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File photo of Igor Stimac.© Twitter After India’s 1-1 draw against Myanmar at the Asian Games 2023 on Sunday, head coach Igor Stimac appreciated the Blues Tigers and said that they made India proud. Stimac took to X and mentioned that the players slept in airports and then completed recovery sessions at a park in…
India’s star tennis player Rohan Bopanna playing along with Rutuja Bhosale entered into the next round with a win over Uzbekistan’s duo Maksim Shin-Agkul Amanmuradova in mixed doubles Round 2 match at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday. The Indian duo won the match in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in just 1:04 minutes at the…
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Srihari Nataraj in action© X (formerly Twitter) Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj finished sixth in the men’s 50m backstroke final at the Asian Games on Monday. Nataraj, competing in his second successive final in as many days, clocked 25.39s. Had he matched his personal best of 24.40s, he would have won the bronze medal. He…
Naorem Roshibina Devi (in red) qualified for the semi-finals in the Women’s 60kg Wushu.© Twitter Naorem Roshibina Devi qualified for the semi-finals in the Women’s 60 kg Wushu (Sanda) to assure India of another medal in the Asian Games on Monday. She outplayed her opening opponent in the quarterfinal, Aiman Karshyga of Kazakhstan, convincingly through…
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Indian men’s hockey team will be aiming to improve its penalty corner conversion rate when it squares off with lowly Singapore in a second pool A match of the Asian Games on Tuesday. Firm favourites India blanked lowly Uzbekistan 16-0 in their tournament opener on Sunday but the Harmanpreet Singh-led side knows that there is…
Representational Image.© AFP The Indian men’s volleyball team will take on arch-rivals Pakistan in the fifth-place playoff at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China on Tuesday. According to Olympics.com, the match between India and Pakistan will start at 4:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST). Both India and Pakistan volleyball teams topped their respective groups…
Asian Games 2023: The OCA said dope-testing was “gaining momentum” at the event.© AFP Between 150 and 200 Asian Games athletes have already been tested for doping, the Olympic Council of Asia said on Monday, with no positive results so far. Speaking at an anti-doping press conference on the second full day of the Games…
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Representational Image.© AFP Top seeded Indian Charanjot Singh and Karman Tikka bowed out of the Asian Games after suffering hard-fought defeats in the FC Online-4 game of the E-Sports event on Sunday. Charanjot Singh suffered a 0:2 defeat to China’s Liu Jiacheng in his opening game but bounced back strongly with three consecutive wins. He…
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India will have their best chances of winning gold as the women’s cricket team will take on Sri Lanka in the final on Monday. The Smriti Mandhana-led side completely outplayed Bangladesh in the semi-finals and booked their spot in the summit clash. Apart from cricket, Indian athletes will begin their campaign in tennis and wushu….
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The Indian women’s football team failed to qualify for the knockout stage of the Asian Games after their 0-1 defeat to Thailand on Sunday. Indian side fought bravely but a 52nd minute goal from Thongrong Parichat helped Thailand to emerge winner in their Group B match. India had lost their Asian Games opener to Chinese…
