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China sweeps four golds in basketball at Asiad
China beat Iran 84-72 on Saturday for its eighth men's basketball title of the Asian Games.
Asian Games: Indian men's hockey team bag bronze medal
The Indian men's hockey team beat Pakistan by 2-1 to clinch a bronze medal at the ongoing Asian Games on Saturday.It was India's 69th medal at the games.Akashdeep Singh (3rd minute) and Harmanpreet Singh (50th minute) scored for India, while Muhammad Atiq scored the lone goal for Pakistan in the 52nd minute.Defending champions India had a stellar campaign in the tournament so far except a surprising defeat against Malaysia in the semi-finals.The men's hockey team had put out a brilliant show in the pool stages of the tournament as they scored 76 goals in just five matches to script a world record. India defeated Indonesia (17-0), Hong Kong (26-0), Japan (8-0), Korea (5-3) and Sri Lanka (20-0) to top the group.India's total medal tally at the ongoing tournament now stands at 69-15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze.
Following are the results of the Indian contingent on the last day of the competitions ...
Following are the results of the Indian contingent on the last day of the competitions at the Asian Games on Saturday. BOXING: Men's 49kg Final: Amit Phangal beat Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan) 3-2. BRIDGE: Men's Pair Final: Pranab Bardhan/Shibnath Sarkar wins gold. HOCKEY: Men's bronze medal match: India beat Pakistan 2-1. JUDO: Mixed Team Quarterfinals: India lost to Kazakhstan 0-4. SQUASH: Women's Team Final: India lost to Hong Kong 0-2.
India Blue in Duleep Trophy final
India Blue booked a spot in the Duleep Trophy final after the final league game against India Green ended in a draw at the NPR College ground here Saturday. Vidarbha left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate stole the show on a rain-hit final day as he took five wickets to help India Green bundle out the opponent team for 117 in 34 overs and earn an outside chance of scoring 201 to win outright to advance to the final. However, rain had the final say as the India Green innings was halted at 4.05 PM with the score at 14 for 2. After inspection by the umpires twice, play resumed at 7.15 PM and was interrupted again due to insects problem. Play was called off at 8.15 PM. India Blue secured three points to advance to the final against India Red, to be held from September 4. Resuming at the overnight 21 for no loss, India Blue was shot out in just 34 overs as Sarwate spun a web around the batsmen. Dhruv Shorey played a lone hand with a polished knock of 40 before being stumped by ...
This is by far your best knock: Kohli tells Pujara
India skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday described Cheteshwar Pujara's 132 not out against England in the first innings of the ongoing fourth Test as the Saurashtra batsman's best innings that deserves to be at the top. "It is by far your best knock that I have seen, I thought Colombo was your top knock but this has to be at the top of the table," said Kohli during an interview with Pujara in BCCI.TV. Drawing a comparison with his Test hundred in 2016 in Colombo, Pujara hoped this innings turns out to be series defining. "Colombo was challenging but the situation here was even more challenging and the series which is quite balanced now, with that innings we are at commanding position and if we can bowl well today, we can get them out cheaply and win the Test match, so it could be a series defining knock," he said. Pujara added 32 runs with Ishant Sharma (14) and shared 46 runs with Jasprit Bumrah (6) to take India to 273 in the first innings. Kohli praised the tail-enders, who showed ...
England reach 152 for 5 at tea on Day 3, Root run out for 48
India maintained upper hand after England skipper Joe Root was run-out for 48 as the home team reached 152 for 5 in their second innings at tea on the third day of the fourth Test. England now have an overall lead of 125 runs with Jos Buttler (22, 39 balls) and stodgy Ben Stokes (20, 79 balls) at the crease. This was after a well-set Root was back in the pavilion for 48 after Mohammed Shami's direct throw found him short of crease. Having removed Keaton Jennings (36) at the stroke of lunch, Mohammed Shami (2/40) was on a hat-trick when he removed Jonny Bairstow (0) off the very first ball post break. However Stokes and Root negotiated the Indian bowling well for the next 14 overs before the skipper didn't ground his bat properly while sprinting towards the striker's end. Shami bowled a sharp and precise spell, giving nothing away to the batsmen. It could be seen in how England only added 60 runs in the session, never getting ahead of the scoring rate, particularly as they were forced .
