Paris Olympics 2024 Day 1 Highlights: Indian men's hockey team beats NZ 3-2 in their opening match; Manu Bhaker in women's 10m air pistol final

Caeleb Dressel collected his eighth career Olympic gold medal when he anchored the US men to a second successive 4x100m freestyle title at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Australia took silver and Italy the bronze.

Rafael Nadal said he has not yet decided whether he will compete in singles at the Paris Olympics. His first match in that event is scheduled for Sunday.

Asked about his status for singles after winning in the first round of doubles with partner Carlos Alcaraz on Saturday night, Nadal said he wants to consult with his team “and then make the smartest decision possible to have the best chances to bring (a) medal back home.”

“Tomorrow, I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Nadal said. “I don’t know if I’m going to play or not.”

Australia's peerless women's 4x100 metres freestyle relay swimmers secured their country a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the event at the Paris Games on Saturday with an Olympic record-breaking swim.

The quartet of Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris held off runnersup United States, while China took the bronze.

Novak Djokovic smiled right along with everyone else when his first-round Paris Olympics opponent was so excited just to claim one game Saturday that he celebrated by pulling the bottom of his shirt over his head, baring his chest.

After completing his 6-0, 6-1 victory in less than an hour, Djokovic was a little less amused, saying he doesn't think someone like Matthew Ebden — a 36-year-old doubles player from Australia who hadn't competed in a tour-level, main-draw singles match since June 2022 — should have been on the court without a teammate at the Summer Games.

“I really don't understand the rules. They're really not logical for me,” said Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champion who is seeking his first Olympic gold medal.

“I don't think it's a good image for the sport, to be honest,” he said about having a doubles player enter singles at the Olympics.

Argentina bounced back from the chaos of their opening game in the Olympic men's football tournament to beat Iraq 3-1 on Saturday, while Spain are the first team through to the quarter-finals.

Two-time gold medallists Argentina began their campaign at the Paris Games with a 2-1 defeat by Morocco on Wednesday in Saint-Etienne in a match marred by crowd trouble.

Spain are through to the last eight already after claiming a second win from as many games in Group C as the Tokyo silver medallists beat the Dominican Republic 3-1 in Bordeaux.

India's Chef de Mission Gagan Narang consoled shooter Sarabjot Singh on Saturday after he failed to qualify for the final round of the men's 10m air pistol event in Chateauroux, France.

Australian Ariarne Titmus defended her Olympic 400 metres freestyle title on Saturday after the world's three fastest women over the distance fought a huge battle in the Paris pool.

Canadian 17-year-old Summer McIntosh took the silver and Katie Ledecky of the United States the bronze. All three medallists were past or present world record holders.

The race had been compared to the epic men's 200 freestyle "Race of the Century" showdown between American Michael Phelps, Australian Ian Thorpe and Dutch giant Pieter van den Hoogenband in 2004.

The medal was a first for teen sensation McIntosh, who finished fourth in Tokyo in 2021 as a 14-year-old and held the world record for four months last year until Titmus took it back.

Egypt's first ever female boxer to qualify for the Olympics exited the Games without throwing a punch on Saturday when she failed to make the weight for the 54kg contest.

Youmna Ayyad had been due to fight heavily fancied Uzbek Nigina Uktamova, but weighed in almost a kilogram too heavy and was disqualified.

India's Ashwini Ponnappa & Tanisha Crasto go down fighting 0-2 (18-21, 10-21) to Tokyo Olympics medallists and three-time reigning World medallists Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee-yong of Korea in their opening Group stage clash. The Indian pair still has two matches left in their Group C. Top 2 team will qualify for the quartefinals.

Rafa Nadal teamed up with Carlos Alcaraz for the first time as Spain's so-called dream team opened their Olympic doubles campaign with a 7-6(4) 6-4 defeat of Argentine sixth seeds Maximo Gonzales and Andres Molteni on Saturday.

"Nadalcaraz", as the Spaniards have called themselves, produced some spectacular tennis as they were roared to victory by a packed evening crowd on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji's first-round match in the men's doubles tournament has been postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions preventing play on the outside courts. The Indian pair is set to face Gael Monfils and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

Germany's Lukas Maertens surged to the men's Olympic 400m freestyle gold medal on Saturday, narrowly missing the world record.

The 22-year-old was under world record pace for 350m before fading in the final stretch to touch in 3min 41.78sec ahead of Australia's Elijah Winnington (3:42.21). South Korean world champion Kim Woo-min took bronze in 3:42.50.

Indian boxer Preeti Pawar triumphed over Vietnam's Vo Thi Kim Anh in the women's 54kg category first-round bout, securing her spot in the pre-quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

Preeti, an Asian Games bronze medallist, made an impressive debut at the Olympics, winning the match with a 5-0 points decision. The 20-year-old from Haryana had a slow start, as her Vietnamese opponent dominated the first round. However, Preeti turned the tide in the next two rounds, aggressively attacking and landing clear blows on her opponent.

Preeti will next face second seed and world championships silver-medallist Marcela Yeni Arias of Colombia in the round of 16 clash on Tuesday.

Ponnappa and Crasto, ranked 19 in the world, will face Tokyo Olympics medallists and three-time reigning World medallists Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee-yong in their opening Group stage clash.

Canada's Olympic women's football team has been deducted six points and its coach Beverly Priestman suspended for a year after using a drone to spy on a rival team at the Paris Games, FIFA said on Saturday.

Canada's football association was found responsible for failing to respect the applicable FIFA regulations in connection with... the prohibition on flying drones over any training sites.

The Indian men's hockey team began its Paris Olympics campaign with an exciting 3-2 victory over New Zealand on Saturday.

New Zealand initially took the lead in the eighth minute when Sam Lane scored from their first penalty corner. However, India responded resiliently. Mandeep Singh equalized in the 24th minute, converting a rebound off a penalty corner, and Vivek Sagar Prasad put India ahead in the third quarter.

New Zealand fought back and leveled the score in the 53rd minute through Simon Child. Yet, Indian skipper Harmanpreet Singh secured the win by scoring from a penalty stroke just a minute before the final whistle.

India is set to face Argentina in their next Pool B match on Monday.