Boxer Lovlina Borgohain, archer Deepika Kumari and young shooter Manu Bhaker are within sniffing distance of an Olympic medal and the big day can come on Friday. PV Sindhu will face her first big test at Tokyo 2020 when she faces Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in a badminton women's singles quarterfinal match. Sindhu has been in good form thus far winning all her matches without conceding a game. Sindhu has a 11-7 win-loss record against Yamaguchi but playing at home will spur the Japanese girl. Manu Bhaker is well placed to make it to the medal rounds in the 25m pistol event but she still has a qualification round to manage. The athletics programme starts on Friday with Dutee Chand in the heats of the 100m sprint but hopes will centre around the 4 x 400m mixed relay. In hockey, winless Indian women play Ireland while the men face unpredictable Japan. So far, India have a lone silver medal won by Mirabai Chanu in weightlifting on Saturday. (MEDAL TALLY | July 29 RESULTS)
India at Tokyo Olympics - Day 8, July 30 full schedule
**All times are in India Standard Time (IST)
ARCHERY
Women’s individual
Round of 16: Deepika Kumari vs Ksenia Perova (ROC) - 6:00 AM IST
Quarter-finals: If Deepika Kumari qualifies - 11:30 AM IST
Semi-finals: If Deepika Kumari qualifies - 12:15 PM IST
Bronze medal match: If Deepika Kumari qualifies - 1:00 PM IST
Final: If Deepika Kumari qualifies - 1:15 PM IST
ATHLETICS
Men’s 3000m steeplechase: Heat 2 - Avinash Sable - 6:17 AM IST
Men’s 400m hurdles: Heat 5 - MP Jabir - 8:27 AM IST
Women’s 100m heats: Dutee Chand - 8:45 AM IST onwards
Mixed 4x400m relay: Heat 2 - India - 4:42 PM IST
BADMINTON
Women’s singles quarter-finals: PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) - 1:15 PM IST
BOXING
Women’s lightweight (57-60kg) Round of 16: Simranjit Kaur vs Sudaporn Seesondee (THA) - 8:18 AM IST
Women’s welterweight (64-69kg) Quarter-finals: Lovlina Borgohain vs Nien-Chin Chen (TPE) - 8:48 AM IST
EQUESTRIANISM
Eventing Individual Dressage: Fouaad Mirza - 2:00 PM IST onwards
GOLF
Men’s Round 2
Udayan Mane - 5:44 AM IST onwards
Anirban Lahiri - 7:17 AM IST onwards
HOCKEY
Women’s Pool A: India vs Ireland - 8:15 AM IST
Men’s Pool A: India vs Japan - 3:00 PM IST
SAILING
Women’s Laser Radial: Race 9 and 10 - Nethra Kumanan - 8:35 AM IST onwards
Men’s 49er: Race 7, 8 and 9 - KC Ganapathy/Varun Thakkar - 8:35 AM IST onwards
Men’s Laser Standard: Race 9 and 10 - Vishnu Saravanan - 11:05 AM IST onwards
SHOOTING
Women’s 25m pistol
Rapid qualification: Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat - 5:30 AM IST
Final: If either qualify - 10:30 AM IST
WATCH TOKYO 2020 LIVE
Tokyo 2020 Olympics is being telecast live on the Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 2 HD, Sony SIX and Sony SIX HD TV channels in India.
Sony TEN 3, Sony TEN 3 HD, Sony TEN 4 and Sony TEN 4 HD is broadcasting Tokyo 2020 in regional languages as well. National broadcasters Doordarshan (DD Sports and DD National) are simulcasting the events.
On the digital platform, live streaming of the Tokyo Olympics is available on Sony Liv.