Paris Olympics 2024, Day 9 Highlights: Lyles wins men's 100m gold; Djokovic beats Alcaraz to tennis crown

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Signing off

That’s it from us in our coverage of Day 9 of the Paris Olympics. It was a day that witnessed the Indian men’s hockey team pull off one of its greatest wins in recent memory and Lakshya Sen suffering his first defeat of the Games but staying in contention for a medal.

Big day coming up tomorrow, with Sen set to face Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia for bronze. Do join us tomorrow in our coverage that will begin sometime before the first event of the day takes place at 12.30 pm.

For now, we bid you all a good night!

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Hockey — India face Germany in semis

India, meanwhile, will face Germany in the men’s hockey semi-final on Tuesday, 6 August at 10.30 pm. The Germans kept their campaign alive with a 3-2 victory over Argentina.

Netherlands and Spain lock horns in the other semi-final after beating Australia and Belgium respectively.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics — Canada win men's hammer throw gold

Ethan Katzberg, meanwhile, wins the men’s hammer throw final to be crowned both Olympic and world champion!

Hungary’s Bence Halasz and Ukraine’s Mykhaylo Kokhan win silver and bronze respectively

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics — US move to the top of the table after Lyles’ gold!

Noah Lyles’ triumph in the men’s 100-metre final gives the United States its 19th gold medal, exactly the number China have won so far.

The Americans, however, have won 26 more medals than the Chinese on the overall count and thus take the top spot.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics

Record alert!

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics — NOAH LYLES WINS MEN’S 100M GOLD!

Noah Lyles has finally done it! The American pips Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson to gold by 0.004s after both finish on 9.79s to finally add the men’s 100m gold to his multiple World Championships golds!

It’s USA-Jamaica-USA on the podium with Thompson, who initially thought he won the title, collecting silver and Fred Kerley winning bronze!

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics — Men’s 100m final underway!

Right then, the Stade de France goes dark, with the showpiece men’s 100-metre final getting underway now!

Will Noah Lyles finally add an Olympic crown to his collection? Will a Jamaican win the title for the first time since Usain Bolt in Rio 2016? Or will Marcell Jacobs become the first since the legendary Bolt to successfully defend the men’s 100m title?

Stay tuned to find out…

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics — Ukraine win gold and bronze in women’s high jump!

The women’s high-jump podium goes to Ukraine and Australia, who win gold and silver respectively and win a bronze each!

Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Nicola Olyslagers win gold and silver respectively.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics

Here’s the start list for the men’s 100-metre final that will begin in 20 minutes:

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics

Less than an hour to go for the men’s 100-metre final, which takes place at 1.20 am IST.

Will Noah Lyles finally add an Olympic title to his multiple world championships gold medals? Or will a Jamaican once again triumph in the event?

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics — Jamaica's Thompson fastest in men's 100m semis!

And we’re done with Semi-Final 3 as well, with Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson topping this round with a timing on 9.80 seconds — the fastest of the semis. Thompson and USA’s Fred Kerley occupy the top-two spots to advance to automatically qualify for the final.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics — Defending champion Jacobs 3rd in Semi-Final 2

Meanwhile in the second semi-final, defending champion Marcell Jacobs finishes third — a spot that doesn’t guarantee automatic qualification. South Africa’s Akani Simbine and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo occupy the top two spots. Will have to wait for Semi-Final 3 to find out whether Jacobs goes through or not.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics — Lyles finishes 2nd in men's 100m semi-final 1

Jamaica’s Oblique Seville finishes ahead of USA’s Noah Lyles in Semi-final 1 of the men’s 100-metre event. Lyles, a six-time World Championships gold medallist, will be aiming to win his first Olympic gold medal after collecting bronze in Tokyo 2020.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Athletics

Some major events coming up in athletics today, including the marquee men’s 100-metre dash that not only is one of the most anticipated events in the Olympics is also a race to determine the fastest man on the planet.

