Новости за 01.08.2021

The trailblazing PV Sindhu smashed her way into history books with a second successive Olympic medal on Sunday, while the men's hockey team raised hopes of resurrecting a glorious past by entering the semifinals for the first time in 49 years as India surpassed its performance at the 2016 Rio Games on an epoch-making day in Tokyo.

The Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh on Sunday said his players "almost killed themselves" in their efforts to secure an Olympic semifinal berth after a gap of 49 years, heaping praise on their commitment during the 3-1 quarterfinal win over Great Britain.

The animated celebration by Park Tae Sang the moment after PV Sindhu won the bronze caught everyone's attention. The Korean coach Park Tae Sang had a ringside view of Sindhu's matches at the Tokyo Olympics and he seemed to have enjoyed every moment of her bronze medal effort against He Jing Biao on Sunday.

India's hopes of a maiden athletics medal at the Olympics will rest on Kamalpreet Kaur who will be in action in the women's discus throw final on Monday. Indian women's hockey team will be up against Australia in the quarterfinal.

Punyashlok Ahilyabai is all set to go in for a time-leap of seven years and we have learnt that Kinshuk Vaidya, who was last seen as Arjun in RadhaKrishn, has been roped in to play the grown-up Khanderao Holkar in the historical show. He will take over from the child artiste Krish Chauhan to essay the part. Aetasha Sansgiri will be seen as the grown-up Ahilyabai Holkar.

Qatar's Mutaz Barshim added Olympic gold to his world title as he shared the title with Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi in an unusual finish to the men's high jump on Sunday.

The Indian men's hockey team defeated Great Britain 3-1 in a quarterfinal match to qualify for the semifinals of the Olympics Games after 49 years on Sunday.

The country rejoiced at badminton ace P V Sindhu winning her second Olympic medal with the sports fraternity hailing her feat and President Ram Nath Kovind lauding her for setting "a new yardstick of consistency, dedication and excellence".

A replacement has taken place on the show Choti Sarrdaarni, which recently went in for a generation leap of 20 years. While Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia, who portrayed Meher Gill, took over from child artiste Kevina Tak to play her own daughter Seher, Shehzada Dhami, Adhik Mehta, and Rohit Lamba were roped in to play the grown-up Paramjeet Gill (Param), Karanjeet Gill (Karan) and Yuvraj Dhillon (Yuvi) on the show. However, Rohit’s journey was cut short after the first day of the shoot itself. He was replaced by Ravi Chhabra.

Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya is currently in the news for turning down Bade Acche Lagte Hain 2. While various reasons behind her decision is doing the rounds, the actress spokes exclusively to ETimes TV and revealed why she opted out of the project.

PV Sindhu needed an extra dose of motivation following her semifinal loss at the Tokyo Games and that came from her father P V Ramana, whose wish for a "gift" was duly fulfilled by his world conquering daughter.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed ace badminton player PV Sindhu as India's pride after she won bronze in the Tokyo Olympics. The reigning world champion became only the second Indian and the country's first woman to win two Olympic medals, securing a bronze after a straight-game win over world No. 9 He Bing Jiao of China in the badminton women's singles third-place play-off.

PV Sindhu has delivered yet again. The Indian badminton ace has added another Olympic medal to her already glittering resume. On Sunday, Sindhu completely dominated 8th seeded Chinese shuttler He Bing Jiao, winning the bronze medal match in straight games 21-13, 21-15. With this win, Sindhu also becomes the first Indian female athlete to win two Olympic medals.

Reigning world champion PV Sindhu on Sunday became first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals, securing a bronze after a straight-game win over world no.9 He Bing Jiao of China in the badminton women's singles third-place play-off.

Belgium beat Spain 3-1 on Sunday to qualify for the semi-finals of the men's hockey tournament at the Tokyo Olympics, joining Australia and Germany who had already advanced to those stages. Spain led 1-0 at halftime, but the Red Lions pulled level in the third quarter when top-scorer Alexander Hendrickx netted off a penalty corner.

Television actress Ekta Kaul is echoing her voice for women's rights to breastfeed anywhere at any time. Ekta kickstarted the 'breastfeeding week' with a picture of herself breastfeeding her son, Ved.

Actor Amar Upadhyay, who is entertaining the audience as Virendra Pratap Singh in the television show, Molkki is celebrating his 45th birthday today (August 1). The iconic actor, who rose to fame as Mihir Virani of Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, is one of the most loved superstars of Indian Television.

The Indian women's hockey team's grit will be put through a severe test when it takes on Australia in the Olympic quarterfinals on Monday, hoping to add another unexpected win to a dream run that has seen the side reach the last-eight stage for the first time.

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri ended his second Olympic campaign at Tied 42nd after carding a one-over 72 in the fourth and final round on Sunday. Lahiri, who began the week with a superb 67 and was inside Top-10, slid down the ladder thereafter with rounds of 72-68-72 over the next three days for a total of 5-under 283. He finished at 57th spot in 2016 Rio Olympics.

There were more misses than hits for the Indian archers who ended up being "just tourists" in Tokyo, returning from the Olympics without a medal yet again.

Alexander Zverev brushed aside Karen Khachanov in straight sets on Sunday to seal the Olympic men's singles title and win Germany's first tennis gold since 1992.

This is a day when people celebrate their friendship, bond, and the inseparable love they have for each other. Such is an instance of one of the most beloved on-screen couples from Kaatelal & Sons Garima (Megha Chakraborty) and Agni (Sahil Phull). Their social media is full of their interesting Instagram reels and pictures.

Tensions will run high, words will be exchanged and there could be a fair bit of sledging when the five-match Test series between India and England kicks off on August 4.