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) India’s women’s basketball team suffered a 61-84 defeat at the hands of Chinese Taipei in group A match of the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday. It seemed that India had…
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…
Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) The penultimate day of the sixth edition of Covelong Point Surf Music & Yoga Festival 2018 witnessed strong dominance from local Tamil Nadu surfers on Saturday. The second day of the…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Indias junior paddlers continued their stellar show in the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships, netting three medals in the individual events at Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar. Spearheaded by junior…
Jakarta, Aug 18 (IANS) Sports ministers from the two Koreas will soon meet in Jakarta to discuss way to expand sports exchanges between the two sides, Seoul’s top sports official said Saturday. Do Jong-whan, South…
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…
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…
Chennai, Aug 16 (IANS) Putting his weight behind surfing, former India tennis star Somdev Devvarman on Thursday predicted a bright future for the new Olympic sport in India. Speaking at the official launch ceremony of…
Jakarta, Aug 15 (IANS) The Asian Games flame arrived in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Wednesday with a torch relay run planned to circle around the city before being handed over to President Joko…
Jakarta, Aug 15 (IANS) China’s Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang says he is ready for his third Asian Games after he arrived here on Wednesday for his first training appearance. Sun, a three-time Olympic champion,…
Sydney, Aug 15 (IANS) Tendons from Australia’s iconic kangaroos are being tested for use in human knee, ankle and shoulder ligament replacement surgery, with some of the country’s injury-prone athletes seen as the first few…
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…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The 10-member boxing squad along with its support staff were given a warm send-off by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) here on Tuesday. The dignitaries present on the occasion…
Glasgow, Aug 14 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sent two suggestions to Russia for reinstating the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) in mid-June, but no response has been received so far, WADA President Craig Reedie…