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Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 3: India lose 0-2 to Germany in women's hockey; Sajan Prakash fails to make semifinals

Tokyo Olympics highlights Day 3: The third day was another disappointing one from India. Shooters failed to make the skeet finals but while Sajan Prakash, Ashish Kumar, Manika Batra, and Sutirtha Mukherjee crashed out. Moreover, Sumit Nagal and the women's hockey team also suffered defeats.
Tokyo Olympics Live Updates Day 3
Tokyo Olympics Live Updates Day 3

Tokyo Olympics highlights Day 3: Sumit Nagal was knocked out after losing to World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in Men's Singles Round 2. The men's archery team of Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Jadhav lost to the Republic of Korea in the QFs. Shuttlers Chirag Shetty and Satwik Rankireddy lost their Group A match 13-21, 12-21 against World No. 1 Indonesian pair. Paddler Sutirtha Mukherjee was knocked out after losing to Portugal's Fu Yu in Women's Singles Round 2 match. India's Sharath Kamal advanced after beating Portugal's Tiago Apolonia in Table Tennis Men's Round 2. India started the day with CA Bhavani Devi, the first Indian fencer to compete at the Olympics, winning her first bout in the Women's Sabre event. But she lost her next bout against France's opponent and was knocked out. In the women's singles event, Manika Batra received a 0-4 thumping at the hands of Austria's Sofia Polcanova. Men's skeet shooters Angad Bajwa and Mairaj Khan failed to qualify for the final and boxer Ashish Kumar crashed out in the round of 32. Sailor Nethra Kumanan finishes 40th in Women’s Laser Radical Race 4, while Vishnu Saravanan finished 24th position in Sailing Men’s Laser Race 3 event. In the men's 200m Butterfly event, Sajan Prakash failed to qualify for the semifinals....Read More


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July 26, 2021 7:14 PM IST

That's all for today!

That's all the action we have for you today! Thank you so much for joining us. We will see you again tomorrow morning. Hope to see you there. Until then, it's goodnight. CIAO!

July 26, 2021 7:12 PM IST

FULL-TIME| GERMANY 2-0 INDIA

And this is it! The day ends with India women's hockey team losing to 0-2 to Germany. The scoreline doesn't do justice as India could have had at least two in their bag but they lose because they didn't take their chances and Germany did.


Germany improve to 2-0 in POOL A while India reel at 0-2 (win-loss record).

July 26, 2021 7:04 PM IST

55' not much time left

India have to score 2 goals in the next four minutes to salvage a point.

July 26, 2021 7:01 PM IST

51' YELLOW CARD FOR SHARMILA

This is going to hurt India further as Sharmila Devi is handed a yellow card and this means she will miss 5 minutes. Sharmila is disappointed in herself in the dugout

July 26, 2021 6:56 PM IST

47' PC TO GERMANY

Monika and India penalized for a poor challenge.

WIDE! Nike Lorenz drags it wide, left of Savita, as India breathes a sigh of relief. IN fact, the replay shows that Monika, who conceded the PC, deflected the ball wide of goal at the left post. Great worl

July 26, 2021 6:54 PM IST

46' OFF THE CROSSBAR

Vandana's strike ricochets off the crossbar. If there's anyone who deserves a goal today, it is Vandana.

July 26, 2021 6:54 PM IST

Q4 begins

India have been doing a lot better but still lack clinical finishing in the final third.

July 26, 2021 6:52 PM IST

Q3 OVER

An improved performance from India but a few costly misses, including a scuffed penalty stroke, means they are 0-2 behind Germany after Q3.

July 26, 2021 6:49 PM IST

37' SONNTAG DENIES VANDANA

Another miss that could hurt India. Vandana Katariya does so well to steal possession after a poor back pass in the midfield. She darts down the inner right channel and takes another touch on the right before shooting at goal. However, Sonntag had done well to charge off the line, cut the angle and makes the save.

July 26, 2021 6:40 PM IST

35' GOOOALLL AND GERMANY GO AHEAD 2-0

AND GERMANY MAKE INDIA PAY! Anne Schroder scores to take Germany 2-0 up.

July 26, 2021 6:36 PM IST

32' PENALTY STROKE TO INDIA

What a referral. What a point it could be in the game.

Gurjit, playing her 88th game for India, is here to take the stroke.

AND SHE MISSES IT! IT IS SAVED BY THE LEFT HAND OF JULIA SONNTAG!

What a moment for India. Oh, boy!

July 26, 2021 6:35 PM IST

32' PC TO INDIA

Vandana Katariya does very well to win a PC off Viktoria Huse.

Rani Rampal flicks it off the backfoot and India are contesting as they believe they deserve a penalty stroke and believe the ball came off Altenburg.

July 26, 2021 6:31 PM IST

Q3 AND SECOND HALF BEGINS

Can India, who have done well to keep it at 0-1, make a comeback? Let's find out!

