0 Spain

Penalty corner for Spain, first real chance to get on the board but they miss. The referee is now checking for Spain's appeal for another penalty corner. It's a long corner, India avoid danger. It's still 0-0

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It is as close as it gets here on. India are still languishing at the bottom of the half with a few shots remaining.

Good positive start by India. They are clearly pressing forward and building more and more pressure on Spain's defense forcing them to resort to long balls from back end.

India vs Spain Men's Hockey match begins.

Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary off to a slow start in the first series. Currently at the bottom of the pack. Need to find rhythm.

India are in 4th position while Spain are in 5th in Pool A. A win today for India will give them a very good chance of advancing to the quarterfinals. The players are lined up, were are minutes away from the start of what promises to be a cracker of a contest. National anthems begin, starting with India's.

India men's hockey team is all set to take on Spain in their pool A match. This is an all important game for the Indian side after they had a mixed bag in the first two games. They won 3-2 against New Zealand but were hammered 7-1 by Australia.

In the mixed-team shooting qualification stage 2, all shooters from a team will shoot two series of 5 shots each. The top 2 will compete for gold medal, 3rd and 4th will compete for bronze medal.

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Perfect second series for Saurabh Chaudhary. He is on fire today. Manu Bhaker struggled a bit in the second series, scoring a series of 9 pointers, but Chaudhary's scores kept them in the top. Abhishek Verma, Yashaswini Singh Deswal look are still at the bottom of the pack and things look difficult from here on.

Excellent start for Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary who start off with scores of 97 and 98 to take top spot in the first series. Abhishek Verma, Yashaswini Singh off to a slow start.

Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker and Yeshahswini Singh Deswal/Abhishek Verma are in action for India in the mixed-team 10m air pistol qualifiers

Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker and Yeshahswini Singh Deswal/Abhishek Verma are in action for India in the mixed-team 10m air pistol qualifiers set to begin in a few minutes

05:30 am IST: Shooting 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification - Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker and Yeshahswini Deswal/Abhishek Verma

6:30 am IST: Men's Hockey Pool A Match - India vs Spain

8:30 am IST: Badminton Men's Doubles Group A Match - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Ben Lane/Sean Vendy (Great Britain)

8:30 am IST: Table Tennis Men's Singles Round 3 Match - Sharath Kamal vs Ma Long (China)

08:35 am IST: Sailing Women's Laser Radial Race 5 & 6 - Nethra Kumanan

08:45 am IST: Sailing Men's Laser Race 5 & 6 - Vishnu Saravanan

9:45 am IST: Shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification - Elavenil Valarivan/Divyansh Singh Panwar and Anjum Moudgil/Deepak Kumar

11:33 am IST: Boxing Women's 69kg Round of 16 Bout - Lovlina Borgohain vs Nadine Apetz (Germany)

11:50 am IST: Sailing Men's Skiff 49er Men's Race 1, 2 & 3 - KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar