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Asian Games: Satwik-Chirag win first-ever gold for India in badminton
The Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also became the first Indian men's doubles pair to win a gold medal when they defeated the Republic of Korea pair Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho in straight games, 21-18, 21-16 to herald a new era for Indian badminton.
Asian Games: India crosses historic 100-medal mark for first time as women's kabaddi team grabs gold
India's 100th medal was a gold won by the women's kabaddi team that defeated Chinese Taipei 26-25 in the final in Hangzhou. India's 100 medals in Hangzhou include 25 gold, 35 silver and 40 bronze. Of these 100 medals, male participants have won 47 medals (12-17-18) while women have claimed 44 (9-18-19) while seven have come in mixed events.
Asian Games: Hockey gold, archery silver, Prannoy's bronze India race to 95 medals, 100 beckons
On the penultimate day of competitions, India claimed one gold, two silver and bronze medals. The men's recurve archery team redeemed itself after disappointing outings in individual events to claim a silver while the women's team bounced back from a defeat to Korea to overcome Vietnam in windy and rainy conditions to win a bronze.
Men's ODI WC: Pakistan beat Netherlands by 81 runs to begin campaign on winning note
Rauf was the pick of Pakistan bowlers with his 3/43, while Hasan Ali scalped two as the Babar Azam-led side bundled out the Netherlands for 205 in their run-chase of 286 run target. Putting into bat first, Pakistan were all out for 286 in 49 overs. Their innings was powered by 120 runs fourth-wicket partnership between Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel.
Asian Games: Kiran Bishnoi, Aman Sehrawat clinch bronze; Bajrang misses out on medal in wrestling
Earlier, Kiran beat Japan's Nodoka Yamamoto before going down against Zhamila Bakbergenova in the semifinal.
Men’s ODI WC: Captain is here to do the job with the team; need to support his vision, says Dravid
Now, nearly 16 years later, Dravid is back with the Indian team in the run-up to an ODI World Cup, this time as the head coach of the Rohit Sharma-led side, where he stated that his role, along with other members in the support staff, is for supporting the skipper’s vision of achieving success in the campaign starting from Sunday against Australia.
Asian Games: Early ticket to Paris means we can implement our own programme and plan, says coach Craig Fulton
"I am not surprised that we won the gold and qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris. We have played well and had good wins. The semifinal (win over South Korea) was a tough match," the coach after his team defeated Japan 5-1 in the final to win their fourth-ever gold medal in the Asian Games.
Men’s ODI WC: Medical team hasn’t ruled out Gill yet, will see how he feels day after tomorrow, says Dravid
On Thursday afternoon, Gill didn’t attend India’s practice session at the stadium and it emerged on Friday that the right-handed batter is under the weather possibly due to high fever. Gill is the leading run-getter in ODIs this year, scoring 1230 runs in 20 games.
Asian Games: Satwik-Chirag pair enters men's doubles final in badminton
Satwik and Chirag, the world no. 3 pair, registered a 21-17, 21-12 win over the Malaysians, who are the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist, to seal the place in the final.
Asian Games: India reclaim men's hockey gold with 5-1 win over Japan, bag Paris Olympics berth
The bonus they gained for their consistent performance in the hockey competition in Hangzhou was a berth in next year's Paris Olympics, becoming the fourth team after hosts France, EuroNations Champions the Netherlands and Australia to seal their berths.
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