PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal bring the historic Asian Games silver and bronze
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu is now the Asian Games silver medallist too. Sindhu grabbed the historic individual medal at the Asian Games after losing the women's singles title clash to world number one Tai Tzu-Ying in the Asian games Women's Badminton Singles finals. Tai Tzu showed complete dominance as she took only 34 minutes to win the match in...
Indian Men’s and Women’s Compound Archery team win silver at the Asian Games
The Indian Men and Women’s Archery team won silver medals in the compound event, narrowly losing out to South Korea in both finals. The Indian Women's team comprising Muskan Kirar, Madhumita Kumari and Jyothi Surekha Vennam, lost 228-231 to Korea. India were leading 59-57 after the first set but Korea won the second set 58-56. In the third set...
Athletic medals all day: Silver won by Neena Varakil, Sudha Singh & Dharun Ayyasamy
India's medal tally swelled up as the Indian athletes continue to shine in the Track and Field events. Dharun Ayyasamy won silver medal in Men’s 400m Hurdles. Ayyasamy broke the 10-year old 400m Hurdles national record with a time of 48.96 seconds which was previously held by Joseph Abraham. 32-year-old Sudha Singh bagged a silver in the 3000 metres Steeplechase....
Neeraj Chopra is Asia’s best; throws 88.06 metres to win Javelin gold
Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian Javelin thrower to win an Asian Games gold medal and only the second athlete to win a Javelin medal in Asian Games after Gurtej Singh won a bronze in 1982. 20-year-old Neeraj threw 83.46 metres in his first attempt. He fouled the second attempt. But in his third attempt he broke his own national record...
Indian players settle for two bronze medals in Asian debut of Bridge
India Men and Mixed Bridge teams settled for two bronze medals after they lost their semifinal matches in the debut sport of Bridge at the Asian Games. The men's team lost to Singapore while the mixed team suffered defeat at the hands of Thailand. The sport of bridge has been introduced for the first time in the Asian Games. The...
Athletic India: Hima Das & Muhammed Anas win silver in their respective 400m
Sensational sprinter Hima Das took her Junior World Champion tag a bit ahead by winning the silver in 400m at the Asian Games 2018. Hima clocked 50.59 seconds to win the silver, behind Bahrain's Salwa Naser who won the gold with a new Games Record of 50.09 seconds. For Hima, it was her second national record in two days. She...
Dutee Chand is Asia’s second fastest woman; wins silver in 100m against all odds of hyperandrogenism
When Dutee Chand was suspended by Athletic Federation of India in compliance with International Olympic Committee on the basis of female hyperandrogenism, there was one man who supported her firmly. That man changed the face of Indian Badminton and he has changed Dutee's life too. Pulella Gopichand opened his academy doors to Dutee and also provided an immense mental...
Fouaad Mirza wins Individual Equestrian silver; India also win silver in team event
India's Fouaad Mirza scripted history as he became the first Indian to win an individual medal in the equestrian event since 1982 at the Asian Games. Fouaad topped the dressage and cross-country qualifiers with a score of 22.40. He was a favourite in the jumping finals. There he scored 26.40 to seal the silver medal position in the three-day...
Tajinder pal Singh brings gold at the end of Day 7; wins Men’s Shot Put at the Asian Games
A gold at the end of Day 7. Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins gold in Men's Shot Put creating a Games Record. Tejinder shot 19.96m in his first attempt, 19.15m in his second one, 19.96m in his third but finally finishing with 20.75 in his fifth attempt. Yang Liu from China won the silver and Ivan Ivanov from Kazakhstan won the...
India Squash squad add 3 medals; Saurav Ghosal, Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa win bronze
Indian Squash players Saurav Ghosal, Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa lost their respective semifinal matches and all settled for bronze medals at the Asian Games 2018. Dipika Pallikal lost her match by 0-3 against Nicol Ann David of Malaysia. Joshna Chinappa settles for bronze after losing 1-3 in the women's singles semifinals against Sivasangari Subramaniam of Malaysia. The last hope...