Manu Bhaker finished 4th in the women’s 10m air pistol final at Asian Games 2026 Manu Bhaker finished fifth in the women’s 10m air pistol final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, missing out on a medal after qualifying third in the eight-shooter medal round.Bhaker, who had shot 579-20x in qualification, finished with a…
Raiza Dhillon of India (AP) India secured a bronze medal in the women’s skeet team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan combining for a total of 331 points.Raiza and Parinaaz both shot 111 out of 125, while Maheshwari contributed 109 to the team’s overall tally.China took the…
Nagoya: India’s Aadhya Tiwari and Jay Meena (PTI Photo) Jay Meena scripted a piece of history for India at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026, assuring the country of its first-ever medal in soft tennis after reaching the men’s singles semi-finals.Meena edged past the Philippines’ Sherwin Nuguit in a gripping quarter-final, winning 4-3 in a contest…
India survive Japan scare in five-over contest The first recorded cricket match in Japan was played 163 years ago in Yokohama, but the sport never quite caught the imagination of the Japanese. Currently, around 7,300 people are registered with the Japan Cricket Association – that’s about 0.00593% of the country’s population!The tech-savvy nation, though, is…
India’s players hold the national flag after winning in the women’s final T20I cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in the ongoing Asian Games 2026, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI photo) Nagoya: On the sidelines of the cricket facility at Korogi Athletic Park, a few Sri Lankan men sat watching the India-Sri Lanka women’s final….
Asian Games 2026 Day 4 Live Updates: India will have another busy day at the Asian Games 2026 on Wednesday, September 23, with several of the country’s top athletes in action in Aichi-Nagoya. Shooting and weightlifting will lead India’s medal hopes on Day 4, while the men’s badminton team will play for a place in…
Roshibina Devi assures third successive Asian Games medal New Delhi: She wasn’t supposed to be in Aich-Nagoya. Not at the Asian Games. Not at her third successive continental event. And certainly not one win away from a place in the women’s 60kg sanda final.Naorem Roshibina Devi had lost fairly in the selection trials for the…
Anahat Singh’s first reaction after winning the World Junior Squash Championship was not about what the title might do to her profile.This was her last year in the junior circuit, and after years of playing squash, she finally had the title she wanted before moving fully into senior competition.“I think it’s a good way to…
After a disappointing show at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Pranati Nayak gave herself a chance to make amends by qualifying for the vault final at the Asian Games on Tuesday.The 31-year-old, India’s lone artistic gymnast at the continental meet, finished seventh in the qualification round at Nagoya General Gymnasium with an aggregate score of…
Photo credit: Vansh Bedi Instagram account NEW DELHI: Delhi wicketkeeper-batter Vansh Bedi has denied any connection with the controversy surrounding a sting operation that alleged the misuse of confidential team information in Indian cricket, saying attempts to link him to the case are “false and defamatory”.Bedi, who was part of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK)…