More bad news for India as Sarita lost her quarter-final match against Turkey's Oznur Girdi Cure by 145-140 in the Women's Individual Compound event. 

After breaking the 700 barrier in the ranking round, India's star para-archer Sheetal Devi bowed out in the 1/8 elimination round of the Women's Individual Compound by 137-138 against Mariana Zuniga of Chile.

Sarita defeated Elonara Sarti of Italy in the Women's Individual Compound 1/8 round by 141-135. She moves to the next round tonight against Turkey's Onzur Girdi Cure.

Medal no. 5 for India as Rubina Francis wins bronze medal in P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 with 211.1 points.

Manisha Ramadass lost 15-21, 7-21 against China’s Yang Qui Xia in their Women’s Singles SU5 Group C match.

Manisha will now play in the quarterfinals. 

Rubina Francis performed brilliantly and qualified for the final by finishing seventh in the women's 10m air pistol SS1 qualification. Rubina scored 556 in the qualification.

The shooters who are in the top eight have qualified for the final.

The medal match of this event will be played from 6:15 PM today. 

Manisha Ramadass lost 15-21 in the first game of her Women’s Singles SU5 Group C match against China’s Yang Qui Xia.

Tarun Dhillon loses 21-7, 21-16 against France’s Lucas Mazur and fails to make the semifinals in the Men’s Singles SL4 category.

India to get a guaranteed medal in para badminton (Men’s Singles SL4 category) because Sukant Kadam and Suhas Yathiraj both have reached the semifinals.

So, a bronze medal is guaranteed. 

Another Indian badminton player, Sukant Kadam reached the semi-finals by winning the group stage match of the men's singles SL4 event. 

Sukant defeated Siripong Teamarrom of Thailand 21-12, 21-12.

Arshad Shaikh, who completed in the qualification round of the Men’s C1-3 1000m, is now 11th in the standings and will not qualify for the finals. Arshad took a time of 1:02:377. 

The players finishing in the top six positions in this event qualify for the finals.

Nitesh Kumar, who has already qualified for the semifinals, cruises to a 21-13, 21-14 win against Mongkhon Bunsun in their Group A match in the Men’s Singles SL3 category. 

Indian para shooter Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar finished 14th in the men's 10m Air Rifle SH1 qualification with 613.4 points and could not make it to the finals.

In this event, only the top eight shooters qualify for the final, but Swaroop missed doing so. 

Swaroop was a medal contender and had narrowly missed out on a medal in Tokyo.

Indian woman para cyclist Jyoti Gaderiya finished 11th in C1-3 500m time trial qualifying with a timing of 52.098s and missed out on a place in the final. 

The athletes finishing in the top six in this event qualify for the finals.

India's para shooter Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar has come out to challenge in the men's 10 meter air rifle standing SH1 qualification. 

Swaroop was successful in reaching the finals in Tokyo where he missed out on a medal by finishing fourth. However, this time there will be hopes of a medal from him.

Women badminton player Mandeep Kaur made a brilliant comeback and won the singles SL3 group stage match. With this win, Mandeep qualifies for quarterfinals.

Mandeep defeated Celine Aurelie Vinot of Australia 21-23, 21-10, 21-17. 

Mandeep had lost the first game, but he made a good comeback in the next two games and won the match.

After losing the first game, Mandeep came back and won the second game from Celine 21-10. 

At present the match between the two players is going equally.

Mandeep lost the first game against Celine 23-21. 

The Indian para athlete had made a good start, but the Australian player came back to take the game and take the lead.

Female para badminton player Mandeep Kaur's match with Celine Aurelie Vinot in the women's singles SL3 category has started. 

With the start of Mandeep's match, the Indian campaign started on the third day of the Games. 

India had won four medals, including one gold, on the second day of the Paris Paralympics.

Para-Badminton 

• Women's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage Group -Mandeep Kaur vs Céline Vinot (Australia) - 12:00 PM
• Men's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage Group A - Kumar Nitesh vs Mongkhon Bunsun (Thailand) - 1:20 PM
• Men's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage Group A - Manoj Sarkar vs Yang Jianyuan (China) - 2:00 PM
• Men's Singles SL4 Group Play Stage Group B - Sukant Kadam vs Siripong Teamarrom (Thailand) - 2:40 PM
• Men's Singles SL4 Group Play Stage Group D - Tarun Dhillon vs Lucas Mazur (France) - 3:20 PM
• Women's Singles SU5 Group Play Stage Group C - Manisha Ramadass vs Yang Qiuxia (China) - 4:00 PM

Shooting Para Sport

• R1 Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification - Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar - 1:00 PM
• P2 Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification - Rubina Francis - 3:30 PM

