Rio Olympics 2016: India schedule on Saturday, Jitu Rai hopes for medal on first day

Brazil unfolded a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population to the tune of samba in welcoming the world on Friday to the Rio Olympic Games 2016. The Indian contingent's schedule on saturday in the Rio Olympics:

MEN'S HOCKEY:  (19:30 IST): India versus Ireland

ROWING:  (17:00 IST): Men's Single Sculls (Dattu Bhokanal Single)

SHOOTING:  (17:00 IST): Shooting: 10m Air Pistol: (Jitu Rai,Gurpreet Singh)   Shooting: 10m Air Rifle: (Apurvi Chandela,Ayonika Paul)

Table Tennis:  (17:30 IST): Men's Singles (Achantha Sharath Kamal,Soumyajit Ghosh) Women: (Manika Batra, Mouma Das)

Tennis:  (23:00 IST): Men's Doubles: (Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna) Women's Doubles: (Sania Mirza, Prarthana Thombare)

WEIGHTLIFTING: (03:30 IST Aug 7)  Women: Saikhom Mirabi Chanu 48kg.