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India's Tennis Campaign Ends At Paris Olympics In Single Day

India's tennis campaign at the Paris Olympics lasted just one day as Sumit Nagal and the men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji bowed out after losing their respective opening matches to French challengers in Paris Sunday. Nagal was first to take court, but his strong baseline game didn't seem to be enough against mercurial Corentin Moutet, who earned a stylish three-set win. In his second appearance at the Olympic Games, Nagal bounced back after losing the first set but fell 2-6 6-4 5-7 in two hours and 28 minutes at a packed court seven at the Roland Garros.

Ireland's Daniel Wiffen Has Eyes On Historic Swimming Gold

Ireland's Daniel Wiffen posted the fastest time in the heats for the 800m freestyle on Monday, and the world champion now has his sights set on making history in Tuesday's final. Wiffen could become the first Irishman, and just the second Irish athlete ever, to claim Olympic swimming gold -- and his hopes were boosted with challenger Sam Short of Australia, considered the favourite by some analysts, failing to qualify. The 23-year-old Wiffen topped qualifying in 7:41.53, ahead of Tunisia's Ahmed Jaouadi.

Simone Biles Fights Through Calf Pain, Continues Great Olympics Gymnastics Form

Simone Biles made a stunning return to Olympic competition on Sunday, powering through left calf pain to get her multiple-medal bid off to a rousing start. The US superstar, aiming to add to the four gold medals she won in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, tweaked her left calf warming up for her second apparatus, the floor exercise. It didn't stop her from soaring through her signature Yurchenko double pike vault -- now known as the Biles II -- which even with a big step back on landing earned a 9.4 for execution for a massive total of 15.800 points.

Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic, Paris Olympics Live: Djokovic Double-Break Up vs Nadal, Leads 4-0 In 1st Set

Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic, Paris Olympics Live Score And Updates: Novak Djokovic leads Rafael Nadal in the first set of their second round match of Paris Olympics 2024 men's singles at Court Philippe Chatrier. The Serb broke Nadal's serve in the second game of the match to take an early lead.

Ramita Jindal Finishes 7th In 10m Air Rifle Women's Final

Indian shooter Ramita Jindal ended seventh in the final of the 10m air rifle women's competition at the Olympic Games in Chateauroux on Monday. Ramita, 20, shot 145.3 in a high-quality eight-women final. The young Indian shooter was placed seventh after 10 shots (104.0), when the elimination began. In danger of being eliminated, a 10.5 pushed Ramita to sixth place even as Norway's Hegg Jeanette Duestad made an exit. But the Indian could not save herself after that.

Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh Qualify For 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Bronze-Medal Match

Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh progressed to the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team bronze-medal match after finishing third in the qualification round, at the Paris Olympics in Chateauroux on Monday. Bhaker-Sarabjot shot 580-20x in the three series to finish third, ahead of the South Korea's Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho, in the qualification round. The two teams will feature in the bronze medal match on Tuesday at 1:00 PM IST where Manu will eye her second bronze at the Olympics.

India vs Argentina LIVE Score, Men's Hockey, Paris Olympics 2024: Harmanpreet Singh And Co. Eye 2nd Win

India vs Argentina, Men's Hockey, Paris Olympics 2024, Live Updates: India men's hockey team will be squaring off against Argentina in their Pool B match of Paris Olympics 2024 on Monday. Match against Argentina is also expected to be a tough one as the South Americans are famous for man-to-man marking and hard play, which the Indian midfield will have to withstand. The Indians are placed in a tough Pool B alongside reigning champions Belgium, mighty Australia, Argentina, New Zealand and Ireland. Earlier, India beat New Zealand 3-2 in a tense opening match on Saturday with captain Harmanpreet Singh scoring the winner in the dying minutes from a penalty stroke.

Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto Lose To World No 4 Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida, Stare At Early Exit

India's Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto were staring at an early exit after suffering their second consecutive group stage defeat in the women's doubles badminton competition at the Paris Olympics on Monday. The Indians went down 11-21 12-21 to the world number four Japanese duo of Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in the 48-minute Group C match. They had lost their opener against South Korea's Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong. Ponnappa and Crasto, world number 19, are currently placed third in their group behind the Japanese and the South Koreans.

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India's Tennis Campaign Ends At Paris Olympics In Single Day

Ireland's Daniel Wiffen Has Eyes On Historic Swimming Gold

Simone Biles Fights Through Calf Pain, Continues Great Olympics Gymnastics Form

Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic, Paris Olympics Live: Djokovic Double-Break Up vs Nadal, Leads 4-0 In 1st Set

Ramita Jindal Finishes 7th In 10m Air Rifle Women's Final

Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh Qualify For 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Bronze-Medal Match

India vs Argentina LIVE Score, Men's Hockey, Paris Olympics 2024: Harmanpreet Singh And Co. Eye 2nd Win

Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto Lose To World No 4 Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida, Stare At Early Exit