2012 London Olympics: Day 8 Highlights

Latest updates from the London 2012 Olympics.

Manoj Kumar loses in Men's Light Welter (64kg)

Thomas Stalker has won the match 20-16. It was a good fightback by Manoj Kumar in the third and final round but it proved to be too late. End of round 3: Stalker 4:7 Manoj End of round 2: Stalker 9:5 Manoj. Overall Stalker leads by 16-9. End of round 1: Stalker 7:4 Manoj Saina creates history, wins first badminton bronze»I Devendro Singh storms into quarterfinals»I Tennis: Paes-Sania crash out»I Discus throw final: Krishna Poonia finishes seventh»I 20km race walk: Irfan finishes 10th»I Shooting: Shagun Chowdhary knocked out»I Medals tally»I India’s schedule for Sunday»I Poonia finishes 7th in discus throw final Krishna Poonia finished seventh with her best attempt of 63.62m. GOLD: Sandra Perkovic (Croatia) - 69.11m SILVER: Darya Pishchalnikova (Russia) - 67.56 BRONZE: Yanfeng Li (China) - 67.22 Krishna Poonia`s fifth attempt-63.62. Good attempt from Poonia which takes her to seventh position. Krishna Poonia`s fourth attempt-Foul throw Krishna Poonia`s third attempt-61.61m. Krishna Poonia`s second attempt-Foul throw Krishna Poonia's first attempt-62.42m. She is currently ranked 6th. Poonia had automatically qualified with her brilliant throw of 63.54m. It is yet to be seen whether she can make the country proud with a medal. Irfan finishes 10th in Men’s 20km Race Walk India's Irfan Kolothum Thodi finished at a commendable 10th position men’s 20km Race Walk. China dominated the race with Ding Chen winning the gold and Zhen Wang bronze. Guatemala's Erick Barrondo bagged silver. India’s Irfan Kolothum Thodi maintains his 10th place after 16 kms. After 10 kms, India’s Irfan Kolothum Thodi is ranked 10th among 56 athletes. Sania-Paes lose to Azarenka-Mirnyi The Indian duo of Sania Mirza and Leander Paes lost their quarter-final match against top-seeded Belarussian pair of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka in straight sets 7-5, 7-6 (7-5). Second set: Mirnyi-Azarenka 7:6 Sania-Paes First set: Mirnyi-Azarenka 7:5 Sania-Paes The play will resume in a while and as per the reports, the match will continue on court no. 12 and surprisingly there are no cameras installed there which is why the viewers can watch the score updates online. Li Xuerui upsets World No. 1 to bag gold in badminton women’s singles Li Xuerei once again got the better of top-seeded Wang Yihan as she defeated her Chinese compatriot 21-15, 21-23, 21-17 to win an Olympic gold. World champion Wang Yihan had demolished Saina Nehwal to ensure the Olympic badminton singles final was an all-Chinese contest. Serena wins gold in tennis Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 in the women's singles final. Devendro Singh reaches quarters Devendro Singh beat Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia in the men's Light Fly match to reach the quarterfinals. He won 16 - 11 after three rounds. Saina wins Bronze medal India's Saina Nehwal won the bronze medal in badminton singles at the London Olympics 2012 after she was declared winner in the play-off match as her Chinese opponent Wang Xin retired hurt. LIVE: Men's 100m Preliminary Round All top contenders-Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Justin Gatline, Tyson Gay, Yohan Blake, Dwain Chambers qualified for the Round 1 of the Men's 100m race. LIVE: Sudha Singh fails to qualify for 3000m steeplechase final India's Sudha Singh failed to make it to the finals of 3000m steeplechase after finishing 13th in heat. Shagun struggles Shagun is placed at the bottom of the table after the second round of qualification. She has a total of 40. The top six qualify for the final spot. Kirani James wins heat World champion Kirani James of Grenada has won the second heat of the men's 400m in 45.23. Amazing Pistorius Oscar Pistorius has reached the semi-finals of the 400m, finishing second in his heat behind 18-year-old Lugueline Santos of the Dominican Republic. Olympics 2012 Medal Tally » India lodges counter-appeal India has lodged a counter-appeal over the AIBA’s decision that resulted in boxer Vikas Krishan’s exit from the London Olympics. Vikas was declared winner initially after the bout ended but after the USA’s team lodged a strong protest against it, the decision was reversed in favour of Errol Spence. Round 1: Shagun Cowdhary has scored 23/25 after first round. She is currently on 12th position. Her average score is 0.920. Indian rowing pair of Sandeep Kumar and Manjeet Singh finished 19th overall after defeating Egypt pair of Mohamed Nofel Omar Emira in the Men's Lightweight Double Sculls. They finished with a timing of 7m 08s which was four seconds ahead of their opponents. RULE: There are three rounds and as per the rules, in the qualification event each shooter will get 10 right, 10 left and 5 straight shots that makes a total of 75 shots per competitor. Update: The event has started. Indian shooter Shagun Chowdhary will be in action in Women's Trap qualficiation at Royal Artillery Barracks from 2:00 pm (IST) onwards. Missed an action packed Day 7? No Worries! Click here » Pargat fumes Former Indian captain and Olympian Pargat Singh slammed Indian hockey team’s defence line which conceded 11 goals in the last three matches. He also questioned captain Bharat Chetri’s role in the team in his column. To read the full column: Click Here» Vikash Krishnan ousted controversially The day eight hasn’t started brightly for the Indian contingent at London Olympics with the shocking news of Vikas Krishan being ousted from the Games five hours after being adjudged winner. For more read: Vikas Krishan crashes out after decision overturned by AIBA» Indian boxing team to meet on Vikas at 1:30 IST Indian Chef de Mission P K Muralidharan, stunned by Vikas Krishan`s ouster, today said the country`s contingent will not take AIBA`s decision lying down even though it has "limited options" in the matter. For more read: Boxing team to take decision on Vikas’ ouster after meeting » Can Saina win an Olympic medal? Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal will be in hunt for a Bronze medal today. Can the Hyderabadi fulfill her dream of landing an Olympic medal? Read the story here» Following is the schedule of events involving Indian athletes at the Olympic Games Saturday: Athletics: Men`s 20 km walk: Baljinder Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Irfan Kolothum Thodi (9:30 pm IST) Women`s 3000m steeplechase: Sudha Singh (4:35 pm IST) Badminton Women`s singles bronze medal match: Saina Nehwal vs Xin Wang (6:00 pm IST) Boxing Men`s 49kg Round of 16: Devendro Singh vs P. Serdamba (Mongolia) (6:45 pm IST) Men`s 64kg Round of 16: Manoj Kumar vs Tom Stalker (Great Britain) (2:00 am IST) Rowing Men`s lightweight double sculls final (only minor placings): Sandeep Kumar and Manjeet Singh (1:40 pm IST) Shooting Women`s trap: Shagun Chowdhary (1:00 pm IST)