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[ad_1] The Indian women's volleyball team started their campaign at the Asian Games on a disappointing note, losing 1-3 to North Korea in their opening match in Hangzhou on Saturday. India won the first set but failed to continue the momentum and lost to North Korea 25-23, 22-25, 17-25, and 16-25 in a Pool A match that lasted one hour and 53 minutes at the Deqing Sports Centre in Gymnasium.  North Korea's Hyonju Kim emerged as the star performer, scoring a maximum of 30 points, while India's Soorya scored a maximum of 18 points in the match.(Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)India will face world no. 6 China in their next pool match on Sunday.Indian men's team ended its campaign at the sixth place.Pincky Balhara knocked out in quarterfinals of KurashIndia's P...

[ad_1] Representational Image.© AFPThe Indian men's volleyball team finished sixth at the Asian Games after going down 0-3 to arch-rivals Pakistan on Tuesday. The Pakistani team dominated all three sets and outplayed India 25-21 25-20 25-23 in just one hour and 14 minutes. It was a mixed campaign for the men's team, who had topped their pool after beating Cambodia by 3-0 and stunning 2018 silver medallist South Korea 3-2. India also defeated 2018 bronze medallist Chinese Taipei in the top 12 match by 3-0.(Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)However, in the top six match, India lost to Japan 0-3 and was knocked out of medal contention.In the previous edition in Jakarta, India had finished in 12th place.The Indian women's team will begin its campaign against Nort...

[ad_1] Representational Image.© AFPThe Indian men's volleyball team will take on arch-rivals Pakistan in the fifth-place playoff at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China on Tuesday. According to Olympics.com, the match between India and Pakistan will start at 4:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST). Both India and Pakistan volleyball teams topped their respective groups and beat higher-ranked opponents in the final 12 stages. However, both bowed out of the medal race with quarter-final losses. In the quarter-finals, world No. 73 India stretched world No. 5 Japan but lost 3-0. Indian setter Muthusamy Appavu and middle blocker Ashwal Rai troubled Asia's top-ranked side with their performance but could not help India upset Japan.(Asian Games 2023 medals tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)E...