Tokyo Olympics Games 2021 – Where to Watch & Live Stream and Indian Fixtures
The world’s largest sporting event has arrived! It’s almost time to watch the live broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics. The Olympics in 2020 has been pushed back a year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, now more than 11,000 competitors from 33 sports will fight for gold, silver, and bronze medals as well as honour for their nations.
We’ve got whatever you need to see the Olympics live stream from anywhere, even if you don’t have cable TV. But, before we get into that, let’s get a better understanding of the games.
An Overview of The Tokyo Olympic Games 2021
The Olympic calendar for 2021 spans 14 days and includes events varying from gymnastics to swimming to track & field. Baseball/softball, karate, surfing, skateboarding, as well as sport climbing would all make their Olympic debuts in Tokyo. Traditional sports, like 3×3 basketball and freestyle BMX, have added new events.
The XXXII Olympiad will be held in Tokyo from Friday, July 23 through Sunday, August 8. On Friday, July 23, the Opening Ceremony will be held at 7 a.m. ET/4 a.m. PT. On August 8th the Closing Ceremony will be held at 7 a.m. ET/4 a.m. PT.
It’s simple to watch the Olympics video broadcast no matter which country you support. Continue reading for the 2021 Olympic schedule as well as information on how to watch the games.
Where To Watch Tokyo Olympics 2021 In The World
The Olympics have largely been broadcasted to people around the world on sports channels on cable TVs and then DTH connections. This year too, popular channels around the world will broadcast the Olympic Games, depending on your location. These channels include NBC, CNBC, Peacock, 7Plus, TVNZ and SportsNet.
Other than that, as we’re in the virtual world, people all over the world can live stream the Olympic Games 2021 on OTT platforms.
We’ve mentioned the various countries and their OTT platforms below:
- Brazil – GloboTV
- Finland – Yle
- China – CCTV
- Ireland – RTE
- Korea – SBS
- New Zealand – Sky NZ
- MENA – beIN Sports
- Germany – ARD
Where You Can Watch Tokyo Olympics 2021 In India
Sony Sports Network, India’s official presenter of the Tokyo Olympics, has launched many programming efforts to make the Olympics coverage grander and bigger. The Olympics will start on July 23rd, and Sony Sports is going to be in charge of the live stream and also showing the events on five network channels.
The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be broadcast live on SONY TEN 1, SONY TEN 2, SONY TEN 3, SONY TEN 4 and also SONY SIX channels from July 23rd to August 8th, 2021. Aside from that, SonyLIV, India’s top OTT platform will broadcast the Olympic Games in India LIVE.
Tokyo Olympics 2021 Schedule
Now that you know where to stream the games, check out the Tokyo Olympics 2021 schedule to ensure you’re on time to catch your favourite players in action:
Friday, July 23 Opening ceremony
Archery, Shooting, Rowing, Equestrian,
Saturday, July 24Table Tennis, Archery (m), Artistic Gymnastics, Badminton, FootballBaseball/Softball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Cycling Road (m), Fencing (m), Handball, Hockey, Judo (m), Rowing, Shooting (m), Swimming, 3×3 Basketball, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Equestrian, Weightlifting (m)
Sunday, July 25Judo (m), Archery (m), Artistic Gymnastics, Table Tennis,3×3 Basketball, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Skateboarding (m), Canoe Slalom, Swimming (m), Handball, Cycling Road (m), Water Polo, Weightlifting (m), Diving (m), Equestrian, Fencing (m), Football, Hockey, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting (m), Surfing, Tennis, Volleyball
Monday, July 26Rugby Sevens, 3×3 Basketball, Archery (m), Artistic Gymnastics (m), Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe Slalom (m), Weightlifting (m), Judo (m), Cycling Mountain (m), Diving (m), Fencing (m), Handball, Hockey, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting (m), Surfing, Swimming (m), Table Tennis (m), Tennis, Triathlon (m), Volleyball, Water Polo, Skateboarding (m)
Tuesday, July 27Archery, Artistic Gymnastics (m), Baseball (m), Boxing, Basketball, Cycling Mountain (m), Beach Volleyball, Canoe Slalom (m), Diving (m), Equestrian (m), Fencing (m), Football, Handball, Hockey, Judo (m), Rowing (m), Weightlifting (m), Rugby Sevens, Sailing, Shooting (m), Surfing, Swimming (m), Table Tennis, 3×3 Basketball, Tennis, Badminton, Triathlon (m), Volleyball, Water Polo
