How to watch Rio 2016 Olympics live streaming day 1, August 6, live TV coverage in India starts 5:00 PM IST

Rio 2016 Olympics Day 1 action gets underway at 5.00 PM IST with broadcast being done on TV and online.

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Rio 2016 Olympics got underway officially with the opening ceremony on Friday night. (Source: Reuters)

After the jazz, pomp and show of the opening ceremony at the Rio 2016 Olympics, the action gets underway from various venues across the city and in some cases around Brazil. Football action, for example, is already underway and is being played in other cities of the football loving nation as well.

After all the early doubts and the questions over Rio de Janeiro’s capabilities of handling an event of such magnitude, the real action finally gets underway. Some doubters would continue to question Brazil’s spending, corruption and infrastructure concerns but the organisers would look to put all those doubts to rest by hosting the perfect games – a promise they made in the run up and the IOC would hope comes true.

Even before the ceremony got underway, the archery ranking round produced a mixed bag. While it was reason to rejoice with Atanu Das finishing fifth in the individual rankings round, the women had a rather disappointing show. Deepika Kumar was the best performing woman in the individual round finishing 20th, the team could only muster a seventh.

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Day 1 will see lots of Indian athletes in action and it all kicks off at 5.00 PM IST with pistol events in shooting and men’s sculls in rowing.

Where to watch day 1 of Rio 2016 Olympics?

If you’re keen on watching the games unfold on TV in India, then head to Star Sports Network who are the official broadcasters of the mega event. The programming is being aired across standard definition and high-definition channels with all eight channels being put to use for the Olympics. Based on the sport involved, the network has dedicated a channel for each category – international athletes, Indian athletes, sports for mass audience and fringe sports to allow dedicated broadcast.

If you’re watching online, then head over to StarSports.com or Hotstar.com for uninterrupted coverage until the end of the Olympics on August 21. While on the move, make most of Hotstar App for coverage of the Olympics.

India Schedule for Day 1 at Rio 2016 Olympics

India’s Olympic action on Saturday starts off at the shooting range with Jitu Rai, Gurpreet Singh, Apurvi Chandela and Ayonika Paul in action. Also on at the same time is Dattu Bhokanal in the men’s single sculls. Later in table tennis, men’s singles and women’s singles action gets underway with Achantha Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, Manika Batra and Mouma Das.

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The men’s hockey team, led by PR Sreejesh – placed in Group B – would aim for a winning start in a tough group against Ireland at 7.30 PM. The finals for the shooters start from 9 PM IST.

Tennis action also gets underway today with Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes first up as far as India are concerned in men’s doubles. They will take court at 11.30 PM IST. Women’s doubles entry of Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare are last on schedule so expect them to take court around 2 AM (Sunday morning).

Also on Sunday morning is weightlifter Saikhom Mirabi Chanu in the 48kg category that is scheduled for a 3.30 AM start.