Here are some of the events coming up or are underway:

Women’s High Jump Final — underway (11.25 PM start)

Men’s 100m Semi-Final — 11.35 pm

Men’s Hammer Throw Final — 12 am

Women’s 800m Semi-Final — 12.05 am

Men’s 1500m Semi-Final: 12.40 am

Men’s 100m Final: 1.20 am

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Hockey

Meanwhile in men’s hockey, Tokyo 2020 champions Belgium and runners-up Australia have been knocked out of the Paris Games! Belgium suffered a shock 2-3 loss at the hands of Spain after topping Pool B while Netherlands knocked Australia with a 2-0 win in a heated clash.

One more quarter-final to go, with Germany set to face Argentina, the winner then facing India in the semi-finals.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Wrestling: Nisha Dahiya drawn against Tetiana Sova in women’s 68kg opener

Asian championships silver medallist Nisha Dahiya will be the first Indian wrestler in action in the Paris Olympics on Monday, facing Ukraine’s Tetiana Sova, seeded fifth, in the women’s 68kg freestyle Round of 16.

Sova has won four medals at the European Championships, including the 65kg title in 2022.

If Dahiya wins, she could face either Moldova’s Irina Ringaci, seeded fourth, or Pak Sol Gum North Korea in the quarter-finals.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Sen to fight for bronze tomorrow

Another big day coming up tomorrow for the Indian contingent, with Lakshya Sen set to fight for bronze against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia.

Here’s the full Day 10 schedule:

Shooting

Skeet Mixed Team (Qualification): Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka — 12.30 pm

Table tennis

Women’s Team (Pre-quarterfinal): India vs Romania — 1.30 pm

Sailing

Women’s Dinghy (Opening series): Nethra Kumanan’s Race 9 — 3.45 pm

Women’s Dinghy (Opening series): Nethra Kumanan’s Race 10 — 4.53 pm

Men’s Dinghy (Opening series): Vishnu Saravanan’s Race 9 — 6.10 pm

Men’s Dinghy (Opening series): Vishnu Saravanan’s Race 10 — 7.15 pm

Athletics

Women’s 400m (Round 1): Kiran Pahal (Heat 5) — 3.57 pm

Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase (Round 1): Avinash Sable (Heat 2) — 10.50 pm

Badminton

Men’s Singles (Bronze medal playoff): Lakshya Sen vs Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia) — 6.00 pm

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Hockey

Looks like there might be some hope for India defender Amit Rohidas after all after he was shown the red card in the men’s hockey quarter-final against Great Britain.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Tennis

It’s not everyday that you see Novak Djokovic this emotional after winning a tournament. Winning the elusive Olympic gold sure is a special moment in his career.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Congratulatory wishes from one legend to another

Former US Open champion Andy Roddick is “emotional” after “GOAT” Novak Djokovic wins his first Olympic gold!

The willpower. Cant explain the effort I just witnessed from Nole. GOAT. To get one last chance, tell everyone what your priority is, and the deliver against the current best. Emotional stuff. Lucky to see it. Props

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Nethra Kumaran 24th overall in sailing, Vishnu in 18th

In the women’s dinghy sailing event at the Paris Olympics, India’s Nethra Kumaran finished the seventh race and eighth races in 24th and 25th spots. She is now placed 24th overall with 96 points. In the men’s dinghy series, Vishnu Saravanan is in 18th position overall with 114 net points. In Races 7 and 8, Vishnu finished in seventh and 24th places respectively. Races 9 and 10 will take place on Monday (6.10 pm IST)

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Boxing

Boxer Cindy Ngamba has created history by becoming the first Refugee to clinch an Olympic medal. She beat Davina Mitchell in the quarter-final of women’s middleweight via unanimous decision.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Another feather added to Djokovic's cap!

Former American tennis player Mardy Fish congratulates Novak Djokovic on winning men’s singles tennis gold:

That’s it for me… Novak Djokovic, the undisputed 🐐 of the tennis court. @DjokerNole

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Novak Djokovic wins Olympics tennis gold!

