That is all for today. Join us tomorrow for more action as Lakshya Sen look to add another medal to India's tally and the wrestling campaign begins.

For the first time in history 8 men have broken 10 seconds in a wind-legal race.
This Olympic 100m final is ICONIC ‼️#Paris2024 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/O7wVqMkygv

— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 4, 2024

World champion Noah Lyles roared to victory in 9.79sec to claim the men's Olympic 100m gold in Paris on Sunday. Lyles became the first American, male or female, to win the event since Justin Gatlin won in the 2004 Athens Games.

We are minutes away from the Men's 100m race. Who will become the fastest man of the planet? Wait and watch!

Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the women's Olympic high jump in Paris on Sunday. The world champion and world record holder managed a best of 2.00 metres to win on countback from Australia's Nicola Olyslagers. Another Australian, Eleanor Patterson, claimed joint bronze with another Ukrainian, Iryna Gerashchenko, both on 1.95m.

US sprinter Noah Lyles suffered a second straight slow start Sunday, beaten into second in his 100m semi-final at the Paris Olympics. After labouring through his heat with a sluggish start, Lyles was again slowest off the blocks in the semi-final, coming second behind Jamaica's Oblique Seville, who clocked a season's best 9.81sec. The shock 100m winner in Tokyo, Italy's Marcell Jacobs, also scraped through to the final at 1950GMT, where Jamaica's Kishane Thompson will start as fastest qualifier after notching 9.80sec.

Amit Rohidas has been handed an one-match ban for his red card against Great Britain and the Indian men's hockey team star will now miss the semifinal. This is a huge blow to India but Hockey India will be appealing to overturn the ban.

Great Britain goalkeeper Ollie Payne had his Ipad removed from the pitch during the tense penalty shoot-out against India after it emerged that he was using the device to consult notes before facing each penalty. After a few minutes of confusion about what was happening in that corner of the pitch, the gadget was handed over to the Great Britain assistant coach. While it made no difference to India's shooting, as skipper Harmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Upadhyay and Rajkumar Pal scored from their attempts, Great Britain fluffed both shots after the incident to crash out of the tournament.

The United States set a new world record as they powered to gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay on Sunday with Australia taking silver and China bronze. The USA's time of 3min 49.63sec beat the previous record of 3:50.40 set by the Americans in 2019.

World record holder Pan Zhanle led China to gold in the men's Olympic 4x100m medley relay final Sunday ahead of the United States and France. The Chinese team of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun and Pan touched in 3min 27.46sec with America second in 3:28.01 and the French third in 3:28.38.

Veteran Swedish sprint star Sarah Sjoestroem powered to the women's Olympic 50m freestyle gold on Sunday to go with her 100m title. The 30-year-old, at her fifth Olympics, hit the wall first in 23.71sec. Australia's Meg Harris (23.97) was second and China's Zhang Yufei (24.20) third. It was only Sjoestroem's third career Olympic gold medal, compared to the 14 she has won at world championships.

American Bobby Finke smashed the world record time as he defended his Olympic title in the men's 1500m freestyle on Sunday, with Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri taking silver and Ireland's Daniel Wiffen bronze. Finke, who led from the outset, set a new world best time of 14:30.67 breaking the previous best of 14:31.02 set by China's Sun Yang in London in 2012.

Kristen Faulkner of the United States won Olympic gold in the women's cycling road race in Paris on Sunday after a 158km run around the city. Marianne Vos of the Netherlands took silver ahead of Belgium's Lotte Kopecky in a photo finish, with Hungarian rider Blanka Vas just missing out.

Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin won Taiwan's first gold of the Paris Olympics on Sunday when they beat their top-seeded Chinese opponents to retain their men's doubles title. The Taiwanese pair, who are unseeded, beat Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang 21-17, 18-21, 21-19 in an epic encounter at La Chapelle Arena. Lee and Wang became the first men's doubles pair to retain the Olympic title.

Scottie Scheffler claimed the men's golf gold medal on his Olympic debut with a thrilling victory over Britain's Tommy Fleetwood on Sunday. The American world number one secured his seventh win of the year with a course record-equalling 62 at Le Golf National to edge out silver medallist Fleetwood on 19-under-par for the tournament. Japan's Hideki Matsuyama had to settle for bronze on 17-under after a dramatic final round that saw several players challenge for the medals.