July 26, 2021 6:23 PM IST

HALFTIME

End of Q2 also brings an exciting first half to an end! Not much to talk about from India's point of view. They didn't enjoy possession and were made to sit back and defend for the majority of the first half

July 26, 2021 6:19 PM IST

28' Still goalless

Indians don't have that venom going forward and a lot of that has to do with Germany's solid defense. India is yet to win a PC

July 26, 2021 6:13 PM IST

21' PC to Germany

The German are now enjoying longer spells of possession and India are only forced to defend. Germany in total command as of now.

July 26, 2021 6:10 PM IST

20' Germany in command

The German are now enjoying longer spells of possession and India are only forced to defend. Germany in total command as of now.

July 26, 2021 6:07 PM IST

19' 2nd PC awarded to Germany but India refer

India contest the Penalty Corner awarded to Germany. And it's overruled. Free hit to India

July 26, 2021 6:04 PM IST

Q2 Begins

And we are underway for the second quarter

July 26, 2021 6:03 PM IST

END of Q1

Nike Lorenz's goal keeps Germany 1-0 ahead of India

July 26, 2021 5:58 PM IST

12' PC for Germany and they lead 1-0

Altenburg earns Germany a PC AND NIKE LORENZ SCORESS!! GERMANY LEADS. She goes right and Savita is unable to save it with her outstretched left foot

July 26, 2021 5:55 PM IST

7' Loose pass

Franzisca Hauke and Germany attack with numbers and speed however she makes a loose pass to hand the possession to India.

July 26, 2021 5:53 PM IST

7' Maertens on the attack

Pia Maertens cuts into the centre of the circle from the left before threading the ball to Zimmermann. Her shot on goal is blocked by Udita.

July 26, 2021 5:51 PM IST

6' Germany with possession

Germany with early possession here but the Indians are showing good signs here as they make a couple of forays towards Germany's goal down the left only to be dispossessed

July 26, 2021 5:48 PM IST

3' FOUL

Vandana Katariya's back flick from the left inside the circle is deemed dangeous.

July 26, 2021 5:45 PM IST

Q1: Match begins

Germany gets the ball rolling

July 26, 2021 5:43 PM IST

The players are on the field

Right then. The national anthems are done. Let's play

July 26, 2021 5:28 PM IST

Germany's previous game

The Germans defeated defending champions Great Britain 2-1.

July 26, 2021 5:27 PM IST

India's previous game

India Eves lost to the Netherlands 3-0 after drawing level 1-1 through skipper Rani Rampal

July 26, 2021 5:27 PM IST

Current Pool A Standings

India: 5th

Germany 3rd

July 26, 2021 5:19 PM IST

Germany Playing XI

Anne Schröder, Nike Lorenz(C), Lisa Altenburg, Franzisca Hauke, Amelie Wortmann, Julia Sonntag(GK), Kira Horn, Sonja Zimmermann, Viktoria Huse, Cécile Pieper, Selin Oruz.

July 26, 2021 5:11 PM IST

IND v GER - INDIA'S LINE-UPS

Savita (GK)

Udita

Gurjit Kaur

Deep Ekka Grace

Sushila Pukhrambam

Salima Tete

Neha

Monika

Navneet Kaur

Rani Rampal (C)

Vandana Katariya

July 26, 2021 4:53 PM IST

Judeo update

Wow, this is one way for the Olympic Games final to end.

Sarah Leonie Cysique (FRA) is given a direct hansoku-make penalty for an attempted head-dive attack, eliminating her from this final against Nora Gjakova (KOS) after just 2 minutes 45 seconds.

Jessica Kimklait (CAN) and YOSHIDA Tsukasa (JPN) won bronze

July 26, 2021 4:45 PM IST

Fencing update

Manon Brunet (FRA) wins sabre individual bronze!

The Frenchwoman built an insurmountable lead early on (11-2) in the bout that her opponent, Anna Marton (HUN), was unable to claw back despite a furious fightback.

Brunet wins 15-6, becoming France's first-ever sabre individual medallist!

July 26, 2021 4:21 PM IST

What's next for India on Day 3?

The final appearance of the day for the Indians will be the Women's Hockey: India vs Germany at 5:45 PM IST.


India is coming on the back of a heavy defeat against the Netherland. Can they bounce back?

July 26, 2021 4:09 PM IST

All not over for Sajan

Sajan Prakash will also contest for a place in the semifinals of the men's 100m Butterfly event. That will be on Thursday.

July 26, 2021 4:01 PM IST

IT'S OFFICIAL! SAJAN PRAKASH FAILS TO QUALIFY FOR SEMIS

India's swimmer Sajan Prakash fails to qualify for the semifinals of the men's 200m butterfly event. He finished Heat 2 in the 4th position with a timing of 1.57.22 but it wasn't good enough for top-16.

