Rio Olympics, Day 5: Flop shows from Jitu Rai, women's hockey team; Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari reach pre-quarters

Rio De Janeiro: Welcome to our live blog for Day 5 of the Rio Olympics. Track the performance of all Indian athletes in action today right here.

Archer Atanu Das and boxer Vikas Krishan progressed to the next rounds in their respective disciplines on Day 4. While Heena Sidhu and Dattu Bhokanal crash out, the men's hockey team survived some tense moments to carve out a 2-1 win over Argentina.

While the Indian men's hockey team, boxer Vikas Krishan and archer Atanu Das put a good show on Day 4 of the event, India are still waiting for their first medal.

11 August 2016

08:20 IST

Neymar's Brazil enter quarterfinals of men's football competition. Beat Denmark in their final Group A match by 4-0. Denmark also make knock-out stage.

08:10 IST

Michael Phelps tops men's 200m Individual Medley semifinal 2. All set for another gold medal.

08:06 IST

Change of fortunes for Brazil football team. Neymar-led oufit scores four against Denmark without response. 10 minutes into the final whistle. A win will help them qualify for next round.

07:55 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: Australia's Kyle Chalmers wins men's 100m freestyle.

07:53 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: First gold medal! Belmonte Garcia wins women's 200m butterfly final.

07:40 IST

Three elite police officers protecting Rio`s Olympic Games came under fire: Report

07:18 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: Ning Ding beats Li Xiaoxia in all Chinese final to win women's singles Table Tennis gold.

06:57 IST

READ: How India performed on Day 5 of biggest sporting extravaganza

06:55 IST

India's Day 6 complete schedule HERE.

06:40 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: Kazakhstan's Dmitriy Balandin wins men's 200m breaststroke gold.

05:46 IST

United States survives scare before taming scrappy Australia 98-88 in a men`s basketball thriller. Dream Team extends their winning streak to 20 games.

05:31 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov lifted a clean and jerk world record to win Olympic men's -77kg weightlifting gold medal.

04:29 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: American Kristin Armstrong became the first cyclist to win the same road event at three different Olympic Games, taking gold in the women`s 29.7km time trial.

04:20 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: China's Xiang Yanmei wins women's 69kg weightlifting gold.

03:48 IST

Manoj Kumar will face Uzbekistan's Fazliddin Gaibnazarov in the pre-quarters of Men's Light Welter (64kg).

03:40 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: Japan great Kohei Uchimura becomes first gymnast in 44-years to win back-to-back Olympic all around titles.

03:23 IST

Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas: Lithunian won the third round, but Manoj did just about enough to win the bout, 2-1.

03:20 IST

Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas: Second round also in Manoj's name. 10,10, 9.

03:14 IST

Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas: Round one ended with Manoj taking a slight lead. Two of the three judges have given Indian boxer 10s, one going for the Lithuanian.

03:12 IST

Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas Men's Light Welter (64kg) bout started.

02:55 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: Japan's Mashu Baker wins 90-kg men's judo gold.

02:34 IST

Picture says it all. #rioolympics2016 https://t.co/KAghZsE75r

— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) August 10, 2016

02:23 IST

Germany rout Fiji 10-0; South Korea beat Mexico 1-0. Germany play Portugal, while Korea meet Honduras in men's football quarters.

02:18 IST

New Zealand knocked out of the inaugural Olympic sevens tournament in the quarter-finals Fiji.

02:13 IST

Laishram Bombayla takes on Alejandra Valencia of Mexico while Deepika Kumari faces Ya-Ting Tang of Chinese Taipei in women's individual 1/8 eliminations on Thursday.

02:08 IST

COMING UP! Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania in Men's Light Welter (64kg).

02:03 IST

Deepika Kumari vs Guendalina Sartori: 8, 10, 10 to win the fourth for a 6-2 lead after fourth set. Good going. Through to pre-quarterfinals.