Uncertainty looms over India's key defender and first rusher Amit Rohidas' availability for Tuesday's crucial men's hockey semifinal of the Paris Olympics after he received a rare red card against Great Britain in the last-eight match here on Sunday. Rohidas was sent off the pitch almost 40 minutes from the final hooter after his stick unintentionally hit a rival player.

Carlos Yulo of the Philippines won gold in the men's vault at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, a day after claiming the floor title at Bercy Arena. Armenia's Artur Davtyan took silver with Britain's Harry Hepworth just denying his compatriot and vault world champion Jake Jarman for the bronze.

Novak Djokovic beat Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday to claim a maiden Olympic title and become just the fifth player to complete a career Golden Slam. The 37-year-old Serb, competing in his fifth Games, came through 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/2) in an enthralling final at Roland Garros to add Olympic gold to his 24 Grand Slam triumphs.

Liu Yang clinched China's first men's gymnastics gold of the Paris Olympics on Sunday, delivering a formidable display of strength and skill to retain the rings title he won in Tokyo. Liu, a two-time world champion on the apparatus, scored 15.300 points to lead a Chinese one-two ahead of silver medallist Zou Jingyuan, with Greece's 2016 Olympic champion Eleftherios Petrounias taking bronze. It took some -- but not all -- of the sting out of China's agonizing silver-medal finish behind Japan in the men's team competition.

Cindy Ngamba guaranteed the Refugee Olympic Team their first medal in history after comfortably winning her boxing quarter-final in Paris on Sunday. The Cameroon-born boxer defeated France's Davina Michel with a unanimous points decision to reach the last four of the women's 75kg category, assuring the Refugee Olympic Team a bronze medal at least

1. Inconsistent video umpire reviews, particularly regarding the red card decision for an Indian player, which has eroded trust in the video review system.

2. Coaching of a goalkeeper from behind the goalpost during the shoot-out. 

3. Use of a video tablet by a goalkeeper during the shoot-out.

Also, these incidents have undermined confidence in the officiating process among players, coaches, and fans. Hockey India calls for a thorough review of these matters to uphold the integrity of the sport and ensure fair play in future matches.

Hockey India have filed an official complaint regarding the refereeing standards, following Amit Rohidas' controversial red card in the quarterfinal against Great Britain.

"This is to inform you that Hockey India has officially raised concerns about the quality of umpiring and decision-making in the ongoing Paris Olympic Games 2024 (Men's tournament). The complaint focuses on a critical match between India and Great Britain, where several inconsistencies in officiating potentially influenced the game's outcome," the official statement read.

Top seed Novak Djokovic is one set away from claiming the Paris Olympics 2024 men's singles tennis crown, having taken the first set against Carlos Alcaraz in tie-break. 

A poor final round in Stage 2 sees Vijayveer and Anish miss out on qualification in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's final. Vijayveer and Anish finish 9th and 13th with aggregates of 290 and 289.

Stage 2 of 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's Qualification resumes. India's Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish are in action. 

5th break point for Alcaraz in the ninth game of first set. A brilliant backhand on his weaker, and he fires that just inside the tramline. Relentless play from the Spaniard

Another long game, that went on for more than 15 minutes. Djokovic holds his nerve in the end, and wins the game to retake the lead in the first set. Big serve coming up, as far as Alcaraz is concerned

Hearing on Amit Rohidas' red card will reportedly take place at 7pm Paris time. He is likely to serve a one match ban. As per multiple reports, call on his availability in the semi-final will be taken after reviewing severity of offence.

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are squaring off in the gold medal match of tennis men's singles. 

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen has made a big prediction for India's Lakshya Sen.

VIKTOR AXELSEN said "I think in the next Olympics Lakshay Sen will be the favourite to win the Gold". pic.twitter.com/nRsawmc8oj

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 4, 2024

India's Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala will soon begin their action in men's 25m rapid fire pistol Stage 2. They finished 5th and 7th respectively in Stage 1. Both Indian shooters will compete in 4th Relay. The first Relay is underway at present. 

The results of India’s women’s skeet qualification are out. Maheshwari Chauhan has finished 14^th while Raiza Dhillon finishes 23^rd. Both miss out on the final. 

