Rain delays start of Olympic tennis The start of the Olympic tennis tournament was delayed by rain on Sunday.
Play had been scheduled to begin at 1030 and organizers had hoped for a delay of only 10 minutes but rain continued to fall at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
The first match due on Centre Court is American James Blake against Australia's Chris Guccione in the men's singles.
Top seed Roger Federer of Switzerland is also in singles action later on Sunday against Russian Dmitry Tursunov.
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Saina enters last 16 Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal continued her fine form, beating Ukrainian Larysa Gryga in straight games to advance to the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the badminton competition at the Olympic Games in Beijing on Sunday.
Saina beat Gryga 21-18, 21-10 to make the last 16. She will next face the winner of the match between world number three Hong Kong's Chen Wang and Slovakia's Eva Sladekova.
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August 10, 2008
Indian women archers lose to China The Indian trio of L Bombayla Devi, Dola Banerjee and Pranitha Vardhineni came agonisingly close to a place in the medal rounds before hosts China shattered their hopes with a nail-biting win in the quarter-finals of the women's archery team event at the Olympics in Beijing on Sunday.
Bombayla, Dola and Pranitha, the trio which got a bye in the first round, lost 206-211 to th Chinese trio of Lin Jiang, Wenquan Li and Feng Hai Xue.
The Indian eves could manage only five 10s as opposed to China's nine that ultimately tilted the result in host team's favour.
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August 10, 2008
Manavjit, Mansher bow out Indian shooters continued to draw a blank in Beijing Olympics with Manavjit Singh Sandhu wilting under pressure and compatriot Mansher Singh too failing to make it to the finals of the men's trap event in Beijing on Sunday.
Tipped a medal prospect, Manavjit could manage only 116 out of 125 to finish 12th at the end of the five-round qualifying sessions spread over two days at the Beijing Shooting Range.
In comparison, Mansher did better, tallying 117 to finish eighth. Mansher in fact came close to qualifying for the finals but in the end, a place in the top six just proved elusive for him.
August 10, 2008
Indian women archers lose to China The Indian trio of L Bombayla Devi, Dola Banerjee and Pranitha Vardhineni came agonisingly close to a place in the medal rounds before hosts China shattered their hopes with a nail-biting win in the quarter-finals of the women's archery team event at the Olympics in Beijing on Sunday.
Bombayla, Dola and Pranitha, the trio which got a bye in the first round, lost 206-211 to th Chinese trio of Lin Jiang, Wenquan Li and Feng Hai Xue.
The Indian eves could manage only five 10s as opposed to China's nine that ultimately tilted the result in host team's favour.
August 9, 2008
Vijender Kumar wins opening round India's Vijender Singh made a winning start in the middleweight (75 kg) category in the boxing competition on Saturday.
The pugilist had a comfortable 13-2 win over Badou JG Jack of the Gambia.
The amateur boxer, who has picked up medals at the Commonwealth and Asian Games, and tournaments in Germany, Baku, Karachi and Scotland, was one of the few Indians to do well in an otherwise disappointing day.
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