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India's seasoned offspinner, Ravichandran Ashwin, has secured his place in the final 15-man squad for the upcoming ODI World Cup, stepping in for the injured Axar Patel. Axar, initially part of the provisional squad, couldn't recover from a left quadriceps strain sustained during an Asia Cup match against Bangladesh on September 15. 37-year-old Ashwin is already in Guwahati for India's warm-up cla...

Evening roundup Asian Games 2023:HockeyIndian men's hockey team's dominant show continued at the Asian Games as they defeated Japan, the defending champion, 4-2 in the third Preliminary Pool A game. Abhishek scored 2 goals while Amit Rohidas and Mandeep Singh got one each. Boxing It was a mixed day for India in Boxing as Jaismine Lamboria and Nishant Dev punched their way into the Quarterfinals of...

The Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan assured India of at least a silver medal after reaching the final of men's doubles event in Tennis. The Indian duo beat the Korean pair of Soonwoo Kwon and Seongchan Hong in the semis. The Indians won the first set comfortably by a score of 6-1. The Korean pair though fought back in the second set, winning it in the tiebreak to tie the match...

Indian men's and women's teams assured themselves of medals at the Asian Games after progressing to the semifinals of the squash events. While the men's team blanked Nepal 3-0 in its final pool tie, the women were handed a 0-3 loss by Malaysia in their last pool B fixture. Both teams sealed top two spots in their respective pools to make the semifinals which guarantees them at least a bronze. The...

Anush Agarwalla made history on Thursday as he became the first-ever Indian to win a medal in Dressage Individual event of Equestrian at Asian Games. Anush and his horse 'Etro' clinched bronze. He finished with a score of 73.030, behind Malaysias Mohd Qabil Ambak (75.780) and Hong Kong's Jacqueline Wing Ying (73.450). Unfortunately, his compatriot Hriday Vipul Chheda was eliminated after his horse...

The Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale assured India of another medal in Tennis after reaching the semifinals of the mixed doubles event. The second-seed pair of Bopanna and Bhosale, overcame the eighth seeds, Zhibek Kulambayeva and Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3. Bopanna, who won the Gold in men's doubles at the last Asian Games in Jakarta, will be hoping t...

After a successful day 5 at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, India will be looking to add more medals to their tally on September 29, with several medal events taking place in shooting, athletics, squash and tennis. Day 6 of the Asian Games will also mark the start of athletics events and India will have 11 athletes participating across several events all through the day. While Sandeep Kumar and Vikas...

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka was found not guilty of raping a woman he met on a dating site during the south Asian team's tour of Australia last November. Judge Sarah Huggett acquitted the 32-year-old player as he sat at Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on Thursday listening to the decision. Huggett found that the alleged victim, who cannot be legally named, was an intelligent w...

With the Indian shooting team gunning for nothing but gold in the ongoing Asian Games 2023, the 10m Air Pistol team event saw the trio of Arjun Singh, Sarabjot Singh, and Shiva Narwal clinch gold on September 28. The first gold medal of Day 5 for India increased their tally to 6 gold medals in the tournament. Speaking to the press after their triumph, Arjun & Shiva expressed their happiness on win...

South Africa suffered a setback on Thursday as their ODI skipper Temba Bavuma returned home from India due to personal reasons ahead of the side's two warm-up games of the ICC ODI Cricket World Cup 2023. The Proteas are scheduled to take on Afghanistan and New Zealand in their first and second warm-up games on September 29 and October 2 respectively. As per an update on South Africa cricket's soci...

Indian batter Shikhar Dhawan, known for his social media banter, playfully teased former teammate Cheteshwar Pujara in light of the upcoming Irani Trophy. Pujara, gearing up for the tournament, shared a video on Instagram showcasing his batting practice before Saurashtra's match against Rest of India. In response, Dhawan humorously commented, “Bhai bas kar youngster ko bhi khelne de ab. Irani se T...

Manika Batra stormed into women's singles Table Tennis pre-quarterfinals after defeating Nabita Shrestha of Nepal 11-5, 11-4, 11-3, 11-2. She will take on Suthasini Sawettabut of Thailand next. However, Sreeja Akula lost 4-0 against Songgyong Pyon of People's Republic of Korea and was knocked out from the women's singles round of 32. The pair of Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula lost their Round of 1...