Boys showed character after semifinal setback: Harendra
India chief coach Harendra Singh lauded his players for overcoming the disappointment of semi-final defeat and showing character by beating Pakistan to claim the bronze medal at the Asian Games, Saturday. India prevailed 2-1 over a fighting Pakistan in the bronze medal play-off with Akashdeep and Harmanpret Singh finding the net for the winners. "This is not the medal we wanted but we are not returning empty-handed at-least. The boys deserve applause for regrouping and showing character after the semifinal setback," Harendra told reporters. India were gold medal favourites but lost their semifinal to Malaysia in sudden death. Pakistan captain Muhammed Rizwan Sr. said India were "lucky" to win since they had upper hand in the fourth quarter. "We tried to comeback but could not. We had chances we did not capitalise. Earlier, India would beat us 4-0 5-0 but we gave then tough time out there today. At the champions trophy they played exceptionally well but here we matched them. They were .
Jamshedpur FC rope in Australian legend Tim Cahill
Indian Super League (ISL) outfit Jamshedpur FC on Saturday announced the signing of former Australia captain Tim Cahill.
Asiad 2018: India beat Pakistan 2-1, take hockey bronze
India's men's hockey team defeated arch-foes Pakistan 2-1 in the bronze medal playoff at the 18th Asian Games here on Saturday.
Nayan, Vishnu, Joseph shine on opening day of JKNRC Round 2
Mumbais Nayan Chatterjee and the Chennai duo of Vishnu Prasad and Joseph Mathew won their respective races in style as the Round 2 of the JK Tyre national racing championship got off to a brilliant start at the Kari Motor Speedway here on Saturday.
Honda riders end Day 1 of racing nationals with 2 podiums
The Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing team won two podiums in race 1 of the third round of the national motorcycle racing championship at the Madras Motor Racing Track here on Saturday.
Young and old make hay in fitting finale to India's Asiad campaign
Amit Panghal displayed a soldier's grit to stun the reigning Olympic champion for India's only boxing gold and two 50-plus bridge players proved that age is just a number with their top finishes as the country achieved its best ever medal haul at the Asian Games here. India equalled its best gold medal haul by touching 15, something that last happened back in 1951, and the overall tally surpassed the 65 in Guangzhou by three this time. Apart from the 15 gold, India picked up 24 silver and 30 bronze medals for a brilliant show that helped them finish inside top-10 at eighth for the third consecutive time. Starting the day at 13 gold, Armyman Amit was up against quite a few odds as he took on reigning Olympic and Asian champion Hasanboy Dusmatov, the man he narrowly lost to in the world championships quarterfinal almost a year ago. The day ended with the men's hockey team redeeming itself to an extent by beating arch-rivals Pakistan 2-1 to walk away with a consolation bronze medal. But .
India's women's squash team takes silver
India's women's squash team got a second successive silver medal in the Asian Games as it lost to Hong Kong 0-2 in the final here on Saturday.
Lahiri makes modest start in Boston with first round 74
India's Anirban Lahiri endured a tough opening day with a three-over 74 to lie tied 83rd at the Dell Technologies Championships in the second leg of FedExCup play-offs here on Saturday. It was a day Lahiri would like to forget as he gave himself few chances and failed to grab the opportunities that came his way. His driving accuracy just over 57 per cent and even though he did find the greens almost two-thirds of the time, he was always beyond 20 feet and very rarely inside that to get a birdie. Tiger Woods shot one-over 72 and was Tied-56th. Justin Rose, who missed the cut in the FedExCup Playoffs opener at Northern Trust, went home to the Bahamas for six days, and did not arrive till a day before the Dell Technologies Championship, which began on Friday and then he shot six-under 65 at the TPC Boston on a breezy day. Rose putted for birdie on all but two holes and made his six birdies and kept bogeys off the card. He had three birdies over his last four holes. Rose is one shot ahead
India by far best team in Asia, should be upset with bronze: Oltmans
Pakistan coach Roelant Oltmans says India were by far the best side in the Asian Games and should be disappointed to end their campaign with a below-par bronze medal. Oltmans, who was sacked as India coach last year, was appointed Pakistan coach in March. "They are by far the best team in Asia. It was surprising that they lost to Malaysia (in the semis). They should be disappointed," Oltmans told PTI after India beat Pakistan 2-1 in the third place play-off. Asked why Malaysia have proved to be tricky opponents for world number five India, who happens to have an upper hand against Pakistan of late, Oltmans said: "They should not have lost to Malaysia but the problem of conceding late goals is common with all Asian teams. "It is disappointing to lose to India today. I think we were better in the third and fourth quarter. But is still early days (for the development of the team). We are trying to build a proper structure and put Pakistan hockey back on track," said the Dutchman. Oltmans
Hope to see more youngsters take up bridge now: India coach
Moments after Kolkata duo Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath Sarkar clinched the men's pair bridge gold in the Jakarta Asian Games on Saturday, Indian men team's non-playing captain and coach Debasish Ray said he now hopes more youngsters would take up the sport. Ray, who was also the national selector for the Asian Games, had to return to Kolkata on August 29 in preparation for Inter-State Bridge Championship to be held in Mysore from September 5-9. "I feel the moment of reckoning has finally arrived for the sport. I hope the youngsters will finally take up bridge after the Asian Games success," Ray told PTI here. "I'm on phone since the news has spread, and both my lines are busy, so much so that I'm still to talk to them (Bardhan and Sarkar) after they won. But I'm very happy as we badly wanted this to happen. Finally there will be awareness for bridge," an ecstatic Ray added. In a sport where the average age is 50-plus in India, Ray feels the youngsters involvement will improve the ...