Wednesday, July 283×3 Basketball (m), Archery, Artistic Gymnastics (m), Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe Slalom, Cycling Road (m), Diving (m), Equestrian (m), Fencing (m), Football, Handball, Hockey, Judo (m), Rowing (m), Rugby Sevens (m), Sailing, Shooting, Surfing (m), Swimming (m), Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting (m),
Thursday, July 29Archery, Artistic Gymnastics (m), Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe Slalom (m), Cycling BMX Racing, Equestrian, Fencing (m), Golf, Handball, Hockey, Judo (m), Rowing (m), Rugby Sevens, Sailing, Shooting (m), Surfing, Swimming (m), Table Tennis (m), Tennis, Trampoline Gymnastics, Volleyball, Water Polo,
Friday, July 30Athletics (m), Badminton (m), Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe Slalom (m), Rowing (m), Cycling BMX Racing (m), Diving, Equestrian, Fencing (m), Football, Golf, Handball, Water Polo, Hockey, Judo (m), Rugby Sevens, Archery (m), Sailing, Baseball, Shooting (m), Surfing, Swimming (m), Table Tennis (m), Tennis, Basketball, Trampoline Gymnastics (m)
Saturday, July 31Athletics (m), Badminton (m), Baseball, Basketball, Boxing (m), Cycling BMX Freestyle, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing (m), Surfing, Football, Golf, Handball, Hockey, Judo (m), Beach Volleyball, Rowing (m), Rugby Sevens (m), Sailing (m), Shooting (m), Swimming (m), Tennis, Trampoline Gymnastics (m), Volleyball, Archery (m), Water Polo, Weightlifting (m), Triathlon (m)
Sunday, August 1Artistic Gymnastics (m), Hockey, Athletics (m), Badminton (m), Baseball, Surfing, Basketball, Boxing (m), Cycling BMX Freestyle (m), Diving (m), Tennis, Equestrian, Fencing (m), Golf (m), Handball, Sailing (m), Shooting, Swimming (m), Table Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting (m), Beach Volleyball, Wrestling
Monday, August 2Artistic Gymnastics (m), Shooting (m), Athletics (m), Baseball, Beach Volleyball, Canoe Sprint, Cycling Track (m), Diving, Artistic Swimming, Equestrian (m), Football, Handball, Hockey, Sailing (m), Table Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting (m), Basketball, Wrestling (m), Badminton (m)
Tuesday, August 3Artistic Gymnastics (m), Cycling Track (m), Athletics (m), Baseball, Beach Volleyball, Canoe Sprint (m), Artistic Swimming, Diving (m), Equestrian, Football, Handball, Hockey, Sailing (m), Boxing (m), Sports Climbing, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting (m), Basketball, Wrestling (m)
Wednesday, August 4Artistic Swimming (m), Baseball, Equestrian (m), Basketball, Canoe Sprint, Sports Climbing, Cycling Track (m), Diving, Golf, Handball, Hockey, Marathon Swimming (m), Sailing (m), Boxing (m), Skateboarding (m), Table Tennis, Taekwondo (m), Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting (m), Beach Volleyball, Wrestling (m), Athletics (m)
Thursday, August 5Athletics (m), Baseball, Taekwondo (m), Basketball, Canoe Sprint (m), Cycling Track (m), Diving (m), Equestrian, Football (m), Golf, Handball, Hockey (m), Karate (m), Marathon Swimming (m), Modern Pentathlon, Skateboarding (m), Beach Volleyball, Sports Climbing (m), Table Tennis (m), Volleyball, Water Polo, Boxing (m), Wrestling (m)
Friday, August 6Artistic Swimming, Beach Volleyball (m), Canoe Sprint, Cycling Track (m), Diving, Equestrian, Football (m), Golf, Handball, Basketball, Hockey (m), Karate (m), Modern Pentathlon (m), Rhythmic Gymnastics, Sports Climbing (m), Table Tennis (m), Boxing (m), Taekwondo (m), Volleyball, Water Polo, Athletics (m), Wrestling (m)
Saturday, August 7Artistic Swimming (m), Basketball (m), Boxing (m), Canoe Sprint (m), Diving (m), Equestrian (m), Baseball (m), Football (m), Golf (m), Handball (m), Karate (m), Modern Pentathlon (m), Beach Volleyball (m), Rhythmic Gymnastics (m) Taekwondo (m), Volleyball (m), Water Polo (m), Athletics (m), Wrestling (m), Cycling Track (m)
Sunday, August 8Athletics (m), Basketball (m), Handball (m), Rhythmic Gymnastics (m), Volleyball (m), Water Polo (m), Cycling Track (m), Wrestling (m), Boxing (m),
Closing ceremony
The information above has been sourced from the official Olympics website.
Tokyo Olympics 2021 Indian Schedule
If you’re here to show support just to our Indian Olympic team, we’ve got you covered! Check out the Olympic schedule below that only highlights games played by Indian players.