He has done it! Novak Djokovic beats Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets in the men’s singles tennis final to win his first Olympics gold medal! The Serb and the Spaniard were involved in an intense contest at the Roland Garros, with both sets going into the tie break. Djokovic won the game 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2).

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Neck-to-neck affair between Alcaraz and Djokovic

This final between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic is turning out to be one for the ages. Alcaraz continues to lead narrowly, this time with a 6-5 scoreline in the second set. Djokovic had won the first set.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Alcaraz takes narrow lead in second set

It’s a neck-to-neck battle between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles tennis final. Alcaraz has a 4-3 lead over Djokovic in the second set but it can be anyone’s game from here on. The match is evenly poised at the moment.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Hockey India raises concerns about 'quality of umpiring and decision making'

Hockey India on Sunday released a statement that the sporting body had officially raised concerns on the “quality of umpiring and decision-making”, with regards to the men’s team’s quarter-final against Great Britain. “Inconsistent video umpire reviews, particularly regarding the red card decision for an Indian player, which has eroded trust in the video review system,” reads one of the major points in the statement.

During the quarter-final that India won, Amit Rohidas was given a red card after he appeared to lift his hockey stick onto the face of Will Calnan. That gesture was declared as “dangerous play” by the officials. As a result, India were down to 10 men for more than 40 minutes.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Alcaraz takes first game of second set

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz takes the first game of the second set in the men’s singles tennis final against Novak Djokovic. There’s still a long way to go though in this contest. It’s 1-0 for Alcaraz in the second set currently.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Novak Djokovic takes first set!

The first set of the men’s singles tennis final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz has entered a tie-break after the first set ended 6-6. Djokovic wins the tie-breaker eventually 7-3, and takes the first set!

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Shooters Vijayveer and Anish miss out on final

India’s Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwalla’s campaign in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event ends after both of them finish outside the top six. Only the top six shooters qualify for the final. Vijayveer finished in ninth place with a total of 583 points, whereas Anish ended in 13th place with 582 points.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Shooters Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon bow out

A disappointing outcome for India on the second day of the Skeet Women’s Qualification. Maheshwari Chauhan finishes in 14th place with a score of 118, whereas Raiza Dillon ends in 23rd place with 113 points. The top six shooters from qualification advance to the final, so the Indian duo miss out.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Shooters Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala in action

In stage 2 the men’s 25m rapid pistol men’s qualification, India’s Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala are in action. Vijayveer is currently ranked sixth with a score of 293-14x, whereas Anish is in eighth place with 293×11 points. The top six shooters qualify for the final

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Djokovic vs Alcaraz

The fifth game of the first set between Djokovic and Alcaraz is in progress. Alcaraz gets a couple of break points but is able to capitalise on those. The scores remain 2-2. It is Djokovic who takes the game and with that a 3-2 lead in the first set.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Djokovic vs Alcaraz

It’s 2-2 now n the men’s singles tennis final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. He shows great determination to fight back from 0-40 to force a deuce against Djokovic, before the Spaniard saves the game.

Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Djokovic vs Alcaraz in men's singles final

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is currently facing Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in a blockbuster men’s singles final in the tennis tournament at Paris Olympics. The first set is underway with Djokovic leading 2-1.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Belgium beaten in hockey

Huge results in the men’s hockey competition. Spain have stunned the reigning Olympic champions Belgium 3-2 and entered their first semis since Beijing 2008

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Words of advice from Viren Rasquinha for Lakshya Sen

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Women's Badminton

Carolina Marin suffers an injury as she plays against He Bingjiao during their women’s singles badminton semifinal match at the 2024 Summer Olympics. AP

🇪🇸 Carolina Marin

Tokyo 2020: Missed the Summer Games in Japan with a knee injury

Paris 2024: Retires mid-way in her semi-final with a knee injury

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Women's Skeet Qualification

Maheshwari Chauhan had been in contention to qualify for the women’s skeet final but a 22 in the sixth and final series has hurt her chances and seen her drop out of the top-six. She musters a final total of 118 points.

