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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.
Asian Games: It will be a different kind of challenge, says Neeraj Chopra
As he returns to the Asian Games once again in the 19th edition at Hangzhou, life has totally transformed for the 25-year-old from Sonipat in Haryana. In his journey so far, Chopra has won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, won the Diamond League Final in 2022 and this year fulfilled his dream by winning the title in the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Asian Games: Sarabjot Singh, Divya win Silver medal in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event
According to information received, initially, Team India held the advantage in the early rounds, but the Chinese duo of Zhang and Jiang made a strong comeback and ultimately claimed the gold medal.
I congratulate the Indians for arranging a reception of this kind: PCB chief Zaka Ashraf
Earlier, Zaka had allegedly made an indirect reference to India as an "enemy country" on Wednesday evening as the Pakistan cricket team arrived in Hyderabad, to participate in the ICC World Cup 2023.
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