02:01 IST

Deepika Kumari vs Guendalina Sartori: 10, 9 and 9 for Deepika to win the third set too (28-26). She leads 4-2.

01:59 IST

Deepika Kumari vs Guendalina Sartori:It's 2-2 after Deepika won the second set 29-26.

01:57 IST

Deepika Kumari vs Guendalina Sartori: Poor start from Deepika, loses first set 24-27, and trails 0-2.

01:55 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: Xiang Yanmei of China recovered from a nasty bang on the head to win women`s 69kg weightlifting gold medal.

01:48 IST

MEDAL UPDATE: Jack Laugher and Chris Mears of Great Britain win 3m synchronised diving gold medal.

01:46 IST

In between, the Games organisers blamed a drop in alkalinity levels for an uninviting green hue during diving competition.

01:44 IST

COMING UP! Deepika Kumari faces Italian Guendalina Sartori in the next round.

01:42 IST

Haruka Tachimoto of Japan wins women's under-70kg gold medal.

01:36 IST

Deepika Kumari vs Kristine Esebua: This is insane, first four arrows hit the centre. Then, a nine from Kristine, so thus Deepika, for scores of 6-4 in favour of the Indian shooter. Through to next round.

01:34 IST

Deepika Kumari vs Kristine Esebua: Third set to the Georgian, 29-27. It's 5-3 to Indian archer, and the final set to decide the winner.

01:32 IST

Deepika Kumari vs Kristine Esebua: Brilliant shooting from Deepika, all three in the third set hitting bull's eye for 30-27.

01:30 IST

Deepika Kumari vs Kristine Esebua: Early lead for the Indian archer. 27-26; 29-29 for 3-1 set point

01:26 IST

Deepika Kumari vs Kristine Esebua in Women's Archery Individual 1/32 Eliminations due to start any moment. But it's raining.

01:18 IST

Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna vs Sam Stosur-John Peers mixed-doubles tennis match postponed.

01:15 IST

Bad weather forces cancelation of all tennis matches, except for 6 clashes, today.

00:41 IST

Ryan Lochte beats Michael Phelps in men`s 200m individual medley, but both the Americans qalafied for semis.

00:34 IST

Meanwhile, Argentina were knocked out of the men`s football competition after they missed a penalty and scored a stoppage-time equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Honduras that left them third in Group D.

00:25 IST

COMING UP! Deepika Kumari against Kristine Esebua of Georgia in Women's Archery Individual 1/32 Eliminations

00:13 IST

Fehaid Aldeehani, originally of Kuwait, becomes first Independent athlete to win gold  medal at Rio. He won men's double trap event.

00:10 IST

HUMILIATION! Indian women's team lost to Australia 1-6. India's lone goal scored by Anuradha Thockchom.

21:16 IST

Weather updater from Rio...

Tennis most unlikely today. Thin, fine rain persists #Rio2016 @HTSportsNews pic.twitter.com/JFfHE0z4XJ

— Sukhwant Basra (@SukhwantBasra) August 10, 2016

21:10 IST

Tennis play postponed by 2 hours #Rio2016 Mirza-Bopanna play fourth match on court 3 @HTSportsNews pic.twitter.com/C2S5aoakpu

— Sukhwant Basra (@SukhwantBasra) August 10, 2016

20:56 IST

#Judo: Avtar Singh, who lost 1st round few hrs back, now OUT of contention for medal via Repêchage also as Refugee OT judoka lost in R2

— India@Sports (@India_At_Rio) August 10, 2016

20:47 IST

#Rio2016 Indian women's Hockey team loses 6-1 to Australia.

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 10, 2016

20:08 IST

In women's hockey, Australia are cruising 6-0 against India.

19:46 IST

In women's hockey, India trail 0-2 against Australia at half-time.

19:35 IST

Some more bad news...

