Date:19/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/19/stories/2008081957042100.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Today’s Schedule

Athletics: Women’s javelin qualifiers, 6.30 a.m. onwards; women’s long jump qualifiers, 7.10 a.m. onwards; women’s 200m heats, 7.30 a.m. onwards; men’s high jump final, 4.40 p.m.; men’s discus final, 6.30 p.m.; women’s 400m final, 7.40 p.m.; women’s 100m hurdles final, 8 p.m.; men’s 1500m final, 8.20 p.m.

Baseball: Men’s preliminaries, 8 a.m. onwards.

Basketball: Women’s quarterfinals, noon.

Beach volleyball: Women’s semifinals, Brazil (Talita & Renata) vs. United States (Walsh & May-Treanor), 6.30 a.m.; China (Tian Jia & Wang) vs. China (Xue & Zhang Xi), 7.30 a.m.

Boxing: Men’s quarterfinals, Light-fly (48kg), light (60kg), light-heavy (81kg), 4.30 p.m. onwards.

Canoe/Kayak -Flatwater: Kayak single (K1) and doubles (K2) 500m men’s and women’s heats, 1 p.m. onwards; canoe single (C1) and doubles (C2) 500m men’s heat, 1.40 p.m. onwards.

Cycling (Track): Men’s madison, 3 p.m.; women’s sprint finals, 3.55 p.m.; men’s sprint finals, 4.05 p.m.

Diving: Men’s 3m springboard final, 6 p.m.

Equestrian: Dressage individual grand prix freestyle, 4.45 p.m.

Football: Men’s semifinals, Nigeria vs. Belgium, 3.30 p.m.; Argentina vs. Brazil, 6.30 p.m.

Gymnastics (Artistic): Men’s parallel bars final, 3.30 p.m.; women’s beam final, 4.13 p.m.; men’s horizontal bar final, 5 p.m.

Handball: Women’s quarterfinals, 9.30 a.m. onwards.

Hockey: Men’s pool matches, 6 a.m. onwards.

Sailing: Laser radial medal race and Laser medal race, 10.30 a.m. onwards.

Synchronised swimming: Duet free routine preliminaries, 12.30 p.m. onwards.

Trampoline: Men’s final, 5.55 p.m.

Triathlon: Men’s final, 7.30 a.m.

Table Tennis: Men’s and Women’s singles preliminaries and first round matches, 7.30 a.m. onwards.

Volleyball: Women’s semifinals, Cuba vs. Serbia, 7.30 a.m.; Japan vs. Brazil, 9.30 a.m.; China vs. Russia, 5.30 p.m.; United States vs. Italy, 7.30 p.m.

Weightlifting: Men’s +105kg gold medal, 4.30 p.m.

Water polo: United States vs. Australia, 11.50 a.m.; Hungary vs. The Netherlands, 1.10 p.m.

Wrestling: Men’s FR 55kg bronze, 2.30 p.m.; men’s FR 55kg gold, 2.50 p.m.; men’s FR 60kg bronze, 3.25 p.m.; Men’s FR 60kg gold, 3.45 p.m.

(All times in IST)