Incheon: The Indian women’s squash team managed to get the silver medal after facing a defeat from defending champions Malaysia 0-2 in the final of the 17th Asian Games at the Yeorumul Squash Courts here Saturday. Anaka Alankamony and Dipika Pallikal recieved defeat in their respective matches in straight games to Malaysian players and finish […]
Incheon: India’s shooter Friday bagged their second silver in the 17th Asian Games as the men’s shooting team completed campaign at second position in tally for the 25 metre center fire pistol at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range. The Indian shooters Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh and London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar scored a joint […]
Incheon: The Indian women’s trio of Shagun Chowdhary, Shreyasi Singh and Varsha Varman finished third to win the bronze in the double trap team event of the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeonggido Shooting Range here Thursday. The Indian team shot 279 to claim third place behind China and South Korea, who clinched gold and […]
Incheon: Indian boxer Shiva Thapa entered the round of 16 in the 56kg men’s bantamweight category at the 17th Asian Games here Wednesday. The 20-year-old Boxer from India got a walkover against Leonel Parada Helo of East Timor in his opening round at the Seonhak Gymnasium here. Thapa will now challenge Nadir of Pakistan in […]
Incheon: Indian women’s badminton singles stars Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu reached the pre-quarter-finals of the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeyang Gymnasium here Wednesday. London Olympics bronze medallist Saina thrashed Macau’s Teng Lok U 21-10, 21-8 in 26 minutes while two time World Championships bronze medallist Sindhu took only 19 minutes to register a […]
Incheon: Saurav Ghosal thrashed his Malaysian opponent in straight sets in the squash men’s singles semifinals at the Yeorumul Squash Courts here Monday in the 17th Asian Games and was eyeing the gold in Tuesday’s final. Ghosal, the top seed, comprehensively defeated Ong Beng Hee 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 in just 45 minutes to become first […]
Incheon: Indian shooters kept up their fine performance in the 17th Asian Games with the women’s team winning the bronze medal in the 25 metre pistol event at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here Monday. The Indian team comprising Rahi Sarnobat (580), Anisa Sayyed (577) and Heena Sidhu (572) shot a total of 1,729 to […]
India’s squash star Dipika Pallikal lost her semi-final women’s singles match to World No.1 Nicol David of Malaysia and settled for the bronze medal in the 17th Asian Games at the Yeorumul Squash Courts here Monday. Dipika, World No.12, went down 11-4, 11-4 and 11-5 to the Malaysian in the match that lasted 25 minutes.
Incheon: India’s Navjot Channa lost his pre-quarterfinal men’s 60kg judo event in the 17th Asian Games, going down to Boldbaatar Ganbat of Mongolia at the Dowon Gymnasium here Saturday. The Mongolian gave little chance to the 30-year-old Channa winning by an Ippon, which is awarded for a technique which involves kicking the head of an […]
Incheon: Once again the onus of winning medals will fall upon the young shoulders of Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu, who are India’s best bets in the badminton competition that gets underway at the 17th Asian Games here Saturday at the Gyeyang Gymnasium. India have sent a 13-member contingent – eight men and five women […]