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Team 'Delhi 3BL' to participate in FIBA World Tour Masters
'Delhi 3BL', who are participating in the 3 x 3 Pro Basketball League (3BL) will participate in two FIBA 3 x 3 World Tour Masters - the Mexico City Masters and Hyderabad Masters. Mexico City Masters will take place on September 8-9 andHyderabad Masters on September 22-23,it was announced at a media conference here. League Commissioner Rohit Bakshi, actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt who is co-owner of Delhi Hoopers, and veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt were present for the conference. Delhi 3BL have represented India at the international platform in 3 x 3 basketball the first time at Utsunomiya Masters in July and emerged ninth in the rankings. Meanwhile, thefinal round of 3 x 3 Pro Basketball League will be held at the Phoenix Market City in Kurla tomorrow and Sunday.
India lose to Iran again, this time women's team fails to defend kabaddi title
Traditional powerhouse India returned without a gold in kabaddi for the first time in the history of the Asian Games after Iran shocked their women's team in the final to join their male counterparts in walking away with the top honours here today. The Iranian women came from behind to shock India 27-24, emulating their male counterparts, who had shocked seven-time champions India in the semi-finals yesterday. Later in the day, the Iran men's team defeated Korea 26-16 in the final to claim their maiden gold. The defeat means India will return without a gold from the Asian Games for the first time since the sport made its debut at the continental event in Beijing in 1990. The men's team had won seven straight titles while women's were two-time defending champions at the Asian Games. The Indian women led 13-11 at the halfway break but defensive errors in the second half cost the team dearly. Iran enforced an all out on India in the second half but the Indian raiders were never that ...
Shooter Heena takes bronze
Experienced Indian shooter Heena Sidhu earned her first individual medal in the Asian Games as she got a bronze medal in the women's 10m Air Pistol event here on Friday.
Dipa finishes 5th in beam final, Indian gymnastics campaign ends without medal
India's campaign in the Asian Games gymnastics ended today without a medal after Dipa Karmakar finished fifth in the women's balance beam event final here. Dipa, who was the fifth gymnast to perform on the beam, finished at the same spot with a score of 12.500 in the eight-woman final. She had scored 12.750 in the qualification round. China's Chen Yile clinched the gold with a score of 14.600 while North Korean Kim Jong Su (13.400) and Zhang Jin (13.325) of China took the silver and bronze respectively. Considering that she was not 100 per cent fit, Dipa's performance was not too bad. The balance beam was also not her favourite event. She could not qualify for the final in her pet event of vault in which she had finished fourth in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her old knee injury flared up during the vault qualification round as she finished behind compatriots Aruna Budda Reddy and Pranati Nayak. Dipa also had pulled out of the women's team final, in which India had finished seventh. India ..
Asian Games: Kidambi Srikanth crashes out
In a major upset, ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games after losing to Wong Wing Ki Vincent of Hong Kong in the opening round of the Badminton Men's Singles event on Friday.The 25-year-old suffered a 21-23, 19-21 straight-sets defeat in a match that lasted 40 minutes.India are now left with only one medal probable HS Prannoy in Men's Singles Badminton event who will play his opening match, later in the day.In squash, India's Dipika Pallikal assured a medal for the country as she defeated Japan's Misaki Kobayashi 3-0 to enter the semi-final of the Women's Singles event.In Men's Singles squash event, Saurav Ghosal edged past his Indian counterpart Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu 3-1 to advance to the semi-final round.India's total medal tally at the Asian Games stands at 24 with six gold, five silver and thirteen bronze.
Saurav, Dipika ensure medals by reaching squash singles semis
Squash stars Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal Karthik registered convincing victories to assure India of a medal as they entered the semi-finals of the men's and women's singles respectively at the 18th Asian Games here on Friday.
Lahiri and Tiger shoot even par, lie 60th at Northern Trust
India's Anirban Lahiri endured a topsy-turvy opening day with a card of even par 71 to lie Tied 60th alongside a big bunch that included Tiger Woods at Northern Trust, the first event on the FedExCup play-offs. Meanwhile, Sean O'Hair was one of the four players in share of the lead at five-under 66 and the bunch included Kevin Tway, Jamie Lovemark and Vaughn Taylor. As many as 13 players, including World No. 1 Dustin Johnson, the US Open and PGA Champion Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama and Tommy Fleetwood were among those in Tied-5th at 67 each. Lahiri fired four birdies, but he also gave them back to end at even par 71. The Indian hit 12 of 18 greens in regulation during his first round and had four birdies. Opening his play on 10th, he had an eventful first five holes, with two bogeys on the 10th and 13th and he birdied the 12th and 14th and his only par was the Par-3 11th. After a bogey on 10th, Lahiri's first birdie was set up with a 85-yard approach shot. Then on the 626-yard ...