Raiza Dhillon, further down the list in 23rd, after 113 points.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Axelsen goes for another gold

Viktor Axelsen: “He (Lakshya Sen) was playing so well. In four years, he would be a gold medal contender. I relaxed at the right time.”

Reminder: Lakshya Sen can still win a bronze medal as he will play seventh seeded Malaysian Lee Zii Jia, who lost to Kunlavut Viditsarn in the other semi-final.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India beat Great Britain in a shoot-off

How do you make sense of what the Indian team managed to do against Great Britain? Former coach Sjoerd Marijne and player Viren Rasquinha try and comprehend

India men win because of adaptability, mentally they stayed calm and played with passion and they knew they needed each other more than ever! #team
#OlympicGamesParis2024 #INDGB

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Speaking to JioCinema, Lakshya Sen says he got passive and defensive during the moments he had the big leads and margins in the match and paid for it. Says there’s been plenty of learnings from this match and will use them to get better

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Lakshya Sen of India in action against Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. REUTERS

Lakshya Sen can be mighty proud of his Paris 2024 campaign. His debut Olympics, beating multiple higher ranked players and coming within one win of a medal is a huge accomplishment. And to push Viktor Axelsen the way he did is no small feat either

Recap: Axelsen beat Sen 22-20, 21-14

Game 1: Sen led by 6 points, had 3 game points

Game 2: Sen led by 7 points

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Viktor Axelsen brings up six match points with a half-smash straight at Lakshya Sen’s body.

At 20-14, Sen sends the service return just wide and that is Axelsen into the gold medal match!

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Viktor Axelsen in complete control now. All going his way. A powerful smash goes unreturned. On the next point, Sen gets two thundering hits back but not a crosscourt on the third. 19-14 to Axelsen now

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

The errors continue to pile up for Lakshya Sen and Viktor Axelsen has gone from being 0-7 downt o being 15-12 up. Axelsen winning 15 of the last 20 points!

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Men's long jump qualification

Jeswin Aldrin finishes 26th after all the competitors are done in the men’s long jump qualification. His best of 7.61m is not enough to see him through to the final

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Lakshya Sen has the lead at the mid-game break but not a sizeable one as he would have liked. From 7-0 up, it is now 11-9 to the Indian as Axelsen does Axelsen things!

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Viktor Axelsen has brought himself back into this with huge smashes! At 10-7, Sen’s racket goes flying!

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Blink and you miss it! Lakshya Sen has quickly, rather surprisingly, pocketed seven straight points to open the second game.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

At 20-20, Axelsen with a high serve and Sen smashes it. But it goes wide! Game point for the Dane.

At 21-20, Sen with a drop shot into the net and Axelsen somehow wins the opening game 22-20

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Game points come and game points go! Sen starts with a service error and then loses the next after an error. Axelsen saves a third one to make it 20-20. Sen nudges the shuttle deep but hits it long

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Lakshya Sen with a cleverly disguised shot behind Axelsen who seemed to be moving to the right. Sen sends the shuttle to the left. On the next, Sen goes crosscourt with Axelsen left flatfooted. Game points at 20-18!

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Lakshya Sen comes close to extending his lead, dominates the point, controls the narrative, gets the right angles but the final shot, a little deft drop hits the net. From six points, Sen’s lead is down to just two

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Lakshya Sen continues to dominate, continues to run the points and as Axelsen’s return goes into the net, coach Vimal Kumar gets pumped! The Indian shuttler leads 18-13

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Phenomenal play from Lakshya Sen! Divine angled, crosscourt drop shot, Axelsen throws himself at it and the looped up shuttle is quickly and swiftly thumped away by Sen to make it 16-11. On the next, Axelsen returns the serve into the net. 17-11!

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Errors creeping up for Axelsen and Sen continues to find the absolute corners of the court. The two point lead balloons to six as Axelsen misjudges and squanders a review. Sen up by 15-9

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Lakshya Sen smashes it! After playing a lengthy rally with both players showing plenty of patience, Sen with an angled smash that the Dane is unable to read.

