Olympics Highlights: HS Prannoy enters pre-quarters with three-game win over Vietnam's Le Duc Phat

Olympics 2024 | India's schedule on Day 5

Keep an eye on badminton, boxing, archery and much more as India looks to up its medal tally.

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Triathlon races to go ahead today as Seine passes water quality tests

Organisers cleared the Olympic women's and men's triathlons to go ahead on Wednesday after the latest Seine river water tests showed lower levels of bacteria, ending days of uncertainty over whether the central Paris swim was viable after heavy rains.

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Bhajan Kaur moves to pre-quarters; Ankita, Dhiraj's campaign ends

Indian archer Bhajan Kaur notched twin victories to advance to the women's individual pre-quarterfinals but compatriot Dhiraj Bommadevara exited the men's event after losing in the shoot-off at the Paris Olymics on Tuesday.

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Simone Biles and team USA win gold in women’s artistic gymnastics team final

Gymnast Simone Biles led her to victory in the in women’s artistic gymnastics team final . The US scored 171.296, well ahead of silver medallists Italy (165.494). Brazil won the bronze, a historic first, with a finals score of 164.497, as per the Olympics website.

"It feels amazing. We love it, we’re excited, We got the job done,” Biles told Olympics.com

Indian athletes gets grand reception inside India House

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Qualification: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale kick off India's Day 5 campaign in Paris

Women's Trap Qualification Day 2: Shreyasi Singh and Rajesshwari Kumari look to stay in contention

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Qualification: Swapnil Kusale off to a good start, Aishwary Tomar hits seven consecutive 10s to get back on track

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Qualification: Kusale on 6th position after kneeling round, Aishwary Tomar on 9th as 40 shots remain

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Qualification: Aishwary Tomar off to a great startin the prone round

Badminton women's singles (Group stage): P V Sindhu's matchup with Estonia's Kristin Kuuba begins

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Qualification: Prone series ends, Aishwary Tomar and Kusale currently placed at 8th and 10th postion respectively with 20 shots remaining

Badminton women's singles (Group stage): P V Sindhu takes first game 21-5

Badminton women's singles (Group stage): P V Sindhu eases past Estonia's Kristin Kuuba 21-5, 21-10 to top group standings

Badminton men's singles (Group stage): Lakshya Sen's virtual knockout match against Indonesia's Jonatan Christie underway

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Qualification: Swapnil Kusale qualifies for finals after finishing 7th, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar crashes out

Badminton men's singles (Group stage): Lakshya Sen edges past Jonatan Christie 21-18 in Game 1

Table Tennis women's singles Round of 32: Sreeja Akula's match against Singapore's Jian Zeng underway

Badminton men's singles (Group stage): Lakshya Sen beats Jonatan Christie 21-18, 21-12, reaches pre-quarterfinals

Table Tennis women's singles Round of 32: Sreeja Akula beats Jian Zeng 4-2, reaches pre-quarters

Sreeja Akula becomes only the second Indian Table Tennis player after Manika Batra to reach the Ro16 in an Olympics event

Boxing women's 75kg Round of 16: Lovlina Borgohain's bout against Norway's Sunniva Hofstad begins

Archery women's Individual 1/32 Elimination round: Deepika Kumari's match against Estonia's Reena Parnat underway

Boxing women's 75kg Round of 16: Lovlina Borgohain beats Norwegian Sunniva Hofstad to reach quarterfinals

Archery women's Individual 1/32 Elimination round: Deepika Kumari edges out Estonia's Reena Parnat in shootout, reaches round of 16

Archery women's Individual 1/16 Elimination round: Deepika Kumari battles Quinty Roeffen of Netherlands for QF spot

Archery women's Individual 1/16 Elimination round: Deepika Kumari beats Quinty Roeffen of Netherlands 6-2 to reach quarterfinals

Women's Trap Qualification Day 2: Rajesshwari Kumari and Shreyasi Singh end Paris campaign after finishing 22nd and 23rd respectively

Men's Equestrian Dressage Individual Grand Prix Day 2: India's Anush Agarwalla bows out of Paris Games after finishing 9th in group

Manika Batra in action shortly

Manika Batra will take on Japan’s Miu Hirano in the round of 16 match  

Match begins: Manika Batra vs Miu Hirano

Manika Batra loses opening game

Not the best of start for the Manika as she loses first game 11-6

Manika Batra loses second game in a row

Japan’s Miu Hirano takes the second game.

Manika Batra takes the third game

In a thrilling third game, Manika won the game 14-12.

Manika Batra trails 1-3

Manika Batra bows out to Japan's Miu Hirano in round of 16-match

Manika Batra failed to go through to the quarterfinal of the women’s singles in table tennis at the Paris Olympics. She lost to Japanese eighth seed Miu Hirano 1-4 (6-11, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11, 6-11) in 47 minutes at the South Paris Arena 4 Table 1.

India’s Tarundeep Rai loses in 1/32 elimination round

Tarundeep Rai loses in men’s individual archery against Great Britain’s Tom Hall.

Judo-Bekauri of Georgia wins men's under 100kg gold

Georgia's Lasha Bekauri won the gold medal men's under 100kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

Japan's Sanshiro Murao took the silver, while Theodoros Tselidis of Greece and French Maxime-Gael Ngayap Hambou earlier won bronze medals. (Reuters)

Tennis-Kerber's final tournament ends in thrilling quarters loss to Zheng

German veteran Angelique Kerber bowed out of professional tennis at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday after losing 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(6) in the quarter-finals in a three-set thriller against world No. 7 Zheng Qinwen of China.

Zheng is the second Chinese player to reach the singles semi-finals at an Olympics after Li Na, who finished fourth at the Beijing 2008 Games. (Reuters)

Tennis-Swiatek rocked but closes in on medals

Women's top seed Iga Swiatek survived a scare against American Danielle Collins to reach the Olympic tennis singles semi-finals after her opponent retired in the deciding set at a hot and humid Roland Garros on Wednesday.

The Pole, overwhelming favourite for gold in light of her four French Open titles, was rattled and stunned by a fierce ball to the body early in the third set, but composed herself to earn a 6-1 2-6 4-1 victory. (Reuters)

Gymnastics-Canada's Dolci gets do over on bar after equipment malfunction

Indian badminton player HS Prannoy enters pre-quarters of Olympic Games badminton with three-game win over Vietnam's Le Duc Phat.

Boxing- Indian boxer Nishat Dev reaches quarterfinals, defeats Ecuador’s Jose Gabriel Rodriguez Tenorio

Indian table tennis player Sreeja Akula loses to world no 1 Sun 0-4 in women's singles pre-quarterfinals

Tennis-Nadal and Alcaraz beaten in Olympic doubles

Spain's dream team met its match as Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz's hopes of an Olympic doubles gold medal were ended by American duo Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek on Wednesday.

Their progress had captivated the crowds at Roland Garros where Nadal won 14 French Open singles crowns but their journey was ended in a 6-2 6-4 quarter-final defeat.

The fourth seeded Americans proved a step too far as they combined brilliantly to diffuse the power of the Spaniards despite having few fans inside a packed Court Philippe Chatrier.

The 38-year-old Nadal, who began the Games by carrying the Olympic flame in the opening ceremony, ends it without the medal he craved on what could well be his last appearance on his beloved Parisian clay. (Reuters)