Harmanpreet Singh's late effort saw India clinch a 1-1 draw against Argentina in a Paris Olympics 2024 Pool B hockey match on Monday. India trailed till the 58th minute before the India captain struck from a Penalty Corner. Lucas Martinez scored the opener for Argentina in the 22nd minute. India remain in the third spot among the six teams in Pool B with four points from two games. Belgium and Australia are 1st and 2nd respectively while Argentina are fourth. India will have to finish within the top-four in Pool B to enter the quarter-finals.

Satwiksairaj-Chirag duo reaches quarterfinals

The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have qualified for the badminton men's doubles quarterfinals despite not playing their match on Monday. They will now face Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto but it will be a dead rubber. However, a dominant display by Lakshya Sen against Julien Carraggi of Belgium helped him to clinch the encounter 21-19, 21-14.

Major controversy

Iraq's top churches have joined international religious bodies in condemning a controversial segment of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, which many interpreted as a reference to the Bible's Last Supper. 

“What happened at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is shameful and a mockery of the Christian religion,” Iraq's Chaldean Catholic church said in a statement on Sunday. The contentious scene in Friday's parade in Paris involved dancers, drag queens, and a DJ in poses that resembled depictions of the Last Supper, the final meal Jesus is said to have taken with his apostles.