On the next point, Sen finds the line with such precision. Axelsen challenges and the video review confirms it did catch the line.

At the break, Sen leads Axelsen 11-9, clawing back from 0-3 down

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Axelsen cleverly creates the opening. Goes behind Sen once, and then twice, to create the room to go the Indian’s right with the court gaping. Axelsen, once again, takes a point lead (9-8)

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

Sen roars back with thumping smashes and has Axelsen backpedalling with pinpoint angles. A fierce smash from the Indian comes unreturned and he leads 8-7

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

The men’s singles badminton semi-final between Lakshya Sen and Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen is underway. The winner gets assured of a medal. Axelsen has a massive lead in the head-to-head: 7-1.

Rather ominously, Sen starts with three errors in a row…

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Jeswin Aldrin in men's long jump qualification

Jeswin Aldrin gets a valid attempt on his third try. He gets a distance of 7.61m which is below the required 8.15m for automatic qualification. Let’s wait and see if he’s one of the 12-best performers, although that looks slim

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain loses to Li Qian in quarter-finals

No medal for Lovlina this time in Paris as she loses by a split decision (1-4) to the number one seed Li Qian. Honestly, the result could have gone either way but Qian edged the contest as a result of being just a bit more proactive against Lovlina who took a few blows and was pushed into awkward positions at times.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India beat Great Britain in hockey shoot-off

India players celebrate after scoring against Great Britain at Paris Olympics. REUTERS

UNREAL SCENES IN PARIS!

India beat Great Britain 1-1 (4-2 in shoot-off) despite playing with 10 players for 43 minutes!!

In shoot-off:

GBR: ✅✅❌❌
IND: ✅✅✅✅

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian quarter-finals

Lovlina loses in the quarter-finals. China’s Li Qian is declared the winner of the women’s 75kg quarter-finals by a split decision.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian quarter-finals

Another close round round but a cagey affair between two experienced boxers as the bout ends. The game never got into a high tempo.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian quarter-finals

Round 2 also goes in Li Qian’s favour with three judges scoring it in her favour.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian quarter-finals

Round 2: Li Qian is the busier of the two, initiating the exchanges and also pushing Lovlina into a corner once. Borgohain has done well on her feet but the outright punches have not come in. It’s getting messy again with both boxers locked into each other in the middle of ring for along.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain in hockey shoot-off

SCORE! Rajkumar Pal converts the shoot-off! INDIA WIN! He goes to the left of the keeper and then dinks it over. NERVES OF STEEL!

India 4-2 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain in hockey shoot-off

MISSED! Phillip Roper is denied! Sreejesh with a big save! Roper with a reverse hit and Sreejesh is quickly across to save it

India 3-2 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain in hockey shoot-off

SCORE! Lalit Kumar Upadhyay is on the mark with a little feint and then slots it home. Not the biggest angle to play with but he finds it

India 3-2 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian quarter-finals

The first round goes to Li Qian with 3 judges scoring in her favour.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain in hockey shoot-off

Conor Williamson with a reverse hit in the end and the 22-year-old from Great Britain blazes over!

India 2-2 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian quarter-finals

Round 1: Fast start by Lovlina but it didn’t last long. Both boxers are still trying to find their rhythm and the bout has largely seen them locked with each other. The referee had to ask them to break multiple times.

PS: Lovlina defeated Norway’s Hoftsad in her opening bout by a unanimous decision at the Paris Olympics.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain in hockey shoot-off

Sukhjeet Singh is the one to take for India. Had to hurry after being made to wait for a while. Neat finish in the end to help the ball below the keeper who had come out to cut the angle out

India 2-2 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain in hockey shoot-off

Zach Wallace with a less fussier finish than the first two. The ball creeps below Sreejesh

India 1-2 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain in hockey shoot-off

India captain Harmanpreet Singh is the next player out. With his back to the keeper, he reverses and swivels to swing the ball past Nicholas Park

India 1-1 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian quarter-finals

Round 1 is underway! Remember Lovlina won a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian quarter-finals

Lovlina Borgohain defeated Li Qian last year in the world championships but lost to the Chinese in Asian Games final.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain in hockey shoot-off

James Albery is the first player to surge forward for the shoot-out. Sreejesh keeps him at bay but not all the way. Britain score!