In Women's Skeet Qualification, Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon are both out of contention. Maheshwari was in contention to reach the final after Day 1. However, some poor shooting on Day 2 sees her miss out on one of those six spots.

Stage 2 of 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's Qualification is underway! Vijayveer and Anish will be in action soon. They were 5th and 7th after the end of Stage 1. Remember, the top 6 shooters make it to the final.

Lakshya Sen loses to Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) in men's badminton semis at Olympics 2024. He will now play Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia in the bronze medal match tomorrow at 6 PM IST.

Viktor Axelsen showing why he is the defending champion. He was down 0-7 in the second game but has managed to level the proceedings.

Lakshya Sen loses first game 20-22 against defending champions Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in men's badminton semis at Olympics 2024. Three game points wasted by Lakshya as the Dane won five straight points

Devastated former Olympic champion Carolina Marin withdrew in tears from her badminton semi-final on Sunday after her right knee buckled in distressing scenes. Marin, who won women's singles gold at the Rio 2016 Games, was on track to reach the final but collapsed midway through the second game against China's He Bingjiao. Coaches and He rushed to her side as she lay on the ground for several minutes, clutching her leg. She eventually got up and walked off the court then resumed wearing a support but she could barely move, losing the next two points before falling to the ground again and retiring.

India's Vishnu Saravanan is in action in sailing, men's dinghy, with the 7th race now underway. 

The men's singles semi-final in Paris Olympic Games has begun his match against world no. 2 Viktor Axelsen. You can catch the detailed live updates here...

Lovlina gave her best but only came out second best. Here's how her bout went:

Another disappointment coming in for India from Athletics where Jeswin Aldrin registered a below-par jump of 7.61m in his last attempt. As a result, he failed to qualify for Men's Long Jump final. 

A similar cagey Round 3 that saw Lovlina trying hard to land connecting punches on the face of Qian. The decisive blows didn't come and it was the Chinese pugilist who qualified for the semi-finals with a split verdict of 4-1 and an aggregate score of 30-27.

A better start from Li Qian, in comparison to the first one, as the Chinese pugilist pushes Lovlina back with a few punches hitting her straight on the face. Lovlina is trying but unable to land blows on Qian's face that could shift the momentum in her favour. The verdict is still in the favour of the Chinese 3-2.

The Chinese pugilist takes the first round 3-2 in a split verdict. Lovlina has amends to make in the second round. 

Lovlina started off the bout with a punch before there could even be a lock-up. The Indian then landed another jab before the referee had to separate both boxers again. A fiery start from Lovlina but the Chinese pugilist became more attentive after the first few seconds. Lovlina seems to have the upper hand in the first round but it was close. 

India's Lovlina Borgohain begins her Women's 75kg bout against China's Li Qian in the quarter-finals. She is only a win away from assuring a medal to the Indian contingent in Paris Games.

The stage 1 of Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol qualification event is over, with India's Vijayveer Sandhu and Anish Bhanwala finishing 5th and 7th respectively. The second stage of the event will begin at 4:30 PM IST. The top 6 after both stages will go through to the final. 

Another poor attempt from Jeswin Aldrin as he commits a foul yet again. Still no score recorded.

World Number 1, as well as the defending champion from Greece, Miltiadis Tentoglou, took just one attempt to breach the automatic qualification mark of 8.15m mark. He starts with 8.32 in his first attempt and is through to the final. 

India's Jeswin Aldrin couldn't register a distance in the first attempt as he overstepped the jump in line. He still has two more attempts left in the qualifier of Group B.

India's Jeswin Aldrin will shortly be in action in the men's long jump qualifier. Qualification mark stands at 8.15. All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard or at least 12 best performers advance to final.

The third round is over and Anish Bhanwala is placed 4th with scores of 98, 98 and 97 while Vijayveer Sidhu is 3rd with the same scoreline. Both have put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the final. But, the 4th relay and the Stage 2 is yet to begin.

Great Britain have found the equaliser through Lee Morton. It's 1-1 as India lose their lead in the second quarter. Would need to make amends in the second half. 

Anish Bhanwala with two 98s in the first two rounds of Men's 25m Air Pistol qualifier, that sees him placed 4th in the standings. One more round to go, but Vijayveer Sidhu is still in contention for a top six finish in Stage 1. Remember, Stage 2 will start at 4:30 PM IST.

