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That is it for the day from us. A day full of excitement, mystery, controversies, disqualification and reverts , new beginnings and lots more. India did not fare well today but Vijender Singh , P Kashyap and Soumyajit Ghosh , did lend some respectability. Catch all the action with NDTV again later today as the Olympics and all the events heat up.
Boxing: Here is the Vijender Singh story. Capped off an otherwise disappointing day for India with a brilliant win.
Boxing: Vijender Singh has won his bout and through to the round of 16 in the men's middle weight 75-kg category. He beat Danabek Suzhanov of Kazakhstan 14-10.
Boxing: Vijender Singh continues his straight punches. Vijender is the more active as per the commentators. The Indian now leads 9-7 after round 2.
Boxing: The first round is over and Vijender Singh leads 5-4.
Boxing: Vijender Singh is entering the arena for his bout in the 75-kg category.
Boxing: India's Vijender Singh is the next on in the boxing ring up against Danabek Suzhanov of Kazakhstan. Vijender won the bronze the last time at the Olympics in Beijing 2008, will he better that or will it be another disappointment after a sad day for Indian athletes?
Tennis: Sania Mirza/Rushmi Chakravarthy knocked out in the first round of women's doubles tennis event. They lost to their Chinese Taipei opponents Chuang/Hsieh 1-6, 6-3, 1-6.
Tennis: Sania Mirza/Rushmi Chakravarthy take the second set 6-3 in their first round match over Chuang/Hsieh. They lost the first set 1-6.
Tennis: Sania Mirza/Rushmi Chakravarthy locked at 3-3 in the 2nd set vs Chuang/Hsieh of the Chinese Taipei. The Chinese Taipei pair won the first set 6-1.
Archery: Italy win the Gold in Men's archery team event beating United States. South Korea win the bronze with a win over Mexico. Italy narrowly won edging out the US 219-218 points.
Tennis: Sania/Rushmi lose the first set in their first round match 6 games to 1.
Tennis: Sania Mirza/Rushmi Chakravarthy on the verge of losing the first set in their first round match.
Tennis: Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthy trail 3-1 in the first set of their women's double first round match.
Cycling: Freshly-crowned Olympic road race champion Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan has won the Gold and retired from the sport immediately after that. Vinokourov served a two-year ban for blood doping between 2007 and 2009 and completed the Tour de France last week having fought his way back from a broken shin. Read here
Tennis: Sania Mirza/Rushmi Chakravarthy's first round match in women's doubles has begun. The Indian pair lead are tied at 1-1 in the first set against Chinese Taipei pair of Chuang/Hsieh.
Weightlifting: Soniya Chanu tries hard and lifts a total of 171kg in her weightlifting women's 48kg category. Out of medal contention though.
Table tennis: India's Soumyajit Ghosh wins his first round match 11-9, 14-12, 7-11, 12-10, 5-11, 12-10 over Brazil's Tsuboi G. Some consolation on a disappointing day till now.
Tennis: Roger Federer manages to beat Alejandro Falla in three sets 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. It was a scare for him though.
Tennis: China's Li Na crashes out of the Olympic tournament in the first round as the world number 11 was beaten 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 by Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova.
Table tennis: India's Soumyajit Ghosh leads his opponent G Tsuboi of Brazil. He won the first two games 11-9, 14-12. He has lost the third game though 11-7.
Tennis: Roger Federer has lost the second set 7-5 to Alejandro Falla.
Badminton: Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa have lost their first match in the Group B of the Women's doubles. They lost 16-21, 18-21 to Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa of Japan. Not a good start at all.
Swimming: South Korea appealed to the swimming governing body FINA, which ruled to reinstate Park Tae-hwan after reviewing video footage, a FINA official has apparently told The Associated Press. The decision is not yet public though.
Cycling: Meanwhile, Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan has won the Gold in the road race at the Olympics. He is the first man to win two Olympic medals in the cycling road race. Colombia's Rigoberto Uran takes silver & Norway's Alexander Kristoff wins bronze. Read story here
Boxing: Shiva Thapa might have lost at the Olympics 2012 but the future is definitely bright for the teenager. The road surely does not end here for him. Read full story here
Tennis: Wimbledon champion Serena Williams cruised through to the second round of the Olympic tournament with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Serbia's Jelena Jankovic.
