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Asian Games: Indian archers break 13-year medal drought in the recurve section

NEW DELHI: Indian archers achieved a historic feat by winning a bronze medal in the recurve section at the Asian Games, ending a 13-year wait for a medal in this category. The Indian women's team consisting of Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur, and Bhajan Kaur secured the bronze medal by defeating…

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Asian Games: Indian women's kabaddi dominance continues, secure spot in final

NEW DELHI: The Indian women's kabaddi team continued their dominant run at the Asian Games, securing a place in their fourth consecutive final with a commanding 61-17 victory over Nepal. India, the runners-up in the last edition, faced little resistance from their opponents and held a commanding 29-10 lead at…

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Parneet Kaur, the literature loving, 'silent warrior' in the gold winning Indian women's compound team

NEW DELHI: Parneet Kaur's favourite book is Milkha Singh's autobiography -- The Race of My Life. As the title suggests, the soft-spoken, bespectacled 18-year-old produced an effort of a lifetime, emerging as the silent warrior in Indian women compound team's stunning gold medal victory at the Asian Games here on…

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Asian Games: Saurav Ghosal settles for silver as squash players record best-ever performance

NEW DELHI: Veteran Saurav Ghosal lost to Malaysia's Eain Yow Ng 11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 7-11 in the squash men's singles final in just over an hour to settle for a silver at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Thursday.

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Asian Games squash | Dipika and Harinderpal bring a golden cheer for India

India's Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu won the squash mixed doubles gold at the Asian Games, defeating Malaysian opponents in the final. The duo eked out a 11-10 11-10 win in 35 minutes, earning India's 20th gold medal. Dipika won two medals, a bronze in the women's team…

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Asian Games: Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu clinch squash mixed doubles gold

NEW DELHI: India's squash duo of Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu clinched the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the Asian Games, fending off a late challenge from their Malaysian opponents in a thrilling final.

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Asian Games: HS Prannoy registers thrilling win to enter semi-finals

NEW DELHI: In a thrilling display of resilience and determination, HS Prannoy secured a spot in the semifinals of the men's singles badminton event at the Asian Games, guaranteeing India a medal. Despite battling a back injury, Prannoy, ranked world no.7, delivered a gritty performance to overcome Malaysia's Lee Zii…

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Asian Games | Prannoy battles to ensure a medal, Sindhu bows out in quarterfinals

Two-time Olympic medallist Indian shuttler PV Sindhu crashed out in the women’s singles quarterfinals, losing in straight games against China’s He Bingjiao at the Asian Games here on Thursday.

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Indian women's compound team secures gold medal at Asian Games

Indian women’s compound team rallied to down their Chinese Taipei rivals by one-point in a tense final to secure a second gold medal in archery at the Asian Games here on Thursday.

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PV Sindhu suffers disappointing exit in Asian Games quarterfinals

NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medalist Indian shuttler PV Sindhu faced a disappointing exit in the women's singles quarterfinals at the Asian Games, succumbing to a straight-game defeat against China's He Bingjiao. In a match that lasted just 47 minutes, Sindhu, currently ranked 15th in the world, struggled against the fifth-ranked…

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Indian women's compound team enters semifinal

Indian women’s compound archery team, which is the reigning world champion, broke little sweat to storm past lower-ranked Hong Kong 231-220 and book a place in the semifinals at the Asian Games here on Thursday.

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Controversy mars Neeraj Chopra’s final; India plans to lodge protest

HANGZHOU: Controversy marred Neeraj Chopra’s men’s javelin throw final at the Asian Games after the reigning Olympic and world champion successfully defended his crown won in Jakarta 2018 under a clear Hangzhou skyline here on Wednesday night.

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'Ab ki baar, 100 paar': Will India make their motto come true and breach the 100-medal mark in Hangzhou?

NEW DELHI: India went to Hangzhou with a 653 member strong contingent for the ongoing 19th edition of the Asian Games in China, their biggest contingent ever, with an ambitious goal of making it the best ever Games for the country.

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Asian Games: With 18 gold medals, India achieve historic first in 72 years

NEW DELHI: Out on a medal hunting spree at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, India produced a historic feat on Wednesday, registering their best-ever outing at the continental event as the athletes took the overall medal count to a staggering 81 so far -- the highest ever.

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Asian Games: Satwiksairaj-Chirag secure quarterfinal berth; Sindhu, Prannoy in last eight; Srikanth out

NEW DELHI: Kidambi Srikanth faced an early exit but the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the quarters in the badminton competition at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday.

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Asian Games: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain settles for silver, Parveen Hooda signs off with bronze

NEW DELHI: India's boxing contingent at the Asian Games put up an impressive performance, with Lovlina Borgohain leading the charge by clinching a silver medal in the 75kg category on Wednesday. The highly anticipated final saw Borgohain, the reigning world Asian champion, face off against two-time Olympic medalist Li Qian,…

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Asian Games: Parveen Hooda clinches bronze in boxing

NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Parveen Hooda secured a bronze medal at the Asian Games after facing defeat in the women's 57kg semifinal against two-time world champion Lin Yu Ting from Chinese Taipei. The bout ended with a unanimous 5-0 verdict in Lin's favor, as she effectively utilized her reach advantage…

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Sindhu, Prannoy and Srikanth have it easy

PV Sindhu registered a 21-10, 21-15 victory against Wen Chi Hsu of Chinese Taipei in the second round of women's singles at the Asian Games badminton on Tuesday. Sindhu will play Putri Kusuma Wardini of Indonesia in the pre-quarterfinals. Sindhu has a 1-1 record against the Indonesian, making amends for…

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Asian Games 2023 | India bags gold in archery, bronze in race walk, records best-ever medal tally

India has achieved its best-ever medal haul at the Asian Games with 71 medals with 16 gold, 26 silver and 29 bronze medals, surpassing its previous record of 70.

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Asian Games: Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam strike gold in archery

NEW DELHI: Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam, the top-seeded Indian archery pair, exhibited remarkable confidence and precision as they clinched their second gold medal in archery at the Asian Games. The Indian duo showcased their dominance by conceding just one point and narrowly defeating their South Korean opponents by…

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Asian Games: Indian race walkers shine with bronze in debut 35km mixed team event

NEW DELHI: Indian race walkers Manju Rani and Ram Baboo showcased their excellence in the inaugural 35km mixed team event at the Asian Games, securing a bronze medal. The pair, who both hold national records in their respective men's and women's events, combined to achieve a commendable time of 5…

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Neeraj’s top challenger for gold, Pakistan’s Nadeem pulls out of Asiad due to injury

HANGZHOU: World Championships silver medallist, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem – who was India’s Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra’s main challenger in the men’s javelin throw event at the Asian Games – on Tuesday pulled out from the competition after suffering a knee injury.

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Hangzhou Asian Games | Tejaswin shatters decathlon national record to win silver

Ten events over two days in competitive sports sounds fanciful unless one is talking about decathlon, perhaps the most difficult of athletic events. On October 3, Tejaswin Shankar broke the 12-year old national record in decathlon en route to winning silver at the Asian Games

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Asian Games Archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara takes blame double misfire, experts say this 'can happen' in archery

NEW DELHI: Rising Indian archer Dhiraj Bommadevara blamed himself for the "technical fault" as he botched the release and missed the target twice in his quarterfinal defeat at the Asian Games here on Tuesday.

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Asian Games Chess: Indian men held to 2-2 draw; women rout Mongolia in round five

HANGZHOU: The top-seeded Indian men's team was held to a 2-2 draw by Iran in the fifth round of the Asian Games here on Tuesday.

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