3 Indian shuttlers took little over an hour overall to win their singles matches as India thrashed Mongolia 3-0 to advance to badminton women's team event quarterfinals at Asian Games 2023 on Thursday. PV Sindhu set the tone early on with a 21-2, 21-3 win in the 1st Group stage clash. Ashmita Chaliha finished with an identical scoreline of 21-2, 21-3 and made it 2-0 for India. Anupama Upadhaya won...

Roshibina Devi, who won a silver medal in women's 60kg category Wushu, felt sad about not winning gold in Asian Games 2023. However, she was still happy with her second-place finish. 'I am a little sad as I couldn't win gold for India but I managed to win silver and it also makes me happy.' Roshibina went on to dedicate the medal to the Manipur people. 'I dedicate this medal to my Manipur people w...

Shooters Arjun Singh Cheema, Sarabjot Singh and Shiva Narwal struck gold in 10m Air Pistol team event on Thursday at Asian Games 2023. Interestingly, India pipped hosts China by just one point to finish at the top of the podium. The Indian trio's aggregate score of 1734 was just one better than Chinese team, which settled for the silver medal, while Vietnam, with a score of 1730, bagged the bronze...

India's first medal on day 5 of Asian Games came early as Roshibina Devi cliched silver in women's 60kg Category Wushu. She lost 0-2 to home favourite China's Wu Xiaowei in the final on Thursday. It was her second medal at the Asian Games as Roshibina had also won a bronze in the 2018 edition.

Indians would continue to compete on Day 5 of the Asian Games 2023 with 35 gold medals on the offer. One assured medal would be that of Roshibina Devi who is set to take part in the final of the 60 kg category of the Wushu event. Other events and their timings are as follows-Shooting09:00 – Men's team 10m air pistol09:00 – Women's 10m running target09:00 – Women's team 10m running target11:30 – Me...

The Pakistan cricket team has finally reached India. Babar Azam-led side arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad late on Wednesday evening. The Men in Green are back in India after a span of seven years, since their last appearance during the 2016 T20 World Cup. Arriving via Dubai, the team had a 9-hour layover in the UAE before reaching Hyderabad, where they will be station...

Afghanistan cricketer Naveen-ul-Haq has announced that he will retire from ODI cricket after the 2023 edition of the World Cup which begins on October 5th. Naveen who is 24-year old made his debut in 2016 and has played 7ODIs and taken 14 wickets. While he has been a regular in the T20 format, for almost 2 years he hasn't played in the 50-over format. The fast bowler, however, has been named in th...

On the fourth day of Asian Games 2023, Indian players added a total of 8 medals to their tally. These 8 medals include 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. The maximum number of medals came in shooting with Sift Kaur Samra, Manini Kaushik and Aashi Choksi winning silver medal in 50 meter rifle event and a gold medal in the 25-meter pistol team event. India's Sift Kaur won the first individual gol...

Australia saved their best for the last as Indian middle-order wilted under pressure exerted by part-time off-spin of Glenn Maxwell, losing the third ODI by 66 runs here on Wednesday. India however won the series 2-1. India were cruising along at 171 for 2 chasing a stiff target of 353 on a placid track but the middle-order crumbled in chase with Maxwell (4/40) getting crucial breakthroughs to res...

Roshibina Devi has assured at least a silver medal for India at the Asian Games as she defeated Veitnam's Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen in Wushu's 60 kg category semifinals. With the resounding 2-0 win, she has become only the 2nd Indian wushu athlete to reach the finals at the Asian Games after Wankhem Sandhyarani Devi who played in the 2010 Asian Games final. Roshibina who had won bronze at the last Asian...

India's G Sathiyan and Manika Batra stormed into the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals of the table tennis competition in the Asian Games. Sathiyan and Batra defeated Thailand's Napat Thanmathikom and Suthasini Sawettabut 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8. Later, Harmeet Desai teamed up with Sreeja Akula to overcome Macau's Chi Cheng Cheong and Hui Li Seak 12-10, 11-7, 11-7 to also enter the last 16 stage.

Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni ensured that tennis will contribute to India's medal tally at the Asian Games by reaching the men's doubles semifinals. The second-seeded Indian pair quelled a late challenge from China's Zhizhen Zhang and Yibing Wu for a 6-1 7-6(8) win in the quarterfinals. Reaching the semifinal stage means that India is assured of at least a bronze.