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Asian Games 2018: Seema Punia wins bronze in Discuss Throw
Seema Punia won the bronze in the women’s Discus Throw event of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Thursday. The 35-year-old, who had clinched the gold medal four years ago at the Incheon…
Asian Games 2018: India lose to Malaysia in hockey semi-finals, settle for bronze
Defending champions India suffered a heart-breaking 6-7 (2-2) defeat in the penalty shootouts against Malaysia to be knocked out of the 18th Asian Games semi-finals in Jakarta, on Wednesday.…
Asian Games 2018: women’s 4x400m relay team wins fifth consecutive gold
India claimed its 13th gold at the 18th Asian Games when the women’s 4x400m relay team bagged the top honours finishing the marathon in 3 minutes and 28.72 seconds to win their fifth…
Asian Games 2018: Jinson Johnson wins gold in men’s 1500m event
Indian athlete Jinson Johnson continued his impressive run at the 18th Asian Games with another medal, this time a gold at the men’s 1500m event in Jakarta on Thursday. Johnson, who had…
Asian Games 2018: The silence of Punjab Government ‘surprises’ Tejinder Singh…
Tejinder Singh Toor, the gold-medal winning athlete at the ongoing 18th Asian Games is left “surprised” at the silent reaction of the Punjab government on the prize money for its athletes.…
Asian Games 2018: Sharath-Manika wins India’s first Table Tennis mixed doubles bronze
The Indian mixed doubles pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra clinched India’s first ever Table Tennis doubles medal after losing 4-1 to China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the…
Asian Games 2018: India women beat China 1-0 to reach first hockey final in 20 years
The Indian women’s hockey team entered the final of the 18th Asian Games for the first time in 20 years after overcoming three-time champions China 1-0 in a fiercely-fought semi-final match…
Asian Games 2018: Arpinder Singh, Swapna Barman clinch historic gold in triple jump and Heptathlon…
Arpinder Singh and Swapna Barman added more glitter to India’s campaign at the 18th Asian Games with two gold medals in the men’s triple jump and women’s Heptathlon event respectively.…
Asian Games 2018: Dutee Chand clinch silver in women’s 200m
Dutee Chand continued her rich vein of form with another silver medal at the 18th Asian Games after she finished second in the women’s 200m dash in Jakarta on Wednesday. The 22-year-old…
Asian Games 2018: India rout Sri Lanka 20-0 to top Pool A, will face Malaysia in semis
India continued with its goal-scoring spree at the 18th Asian Games plundering 20 against a hapless Sri Lanka in the men’s hockey group stage encounter in Jakarta on Tuesday. The victory…
Asian Games 2018: India men’s team clinch maiden Table Tennis bronze medal
The Indian men’s Table Tennis team finishes with a historic bronze after losing 0-3 against South Korea in a one-sided semi-final contest at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Tuesday.…
Asian Games 2018: India win silver in 4x400m mixed team relay
India clinched a silver in the first ever mixed 4x400m relay to increase their medal tally to 50 at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Tuesday. The Indian mixed team which comprised of…