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Asian Games: Indian Men And Women’s Chess Teams Clinch Silver Medals | Asian Games News
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Asian Games: Indian Men And Women’s Chess Teams Clinch Silver Medals | Asian Games News

[ad_1] File image of Praggnanandhaa© TwitterThe Indian men's and women's chess teams won silver medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. GM Harika Dronavalli, IM Vaishali Rameshbabu, IM Vantika Agrawal, and WGM Savitha Shri Baskar all won their games in a dominating fashion to beat South Korea 4-0 in the final round to finish with 15 match points. The top-seeded Chinese team won its last round match against the UAE with a 4-0 margin to take the gold with 17/18 match points. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)The Indian men finished their campaign with a 3.5-0.5 win against the Philippines.Top seeds Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, Vidit Gujrathi, and Harikrishna Pentala all won their matches against their Filipino counterparts while R Praggnanandhaa drew h...
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Asian Games: India Win Bronze In Women’s Hockey, Beat Defending Champions Japan 2-1 | Asian Games News
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Asian Games: India Win Bronze In Women’s Hockey, Beat Defending Champions Japan 2-1 | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Coming into the tournament as favourites, a wounded Indian women's hockey team rose from the shock semifinal loss to edge past defending champions Japan 2-1 and claim the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. The Indians, ranked seventh in the world, were the favourites to win the gold here but one bad match cost them dearly as hosts China thrashed them 4-0 in the semifinal on Thursday. The Indian women thus avenged their 0-1 defeat against Japan in the last edition of the Games in Jakarta in 2018. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)But the Savita Punia-led side left behind the disappointment and displayed commanding hockey to clinch its seventh Asian Games medal and fourth bronze.Deepika gave India the lead in the fifth minute from ...
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Deepak Punia Outplayed By idol Hasan Yazdani In Asian Games, Indian Wrestlers Return With Six Medals | Asian Games News
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Deepak Punia Outplayed By idol Hasan Yazdani In Asian Games, Indian Wrestlers Return With Six Medals | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Hasan Yazdani expectedly proved too good for Deepak Punia, who settled for a silver after losing by technical superiority to the Iranian legend in the men's 86kg category as India's wrestling campaign concluded at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday with six medals but without a gold. It was the second time that Deepak found himself up against his childhood idol Yazdani, the two-time Olympic medallist and eight-time World Championship medallist. In the 2019 World Championships in Nur Sultan, Deepak had reached the final on debut but did not wrestle against the Iranian due to a foot injury and conceded the bout, settling for a silver. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)The 24-year-old Deepak, known as 'Ketli Pehalwan', was perhaps overwhelmed as he ...
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Indian Men’s Kabaddi Team Reclaims Asian Games Title After Controversial Final, Women Also Clinch Gold | Asian Games News
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Indian Men’s Kabaddi Team Reclaims Asian Games Title After Controversial Final, Women Also Clinch Gold | Asian Games News