GOOOAAALLLLLLL for India and it's none other than Harmanpreet Singh who scores the opener. Against the odds, India have the lead and they need to keep this advantage intact despite being a man down. 

A huge setback for the Indian men's hockey team against Great Britain. Amit Rohidas has been given a red-card. Now, he can't play a part in the match anymore. This could be a big issue for the Indian team. 

Sad news for India as Parul finishes in eighth position, and is now officially out of her event. Jeswin Aldrin will be in action next in long jump event.

Parul Chaudhary finishes 8th in the Heats with a SB timing of 9:23:29, just missing out on the final. Her Paris Olympics journey ends here. #Athletics #Paris2024 #Olympics2024Paris pic.twitter.com/dS5lNcnuMI

— Sports Apna l Indian sports (@sportsapna1) August 4, 2024

India's Parul Chaudhary isn't doing well at the moment, and is placed 10th among 12 runners. Only the last 1000m left. Remember, only the top 5 from each heat go through to the next round.

While the men's hockey quarter-final clash between India and Great Britain has begun, the Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 will also be up shortly, featuring India's Parul Chaudhary.

A spot in the semis awaits.
We are underway in the Quarterfinal.#Hockey #HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame #HockeyLayegaGold #WinItForSreejesh#Paris2024 #INDVSGBR #QF

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) August 4, 2024

India's Vijayveer Sidhu is back in top 6, occupying the No. 4 spot at the moment, just one spot ahead of Pakistan's Ghulam Mustafa Bashir as the second relay concludes in Stage 1.

Vijayveer Sidhu has dropped out of the top 6, as the second relay of shooting begins, in Stage 1. Remember, only the top 6 athletes from qualification. India's second shooter at the event, Anish Bhanwala, begins his shooting in the third relay. 

The Indian men's hockey team is all set to take on Great Britain in their quarter-final match, starting 1:30 PM IST. A victory takes India into the semi-finals, which would give the team two chances of winning a medal. For detailed hockey updates, click here...

With the first relay now over, Anish Bhanwala's qualifier will begin in the third relay. India's Vijayveer Sidhu is placed third after the end of the first relay. There are a total of 4 relays to be played in the 25m air pistol qualifie. 

The top 6 shooters will qualify from here. Anish will be in action shortly as he is part of Relay 3. Stage 2 will get underway at 4:30 PM.

Another 98, followed by a 97, sees Vijayveer jump to the third spot after the end of Stage. South Korea's Cho Yeongjae leads the chart with an aggregate of 297. Vijayveer needs a better show in Stage 2.

Vijayveer Sidhu with a 98 in the first round of Stage 1. He is currently 6th behind Pakistan's Ghulam Mustafa Bashir, who is fifth despite also shooting 98.

Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish will be in action very soon in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's qualification round. Stage of the event starts at 12:30 PM, while the second stage is expected to get underway at 4:30 PM later in the day. Can Vijayveer and Anish both qualify for the event? Stay tuned to find out

Just like Lovlina, shuttler Lakshya Sen is one win away from securing a medal for India. In the quarters, he beat Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien-19-21, 21-15, 21-12. However, he now faces defending champions Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. The two have faced each other eight times in singles matches, where Axelsen won seven games. The Indian shuttler's single win against the Danish came in 2022 German Open semi-final bout, when Lakshya sealed a 21-13, 12-21, 22-20 victory.

Star pugilist Lovlina Borgohain is one win away from being assured of a medal. She will take on Li Qian of China in the quarterfinal bout at 3:02 PM. This comes after Nishant Dev missed out an a medal after losing his quarterfinal bout against Mexico's Marco Verde, who made a comeback after losing the first round by a hefty margin.

Just two wins away from confirming a medal, the Indian hockey team will take on Great Britain in the quarterfinals later in the day. India, bronze medallists from the last edition on Tokyo, beat Australia 3-2 in their final group game a couple of days back. This will be a rematch from the quarterfinals at Tokyo three years back, which India had won 3-1.

A very good morning to our readers. We are back with the coverage of the Paris Olympics 2024. Today is the 9th day of the event, and a big one as far as India's medal hopes are concerned. So far, India have won just three medals, all bronze, with Manu Bhaker winning two of them. By the end of the day, however, we might get two medal confirmantions if the results go in the favour of the Indian athletes.