Asian Games 2023
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.
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.
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.
Asian Games: India beat Malaysia to set up summit clash with Pakistan in Men's Team Squash
The Indian team started on a rousing note with Abhay Singh defeating Mohammad Addeen Idrakie Bin Bahtiar 3-1 in the first match, handing the Malaysian an 11-3, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8 defeat.
Asian Games: India women's hockey team registers 17th victory over Malaysia
Monika (7’), Deep Grace Ekka (8’), Navneet Kaur (11’), Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke (15’), Sangita Kumari (24’), and Lalremsiami (50’) scored a goal each for India.
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