Rowing: New Zealand's Hamish Bond and Eric Murray set a new men's pairs rowing world record in the Olympic heats, smashing the mark held by Britain's Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell.
Shooting: South Korean sharpshooter Jin Jong-Oh won Olympic men's 10m air pistol gold on the first day of action at London's Royal Artillery Barracks.
Women's weightlifting: Soniya Chanu's 48kg weightlifting event is on. Soniya best lift was 74kgs in the snatch. She missed her last lift at 75kg.
Tennis - Roger Federer and Alejandro Falla locked at 3-3 in the first set of the first round match.
Boxing: Shiva Thapa has lost his round of 32 against Oscar Valdez Fierro of Mexico in the 56kg bantamweight category. He lost the third round by 3-7 and overall 9-14.
Boxing: The final round has begun and Shiva Thapa is trailing by a point. Looks like Thapa is struggling here. Have to wait for the scores though.
Boxing: Shiva Thapa did fightback in the second round of his bout in the 56kg bantamweight category. He took the second round 4-3 against Oscar Valdez Fierro. Thapa trails 6-7 overall.
Boxing: Shiva Thapa's bout in the round of 32 at the Olympics has begun. He is taking on Oscar Valdez Fierro of Mexico in the men's bantamweight 56kg category. The first round is over and Thapa trails 2-4 as of now.
Rowing: India's Swarn Singh Virk finished fourth in the heats of the single sculls event of rowing competition in the London Olympics. He will compete in the repechage tomorrow to keep his hopes of qualifying further alive. Read story here
Shooting 10m Air Pistol: India's Vijay Kumar is out of the 10m air pistol event. He next fires in the 25m rapid fire on August 2. Read story here
Women's football: Japanese women, going for an Olympic gold to add to the World Cup title they won last year, were held to a goalless draw by Sweden in their second group match. Japan did win their first match though. Read story here
In tennis event, sixth seed but out of sorts Tomas Berdych has bid goodbye in the first round itself. Ana Ivanovic, though, did advance in her singles first round match. Read story here
Olympic champion Park Tae-hwan of South Korea did touch the wall first in his 400 freestyle heat, but was disqualified for a false start on the opening day of Olympic swimming. American Michael Phelps did manage to scrape through to the final in the 400-meter individual medley by seven-hundredth of a second. And Paul Biedermann of Germany, the world record holder in the event, failed to make the final. (Agency Inputs AP)
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Later in the day India's Soumyajit Ghosh will play his first match.
Sara Ramirez wins fifth game 11-2 vs Ankita Das. Ankita loses the match
Sara Ramirez strikes back in the fifth game, leads 6-2
Indian paddler Ankita Das ends fourth game in her favour with scores 11-8. Sara leads the match 3-1
Indian rower Sawarn Singh 6th/last in the first heat
MEANWHILE: Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku has become the first athlete caught doping at the London Olympics after failing a test for a banned steroid. Pulaku tested positive for stanozolol in London on July 23, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said. Two Turkish weightlifters have also been kicked out of the Games after failing pre-competition tests.
Sara Ramirez takes lead in the third game 4-2 vs Ankita Das
Sara Ramirez wins second game 11-8 vs Ankita Das
Ankita Das gives away advantage in the second game. Sara leads by 8-6
Ankita Das leads in the second game 4-1
And Ankita Das concedes the lead..Sara Ramirez takes over 11-9. Sara wins the first game
And she concedes the lead..Sara takes over 10-8
Ankita Das takes 8-7 lead over Sara Ramirez
Ramirez takes lead over Ankita
Indian paddler Ankita Das takes on Spain's Sara Ramirez
Lady swimmer from USA, Dana Vollmer has posted an Olympic record in Women's 100m Butterfly.
She finished with an astonishing time of 56.25 in her heat to enter the semifinals. 16 female swimmers will now battle it out for a spot in the finals which will take place tomorrow.
She finished with an astonishing time of 56.25 in her heat to enter the semifinals. 16 female swimmers will now battle it out for a spot in the finals which will take place tomorrow.
Meanwhile at the Aquatics Center, empty seats can be seen in huge numbers. According to emerging reports, Lord Sebastian Coe has also noted it and has said he will 'name and shame' sponsors who waste their tickets.
