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Asian Games: Man who wanted to quit squash in 2021 wins gold for India with dramatic win against Pakistan
He changed his mind, played in a tournament to prepare for CWG and won his first Challenger Tour event in Lorient, France, in May 2022. He went to play in the Commonwealth Games and continued with playing squash.
Asian Games: Turnarounds by squash team, mixed doubles pair give golden hue to historic day in badminton, TT
The mixed doubles pair of Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale were also staring down the barrel after losing the first set 6-2. Bopanna had a brainwave and swapped the side of the court he was playing with his partner and they scripted a grand turnaround and won the match in the Match tie-breaker.
Asian Games: India thrash Pakistan 10-2, hand archrivals biggest defeat ever
The Indian Memn's hockey team dominated the match with skipper Harmanpreet Singh (11', 17’, 33', 34') scoring four goals and Varun Kumar (41’, 54') contributing a brace. Mandeep Singh (8'), Sumit (30’), Shamsher Singh (46'), and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (49') scored a goal each for India to get the win. Muhammad Khan (38'), and Abdul Rana (45') scored the goals for Pakistan.
From riot torn Manipur village, Roshibina wins silver in Asian Games
An eight-member Indian contingent participated in Wushu at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Naorem Roshibina Devi was India's only medal winner in the sport. She dedicated her silver medal to the people of her crisis-ridden home state. Roshibina lost to home favourite Wu Xiaowei of China 0-2 in the final.
Asian Games: Anhika, Suthirtha script history, ensure India's first-ever medal in women's doubles
The win over the experienced second-seeded pair from China sent the Indian duo into the semifinals, ensuring them a bronze medal and also the first table tennis medal for India. After dominating the first two games, Anhika and Suthirtha endured a hiccup in the third game before winning the fourth to script an 11-5, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9 triumph.
Asian Games: Karthik Kumar, and Gulveer Singh claim silver, and bronze in men's 10,000m race.
Both of them clocked their personal best times as they finished behind Bahrain's Birhanu Yemataw Balew to claim for India the first 2-3 finish in the 19th edition of the Asian Games. Karthik Kumar, the 24-year-old Armyman from Uttar Pradesh, clocked 28 minutes 15.38 to claim the silver medal while Gulveer Singh finished in a time of 28:17.21 to bag the bronze medal. Balew took the gold medal in 28:13.62.
Men’s ODI WC: Nasser Hussain unsure how England fit Harry Brook in their batting line-up
England included Brook in its final 15-member squad for the World Cup, with experienced opener Jason Roy being excluded to accommodate him at the eleventh hour. Brook had been out of England’s provisional 15-man squad, with many asking for his inclusion based on his red-hot form in shorter formats.
World Cup 2023 warm-up: Williamson helps steer New Zealand to impressive victory over Pakistan
The Black Caps captain is still recovering from a knee injury and has been ruled out of the opening game of the tournament against England next Thursday. However, he gained crucial time in the middle against Pakistan and looked in fine touch in Hyderabad, where Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell and Mark Chapman also passed 50 in the run chase.
Asian Games: India overcome Pakistan in thriller to claim men's squash team gold
India came back after losing the first match before Saurav Ghosal and Abhay Singh won their matches to seal 2-1 victory for India. Abhay Singh defeated Noor Zaman of Pakistan, coming back from 2-1 games and facing match ball at 8-10 to level scores at 10-10 and then win the next two points and clinched a sensational victory for India.
Men’s ODI WC: Want us to be really aggressive, take the game on and always look to be positive, says Jos Buttler
After leading England to Men’s T20 World Cup glory in 2022 in Australia, Buttler will be looking to add one-day success to his T20 crown when England try to retain their title in India from October 5 to November 19.
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