India 0-1 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Jeswin Aldrin in men's long jump qualification

Jewswin Aldrin with another invalid attempt. He’s got nothing to show for himself after two jumps

Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian is about to start

It’s time for the women’s 75kg quarter-finals between India’s Lovlina Borgohain and China’s Li Qian. The Chinese is the top seed. If Lovlina wins, then at least bronze will be assured for India.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-1 Great Britain in hockey

Great Britain are unable to find the Indian net after 60 minutes and a man advantage. With that, we head into a shoot-off!

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-1 Great Britain in hockey

SUPER SAVE BY SREEJESH! Down by a player, India needed a big game from the keeper and he’s delivered. Ball stolen higher up the pitch and Calnan’s shot stings the keeper’s stick. Lucky for India but plenty of credit goes Sreejesh’s way

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Women's skeet qualification

Maheshwari Chauhan with a 25 in the fourth series today. She had scored 23, 24 and 24 on the opening day. As things stand, she is sixth and qualifies for the final.

Raiza Dhillon with a 23 today to go after her 21, 22 and 23 from Saturday. She is 25th.

One more series to go for both shooters

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Jeswin Aldrin in men's long jump qualification

Jewswin Aldrin’s first attempt in the men’s long jump qualification is invalid. There are two more chances.

The qualification criteria is 8.15m or at least the 12 best performers advance to the final

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-1 Great Britain in hockey

GREEN CARD FOR BRITAIN! Rubert Shipperley gets a green card and Britain are down to 10. Sumit’s suspension ends as well. So it is 10 vs 10 for a brief period

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-1 Great Britain in hockey

GREEN CARD FOR INDIA! Sumit has to go out for two minutes. Sumit with a shot after the whistle had been played. It got a Britain player in the process but no harm done. India, though, are hanging on by the barest of margins. One quarter to go. Remember, there cannot be a draw. We need a winner today

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Men's 25m rapid fire pistol qualification

Anish Bhanwala is done with his first stage of shots in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification. The Indian shooting 98, 98 and 97 for a combined 293. Vijayveer Sidhu had scored the same.

The second stage will take place at 4:30pm IST

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-1 Great Britain in hockey

Back-to-back PC’s for Britain and both saved. Sreejesh involved in thwarting both attempts

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-1 Great Britain in hockey

HUGE CHANCE FOR BRITAIN! The ball is played across from the centre towards the back post of Sreejesh’s goal. It evades all players and there’s Rupert Shipperley at the back post. Gets a subtle stick to it, the ball hits the upright and comes out. Sreejesh quickly across to reduce the angle

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-1 Great Britain in hockey

Viren Rasquinha, former India player and now an expert, thinks the red card was a fair call.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-1 Great Britain in hockey

It is India 1-1 Great Britain 🇬🇧 as the second half gets underway in the men’s hockey quarterfinal.

17′ 🔴 Amit Rohidas sent off
22′ 🥅 Harmanpreet Singh goal (1-0)
27′ 🥅 Lee Morton goal (1-1)

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-1 Great Britain in hockey

GOAL! Britain had been probing time and again and finally the ball has crept in. Lee Morton gets the ball in the centre of the goal after a cross from the right channel. Morton plays it straight at Sreejesh, the India keeper gets a hand to it but not enough to keep it out.