Archery
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23rd July | Women’s Individual Rankings Round | Deepika Kumari | 5:30 am |
| Men’s Individual Ranking Round | Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai | 9:30 am | |
| 24th July | Mixed Team 1/8 Eliminations | Atanu Das, Deepika Kumari | 6 am |
| Mixed Team Quarterfinal | 10:45 am | ||
| Mixed Team Semi-final | 12 pm | ||
| Mixed Team Medal Matches | 12:55 pm | ||
| 26th July | Men’s Team 1/8 Elimination | Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav, Tarundeep Rai | 6 am |
| Men’s Team Quarter-final | 11 am | ||
| Men’s Team Semi-final | 11:47 am | ||
| Men’s Team Medal Matches | 12:45 pm |
Athletics
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30th July | Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Heats | Avinash Sable | 5:30 am |
| Men’s 400m Hurdles Round 1 | MP Jabir | 7:25 am | |
| Women’s 100m Round 1 | Dutee Chand | 8:10 am | |
| Mixed 4x400m relay Round 1 | Alex Antony, Sarthak Bhambri, Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan | 4:30 pm | |
| 31st July | Women’s Discus Throw Qualification | Seema Punia, Kamalpreet Kaur | 6:00 AM |
| Men’s Long Jump Qualification | M Sreeshankar | 3:40 PM | |
| 2nd August | Women’s 200m Round 1 | Dutee Chand | 7:30 AM |
| Women’s Discus Throw Final | Seema Punia, Kamalpreet Kaur | 5:30 PM | |
| 3rd August | Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification | Annu Rani | 5:50 am |
| Men’s Shot Put Qualification | Tajinder Singh Toor | 3:45 PM | |
| 4th August | Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification | Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh | 5:35 AM |
| 5th August | Men’s 20 km Race Walk Final | KT Irfan, Sandeep Kumar, Rahul | 1:00 PM |
| 6th August | Men’s 50 km Race Walk Final | Gurpreet Singh | 2:00 AM |
| Women’s 20 km Race Walk Final | Bhawna Jat, Priyanka | 1:00 PM | |
| Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 | Amoj Jacob, P Naganathan, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Anas Yahiya | 4:55 PM |
Badminton
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24th July | Men’s Doubles Group Stage | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin | 8:50 AM |
| Men’s Singles Group Stage | Sai Praneeth vs Zilberman Misha | 9:30 AM | |
| 25th July | Women’s Singles Group Stage | PV Sindhu vs Polikarpova Ksenia | 6:40 AM |
| 26th July | All events – Group Stage Matches | PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty | 5:30 am |
Boxing
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23rd July | Women’s Welterweight Round of 32 | Lovlina Borgohain | 7:30 am |
| Men’s Welterweight Round of 32 | Vikas Krishan Yadav | 7:30 am | |
| Men’s Super Heavyweight Round of 32 | Satish Kumar | 1:30 pm | |
| 25th July | Women’s Flyweight Round of 32 | Mary Kom | 7:30 am |
| Women’s Middleweight Round of 32 | Pooja Rani | 7:30 am | |
| Men’s Lightweight Round of 32 | Manish Kaushik | 7:30 am | |
| 25th July | Men’s Flyweight Round of 32 | Amit Panghal | 7:30 am |
| Men’s Middleweight Round of 32 | Ashish Kumar | 7:30 am | |
| 27th July | Women’s Lightweight Round of 32 | Simranjit Kaur | 7:30 am |
Golf
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29th July | Men’s Individual Strokeplay Round 1 | Anirbhan Lahri, Udhayan Mane | 4 am |
| 30th July | Round 2 | 4 am | |
| 31st July | Round 3 | 4 am | |
| 1st August | Round 4 – Medal Round | 4 am | |
| 4th August | Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 1 | Aditi Ashok | 4 am |
| 5th August | Round 2 | 4 am | |
| 6th August | Round 3 | 4 am | |
| 7th August | Round 4 – Medal Round | 4 am |
Shooting
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24th July | Women’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification | Elavenil Valarivan, Apurvi Chandela | 5:00 AM |
| Men’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification | Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma | 9:30 AM | |
| 25th July | Women’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification | Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Singh Deswal | 5:30 AM |
| Skeet Men’s Qualification Day 1 | Angad vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmed Khan | 6:00 AM | |
| Men’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification | Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar | 9:30 AM | |
| Skeet Men’s Qualification Day 2 | Angad vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmed Khan | 6:30 AM | |
| 26th July | 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification | Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma/Yashaswini Singh Deswal | 5:30 AM |
| 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification | Divyansh Singh Panwar/Elavenil Valarivan, Deepak Kumar/Anjum Moudgil | 9:45 AM | |
| 29th July | Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Precision | Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat | 5:30 AM |
| 30th July | Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification Rapid | Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat | 5:30 AM |
