Manush Shah and Diya Chitale (File photo) India’s medal tally at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya reached twenty on Friday as Manush Shah and Diya Chitale won a historic bronze medal in the mixed doubles table tennis event.The Indian pair lost their semifinal to China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha 8-11, 5-11, 8-11, 2-11,…
Uttar Pradesh’s Shaili Singh competes in women’s long jump event at the Indian Grand Prix-1 track and field competition, at Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) NEW DELHI: The first thing Shaili Singh sees on the runway isn’t the crowd, the jumping board or even her rivals. It is a jump that has already…
Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey NEW DELHI: The internal power struggle within Hockey India has taken a dramatic turn, with federation president and former India captain Dilip Tirkey filing a complaint with Delhi Police against some of the federation’s officials, alleging “criminal breach of trust, theft, endangerment of life and wrongful abandonment”.Tirkey’s complaint also seeks…
Iran’s Fatemeh Mohitizadeh (Reuters Photo) Iran’s Fatemeh Mohitizadeh suffered a dramatic setback at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya after being disqualified from the women’s heptathlon following a protest over her footwear during the long jump event on Friday.Mohitizadeh had emerged as one of the leading contenders after the opening day, finishing with 3,486 points…
India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (IANS image) NEW DELHI: India suffered a major setback in badminton at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday as defending men’s doubles champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were knocked out in the opening round.The fourth-seeded Indian pair, who were among the country’s leading medal hopes, were…
Jurel reveals Jaiswal Fernando confrontation (Image: IANS) The on-field confrontation between India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando during the second Test in Colombo had become one of the talking points of the series. Nearly a month after the incident, India wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel has revealed what Jaiswal told him about the…
Krishna Jaisankar (Image credit: Agencies) Whenever Krishna Jaisankar gets some time, she opens her kit bag and looks at the badge on her T-shirt.It has one word written on it: INDIA.Every time she looks at it, her eyes get moist. But there is also a sense of confidence that builds within her. After waiting for…
Anahat Singh and Joshna Chinappa (PTI/ANI Photos) NEW DELHI: India assured themselves of three squash medals at the Asian Games 2026 on Friday as Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar entered the mixed doubles semifinals, while Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh advanced to the last four in the women’s and men’s singles respectively.For Joshna, the semifinal…
Sachin Siwach (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Sachin Siwach moved to the men’s 60kg quarterfinals at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday, beating Jordan’s Mohammad Adnan Abu Jajeh in a hard-fought contest to move within one win of securing a medal.The Commonwealth Games gold medallist, who received a first-round bye, had to…
Suruchi Singh, left, and Kamaljeet celebrate after winning Gold medal in the 10 meter air pistol mixed team final (PTI Photo) Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet won the maiden gold medal in shooting for India at the Asian Games 2026 after a stunning performance in the mixed team event.Kamaljeet and Suruchi shot a total of 484.6…