Olympics 2024 Day 1 Highlights: Manu into the finals, Winning start in Hockey and badminton

Badminton: Men's Singles Group Stage LIVE!

India's Lakshya Sen is in action against Kevin Cordon of Guatemala.

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Men's Handball: Ecstasy for Croatia, Agony for Japan!

Croatia secured a narrow 30-29 victory over Japan in their Group A encounter.

Men's Basketball: Germany Secures Opening Win Against Japan

The reigning World Champions announced their arrival at the Paris Olympics with a solid win over Japan.

Men's Volleyball: Italy eases past Brazil 3-1!

Italy lost only one set to Brazil in their Men's Volleyball Pool B match.

Men's Rugby Sevens: New Zealand vs Argentina!

The All Blacks defeated Argentina in the 5th to 8th place playoff and will now aim for a 5th place finish at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Men's Hockey Pool B: Australia squeezes past Argentina!

Australia secures a narrow 1-0 victory against Argentina, with the Rio Olympics gold medalists providing a tough challenge for the men in yellow.

Men's Hockey Pool A: Netherlands Secures 5-3 Victory Against South Africa!

The Dutch have started strongly at the Paris Olympics with a convincing 5-3 victory over South Africa.

Leading 4-1 at halftime, Duco Telgenkamp extended the lead to 5-1 in the 33rd minute for the Netherlands, but South Africa quickly responded with a goal in the following minute to make it 5-2.

Mathew Brown scored via a penalty stroke to make it 5-3, but it was too late for the South Africans to close the gap.

Fun trivia: France has a Olympic silver medal in cricket!

Are you surprised? If so, you’re not alone. It is true that France won a silver medal in cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris.

Originally, four teams, Belgium, France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands were scheduled to compete in the Olympics.

However, Belgium and the Netherlands withdrew, leaving France and Great Britain to contest the gold medal match.

Great Britain won the match, resulting in France earning the Olympic silver medal in cricket.

The French team comprised ten British nationals, two of whom were born in France and two French players.

Men's Hockey Halftime: Australia Takes a Slender 1-0 Lead Against Argentina!

Proficient drag flicker Blake Govers scored a penalty corner goal as Australia goes into the break with a 1-0 lead against Los Leones.

Shooting: Manu Qualifies for the Final, Rhythm Misses Out!

Manu Bhaker has qualified for the medal round by finishing third in the women's 10m pistol qualification.

Rhythm's performance faded after a strong start.

Catch all the updates on how it unfolded here.