Para Cycling Track

• Women's C1-3 500m Time Trial Qualifying - Jyoti Gaderiya - 1:30 PM
• Men's C1-3 1000m Time Trial Qualifying - Arshad Shaikh - 1:49 PM 

Para Rowing 

• PR2 Mixed Double Sculls Repechages - Indian Team - 2:20 PM

Para-Archery 

• Women's Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination - Sarita Devi vs Eleonora Sarti (Italy) - 7:00 PM
• Women's Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination - Sheetal Devi vs Mariana Zúñiga (Chile) - 8:59 PM

Para-Athletics 

• Men's Javelin Throw F57 Final - P Kumar - 1:30 PM

The Paris Paralympics 2024 will be televised via the Sports 18 Network in India across both SD and HD channels. Users can also watch the competition live on the JioCinema app.

Nethra Kumanan finishes in 28th position in Race 4 and Race 5 respectively, and in 20th position in Race 6 in the women's dinghy event.

Nethra currently stands in the 24th position with 96 net points.

Indian sailor Vishnu Saravanan finishes in 21st and 13th positions in Race 5 and Race 6 respectively in the men's dinghy event.

Indian shooter Maheshwari Chauhan is at the 8th spot after Day 1 of the women's skeet qualification with 71 points while Raiza Dhillon is at 25th spot with 66 points.

Two more qualification rounds will be held on Sunday. Top 6 will qualify for the Final.

Anant Jeet Singh Naruka fails to qualify for the final after finishing 24th in the men's skeet qualification.

5th set: This is the final set. A shoot-off will be required if scores remain tied.

Su-Hyeon gets an opening 10. 9 for Deepika.

Su-Hyeon scores 9 on 2nd try and Deepika scores 9 as well.

Su-Hyeon gets a 10 by the barest of margins and despite getting a 9, Deepika loses 27-29.

Su-Hyeon wins the match 6-4.

4th set: Su-Hyeon starts this set with a 10. Deepika responds with a 10, so that’s good despite a long hold.

Su-Hyeon gets a 9 on 2nd try but Deepika hits 7.

Su-Hyeon scores 10 on 3rd try and has a total of 29.

Deepika hits 10 but loses 27-29. The match is levelled 4-4.

3rd set: Su-Hyeon makes a strong start with a 10, but Deepika also hits a 10.

A 9 now from Su-Hyeon and Deepika also gets a 9. All equal so far.

Su-Hyeon hits 9 on 3rd attempt. And Deepika hits a 10 despite a long hold. The Indian wins the set 29-28 and leads 4-2.

2nd set: Su-Hyeon starts with a 9. Deepika took her time and hit a 10.

Su-Hyeon bounces back with a 10. Another long hold and Deepika hit a 6.

Su-Hyeon leads by 3 points and adds a 9. Deepika finished with a 9 but lost 25-28.

Deepika has taken a 2-0 lead by winning the first set.

In the quarter-finals, Deepika is up against Nam Suhyeon from the Republic of Korea.

Anant Jeet Singh Naruka scores 24/25 in the fourth round of men’s skeet qualification round, climbing up two spots to 24th. One more round to go. Only top 6 will go to final and it seems higly unlikely Naruka will qualify.

After four rounds, Naruka’s score is 92: 23(first round), 22 (second), 23 (third) and 24 (fourth).

Deepika Kumari has won the pre-quarterfinal match against Michelle Kroppen of Germany. She won the match 6-3. With this, she has reached the quarter finals.

Deepika will be back in action at the Les Invalides at 5:09 PM today in the last eight.

Deepika Kumari has taken a 3-1 lead after the first two sets. The first set went to Deepika by 27-24. At the same time, in the second set both the players remained tied at 27-27.

The competition of Indian archer Deepika Kumari has started. She is participating in the pre-quarterfinals against Michelle Kroppenof of Germany in the women's archery individual event.

Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon are playing in the skeet event of shooting. In Qualification Day-1, Maheshwari is currently at15th and Raiza Dhillon at 25th.

Korea's Yang Jiin won the gold. The French shooter won the silver medal and the Hungarian player won the bronze medal.

🥇Yang Jiin (KOR)

🥈Camille Jedrzejewski (FRA)

🥉Veronika Major

Manu Bhakar stood fourth with a score of 28 in the 25-meter pistol event. 

Bhaker was in medal contention for the majority of the series. Eventually, she was knocked out after a shoot-off against eventual bronze medallist Veronica Major of Hungary.

In the 5th series, Manu hit five consecutive targets, she has reached the third position.

Manu hit 4 out of 5 targets in the third series, reached number 2.

