RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6: India began their men�s hockey campaign with a morale boosting 3-2 win against Ireland in their opening pool encounter here on Saturday. Rupinder Pal Singh (27th and 49th) scored a brace while VR Raghunath (15th minute) opened the scoring for the eight time gold medallists.
John Jermyn (45th), Conor Harte (55th) reduced the margin for the Irishmen in the Pool B match. India�s next match is against two-time defending champions Germany on Monday.
Rower Bhokanal in quarters: India had a mixed morning on day one of competitions in the Rio Olympics here as rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal entered the quarterfinals in men�s single sculls while shooters Ayonika Paul and Apurvi Chandela put up a flop show to crash out of the 10m air rifle final. The day�s proceedings started on a promising note when 25-year-old Pune-based armyman Bhokanal ended up third in the first heat of the day by finishing the 2000m race in 7 minutes, 21.67 seconds behind Angel Fournier Rodriguez of Cuba (7:06.89) and Mexico�s Juan Carlos Cabrera (7:08.27).
Paes-Bopanna ousted: Leander Paes�s dreams of winning a second Olympic medal went up in smoke as he and Rohan Bopanna made an inglorious exit in the opening round of the men�s doubles competition, losing in straight sets to the Polish pair of Marcin Matkowski and Lukasz Kubot 4-6, 6-7 (6-8) here today.
Playing in his record seventh and probably his last Olympics, Paes � a bronze medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Games, saw his campaign get over in only 84 minutes as not for once did the Indian pair look like having forged a winning combination.
Mouma Das bows out: Mouma Das� Olympic appearance was short-lived as the Indian veteran lost to higher-ranked Romanian, Daniela Dodean Monteiro, in the first round of the women�s singles table tennis competition here today. � Agencies
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6: India began their men�s hockey campaign with a morale boosting 3-2 win against Ireland in their opening pool encounter here on Saturday. Rupinder Pal Singh (27th and 49th) scored a brace while VR Raghunath (15th minute) opened the scoring for the eight time gold medallists.
John Jermyn (45th), Conor Harte (55th) reduced the margin for the Irishmen in the Pool B match. India�s next match is against two-time defending champions Germany on Monday.
Rower Bhokanal in quarters: India had a mixed morning on day one of competitions in the Rio Olympics here as rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal entered the quarterfinals in men�s single sculls while shooters Ayonika Paul and Apurvi Chandela put up a flop show to crash out of the 10m air rifle final. The day�s proceedings started on a promising note when 25-year-old Pune-based armyman Bhokanal ended up third in the first heat of the day by finishing the 2000m race in 7 minutes, 21.67 seconds behind Angel Fournier Rodriguez of Cuba (7:06.89) and Mexico�s Juan Carlos Cabrera (7:08.27).
Paes-Bopanna ousted: Leander Paes�s dreams of winning a second Olympic medal went up in smoke as he and Rohan Bopanna made an inglorious exit in the opening round of the men�s doubles competition, losing in straight sets to the Polish pair of Marcin Matkowski and Lukasz Kubot 4-6, 6-7 (6-8) here today.
Playing in his record seventh and probably his last Olympics, Paes � a bronze medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Games, saw his campaign get over in only 84 minutes as not for once did the Indian pair look like having forged a winning combination.
Mouma Das bows out: Mouma Das� Olympic appearance was short-lived as the Indian veteran lost to higher-ranked Romanian, Daniela Dodean Monteiro, in the first round of the women�s singles table tennis competition here today. � Agencies
