Live Updates:
9.52 PM - Archer Tarundeep Rai disappoints in the opening round itself, losing 27-27, 27-28, 28-25, 28-29, 29-29 against Great Britain's Tom Hall in men's singles event.
9.26 PM - India's Manika Batra crashes out of the women's table tennis competition after losing in 5 Games against Miu Hirano of Japan.
9.06 PM - Manika Batra fights back to take the 3rd game after losing the first two against Japan's Miu Hirano
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8.50 PM - Table Tennis star Manika Batra is trailing 0-2 against Japan's Miu Hirano, who took the first two games 11-6, 11-9 in their ongoing women's singles round of 16 clash.
4.52 PM - Deepika Kumari reaches women's individual archery Round of 16 after defeating Quinty Roeffen of Netherlands 6-2 in the 2nd round.
4.15 PM: Here's a highlight of India's performance
Badminton - PV Sindhu into Round of 16
Badminton - Lakshya Sen into Round of 16.
Table Tennis - Sreeja Akula into Round of 16.
Shooting - Swapnil makes it into the final.
Boxing - Lovlina into Quarter-Final.
Archery - Deepika Kumari into round of 32.
4.12 PM: Lovlina Borgohain becomes the first Indian boxer to win a bout in this Olympics. She defeats Hofstad Sunniva of Norway by unanimous decision 5-0 to reach the QF in women's 75 KG
3:48 PM: Sreeja Akula qualified for round of 16 with 4-2 win over Jiang Zeng in the round 32.
2:45 PM: Lakshya Sen defeated Jonathan Christie in straight sets - 21-18, 21-12 in the final group stage to advance to pre-quarters of the men's singles badminton event.
2:01 PM: Swapnil Kusale qualified for the final of men's 50m rifle 3 positions by finishing 8th with 590 points in the qualification round.
1:48 PM: PV Sindhu defeated Kristin Kuuba in straight sets - 21-5, 21-9 in the final group stage match and qualified for the pre-quarters
Preview
With India having two shooting medals at the Paris Olympics 2024, the hopes of more medals in the sport has increased. The rifle shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh and Swapnil Kusale are set to feature in men's 50m rifle 3 positions qualification round.
Aishwary and Swapnil will look to qualify for the final, which will take place on Thursday, to increase hopes of more medals in the shooting at the ongoing Paris Games. Meanwhile, table tennis star Manika Batra will look to script history by qualifying for the Quarterfinals when she takes on Zhu/M Hirano in the round of 16 of women's singles.
In badminton, PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy will return to action for the final group games of the women's and men's singles events as they look to qualify for the pre-quarters. The Indian archers Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai will look to keep India's medal hopes alive in archery as they are set to feature round of 32 of individual events.
The Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgahain will be aiming for successive medal at the Summer Games as she will begin her campaign in the Women's 75 kg round of 16.
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