Manu Bhaker is in fourth place after the end of the second series.

However, a bizarre start from the 22-year-old as Manu Bhaker manages just two shots from a possible five. She is currently 6th in the list

Golf

• Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 3 - Shubhankar Sharma & Gaganjeet Bhullar - 12:30 PM

Shooting

• Skeet Men's Qualification Day 2 - Anantjeet Singh Naruka - 12:30 PM
• Skeet Women's Qualification Day 1 - Raiza Dhillon & Maheshwari Chauhan - 12:30 PM
• 25m Pistol Women's Final - Manu Bhaker - 1:00 PM

Archery

• Women's Individual 1/8 Elimination Round - Deepika Kumari vs Michelle Kroppen (Germany) - 1:52 PM
• Women's Individual 1/8 Elimination Round - Bhajan Kaur vs Diananda Choirunisa (Indonesia) - 2:05 PM

• Lakshya Sen beat Chou Tien Chen to become the first Indian badminton player to make the men’s singles semi-finals at the Olympics.
• Manu Bhaker ranked second in the women’s 25m pistol qualification round, will shoot for an unprecedented third medal at Paris 2024 in the final.
• India beat Australia in men’s hockey at the Olympics after 52 years.
• India recorded their best finish in archery at the Olympic games after Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara narrowly missed out on a mixed team bronze medal.

Balraj Panwar finishes 5th in Men’s Single Sculls Final D. He finishes with a 7:02.37 time to finish 23rd overall. 

Parul Chaudhary finishes 14th in Heat 2 of the Women’s 5000m Round 1 with a season best timing of 15:10.68. 

Beatrice Chebet leads the Heat with 15:00.73. 

Despite losing the first set, Lakshya Sen kept his calm and won back-to-back two sets to book his spot in the semi-final. He became the first Indian male shuttler to make the semifinals of the badminton event at the Olympics. Lakshya beats Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen 19-21, 21-15, 21-12 in the quarterfinal. 

Lakshya Sen leading the set 3 with an 11-7 scoreline.

It's 1-1 now between Lakshya and Chou. Lakshya Sen wins the second set with a 21-15 scoreline.

Lakshya leading the set 2 by 18-14.

Lakshya Sen goes into the break with a narrow 11-10 lead in set 2.

Chou comes from behind to take an early 5-4 lead in the second set.

Lakshya Sen loses the first set 19-21 against Chou Tien Chen.

Lakshya Sen makes a strong comeback. He is now leading the game by a 17-15 scoreline.

Chou Tien Chen goes into the break with an 11-9 lead against Lakshya Sen in set 1.

Chou Tien is leading the game against Lakshya. It has been an intense battle between these two until now.

The Indian badminton sensation will face Chaina's Chou Tien-chen in the Men's singles quarter-final.

India came so close to winning another bronze medal but lost to the USA by 6-2. Ankita and Dhiraj gave a strong fight to secure India's first-ever Olympic medal in archery but heartbreak at the end.

Set 4: India: 8, 9, 8, 10 - 35; USA: 10, 9, 9, 9 - 37

The USA beats India 6-2 to win the bronze medal in the archery mixed team event. 

Set 3: India: 10, 9, 9, 10 - 38; USA: 10, 7, 8, 8 - 33

India are now trailing by 0-4 after losing the second set 35-37 against the USA in the mixed team bronze medal match. India now need to win the remaining two sets to force the match into a shoot-off.

India lose the first set 37-38 against the USA in the mixed team bronze medal match.

South Korea beat India 6-2 in the semifinal. India will now play the bronze medal match at 7:54 pm. 

India loses the third set 37-38 against Korea.

Korea makes a comeback and wins the second set 38-35 against India.

India wins the first set 38-36 against Korea in the mixed team semifinals.

India finishes off the Pool B with a 3-2 win over Australia. This is India's first hockey win over Australia in 52 years at the Olympics

The Indian archery team has done wonders. Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara have defeated spain in the mixed team event. With this, India has made it to the semi-finals. 

India is one win away from an assured medal. It will be India’s first archery medal at the Olympics.

India and Spain have reached a tie of 3-3 in archery. Ankita and Dhiraj have performed well from India so far.

Team India has taken a lead of 3-1 after the third quarter. The path has become difficult for Australia.

India has to compete with Spain in Archery. This match of the quarter finals of the mixed team event is going to be very important for India. The battle of Archara has started. India has taken a lead of 2-0.

In the Group B match, the Indian hockey team has a 2-1 lead over Australia in the first half. Australia scored its first goal on a penalty corner just 2 minutes before the end of the second quarter. Australia is the silver medal-winning team of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The Indian hockey team has performed brilliantly against Australia. Team India has scored two goals in the first quarter. India has taken a lead of 2-0. Abhishek and Harmanpreet Singh scored goals for India.