Tennis is set to begin at the 2012 Games with the Men's Singles, Women's Singles and Women's Doubles matches. The events will be held at the iconic courts of Wimbledon and will feature the sport's top athletes. Both individual gold medallists from the 2008 Games have missed out this year, while defending champions of both Doubles will look to repeat their 2008 Beijing performance.
China's Yi Siling wins the first gold medal of London Olympics as she wins the women's 10m air rifle event.
India's P Kashyap beat Belgium's Yuhan Tan 21-14, 21-12 in the men's singles of the Badminton event
Kshyap increases lead to 20-9
2nd set: Kashyap leads 11-7
2nd set: Kashyap makes it 9-5 vs Tan
Yuhan Tan recovers and makes it 5-7 in the second set vs Kashyap
After the taking the first set, P Kashyap takes a quick 4-0 lead in the second set
US Swimmer Michael Phelps qualifies as 8th in the 400m individual medley
One of the most popular sports worldwide, Swimming will commence at the Olympics today with the Men's 400m Individual Medley. Held at the Aquatic Centre, one of the star attractions will be the Games' most decorated swimmer in history, Michael Phelps. With 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, all eyes will be on Phelps to see if he can repeat his astonishing feat.
Indian badminton player P Kashyap has tremendous support from the stands as he plays Belgium's Yuhan Tan.
As many as 144 participants gear up for an exciting Road Race in the Men's Cycling event that begins on The Mall, battling it out for an ultimate winning position.
The Women's Preliminaries will be the first in line of several Volleyball events at the Olympics. It made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo games and in 2012 it will be held at Earls Court. USA bagged the Men's gold at the 2008 Beijing Games and Brazil won the Women's.
ARCHERY: Japan qualify to the quarterfinals. India fell behind by 2 points. Japan to face US in the quarterfinal
Both India and Japan finish with 214 points after 24 shots..It's a tie
ARCHERY: After 21 shots, India continue to lead by 2 points
Great Britain rowing women's pair Helen Glover and Heather Stanning win their heat to reach the Olympic final.
After twelve shots, India take lead by 3 points..India: 109, Japan: 106
It's a gripping contest between India and Japan in Archery. It is the elimination round
ARCHERY: India v Japan gets underway at the Lord's.
Great Britain team are out of the men's archery competition after losing 223-212 to Ukraine.
Great Britain team are out of the men's archery competition after losing 223-212 to Ukraine.
Table Tennis will begin with the Women's Singles Preliminary Round at the ExCel, London. It became part of the Olympic programme in 1988 and the Chinese have been the most successful at it. At the 2008 Beijing Games, China dominated the game single-handedly winning all the 4 gold medals as well as 2 silver and 2 bronze.
India's mixed doubles badminton players Jwala Gutta and V Diju lose their opening round clash in straight sets. They lose 21-16, 21-12 to Indonesia's Ahmad-Natsir.
Women shooters prepare for the 10m air rifle qualification competition
The Women's Basketball event gets underway in the newly built temporary stadium, Basketball Arena. USA are the favourites as they will be having a shot at their fourth straight gold. Eight teams are divided into two groups and all of them will be in action today.
All matches will be played at the Wembley Arena. Interestingly, the 2008 Beijing Olympics was a clean sweep for Asian countries with all the medals shared between China, Indonesia, Korea and Malaysia.
The Indian Mixed Doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju will get their Olympic medal quest going early on Saturday, followed by Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa in the Women's Doubles later in the day. Parupalli Kashyap will also be playing his first game.
In the pool, Phelps, whose eight golds in Beijing took his overall medal tally to 16, needs three more to surpass the all-time record of 18.
He has seven events in which to make more Games history and anchor a US team determined to continue its dominance against Australia and a Chinese squad spearheaded by 1500m free world record-holder Sun Yang.
One of his biggest challengers is teammate Ryan Lochte, who has emerged as a serious threat in the 200m medley and 400m medley.
He has seven events in which to make more Games history and anchor a US team determined to continue its dominance against Australia and a Chinese squad spearheaded by 1500m free world record-holder Sun Yang.
One of his biggest challengers is teammate Ryan Lochte, who has emerged as a serious threat in the 200m medley and 400m medley.
Today 12 gold medals of the Games are up for grabs with with Britain's Mark Cavendish favourite to win the men's cycling road race while in swimming the men's 400m medley final takes place at the Aquatics Centre.
