Jakarta, Aug 19 (IANS) India’s rowers Sayali Shelake and Pooja Rajendra, Om Prakash and Sawarn Singh and Malkeet Singh and Gurinder Singh qualified for the finals in different events at the 18th Asian Games here…
Jakarta, Aug 19 (IANS) Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Lakshya finished first and fifth respectively in the first day’s qualification round of the men’s trap shooting event at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday. Veteran…
Jakarta, Aug 19 (IANS) Swimmers Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash made the finals of the 100m mens backstroke and 200m butterfly events respectively at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday. Nataraj started in lane…
Jakarta, Aug 19 (IANS) India’s veteran Sushil Kumar suffered a shock defeat in the opening round of the men’s 74 kg freestyle category in the wrestling competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday….
Jakarta, Aug 19 (IANS) India’s veteran Sushil Kumar suffered a shock defeat in the opening round to crash out of the men’s 74 kg freestyle category in the wrestling competition at the 18th Asian Games…
Jakarta, Aug 19 (IANS) China’s Sun Peiyuan won the first gold medal in wushu men’s changquan competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday. Sun scored 9.75 to win the gold in the same…
Jakarta, Aug 19 (IANS) India women’s kabaddi team crushed Japan 43-12 to open their campaign at the 18th Asian Games in Group A here on Sunday. It was one way traffic from the word go…
Jakarta, Aug 19 (IANS) Indian shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar bagged the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday. The Indian pair scored…
Jakarta, Aug 18 (IANS) The 18th Asian Games opened amid a spectacular ceremony at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in this Indonesian capital on Saturday night. A day after celebrating the 73rd anniversary of…
By Abhishek Purohit New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The India women’s hockey team will rely on its vastly-improved defence, while the attackers will have to improve their finishing skills as the reigning Asian champions go…
Jakarta, Aug 18 (IANS) After a chaotic and sometimes controversial build-up, Indian athletes will gear up to challenge the best in the continent when the main competitions of the 18th Asian Games start here on…
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) After enduring a disappointing Commonwealth Games (CWG) singles campaign, India’s top-ranked squash player Saurav Ghosal feels he has recovered from the setback and is ready to put his…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Tech giants Twitter on Tuesday unveiled three special emojis for the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia, starting on Sunday. In celebration of the biggest sports event in Asia, Twitter has…
By Ajeyo Basu New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) He may be a relative newcomer at the international level, but emerging Indian shot put star Tejinder Pal Singh Toor is exuding loads of confidence as he…
Incheon, Aug 11 (IANS) South Korean goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo said on Saturday he’ll put his World Cup memories behind to only focus on winning an Asian Games gold medal. Jo is one of the 20…
By Kaushik Kumar New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Two-time Asian Boxing Championship silver medalist Sonia Lather is heading to the upcoming Asian Games with a positive attitude, leaving behind the disappointment of being excluded from…
By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Questioning the frequent addition and dropping of many seasoned athletes from the Sports Ministry’s Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme, Beijing Olympics gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra also…
By Abhishek Purohit New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Young Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala may be one of India’s best medal prospects at the Asian Games feels but he is not spending much of his crucial…