Manu Bhaker scored 590-24x to rank second in the women’s 25m pistol qualification round at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Bhaker, as a result, advanced to the women’s 25m pistol final, to be held at the Chateauroux tomorrow (August 3) at 1:00 PM IST. Only the top eight shooters qualified for the medal event.

Esha Singh, meanwhile, was placed 18th after scoring 581-17x.

The Indian hockey team is ready for its match. India has to face Australia. This is a group match of Pool B. Team India had to face defeat in the last match.

Esha Singh has finished 15th after the end of her Rapid Stage. She took 97 points from her third series (10, 10, 10, 8, 10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10) and took her tally to 581-17x.

At the end of the precision stage, Manu Bhaker ranked third overall with a total of 294-7x. Esha, meanwhile, is placed 10th, scoring 291-6x.

The rapid stage of the women’s 25m pistol qualification event is scheduled for 3:30 PM IST.

Indian judoka Tulika Maan lost 10-0 after 28 seconds to Cuba's Idalys Ortiz in the round of 32 of the women's +78 kg weight category. With this defeat, India's campaign in judo ended.

Balraj Panwar finished 5th in the final D of the men's single sculls event with a timing of 7:02.37. With this, India's campaign in rowing in Paris ended.

In shooting, Manu Bhakar's competition continues in the women's 25 meter pistol event. In the first series she scored 97 out of 100. Currently the second series is going on. 

Another shooter from India, Esha Singh, has scored 291 in the preseason. After this the rapid round will start at 3.30 pm.

In archery, India's mixed team of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara has reached the quarter-finals. The team defeated Indonesia 5-1.

Golf matches have also started. India's Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar are participating in this game. After the end of the first round, Shubhankar remained at T29. While Gaganjeet remained at T56.

India's star shooters Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh are participating in the qualification round of women's 25 meter pistol. A total of 40 shooters are participating in this event. Top 8 shooters will qualify for the final.

Today i.e. on the Paris Olympics 2024 Day 7, India can get two medals.

Tulika Maan can bring a medal to India in the 78 kg category of women's judo. Apart from this, the mixed team of Ankita Bhakat and Dheeraj Bommadevara can bring a medal in archery. However, in both the sports, Indian athletes will have to qualify for the medal matches.

India has won a total of 3 medals so far in the Paris Olympics 2024. Star Indian shooter Manu Bhaker has played an important role in winning two of these three medals. Manu once won bronze in women's singles 10 meter air pistol and the second time Manu won bronze with 10 meter air pistol mixed team. 

Today Manu Bhaker will be seen in action again in the 25 meter pistol women's qualification round.

Today is the seventh day of the ongoing Olympics 2024 in Paris. A total of 2 medals can come to India's account on this seventh day.

Golf

• Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 2 - Shubhankar Sharma & Gaganjeet Bhullar - 12:30 PM

Shooting

• 25m Pistol Women's Qualification Precision - Esha Singh & Manu Bhaker - 12:30 PM
• Skeet Men's Qualification Day 1 - Anantjeet Singh Naruka - 1:00 PM
• 25m Pistol Women's Qualification Rapid - Esha Singh & Manu Bhaker - 3:30 PM

Archery

• Mixed Team 1/8 Elimination Round - India vs Indonesia - 1:19 PM

Judo

• Women +78 kg Elimination Round of 32 - Tulika Maan vs Idalys Ortiz (Cuba) - 1:30 PM

Hockey

• Men's Pool B - India vs Australia - 4:45 PM

Athletics

• Women's 5000m Round 1 - Ankita Dhyani & Parul Chaudhary - 9:40 PM
• Men's Shot Put Qualification - Tajinderpal Singh Toor - 11:40 PM

Rowing

• Men's singles scull finals - Balraj Panwar - 1 pm

Badminton 

• Men's Singles Quarter-final -  Lakshya Sen vs Tien Chen Chou - 6.30 pm

• Swapnil Kusale won the men’s 50 rifle 3 positions bronze medal. It was India’s third medal of Paris 2024 and the first in the event at the Olympics.
• Lakshya Sen beat HS Prannoy in an all-Indian men’s singles round of 16 badminton match and became only the third Indian male shuttler to make the singles quarter-finals at the Olympics.
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and PV Sindhu suffered shock exits in badminton.
• Boxer Nikhat Zareen and shooter Sift Kaur Samra, touted to be medal contenders, also crashed out in their maiden Olympic campaigns.
• Men’s hockey team, archery and race walk events also did not yield a positive result.