Live streaming of Olympic Games Rio 2016 will be available. The Games will be held from August 5-21 in Rio. These are the first Summer Games to be held in South America.
STAR Sports and Doordarshan will telecast live action from Rio. Live streaming will be available in STAR Sports' digital property, Hotstar.
The opening ceremony will be held at the historic Maracana Stadium. Live TV can be seen in STAR Sports channels 1, 2, 3, 4 and their HD versions. The opening ceremony can be seen live from 4:30 AM IST (Saturday). India is eight and half hours ahead of Brazil.
For those not close to a TV, tune in to Hotstar.com/sports to catch live streaming of the opening ceremony.
For those on the move and want to keep in touch with live updates and action of Olympic Games Rio 2016, download the Hotstar App and enjoy the beauty of the world's biggest sporting spectacle.
Some 50,000 spectators are expected while more than 3 billion people tune in around the world as Brazil hosts their second major sporting event in two years, after the 2014 soccer World Cup.