India’s Lovlina Borgohain celebrates after winning a gold-medal bout against China’s Ziyi Bao. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHi: Birthday girl Lovlina Borgohain gave herself the perfect gift on Friday, scripting history by becoming only the second Indian woman boxer to win an Asian Games gold medal after the legendary MC Mary Kom.The 29-year-old Indian defeated China’s…
India’s Kumkum Anil Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara signed off with a silver medal in the mixed team recurve event after China’s Jingyi Zhu and Mengqi Li prevailed 5-3 in a closely fought gold-medal match at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday.The Indian pair had to…
Manu Bhaker and Satwik-Chirag (Agency Image) With the Asian Games entering the final stretch, India’s declining gold medal numbers tell an uncomfortable story and offer a sharp reality check. Of the 28 golds India won in Hangzhou three years ago, 20 have already slipped away in Aichi-Nagoya, across shooting, athletics, archery, badminton, equestrian, squash and…
India’s Kumkum Anil Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti celebrate after winning the gold medal (REUTERS) India’s women’s recurve archery team created history on Friday, defeating world champions South Korea 5-3 to claim its maiden Asian Games gold medal.Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Mohod held their nerve in windy conditions to overcome the 10-time Olympic…
Simi Singh. (Photo by Donall Farmer/PA Images via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Simranjit Singh, known as Simi Singh in Ireland and across world cricket, had already retired in his mind when acute liver failure brought his career to a shuddering halt in 2024. But on Wednesday, he closed the chapter officially, announcing his retirement and…
Asian Games 2026 Day 13 Live Updates: India’s campaign at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, continues on Friday, October 2, with Indian athletes competing across several disciplines and multiple medal events on the schedule. The recurve archers will be in action in their respective team semifinals. Dhiraj Bommadevara will be one of the…
The challenges for Swayams started even before the tournament. Getting the team to that stage was a project in itself, with busy, overlapping schedules making it difficult for the players to train together in person. NEW DELHI: Across the open and women’s sections at the Chess Olympiad, only one player won an individual gold medal…
Veer Chotrani competes in the men’s singles quarterfinal Squash match against Pakistan’s Irfan Muhammad in the ongoing Asian Games 2026, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo) India’s men’s squash team signed off with bronze medal after losing their semifinal match against Malaysia at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Thursday.The men’s team lost 1-2 to Malaysia,…
KOCHI: 811 runs were scored in 93.3 overs in the second ODI between India and West Indies at Guwahati on a ridiculous day of batting, when bowlers were reduced to mute spectators. Once, a match like this would have been celebrated like a historic event. Now, it’s just another game of cricket. A game like…
Fazalhaq Farooqi (Photo credit: ILT20) Afghanistan pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi became the most expensive player in International League T20 (ILT20) Player Auction history after being bought by MI Emirates for USD 380,000 on Thursday.Farooqi will join MI Emirates for a fifth consecutive season. His deal broke the auction record for the third time during the day.Liam…