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Rio Olympics, Day 5: Flop shows from Jitu Rai, women`s hockey team; Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari reach pre-quarters
Archer Atanu Das and boxer Vikas Krishan progressed to the next rounds in their respective disciplines on Day 4
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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.
Michael Phelps tops men's 200m Individual Medley semifinal 2. All set for another gold medal.
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.
MEDAL UPDATE: Australia's Kyle Chalmers wins men's 100m freestyle.
MEDAL UPDATE: First gold medal! Belmonte Garcia wins women's 200m butterfly final.
Three elite police officers protecting Rio`s Olympic Games came under fire: Report
MEDAL UPDATE: Ning Ding beats Li Xiaoxia in all Chinese final to win women's singles Table Tennis gold.
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MEDAL UPDATE: Kazakhstan's Dmitriy Balandin wins men's 200m breaststroke gold.
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.
MEDAL UPDATE: Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov lifted a clean and jerk world record to win Olympic men's -77kg weightlifting gold medal.
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.
MEDAL UPDATE: China's Xiang Yanmei wins women's 69kg weightlifting gold.
Manoj Kumar will face Uzbekistan's Fazliddin Gaibnazarov in the pre-quarters of Men's Light Welter (64kg).
MEDAL UPDATE: Japan great Kohei Uchimura becomes first gymnast in 44-years to win back-to-back Olympic all around titles.
Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas: Lithunian won the third round, but Manoj did just about enough to win the bout, 2-1.
Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas: Second round also in Manoj's name. 10,10, 9.
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.
Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas Men's Light Welter (64kg) bout started.
MEDAL UPDATE: Japan's Mashu Baker wins 90-kg men's judo gold.
Germany rout Fiji 10-0; South Korea beat Mexico 1-0. Germany play Portugal, while Korea meet Honduras in men's football quarters.
New Zealand knocked out of the inaugural Olympic sevens tournament in the quarter-finals Fiji.
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.
COMING UP! Manoj Kumar vs Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania in Men's Light Welter (64kg).
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.
Deepika Kumari vs Guendalina Sartori: 10, 9 and 9 for Deepika to win the third set too (28-26). She leads 4-2.
Deepika Kumari vs Guendalina Sartori:It's 2-2 after Deepika won the second set 29-26.
Deepika Kumari vs Guendalina Sartori: Poor start from Deepika, loses first set 24-27, and trails 0-2.
MEDAL UPDATE: Xiang Yanmei of China recovered from a nasty bang on the head to win women`s 69kg weightlifting gold medal.
MEDAL UPDATE: Jack Laugher and Chris Mears of Great Britain win 3m synchronised diving gold medal.
In between, the Games organisers blamed a drop in alkalinity levels for an uninviting green hue during diving competition.
COMING UP! Deepika Kumari faces Italian Guendalina Sartori in the next round.
Haruka Tachimoto of Japan wins women's under-70kg gold medal.
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.
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.
Deepika Kumari vs Kristine Esebua: Brilliant shooting from Deepika, all three in the third set hitting bull's eye for 30-27.
Deepika Kumari vs Kristine Esebua: Early lead for the Indian archer. 27-26; 29-29 for 3-1 set point
Deepika Kumari vs Kristine Esebua in Women's Archery Individual 1/32 Eliminations due to start any moment. But it's raining.
Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna vs Sam Stosur-John Peers mixed-doubles tennis match postponed.
Bad weather forces cancelation of all tennis matches, except for 6 clashes, today.
Ryan Lochte beats Michael Phelps in men`s 200m individual medley, but both the Americans qalafied for semis.
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.
COMING UP! Deepika Kumari against Kristine Esebua of Georgia in Women's Archery Individual 1/32 Eliminations
Fehaid Aldeehani, originally of Kuwait, becomes first Independent athlete to win gold medal at Rio. He won men's double trap event.
HUMILIATION! Indian women's team lost to Australia 1-6. India's lone goal scored by Anuradha Thockchom.
Weather updater from Rio...
In women's hockey, Australia are cruising 6-0 against India.
In women's hockey, India trail 0-2 against Australia at half-time.
Some more bad news...
In women's hockey, Australia score convert penalty corner to take 1-0 lead against India in Pool B match
SHOCK! Jitu Rai fails to qualify for 50m air pistol Final after scoring just 88 in last series
Bombayla Devi beats Lin Shih-Chia of Taipei 6-2 in women's individual Round of 32. HUGE!
Bombayla Devi loses third set against Lin Shih-Chia of Taipei in women's individual Round of 32. The Indian leads 4-2.
Bombayla Devi wins second set against Lin Shih-Chia of Taipei in women's individual Round of 32.
Bombayla Devi wins the first set against Lin Shih-Chia of Taipei 27-24.
Jitu Rai at 7th spot now with 371 pts after 4 series. 120 shots left. Long long way to go..
Sathish Sivalingam will compete in the men's 77 kg final at 18:30 IST
Jitu Rai ends third series with 90 points at 10th place
Jitu Rai improves to 7th with 250 points in third series
Meanwhile, Bombayla Devi beats Laurence Baldauff of Austria 6-2 to enter women's individual Round of 32. She faces World. No 10 next.
WOW! Jitu Rai jumps to 5th spot with 95 in 2nd series
Jitu now 14th with 46 points in second series.
Jitu shoots 10 to move up to 10th in second series in men's 50m pistol qualification
Bombayla Devi faces Austria's Laurence Baldauff in women's individual Round of 64 at 18:09 IST
Jitu begins the second series with a 9. He is 14th now. Prakash Nanjappa is 38th
At end of 1st Series: Jitu Rai at 14th spot with 92 pts
Jitu Rai now 27th in first series. Poor start from India's medal hopeful.
Jitu climbs to 12th place, while Prakash Nanjappa in 40th place in opening series
Jitu is now 14th with 46 points in first series.
Jitu is 10th with 37 points in first series in men's 50m pistol qualification.
Prakash Nanjappa is 40th after shooting a dismal 15 in his first two shots in his first series
Jitu begins with a bang - perfec 10!
Archery: Bombayla Devi Laishram will feature in the women's individual round of 64 at 18.10 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
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.