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Rio 2016 Day 6: Schedule and live streaming of events featuring India

Here is the schedule of the sixth day of Rio 2016.

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Here is the schedule of the sixth day of Rio 2016.
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    As Rio 2016 enters its sixth day, India's hopes are high as Saina Nehwal kickstarts the badminton campaign. 

    Thrilling matches await as badminton is scheduled to get kickstarted on Thursday, along with Sania Mirza - Rohan Bapanna playing their first match, which got cancelled on Wednesday due to rains. Best Indian golfer Aniban Lahiri is also set to show his skills in the men's round one. Other than these players, J Gutta, A Ponnappa, PV Sindhu, SSP Chawrasia, Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi, hockey teams (both men and women), Kidambi Srikanth, Shiva Thapa are other Indian players who will be eyeing to take a step further in their Olympic journey. 

    All eyes will be set on Saina Nehwal, who is the country's biggest medal tally. 

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    Some of the events will be telecast live on Star Sports Network and can be streamed live on Hotstar. 

    1. Golf: Men's Round 1

    Participants: Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia

    Time: 4.00 pm IST

    Result: Anirban finished at the 50th position and Chawrasia at 27th position.

    2. Badminton: Women's Doubles Group A

    Participants: J Gutta/ A Ponnappa    

    Time: 4.30 pm IST

    Result: Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost 15-21 10-21 to the World No.1 Japanese pair of Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsumoto​.

    3. Archery: Women's Individual Round of 16 

    Participants: Deepika Kumari v/s Tan Ya-ting 

    Time: 5.30 pm IST

    Result: End of the road for ​Deepika who was blanked 0-6 by World No. 2 Tan Ya-Ting ​

    Participants: Bombayla Devi v/s Alejandra Valencia 

    Time: 5.56 pm IST

    Result: Bombayla lost 2-6 to World No.18 Alejandra Valencia of Mexico.

    4. Badminton: Men's Doubles Group Stage

    Participants: S Reddy and M Attri

    Time: 5.30 pm IST

    Result:  Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy lost their opening matches.​

    Participants: Kidambi Srikanth v/s Lino Munoz

    Time: 5.30 am (Friday) IST

    Result: Srikanth Kidambi (India) beat Lino Munoz (Mexico) 21-11 21-17​

    5. Hockey: Men's Pool B

    Participants: India vs The Netherlands

    Time: 6.30 pm IST

    Result: The Indian men's hockey team​ went down 1-2 against Netherlands​.

    6. Badminton: Women's Singles Group Stage

    Participant: PV Sindhu

    Time: 6.40 pm IST

    Result: Sindhu spanked World No. 64 Laura Sarosi of Hungary 21-8 21-9 in 27 minutes.​

    Participant: Saina Nehwal

    Time: 7.50 pm IST

    Result: Saina staved off a spirited challenge from World No. 73 Brazilian girl Vicente Lohaynny 21-17 21-17.  ​

    7. Tennis: Mixed doubles

    Participants: Sania Mirza v/s Rohan Bopanna

    Time: 7.30 pm IST

    Result: The Indian duo of Sania and Bopanna entered the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event of tennis competition with a straight-set win over Australian pair of Samantha Stosur and John Peers.​

    8. Boxing: Men's Bantam (56kg) Preliminaries

    Participant: Shiva Thapa

    Time: 8.00 pm ISP

    Result: Shiva Thapa ​lost 0-3 in a one-sided contest in which he also ended up sustaining a cut above his left eye.​

    9. Hockey: Women's Pool B

    Participants: India vs USA 

    Time: 4.00 am (Friday)  IST

    Result: Indian women's hockey team​ slumped to a 0-3 defeat against USA​.

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