Indians on Monday

• Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi put India’s and their own Olympic medal quest at Athens on track with a 7-7, 6-3 victory over t...

• Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi put India’s and their own Olympic medal quest at Athens on track with a 7-7, 6-3 victory over the US duo of Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish

• But after raising hopes, Abhinav Bindra finished seventh in the final of the men’s 10m Air rifle event. Lying at third spot (597) before the final, Bindra had a poor final round scoring just 97.6. Earlier Gagan Narang (593) failed to make the finals, finishing 12.

• In badminton Nikhil Kanetkar beat Sergio Llopis of Spain 15-7, 13-15, 15-13 to move into the next round while Abhinn Shyam Gupta lost 12-15, 0-15 to his Korean opponent.

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• Archer Satyadev Prasad survived the day to move into the PQF while Majhi Sawaiyan, despite a best ranking among the Indians, and Tarundeep Rai crashed out of the individual competition.

• Heavy windy conditions forced postponement of the race in 49er class and sailors Manav Shroff and Sumit Patel were unable to plunge into action today.

Indians in action today

• THE ARCHERY TEAM
Indv. Elimination, Pre QF Reena Kumari v Tshering Chhoden (Bhutan)
Time: 11.30 a.m
Sumangala Sharma v Kirstin Jean Lewis (South Africa)
Time: 12.45 p.m

• THE BOXING TEAM
Fly Wt. (51 kg), Rd-I: Akhil Kumar v Thomas Jerome (France)
Time: 10.30 p.m
Bantam Wt (54 kg): Diwakar Prasad v Hamid Bighrade Ait (Morocco)
Time: 11.30 p.m

• India v South Africa (Hockey)
Time: 8-30 p.m.

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• Rajyavardhan Rathore (Shooting) Double Trap, Qualification/ Final:
Time: 11.30 a.m (approx)

• Leander Paes/ Mahesh Bhupathi (Tennis) Doubles, Pre QF: v Roger Federer/ Yves Allergo (Switzerland)
Time: 2 p.m. (Approx)

• Nikhil Kanetkar (Badminton) Singles, Pre QF: v No 6 Peter Gade (Denmark)
Time: 1.00 p.m

THE MAIN EVENT
August 17, Tuesday

Basketball: US vs Greece

The Puerto Ricans have shown it to the world that the Dream Team is no longer invincible. The Greek cagers and their fans would remember this point when they take on the Americans tomorrow. Besides, the Greeks have the advantage of starting well with an easy win over the Australians in their first match. With their pride punctured — the third loss ever at the Games for the team that takes basketball quite seriously — the Dream Team would like to redeem themselves before it is too late.

Time: Noon

Odds: America – 5/6; Greece – 14/1