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Tokyo 2020 Highlights Day 7: Sindhu enters semifinals; Boxer Lovlina assures medal; India finish 2nd in men's Pool A
Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 7: PV Sindhu advanced into the semifinals of the women's singles event by beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi. Lovlina Borgohain assured India a medal in boxing welterweight. The women's hockey team defeated Ireland, while the men's team defeated Japan 5-3.
Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 7: Shuttler PV Sindhu entered the semifinals of the women's singles event after beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in straight games. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain assured a medal for India, defeating Chinese Taipei's Nien-Chin Chen to reach women's welterweight semifinals. Deepika Kumari was knocked out after losing to Korea's An San in the quarterfinals of the women's individual archery. India women's hockey team beat Ireland 1-0 in pool A match. Boxer Simranjit Kaur failed to reach the quarterfinal after losing her round of 16 match. Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat failed to reach the Women's 25m Pistol final. India 3000m steeplechase athlete Avinash Sable set a new National Record but was unable to qualify to the next round. India's sailor Vishnu Saravanan, finished 15th in the Men's One Person Dinghy Laser Race 10 and 27th in the overall standings. The men's hockey team defeated Japan 5-3 in a thrilling encounter. However, The 4X400m Relay Mixed team of India finished ninth in the Round 1 Heat 2 with their season-best timing of 3:19.93....Read More
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That's all!
That's all the action we have for you today. Thank you so much for joining us. We will be back with all the action from Day 8 tomorrow morning. We shall see you then. Until then, it's goodnight. CIAO!
Equestrian update
Equestrian-Dressage Day 1 Session 2 - India's Fouaad Mirza, the lone competitor from the country in the fray, finishes in the seventh place.
Golf update
After two rounds of stroke play in the SECOND ROUND of the event, Anirban Lahiri remains at T20, while Udayan Mane is tied 57th.
(A notice on the official website (Timings IST) Round 2 will resume, in position, at 11:15 Saturday, 31 July. Approximate Round 3 tee times will be 13:00 to 14:48 on the 1st and 10th tees in groups of three athletes.
IT'S OFFICIAL! India fail to make the final
Athletics update:
The 4X400m Relay Mixed team of Alex Antony, Sarthak Bhambri, Revathi Veeramani & Subha Venkatesan finish ninth in the Round 1 Heat 2.
India finish with their season-best timing of 3:19.93
What is happening right now?
Equestrian-Dressage Day 1 Session 2 - Fouaad Mirza is India's only representation in the sport and he is in action currently.
What's next for India on Day 7?
4:42 pm IST: Athletics 4X400m Relay Mixed Round 1 Heat 2 - Alex Antony, Sarthak Bhambri, Revathi Veeramani & Subha Venkatesan
FULL-TIME, INDIA BEATS JAPAN 5-3
The final hooter goes off as India beat Japan 5-3. India move into the quarterfinals with three consecutive games and in second place, while Japan's challenge is over.
59' GOOOOALL, JAPAN SCORE
Murata scores as Japan attack. Kenta Tamaka breaks in through the left but Sreejesh save. The ball rolls to Murata and he tomahawks it into the net
56' PC FOR INDIA AND GOOOALLLL
Everyone thought it was going to be Harmanpreet but it's Varun. He drag flicks the ball to Gurjant near the right post and the Indian makes no mistake deflecting the ball to the left of Yoshikawa.
54' First PC for Japan
A GREAT SAVE BY SREEJESH and he seems to be hurt. It was a bullet of a strike from Zendana and it appears to have hit his right knee. He is back up now.
53' PC for INDIA
Dilpreet squeezes past three defenders near the left endline before forcing Yoshikawa to make a dangerous save.
HARMANPREETT but SAVED as the ball deflects off a Japanese defender.
51' GOOOOALLLLL- INDIA SCORE A 4TH
A lovely aerial pass from Harmanpreet from the right. Surender takes it down, goes close to the left byline and Nilakanta does the rest. His first goal of Tokyo 2020.
50' FULL OF ACTION
Wow! Both keepers have been in fine form. First Yoshikawa denies India and then Sreejesh, whose helmet comes after making the first save, denies Watanabe by sliding to his left and deflecting the ball out with his pads.
49' BLAZED OVER
A great counter from Japan catches India off guard. At the edge of the circle on the left, Hiromasa Ochiai's tomahawk strike flies over.
Q4 begins!
Right, then! We are underway for the final 15 of India's last Pool game. Can they hold on?
Q3 ends
End of Q3. Final 15 to come
45' INSIDE BUT NO COUNTED
Yoshikawa makes a great save and the balls come off the post. It hit Nilakanat's leg before he taps it in. Hence no goal
43' PC for India
Once again, Gurjant and company causing Japan problems near the left line. Gurjant slaps the ball at the foot of Hirotaka Zendana.
WIDE! HARMANPREET DRAG FLICKS THE BALL WIDE! Scratch that, the ball comes off the the stick of a Japanese defender and India win a long corner.
35' SAVE
Sumit, deep from the left and inside the circle, lets the ball fly with a tomahawk but Yoshikawa, the Japanese goalkeeper, stick his left hand out to make the save
34' GOOOALL AND INDIA LEAD AGAIN
WHAT A GOAL!!! From the edge of the circle, Nilakanta Sharma goes for goal towards the left post. The ball is chest-high and Shamsher Singh, unmarked, deflects the ball into the net
33' GOALLLLLLL- Japan equalised
A great attack from Japan and India are outnumbered. From the right, the ball ends up in the centre after Yamasaki squares it. Surender look to clear but Watanabe persists and ends up scoring
SECOND HALF- Q3 BEGINS
Can India hold on to win?
HALFTIME
Following Kenta Tanaka's goal, India now lead Hapan 2-1 at the halfway stage. India had come close to scoring in the final minute with a flurry of close-range shots but Japanese custodian Yoshikawa held his nerve to prevent further damage.
A great half. Both teams have defended well and the Japanese goalkeeper has been excellent in particular.
With 20 seconds remaining, Sreejesh made a good save at the right post to deny Kazuma Murata from outside the circle.
29' Stretchered off
OUCH! Shota Yamada is down after colliding heavily with Lalit. He has been down for the last 3-4 minutes now as players and support staff of both teams look concerned. He is being stretchered off now with 47.6 seconds remaining. Hope is okay and recovers well. The medical staff were quick to respond. He is being stretchered off. Never a pleasant sight but the players clap for his speedy recovery.
