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Tajinderpal Singh Toor won the gold medal at Asian Games 2023© X (formerly Twitter) Shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his title with an amazing final throw to beat back the challenge from his Saudi Arabian rival at the Asian Games 2023 on Sunday. Toor, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games gold medallist, came up with a…
Shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his title with an amazing final throw to beat back the challenge from his Saudi Arabian rival in Hangzhou on Sunday while Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to win the gold medal in 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games. Toor, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games gold medallist, came…
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A record-breaking Avinash Sable on Sunday became the first Indian man to win a gold medal in 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games. The 29-year-old national record holder thus earned India its first gold medal in athletics at the ongoing Games, completing the race in 8:19.50 seconds. Sable rewrote the previous Asian Games record of 8:22.79…
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A day after the Indian men’s squash team pipped Pakistan to clinch the gold medal, the mixed doubles teams won their respective pool matches while Mahesh Mangaonkar won his round of 32 match in Hangzhou at the Asian Games on Sunday. In Pool A, the pair of Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu defeated…
Indian trap exponents made it a memorable final day of shooting competitions in Hangzhou with the men’s team clinching a gold and Kynan Chenai taking the individual bronze after the women had won the team silver at the Asian Games. With three medals in trap on the last day of competition, Indian shooters will return…
Soniya Devi Phairembam enters final© Twitter India’s Soniya Devi Phairembam qualified for the final of women’s kayak single 500m with a second-place finish but Megha Pradeep was eliminated in the final of women’s canoe single 200m at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday. Soniya Devi had finished fourth in women’s kayak single 500m (sprint) heat…
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in a chat© AFP Former Indian cricket team opener Virender Sehwag believes that Shreyas Iyer has cemented his spot in the playing XI for the Cricket World Cup 2023 after a sensational century against Australia in the recently-concluded ODI series. Iyer looked in good touch and with the…
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An emphatic performance in the Asia Cup followed by a dominant show with the willow against Australia placed the Indian team in good headspace going into the World Cup but problems remain when it comes to zeroing in on the ideal playing XI. India begin their campaign against Australia on October 8 in Chennai. Here’s…
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When Sri Lanka clinched a shock 1996 World Cup triumph, Dunith Wellalage and Matheesha Pathirana were not even born, but the rising stars head to India determined to repeat the victory. Both aged 20, fast bowler Pathirana and all-rounder Wellalage are undeterred by facing childhood heroes at the tournament that opens on October 5. “We…
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With the aim of crossing the 100-medal mark in the 2023 Asian Games, the Indian contingent fired on all cylinders, right from day 1. Shooters and rowers helped the nation open its medal account in the Hangzhou Games while the Indian women’s cricket team delivered a historic gold medal by defeating Sri Lanka in the…
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