July 26, 2021 3:58 PM IST

We await qualification

Right! We now await the results of the other heats. Remember, top 16 will qualify

July 26, 2021 3:55 PM IST

Sajan Prakash finishes 4th in the heat

Sajan Prakash, in lane 4, finishes his heat in the fourth position with a timing of 1.57.22

July 26, 2021 3:52 PM IST

Right, the moment we have been waiting for

Sajan Prakash will swim in lane 4. 200m butterfly heat 2. Let's go!

July 26, 2021 3:32 PM IST

Sajan Prakash up next

Featuring in his second Olympic Games, Sajan Prakash will soon take to the pool for the men's 200m backstroke heats. He will be in Heat 2.

Let us remember that the best 16 swimmers from the heats will qualify.

Can Sajan make it to the semifinals that will take place tomorrow?

July 26, 2021 3:30 PM IST

What's next for India on Day 3?

3:50 PM IST: Swimming Men’s 200m Butterfly Heat 2 - Sajan Prakash

5:45 PM IST - Women's Hockey - India vs Germany

July 26, 2021 3:25 PM IST

IT'S OFFICIAL! ASHISH KUMAR LOSES

Like I said, Ashish Kumar knew what we also knew. He loses 0-5 to China's Erbieke Tuoheta. A unanimous decision. It was 5-0 throughout.

The Indian gave it everything but there was just no way past the Chinese boxer. Ashish showed a show with his left hand and was found wanting for more with his defence and his right hand. The Chinese was happy to open himself up to Ashish's counter because he responded with a counter of his own.

Brilliant stuff. Edge-of-the-seat thriller stuff.

July 26, 2021 3:17 PM IST

ROUND 3:

He needs an inspired third round. Can he do it?

Ashish with a wild right hand, Tuoheta goes left and Kumar punches the rope. Next, Tuoheta catches Kumar with the right. Ashish has slowed down as well but he manages to land a good left.

90 seconds to go!

Tuoheta avoids a swinging left. Ashish throwing jabs out of desperation. As he looks to attack, he allows Tuoheta to counter.

Lunging forward in the dying seconds of the last round and this is it. He shook his head as he was heading to his corner. He did everything he could but he knows what we know.

Awaiting confirmation!

July 26, 2021 3:13 PM IST

ROUND 2: Kumar loses R2 0-5

Kumar pushes Tuoheta to the ropes before unleashing a right and a left but the Chinese evades.

A great body hit from Kumar but his punch is blocked soon after.

Kumar pushed to the ropes but he is back in the centre.

Another flurry to the body. Full connection as Kumar lands his uppercut.

Tuoheta responds with a good body shot.

Kumar is now being forced to play the passive role here as Tuoheta ups the ante.

Tuoheta lands another right and Kumar on the backfoot here.

Not looking good for the Indian as he loses his footing and takes a massive left from Tuoheta. He takes a wild swing from Kumar but he misses it.

Kumar has a little cut beneath his left eye.

And once again, judges vote 5-0 in the favour of the Chinese

July 26, 2021 3:10 PM IST

ROUND 1: Kumar loses R1 0-5

The Chinese goes for early body blows and then lands a heavy right-hand punch on Ashish's face after he opened himself up while punching.

Touheta continues to work Kumar's body.

Brilliant left and another one from Kumar. Wow.

Ashish now blocks and Touheta gets a no-holding call.

Another cracking left from Ashish.

Ashish using the ring well as Tuoheta misses a flurry of punches. Another massive left hand from Kumar, he is using his left very well today.

Tuoheta gets caught with the right from Kumar

Both players have landed good punches here.

Towards the end, Kumar lands a left followed by an upper cut from the right.

Tuoheta is attacking well but leaving too much room for the Indian to attack.

THE FIRST ROUND GOES TO TUOHETA 0-5

July 26, 2021 3:07 PM IST

Right then! The previous bout is over and it's time for the Indian boxer's fight

Ashish Kumar has entered the ring. He will be in the red corner.

In the blue corner is Erbieke from Beijing, China

July 26, 2021 3:03 PM IST

Meanwhile, in Basketball

Luka Doncic leads Slovenia to big win

Earlier, Dallas Mavericks NBA star Luka Doncic (SLO) scored a stunning double-double to help his country defeat Argentina 118–100.

In 31:07 court time, Doncic scored 48 points – the joint-second-most in a single match at the Olympic Games (the record is 55) – and achieved 11 rebounds, along with 5 assists.

The Slovenian shot 18-for-29 from the field, and 6-for-7 from the free throw line. He also recorded 3 blocks.

July 26, 2021 2:53 PM IST

Ashish Kumar in action soon

In about 10 minutes, we will see Indian boxer Ashish Kumar in action, as he takes on China's Erbieke Tuoheta in the men's middle (69-75 kg) caterogy.

July 26, 2021 2:43 PM IST

Djokovic through to the next round

Top-seed and world no.1 Novak Djokovic beats Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4,6-3 in 1 hour 14 minutes to advance to the next round of the men's singles event.

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