| 31st July | Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification | Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant | 8:30 AM |
| 2nd August | Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification | Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | 7:00 AM |
Wrestling
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time(IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd August | Women’s Freestyle 62kg and Quarter-Finals | Sonam Malik | 8 am |
| 4th August | Women’s Freestyle 57kg and Quarter-Finals | Anshu Malik | 8 am |
| 4th August | Men’s Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Finals and Quarter-finals | Ravi Kumar Dahiya | 8 am |
| 4th August | Men’s Freestyle 86kg 1/8 and Quarter-finals | Deepak Punia | 8 am |
| 5th August | Women’s Freestyle 53kg 1/8 Finals and Quarter-finals | Vinesh Phogat | 8 am |
| 6th August | Men’s Freestyle 65kg 1/8 Finals and Quarter-finals | Bajrang Punia | 8 am |
| 6th August | Women’s Freestyle 50kg 1/8 and Quarter-finals | Seema Bisla | 8 am |
Table Tennis
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24th July | Men’s and Women’s Singles Round 1, 2 and 3 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achantha Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee | 5:30 am |
| 24th July | Mixed Doubles Round of 16 | Sharath Kamal/Manika Batra | 7:45 am |
Swimming
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th July | Men’s 100m Backstroke Heats | Srihari Nataraj | 3:30 PM |
| Women’s 100m Backstroke Heats | Maana Patel | 3:30 PM | |
| Men’s 200m Freestyle Heats | Sajan Prakash | 4:12 PM | |
| 26th July | Men’s 200m Butterfly Heats | Sajan Prakash | 3:30 PM |
| 29th July | Men’s 100m Butterfly Heats | Sajan Prakash | 4:10 PM |
Equestrian
| Date | Event | Athletes | Start time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30th July | Eventing Individual Qualfiier | Fouaad Mirza | From 5 am |
Weightlifting
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24th July | Women’s 49 Kg Group B | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | 6:20 AM |
Hockey
| Date | Event | Matches | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24th July | Men’s Pool A | India vs New Zealand | 6:30 AM |
| 24th July | Women’s Pool A | India vs Netherlands | 4:15 PM |
| 25th July | Men’s Pool A | India vs Australia | 3:00 PM |
| 26th July | Women’s Pool A | India vs Germany | 5:45 PM |
| 27th July | Men’s Pool A | India vs Spain | 6:30 AM |
| 28th July | Women’s Pool A | India vs Great Britain | 6:30 AM |
| 29th July | Men’s Pool A | India vs Argentina | 6:00 AM |
| 30th July | Women’s Pool A | India vs Ireland | 8:15 AM |
| 30th July | Men’s Pool A | India vs Japan | 3:00 PM |
| 31st July | Women’s Pool A | India vs South Africa | 8:45 AM |
Fencing
| Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26th July | Women’s Sabre Individual Table of 64 | CA Bhavani Devi | 5:30 am |
Judo
Date | Event | Athletes | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
24 July | Women’s 48 kg Round of 32 And successive rounds | Sushila Devi Likmabam | 7:30 AM |
All of the matches mentioned above are the first games played in the Olympics. If the team or player qualifies, they will have to play other matches and games to win medals.
Olympic Special Programming In India
SPSN has put up a series of ‘Hum Honge Kamyab‘ videos on-air and on its social media channels, headed by renowned individuals, to offer their best wishes to the Indian delegation for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.
‘India’s Quest for Gold with Kiren Rijiju,’ an exclusive conversation with the MoS (I/C) Youth Affairs and Sports, will premiere on SPSN. Held by Ridhima Pathak, the honourable minister evaluates the effect of the pandemic and the sportsmen trying to prepare via online learning in the previous year.
The show will also discuss TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) with Junior TOPS as well as Indian sporting, the feasibility of prospective Olympic Games sponsoring, the 2026 Youth Olympics, and the involvement of Sony Pictures Network in backing.
SPSN has developed a 7-episode series named ‘The Torchbearers’ to commemorate our heroes’ visit to Tokyo, highlighting known and unseen stories of our Olympians. The series will showcase athletes reliving their road to gain their position at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and will cover all aspects of each athlete’s life, including their early days, training routine, and path to fame.
The Torchbearers will showcase athletes renowned players of India in the Olympics, such as Neeraj Chopra, Bhavani Devi, Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma, Tejinder Toor, and others in a tell-all for viewers who would also soon witness them carry India’s flag in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Conclusion
Since 1920, India has taken part in every edition of the Olympics, and this is the country’s largest contingent ever. With the likes of skilled athletes like Mary Kom, PV Sindhu and M Sreeshankar, the Tokyo Olympics 2021 games are surely going to be a treat. So, don’t forget to tune in and show your support for your players!