India 1-1 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-0 Great Britain in hockey

Numerical advantage comes to Britain’s advantage and they fail to make it count. Rupert Shipperley with a chance and some space to capitalise on but Sreejesh comes out and closes the angle. The ball goes wide

India 1-0 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 1-0 Great Britain in hockey

GOAL INDIA! Harmanpreet Singh scores! WHAT A STRIKE! The penalty strike is sent cracking down the centre of the goal and the frustration and annoyance of the decision was quite palpable with the hit and then the celebrations. Craig Fulton urges the crowd on to make more noise. Crowd obliges. A little finger wag towards the Britain bench.

India 1-0 Great Britain

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 0-0 Great Britain in hockey

PENALTY CORNER FOR INDIA! There is a melee on the Britain goalmouth after a tantalising ball is played across by Vivek Sagar Prasad. Mandeep tries to help it along but far too many bodies in red and black to beat. PC instead.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 0-0 Great Britain in hockey

Britain have a PC and Sreejesh’s long right leg keeps the ball out. It comes to an India player and the counter-attacks is on! The ball is spread across to Abhishek who makes his way into the Britain area and gets a shot. The effort blazes over

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 0-0 Great Britain in hockey

Amit Rohidas gets William Calnan with a high stick. Rather unnecessary. Looked intentional. The video umpire agrees. That’s a RED CARD for Amit Rohidas! India will play rest of the game with one player less. It’s going to be a 11 vs 10 game. Rohidas is shocked, as is rest of the Indian team. Craig Fulton tries to console him as Rohidas walks off into the dressing room

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 0-0 Great Britain in hockey

In just the first attack of the second quarter, Great Britain have a chance and get a shot. GB lose their referral and have to live with a long corner. Rather bold to take that referral

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 0-0 Great Britain in hockey

After the first quarter, it is goalless between India and Great Britain. GB have very close to scoring, needing a last ditch stick to keep the ball out. India have had three PCs, GB have had four. Neither team able to convert them though.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Parul Chaudhary in women's 3000m steeplechase

Parul Chaudhary drops to 10th after the 2000m mark. She times 6:13.3

And crosses the finish line in eighth place with a final time of 9:23.4

That won’t be enough to take her through to the final

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 0-0 Great Britain in hockey

At the other end, Great Britain win a penalty corner much to Sreejesh’s frustration. Exchanges words with the umpire but the decision to award a PC stands. And it has been saved by the skin of their teeth by the Indian defence. Jarmanpreet with a stick on the line to save it and then Sreejesh dives to push the stray ball to safety. Oof!

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India 0-0 Great Britain in hockey

SHOT! Abhishek with a thundering strike, low and it was headed for the corner. The India player going across the keeper but it has been saved very well

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Parul Chaudhary in women's 3000m steeplechase

Parul Chaudhary involved in the women’s 3000m steeplechase first round. The qualification criteria needs her to finish in the top-five in her heat to advance to the final. She is eighth after the first 1000m with a time of 3:04.4

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain hockey

With five minutes played, we have the first shot, Sorsby with a little lift to surge into the area and then takes a go. It hits an India foot and is defended. The video referral confirms the foot and GB have a PC. Furlong looks to release the drag-flick but its been blocked. Not quite fairly though. Another PC and this one is defended perfectly

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain hockey

STAT: Great Britain have created the most penalty corners in the men’s hockey event at Paris 2024. Although, they’ve converted only six of them

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain hockey

The starting lineups and bench for both teams in action today in the quarterfinals

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: What the Olympics are all about!

People celebrate Julien Alfred’s women’s 100m gold in St. Lucia!

Brilliant - supporters in Castries, St Lucia watching Julien Alfred win their first ever Olympic medal as she won the 100m #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/YNpBmn1eWn

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain hockey

Teams are out on the pitch. National anthems are being sung. India vs 🇬🇧 Great Britain in the hockey quarterfinals is moments away!

