Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) Japan’s Rikako Ikee won her sixth swimming gold at the Asian Games on Friday, winning the women’s 50 metre freestyle. Ikee clocked 24.53 seconds, an Asian Games record, while China’s Liu…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) Indian women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy advanced to the next round, defeating their opponents in the Round-of-32 match while men’s singles shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and H.S….
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) Seasoned boxer Manoj Kumar brought the smiles back to the Indian fans after Gaurav Solanki’s disappointing exit, with a dominating 5-0 thrashing of Bhutan’s Sangay Wangdi in the men’s Welterweight (69kg)…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) The Indian compound mixed archery team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma lost to Iran in the quarter-finals of the 18th Asian Games here on Friday. Jyothi and Abhishek lost…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) India’s boxing campaign started on an unfortunate note after Gaurav Solanki was outpunched by Japan’s Tanaka Ryomei 5-0 in the men’s Flyweight (52kg) Round of 32 clash at the Asian Games…
Palembang (Indonesia), Aug 24 (IANS) Experienced Indian shooter Heena Sidhu earned her first individual medal in the Asian Games as she got a bronze medal in the women’s 10m Air Pistol event here on Friday….
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) Squash stars Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal Karthik registered convincing victories to assure India of a medal as they entered the semi-finals of the men’s and women’s singles respectively at the…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Indian rowing team’s performance as “stupendous” at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Friday. “Congratulations to the team of Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan…
Palembang (Indonesia), Aug 24 (IANS) Indian tennis stars Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan won gold in the men’s doubles category at the 2018 Asian Games here on Friday. The Indians defeated Denis Yevseyev and Aleksandr…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) Ace Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar finished at a disappointing fifth spot in the women’s balance beam final at the 18th Asian Games here on Friday. The 25-year-old scored 12.500 in the…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind and a host of other dignitaries congratulated Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan on their winning the tennis gold in the men’s doubles category at the 2018…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) The Indian handball team edged past arch-rivals Pakistan 28-27 in a nail-biting main round group 3 men’s match at the 2018 Asian Games here on Friday. For India, Greenidge D’Cunha netted…
Palembang (Indonesia), Aug 24 (IANS) Experienced shooter Heena Sidhu took bronze in the women’s 10m Air Pistol event at the 18th Asian Games here on Friday. Heena scored 219.2 in the final. Wang Qian of…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) China continued its dominance at the 2018 Asian Games after winning both the gold and silver medals in the women’s singles tennis on Friday. China’s Wang Qiang defeated compatriot Zhang Shuai…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) The Indian archery team defeated Iraq to enter the compound mixed team quarter-finals at the 2018 Asian Games here on Friday. Indian pair comprising Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma defeated…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) Indian rowers Sawarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh came up with a superb performance to win gold in the men’s quadruple sculls category at the 18th Asian Games…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) Rower Dushyant started India’s campaign on the sixth day of the 18th Asian Games on a positive note by bagging the bronze medal in the men’s lightweight single sculls final here…
Jakarta/Palembang (Indonesia), Aug 23 (IANS) Teenage shooter Shardul Vihan bagged silver while tennis players took two medals even as the Indian men’s kabaddi team failed to enter the final at the 18th Asian Games here…
Palembang (Indonesia), Aug 23 (IANS) The Indian men’s doubles team of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan registered a hard fought victory to enter the tennis final at the 18th Asian Games here on Thursday. In…