Badminton

Badminton, Shooting, and Hockey, which have been India's strong suits, are some of the sports that have been left out of the event, and the exclusion has triggered disappointment across the spectrum.

The II Juegos Inclusivos is held under the honorary presidency of HM King Felipe VI in which the athletes with and without disabilities compete side by side.

The top-seed pair of Viplav and Viraj got the better of another sibling pair in Pune’s Thakore brothers Arya and Dhruv, as they posted a 21-10, 21-11 win.

Srikanth, the 2021 World Championship silver medallist, will next face Hong Kong's second seed Ng Ka Long Angus

Panda sisters Rutaparna and Swetaparna suffered a 11-21 8-21 loss to Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Pei Shan and Hung En-Tzu in the Hong Kong badminton tournament.

Disha stunned sixth seeded Liao Jui-Chi of Chinese Taipei 21-15 21-18, while Aaradhya shocked fifth seeded Sai Prasad Teegala 15-21 21-7 21-15 in another match.

Sen's failure to find success at the Olympics evoked a rather fiery reply from his coach Prakash Padukone, but comforting support from Padukone's daughter, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone.

The Danish star, who has been as high as world No 2, took to Instagram to reveal his decision so as to avoid speculation around it.

Marin beat Japan's Aya Ohori 21-13, 21-14 at La Chapelle Arena to set up a final-four showdown with China's He Bingjiao.

Lakshya Sen defeated compatriot HS Prannoy 21-12, 21-6 to book his place in the men's singles quarter-final at the Paris Olympics.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 to crash out in the quarter-finals at Paris Olympics.

Lakshya Sen defeated Indonesia's Jonathan Christie 21-18, 21-12 to set up the Paris Olympics 2024 pre-quarterfinal match against India's HS Prannoy on Thursday.

Lakshya Sen Profile Badminton Paris Olympics 2024 Men's Singles

India's HS Prannoy will next take on Kodai Naroaka of Japan for a place in the semi-finals.

Lakshya Sen had sought financial assistance for a 12-day training session in France while PV Sindhu's proposal was for Germany.

Batra could not stretch her winning streak against world No. 5 Hina Hayata, losing 11-7 6-11 4-11 11-13 2-11.