Indians on Tuesday

• Putting aside their loss to Olympic champions Holland a couple of days back, the Indian men’s hockey team scored a 4-2 win over ...

• Putting aside their loss to Olympic champions Holland a couple of days back, the Indian men’s hockey team scored a 4-2 win over South Africa, despite being down 1-2 at half-time

• Shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore became the first Indian to win an individual silver medal at the Olympics, when he came second in the double trap event. He made a huge step up from the qualifiers, where he finished fifth. He hit a total of 179, ten short of eventual winner Ahmed al-Maktoum of UAE

• In badminton Nikhil Kanetkar lost his second round match 10-15, 6-15 to former world number one Peter Gade of Denmark

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• Archer Satyadev Prasad the pre-quarter-finals of the men’s individual event with a 158-155 win over Ron van der Hoff of Holland. In the women’s event, Reena Kumari beat Bhutan’s Tshering Chhoden via a 7-4 tie-breaker verdict after ending at 134-134 to make the round of 16. Sumangala Sharma, however, lost to Jean Kirstin Lewis of South Africa 153-157

• Sailors Malav Shroff and Sumeet Patel finished last in the opening race of the 49er class

• 54kg boxer Diwakar Prasad outslugged Morocco’s Hamid Ait Bighrade 25-17, while Akhil Kumar lost to Jerome Thomas of France 16-37 in the 51kg event

• Weightlifter Kunjarani Devi, who finished fifth in the 48kg category on Saturday, moved up to fourth after Aye Khine Nan of Myanmar tested positive for a banned substance

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• Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their men’s doubles second round match against the Swiss pair of Roger Federer and Yves Allegro 6-2, 7-6 to move into the quarter-finals

INDIAN IN ACTION TODAY

BAHADUR SINGH
(Athletics) Shot put (Group A: Qualifs & final)
Time: 12.00 a.m.

SHIKHA TANDON
(Swimming) 100m freestyle (Second heat)
Time: 12.30 p.m.

WOMEN’S WEIGHTFLIFTING (63kg)
Pratima Kumari/Karnam Malleswari Preliminaries and final
Time: 7 p.m.

REENA KUMARI
(Archery) Women’s individual quarter-finals Vs Shu Chi Yuan (Chinese Taipei)
Time: 12.30 p.m (approx)

LEANDER PAES/MAHESH BHUPATHI
(Lawn Tennis) Men’s doubles; vs Wayne Black-Kevin Ulyett (Zim)
Time: 7.30 p.m.
(All times are subject to change)

THE MAIN EVENT
August 18, Wednesday
MEN’S ALL-ROUND GYMNASTICS
The USA’s successful foray in men’s gymnastics will be deemed complete if Paul Hamm becomes the first American man to win the Olympic gymnastics all-round title.
Hamm (21), who helped the US win their first men’s team medal, a silver, for 20 years on Monday, will be challenged by Yang Wei of China, European all-round champion Marian Dragulescu and Japan’s Hiroyuki Tomita. But Hamm has the edge over them as he beat all three at last year’s world championships to claim gold. And he also topped the field in Athens during qualifying on Sunday.
Time: 11 p.m.-1-30 a.m.

Day after PM Modi’s visit to the town, Manipur’s Churachandpur sees violent protest

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Protests in Manipur's Churachandpur turned violent as two men were arrested for damaging decorations for PM Modi's visit. The crowd demanded their release and attempted to storm the police station. The men were eventually released after a bail hearing. The incident occurred after a clash between locals and police on Thursday, but the situation had calmed down before Saturday's visit.

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