Confident Indian shooters eye Olympic quotas at ISSF World Championship
The Indian shooters' quest for securing Olympics quotas will gather pace as they compete in the ISSF Word Championships, which begins here Sunday with as many as 60 berths on offer for the 2020 Tokyo Games. The Indian shooting contingent will be high on confidence after its fine showing at the Asian Games in Indonesia. India has entered a 91-strong squad for the International Shooting Sport Federation's (ISSF) premier global competition. The tournament in the South Korean city will be the beginning of the Olympics qualifying cycle and India will be targeting the maximum possible quotas. A total of 60 berths will be distributed across the 15 Olympic events. The first competition day has two finals scheduled. The pair of Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela and Deepak Kumar and Mehuli Ghosh will vie for honours in the 10m air rifle mixed team event. In the 10m air pistol mixed team event, India's hopes will rest on Abhishek Verma and Manu Bhakar and the duo of Shahzar Rizvi and Heena ...
'Building Bridges': When Asiad gold medallist Bardhan fought perceptions of gambling
The incident happened some years back and it's still vivid in the memory of Asian Games gold medallist bridge player Pranab Bardhan. The 60-year-old Bardhan was then getting ready to represent India in an international competition in Montreal but he needed to renew his passport. But the officer at the passport office, scrutinising his application form made an allegedly offensive remark. "He (passport officer) asked me, aap jua khelne Canada jaa rahein hain (you are going to Canada to take part in gambling). I told him you have not read my file properly. He was an educated man but still did not know, it's a sport and not gambling. Sensible people would not think like that," Bardhan, who today became India's oldest gold medal winner at the Asiad, spoke about how perceptions rule our society. Quintessential Bengalis love their adda sessions along with a game of carrom or cards. It's a way of life in those rickety club rooms in the narrow bylanes of Kolkata where people learn their ...
Ghiretti, Reynolds secure pole positions
: Frenchman Alessandro Ghiretti put in a blistering lap of one minute, 37.736 seconds to capture pole position in the Formula 4 South-East Asia Championship at the MMRT track at Sriperumbudur near here on Saturday. Ghiretti pushed championship leader Thailand's Kane Shepherd (01:38.069) to second spot while Malaysian Muizz Musyaffa (01:38.715) was third quickest in todays qualifying session. On Sunday, three races are scheduled in this category. Peter Reynolds from the United Kingdom expectedly took pole in the Caterham (Asia) Championship, while Indias guest driver Vicky Chandhok will start second on the grid for tomorrow's race, ahead of Sri Lankan Shirendra Lawrence. Reynolds, who enjoys a 27-point lead over Lawrence in the championship following two wins in eight starts, clocked a best lap of 01minute, 53.538 seconds in the qualifying session while Chandhok did a flying lap of 01:55.690 after struggling for pace in the final practice session earlier in the ...
Chatterjee,Prasad,Mathew shine in JK Tyre racing championship
: Mumbai's Nayan Chatterjee and the Chennai duo of Vishnu Prasad and Joseph Mathew shone on the opening day of round 2 of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship, winning their respective races in great style at the Kari Motor Speedway here on Saturday. Nayan Chatterjee was at his fastest best in the Euro JK 2018 category, making his intentions clear in the qualifiers itself. In an incredibly pacy session that saw the entire field finish virtually inside a few seconds of each other, he clocked the fastest lap time of 1:00.514 minutes. He continued his great run through the day, winning both his races quite comfortably. He picked up 16 points to stake his claim for this year's crown. Karthik Tharani claimed second place in both races while Sri Lanka's Brayan Perera and Ashwin Datta shared the third place to leave the competition tantalisingly poised. Vishnu Prasad and Joseph Mathew continued their dominance in the LGB 4 and Suzuki Gixxer Cup, picking up 10 points ..