Just in: #Weightlifting : Satish Kumar OUT of contention for Medal as he finished 4th in Group B with Total lift of 329 kg #Rio2016

— India@Sports (@India_At_Rio) August 10, 2016

19:22 IST

In women's hockey, Australia score convert penalty corner to take 1-0 lead against India in Pool B match

19:02 IST

Just in: #Judo: Avtar Singh loses in 1st round to judoka from Refugee Olympic Team in Men's 90 kg category #Rio2016

— India@Sports (@India_At_Rio) August 10, 2016

18:59 IST

@India_At_Rio : pic.twitter.com/pYOwlAC5UX

— India@Sports (@India_At_Rio) August 10, 2016

18:45 IST

SHOCK! Jitu Rai fails to qualify for 50m air pistol Final after scoring just 88 in last series

18:43 IST

Bombayla Devi beats Lin Shih-Chia of Taipei 6-2 in women's individual Round of 32. HUGE!

18:40 IST

Bombayla Devi loses third set against Lin Shih-Chia of Taipei in women's individual Round of 32. The Indian leads 4-2.

18:38 IST

Bombayla Devi wins second set against Lin Shih-Chia of Taipei in women's individual Round of 32.

18:33 IST

Bombayla Devi wins the first set against Lin Shih-Chia of Taipei 27-24.

18:23 IST

Jitu Rai at 7th spot now with 371 pts after 4 series. 120 shots left. Long long way to go..

18:22 IST

Sathish Sivalingam will compete in the men's 77 kg final at 18:30 IST

18:21 IST

Jitu Rai ends third series with 90 points at 10th place

18:19 IST

#Archery Bombayla Devi (World No. 69) to take on World No. 10 Lin Shih-Chia of Chinese Taipei in R32 at 1835 hrs IST #Rio2016

— India@Sports (@India_At_Rio) August 10, 2016

18:15 IST

Jitu Rai improves to 7th with 250 points in third series

18:06 IST

Meanwhile, Bombayla Devi beats Laurence Baldauff of Austria 6-2 to enter women's individual Round of 32. She faces World. No 10 next.

18:01 IST

WOW! Jitu Rai jumps to 5th spot with 95 in 2nd series

17:59 IST

Jitu now 14th with 46 points in second series.

17:56 IST

Jitu shoots 10 to move up to 10th in second series in men's 50m pistol qualification

17:51 IST

Bombayla Devi faces Austria's Laurence Baldauff in women's individual Round of 64 at 18:09 IST

17:51 IST

Jitu begins the second series with a 9. He is 14th now. Prakash Nanjappa is 38th

17:46 IST

At end of 1st Series: Jitu Rai at 14th spot with 92 pts

17:44 IST

Jitu Rai now 27th in first series. Poor start from India's medal hopeful.

17:43 IST

Jitu in action pic.twitter.com/yRu2Bsfjt3

— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) August 10, 2016

17:40 IST

Jitu climbs to 12th place, while Prakash Nanjappa in 40th place in opening series

17:38 IST

Jitu is now 14th with 46 points in first series.

17:35 IST

Jitu is 10th with 37 points in first series in men's 50m pistol qualification.

17:31 IST

Prakash Nanjappa is 40th after shooting a dismal 15 in his first two shots in his first series

17:26 IST

Jitu begins with a bang - perfec 10!

17:23 IST

Shooting: Men’s 50m pistol event: 41 shooters will compete in Qualifying round; Out of those 8 will advance to the Final #Rio2016

— India@Sports (@India_At_Rio) August 10, 2016

17:22 IST

Archery: Bombayla Devi Laishram will feature in the women's individual round of 64 at 18.10 IST

17:14 IST

17:08 IST: Rowing has been canceled for today due to bad weather. Dattu Bhokanal was to take part in the single sculls semi-final C/D.

16:30 IST: Satish Sivalingam and Avtar Singh will compete in the Men's 77 kg (Weightlifting) and Men's 90 kg (Judo) from 18:30 IST respectively.

16:25 IST: Jitu Rai and Prakash Nanjappa will participate in the Men's 50m pistol event, which is scheduled to commence at 17:30 IST