The hopes remain high for Indians in Olympics despite many of our heroes bowing out of the event. On Thursday, India will begin their badminton campaign as the pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa will take on Japanese pair of Misaki Matsumo and Ayaka Takahashi. Saina Nehwal will also have her first go in Rio, taking on Lohaynny Vicente in the evening today.
Here is the complete list of Indian athletes in action today in Rio
Badminton Schedule
4:30 PM IST: Women’s Doubles Group, India vs Japan – Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponappa vs Misaki Matsumo, Ayaka Takahashi
5:30 PM IST: Men’s Doubles Group, India vs Indonesia – Sumeeth Reddy, Manu Attri vs Mohammad Ahsan, Hendra Setiawan
6:40 PM IST: Women’s Singles Group – PV Sindhu vs Sarosi Laura
7:50 PM IST: Women’s Singles Group – Saina Nehwal vs Lohaynny Vicente
5:35 AM IST (August 12): Men’s Singles Group – Kidambi Srikanth vs Lino Munoz
Archery Schedule
5:30 PM IST: Women’s Individual 1/8 Eliminations – Deepika Kumari vs Ya-Ting Tan
5:56 PM IST: Women’s Individual 1/8 Eliminations – Bombayla Devi vs Alejandra Valencia
11:00 PM IST: Women’s Individual Quarter-Final (If Bombayla/Deepika qualify)
Boxing Schedule
8:00 PM IST: Men’s Bantam (56 kg) Preliminaries – Shiva Thapa vs Robeisy Ramirez
Hockey Schedule
6:30 PM IST: Men’s Hockey Group B – India vs Netherlands
4:30 AM IST (August 12): Women’s Hockey Pool B: India vs USA
Golf Schedule
9:14 PM IST: Anirban Lahiri in action
10:47 PM IST: SSP Chawrasia in action