[ad_1] The Indian men's kabaddi team emerged victorious after an hour of arguments to reclaim its Asian Games title, beating defending champions Iran 33-29 in a controversial final, which was temporarily suspended, on Saturday. The women's team survived by the skin of its teeth as it beat Chinese Taipei 26-25 in a dramatic final for the country's 100th medal. There was hardly anything separating the two teams in the men's summit clash at 28-28 with one minute and five seconds left on the clock.But controversy erupted in the last minute when Indian skipper Pawan Sehrawat went in for a do-or-die raid.Sehrawat went into the lobby (out of bound) without a touch. However, Amirhossein Bastami and three other Iranian defenders rushed towards the Indian in an attempt to push him out, leading to ...
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Asian Games: Indian Kayaker Hitesh Kewat Loses In Final; Finishes seventh | Asian Games News
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Asian Games: Indian Kayaker Hitesh Kewat Loses In Final; Finishes seventh | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Image for representative use© AFPIndian kayak exponent Hitesh Kewat's hopes of a podium finish ended as he lost in the final, while Shubham Kewat exited in the semifinals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday. Hitesh lost by a huge margin of 41.10 seconds and finished seventh, clocking 128.34 sec in the men's kayak final at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre. Earlier in the semifinal, Hitesh had finished 10th, clocking 117.68 seconds, and advanced to the medal round, while Shubham finished 14th, clocking 130.01 sec, and failed to qualify for the final. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)China's Xin Quang and Japanese Yuuki Tanaka bagged the gold and silver medal, respectively, while Chinese Taipei's Shao-Hsuan Wu finished with a bronze in the event.Indi...
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Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty Achieve Crowing Glory With Asian Games Gold | Asian Games News
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Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty Achieve Crowing Glory With Asian Games Gold | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty earned India's first-ever badminton gold medal at the Asian Games with a straight-game win over South Korea's Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho in Hangzhou on Saturday. World number 3 Satwik and Chirag, who had become the first Indians to win the Asian championships in 58 years in March this year, extended their sensational run with a 21-18 21-16 win over Choi and Kim, ranked 15th, to achieve their crowing glory. It was also India's first medal in men's doubles in 41 years since Leroy D'sa and Pradeep Gandhe won a bronze in 1982 edition. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)The medal ensured India's best-ever performance at the continental champions as they ended with three medals -- a men's do...
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Asian Games: Jyothi Surekha, Pravin Deotale Claim Hat-Trick Of Gold, Archers Return With Record Haul | Asian Games News
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Asian Games: Jyothi Surekha, Pravin Deotale Claim Hat-Trick Of Gold, Archers Return With Record Haul | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam led India's medal rush with a hat-trick of gold as the compound archers ended South Korea's dominance to propel the country to its best-ever haul of nine medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Saturday. The compound archers claimed all the five gold medals on offer while veteran Abhishek Verma and Aditi Swami secured one silver and a bronze each. The recurve archers earlier on Friday bagged two medals, India's first in 13 years in the Olympic discipline. India had won two silver medals in archery in the 2018 edition in Indonesia.Reigning world champion Aditi began the penultimate day at the continental showpiece by winning a bronze in the women's compound individual event when she prevailed over Indonesia's Ratih Zilizati Fadhly in a one-s...
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Indian Men’s Cricket Team Wins Gold At Asian Games | Asian Games News
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Indian Men’s Cricket Team Wins Gold At Asian Games | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Team India wins gold medal© AFPThe Indian men's cricket team clinched the gold medal on its Asian Games debut after their final against Afghanistan was called off due to rain, and the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side was adjudged winners by virtue of being seeded higher in the continental showpiece on Saturday. Put in to bat, Afghanistan were 112 for 5 in 18.2 overs when persistent rain halted the proceedings at the Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, and the match never restarted from that point. The Afghans had a jittery start and were reduced to 12/3 inside four overs after their top-three -- Zubaid Akbari (5), Mohammad Shahzad (4) and Noor Ali Zadran (1) -- fell cheaply.Shivam Dube (1-0-4-1) got the first breakthrough when he had Akbari in his first over. Akbari perished ...
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Explained: Why India Won Gold Medal Despite Asian Games Final vs Afghanistan Being Abandoned Due To Rain? | Asian Games News
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Explained: Why India Won Gold Medal Despite Asian Games Final vs Afghanistan Being Abandoned Due To Rain? | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Team India in action© AFPTeam India emerged victorious in the Hangzhou Asian Games men's cricket final against Afghanistan and clinched the gold medal on Saturday. But, not by virtue of scoring more runs. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side won the toss and opted to field on Saturday in Hangzhou and showed and kept Afghanistan batters at check with their dominant spells. However, rain played a spoilsport and the match was halted during the 19th over, with Afghanistan's score at 112/5. After a delay of more than half an hour, the match was called off and Team India was declared the winner.Why India were declared the winners?Despite the match getting washed out due to rain, Team India ended up on the winning side and also bagged the gold medal. This happened due to India's higher seeding t...
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What Prompted Suspension Of India vs Iran Men’s Kabaddi Final In Asian Games? | Asian Games News
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What Prompted Suspension Of India vs Iran Men’s Kabaddi Final In Asian Games? | Asian Games News

[ad_1] The India vs Iran men's kabaddi final couldn't reach a timely conclusion after drama over a rule change prompted the authorities to suspend the contest on Saturday. With scores tied 28-28, it was a do-or-die raid for India, and captain Pawan stepped up under pressure. Pawan was dashed out, with the point going to Iran, but the Indian raider said that he went out of the inner lobby without any touch. In such a situation, it's India who would've gotten a few points as Iran's defenders also went out with him. Drama over the matter continued for nearly an hour with the officials failing to come to a conclusion over which team gets the point.When Iran would be awarded the point, the Indians would protest. When the decision went to the Indians' favour, the Iran team and its bench would ...
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