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: India vs Great Britain hockey

We’re 15 minutes away from start of India vs Great Britain in the quarterfinals. The last time these two met in an Olympics was Tokyo 2020 when India won 3-1. Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh and Hardik Singh were on the scoresheet then. In their four meetings since, in the FIH Pro League, Great Britain have won them all: 4-2, 4-4 (shoot-off), 3-1 and 3-2.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Men's 25m rapid fire pistol qualification

What’s the early mark to meet? 297 by Yeongjae Cho of South Korea is the highest score thus far. The shooter scoring perfect 100s to start with and then a 97. Vijayveer Sidhu’s 293 places him third

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: What's in store in shooting today

ISSF presenter Jamie Stangroom presents what is on offer today in shooting

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Men's 25m rapid fire pistol qualification

And we’re off! Vijayveer Sidhu with scores of 98, 98, 97 for a combined 293 in stage 1 of the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification. Anish Bhanwala to come in the second relay

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Who is Julien Alfred?

The biggest name to emerge out of the tracks on Saturday was Julien Alfred. The women’s 100m sprinter snatched gold from Sha’Carri Richardson with a breathtaking run in the semis and the final. It was St. Lucia’s first gold medal at an Olympics

[Who is Julien Alfred?]

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: The gender games and controversy

The controversy over gender and technicalities of boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting continues to rage as they continue to pick up wins. Khelif was in the ring on Saturday and won to assure herself and Algeria of a medal. Yu-ting takes the ring today. You can find out more about the controversy with the links below:

[What is the eligibility criteria?] [What is testosterone?] [What is IBA – central to this chaos?]

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Fourth place heartbreaks

Bhaker isn’t the only Indian to finish fourth and miss out on the podium. Many before her have with Milkha Singh, PT Usha, Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna and Aditi Ashok some of the most memorable ones (for all the wrong reasons, sadly)

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India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Manu Bhaker's fourth place disappointment

Is a fourth place worse than even finishing further down the standings? Manu Bhaker got to contemplate that feeling in the women’s 25m pistol final on Saturday. She was on the losing end of the shoot-off and missed out on a historic third medal at the Games.

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India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Shooting qualifications

India’s day at the Summer Games begins with shooting. Vijayveer Sidhu, Anish Bhanwala (25m rapid fire pistol), Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon (skeet) are in action today.

Chauhan is eighth after three series of 23, 24, 24. Dhillon is 25th after scoring 21, 22 and 23.

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Where is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce?

Before the final, there was confusion and controversy during the semi-final as two-time Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce did not take the track. Why? Her statement does not state categorically and nothing is offered officially by World Athletics either. But there are rumours of there being an injury.

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India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: Women's 100m final

There were quite a few storylines from the track on Saturday. None bigger than Julien Alfred winning gold in women’s 100m ahead of overwhelming favourite Sha’Carri Richardson. It was the first gold medal for St. Lucia. What an achievement!

[Read how things unfolded on Day 8]

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: What about non-India action?

Noah Lyles will look to restore US sprint team’s reputation when he takes track in the men’s 100m semi-finals and maybe final.

At Roland Garros, Novak Djokovic faces Carlos Alcaraz in a mouth-watering gold medal match. Djokovic would become the oldest gold medallist if he wins. Alcaraz would become the youngest if he does.

Men’s golf concludes with the fourth round to be played. It is, by the looks of it, between defender Olympics gold medallist Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood for the top prize.

[Who to watch on Day 9 at Paris Olympics]

India at Paris Olympics LIVE, Day 9: What's in store today?

Sunday, on the face of it, could be blockbuster for India and their medal chances. Or, it could turn into heartbreak all around. Badminton, hockey and boxing are centerstage during the afternoon. We start with hocke at 1:30pm IST, go to boxing at 3:02pm and then the badminton courts at 3:30pm.

[Day 9 schedule]

India at Paris Olympics, Day 9 LIVE

Hello and welcome to our continued live coverage of the Paris Olympics! We have reached Day 9 of the quadrennial event and India’s medal tally reads three bronzes to sit 53rd in the table. That number can tick along today if Lakshya Sen and Lovlina Borgohain win their matches. But it’s easier said than done with both facing stiff opposition. India men’s hockey team will look to keep their campaign going when they face Great Britain in the quarterfinals