India won gold medals in both men’s and women’s kabaddi events. NEW DELHI: India returned to the top 10 of the Asian Games medal standings on Saturday after a seven-medal haul, highlighted by two gold medals in kabaddi. The country’s gold rush in the sport, along with medals in athletics, shooting and squash, took the…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (BCCI Photo) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Rohit Sharma turns 40 soon. Virat Kohli isn’t far behind — 38 in a couple of months. Most cricketers this age would have hung up their boots and slipped behind a commentary mic. Rohit and Virat haven’t. They continue to turn up at the nets, working just…
Prachi Choudhary (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: India’s medal tally at the Asian Games swelled to 30 on Saturday after Prachi Choudhary won bronze in the women’s 400m final, adding another athletics medal to a productive day for the country.Prachi clocked 53.21 seconds to finish third in the final. Bahrain’s Salwa Naser claimed the gold…
NEW DELHI: Tajinderpal Singh Toor’s bid for a historic hat-trick of Asian Games gold medals ended with a silver on Saturday as the defending champion finished second in the men’s shot put at Aichi-Nagoya.Toor, who won gold at the 2018 Jakarta and 2022 Hangzhou Games, produced a best throw of 20.64m to claim his third…
Jyothi Yarraji (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s hopes of a medal in the women’s 100m hurdles suffered a setback on Saturday after last edition’s silver medallist Jyothi Yarraji did not start her first-round heat at the Asian Games 2026, having felt pain during her warm-up.A top official of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) told…
Yashasvi Jaiswal (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak has backed Yashasvi Jaiswal to continue working hard and wait for his opportunities, insisting that the young opener’s limited chances in the ODI format should not be viewed as “unfair” treatment.Jaiswal played all three ODIs against Afghanistan at home but was left out of…
Jay Meena won the bronze medal in soft tennis at 2026 Asian Games. New Delhi: Jay Meena’s big promise came within days of creating history at Aichi-Nagoya. The Asian Games bronze medallist didn’t hesitate before making a bold prediction: if soft tennis is included at the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, “all the gold will…
India’s Sumit tackles Iran’s Amirhossein Taghipour. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: India completed a golden double in kabaddi at the Asian Games 2026 on Saturday as the men’s team defeated Iran 40-34 in a thrilling final, hours after the women had also beaten the same opponents to retain their title.The men’s victory at Aichi-Nagoya earned India…
Indian stalwart Virat Kohli (Image; IANS) Virat Kohli is returning to the format that has arguably defined his international career, and the West Indies are one of his favourite opponents. As India begin their three-match ODI series against the West Indies on September 27, Kohli carries a staggering record against the Caribbean side – 2,261…
At just 11 years old, Japan’s Yuki Kurihara has already won an Asian Games gold medal. But after beating players much older than him, the young esports player said he felt “embarrassed” and could not show much emotion.Kurihara, a primary school student and the youngest athlete in Japan’s Asian Games history, defeated South Korea’s 24-year-old…