Paris Olympics 2024: When and where to watch India take on Spain for hockey bronze medal

Four years ago, the Indian hockey team ended the country’s 41-year medal drought in the sport, when they defeated Germany in the third-place play-off and secured a bronze medal. At the Paris Olympics, India was hoping to do even better and go home with a medal of a different colour and metal, when they were pitted against Germany yet again in the semi-final match. But alas, that was not be, with Germany trouncing India 3-2 and advancing to the final, where they will meet Netherlands. The final match is at 10.30 pm on August 8.

India may not return home empty-handed, as the team has a chance for third place yet again. This time around they play Spain for a chance of a bronze. The bronze medal match is being held on August 8 at 5.30 pm, which you can watch live on Sports Network 18 or JioCinema, if you are in India. JioCinema has been making Olympics coverage available for free streaming.

The fact that India has beaten Spain at the Olympics earlier and that several of the bronze-medal winning team members are still representing the country, gives them and fans hopes that yet another bronze medal will be added to the kitty.

Indian men’s hockey team for Paris 2024 Olympics

Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh

Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay

Midfielders: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad

Forwards: Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh

Alternate players: Nilakanta Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak

India’s major medal hope, the men’s javelin throw event is also on August 8, albeit close to midnight. The country lost out on a silver or gold medal yesterday, when wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified after weighing in a tad over her category limit. The wrestler has since announced her retirement from the sport.