After the glittering opening ceremony of the olympics was over, it was time to get back to the action on the field. The Indian men's hockey team began their campaign with a morale boosting 3-2 win against Ireland in their opening pool encounter. Dattu Baban Bhokanal produced a pleasant surprise in the men's single sculls event as he reached the quarter-finals after finishing third in his heat. In the first heat of the day, the 25-year-old from the Indian Army finished the 2000-metre race in seven minutes and 21.67 seconds at the Lagoa Stadium.

With nine first-round exits, India's campaign on day one of the 2016 Rio Olympics was a not a great one. Leander Paes was not Bopanna's partner of choice and the duo clearly did not enjoy the best camaraderie in the run up to the Olympics. That clearly reflected in their on-court performance as the Indians went down 4-6, 6-7 (6) to 's Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski of Poland. It was Paes' record-setting seventh Olympic appearance, which ended on a disappointing note for the veteran star. The day continues to go downhill for Indian tennis. Doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare make first round exit, losing 6(6)-7, 7-5, 5-7 to Chinese Shuai Peng and Zhang Shuai. Mixed doubles hope still alive for Sania. Indian challenge in TT ends as all four competitors fall in the 1st round. Later in the day, medal hope Jitu Rai finished eighth in the men's 10 metre Air Pistol event. Jitu produced a string of poor shots for a total score of 78.7 and was the first to be eliminated from the eight-man final.