Neeraj-led Indian track and field athletes face litmus test at Asian Games
The spotlight will be on Neeraj Chopra and Hima Das while Dutee Chand would look to prove a point when India's track and field athletes begin their campaign in the Asian Games here tomorrow. The rise of young athletes and consistency shown by the established names such as Mohammed Anas, Seema Punia and Jinson Johnson has given hopes of India bettering its medal tally of the last edition. Of India's 57 medals at the last edition, athletics had delivered 13, including two gold. India has never won a gold in javelin throw in the Asian Games and Chopra is expected to change this piece of statistics. However, the road will not be easy for the 2016 Under-20 world champion. He has been in the best of form this season with a throw of 87.43m during the Diamond League Meeting in Doha in May but he will face stiff competition from Chinese Taipei's Cheng Chao Tsun, who has a personal best throw of 91.36, achieved last year. Tsun, though, has managed only 84.60m as his best this season so far as .
Asian Games: Indian eves settle for silver in Kabaddi
Indian women's Kabaddi team settled for a silver medal in the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games as they went down 24-27 against the Iranian side in the summit clash here on Friday.After a strong start to the match, the defending champions could not hold on to their initial three-point lead and conceded the first-half 19-22 to their Iranian counterparts.The spectacular show of Iran continued in the second-half as well as they steadily headed towards the victory with a 25-21 lead over the Indians.In the last few minutes, a brilliant attempt by the Indian raider Sakshi Kumari helped the team to accumulate three crucial points but it was already too late for the Indian side.Yesterday, the Indian men's Kabaddi team had slumped to an unprecedented semi-final defeat against Iran, ending their 28-year-long reign in the Asian Games.India's total medal tally at the prestigious tournament now stands at 24 with six gold, five silver and 13 bronze.
Asiad 2018: Dipa disappoints in women's balance beam final
Ace Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar finished at a disappointing fifth spot in the women's balance beam final at the 18th Asian Games here on Friday.
Bopanna-Sharan's instant success opens possibility of ATP partnership
A golden start to their international partnership at the Asian Games has opened the possibility of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan teaming up on the ATP tour sometime in future. Bopanna and Sharan defeated Aleksander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan 6-3 6-4 in a 52-minute final to claim India's first tennis gold of the ongoing Games. Bopanna and Sharan, who only play together for their employers Indian Oil, have shown at the Asian Games that they could achieve significant success together, if not as much as the legendary pairing of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes. For now, they are well settled with their respective partners on the tour but as Bopanna asked, "why not in the future?" "In the future if it does happen, why not? But right now, we both have settled partners. We both have known each other for a long time and we get along really well," Bopanna, who competed in his first Asian Games since 2006, told PTI. "And that is very important for a pairing (to get along well). We
Asiad 2018: PM Modi hails rowing performance as 'stupendous'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Indian rowing team's performance as "stupendous" at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Friday.
Asiad 2018: Bopanna-Sharan win doubles gold
Indian tennis stars Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan won gold in the men's doubles category at the 2018 Asian Games here on Friday.
Top players for MCC 6-Red snooker tournament
Top cueists from across the country will take part in the Madras Cricket Club6 Red Snooker tournament to be held here from August 27 to September 2. The tournament will see 48 leading players take part, a press release said. Among the top players in the fray are India's no.2 Kamal Chawla, the IBSS World silver medallist, Sourav Kothari and Akshay Kumar, the country's no.3 and 4 respectively in 6- Red, Brijesh Damani, Manan Chandra and Faisal Khanare. The local challenge would be led by talented youngster S Shrikrishna, Varun Kumar, Pranit Ramachandran, Rafath Habib and S A Saleem among others. The total prize money on offer is Rs 1.6 lakh.
Asiad 2018: Prez, Sports Min congratulate Bopanna-Sharan for winning gold
President Ram Nath Kovind and a host of other dignitaries congratulated Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan on their winning the tennis gold in the men's doubles category at the 2018 Asian Games here on Friday.
Delhi HC directs sports ministry to consider selection of para-athletes
Following a petition filed by ten differently-abled table tennis players, the Delhi High Court on Friday directed the secretary of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) to consider their selection in the final contingent of the upcoming 2018 Asian Para Games.Earlier this week, the differently-abled players moved a petition in the court against the Sports Ministry, Sports Authority of India (SAI), Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) as well as Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) over their non-selection in the Asian Para Games.The players had alleged that despite being selected to represent the country in the prestigious event, the authorities are refusing to send them for the same.The court, in its order, further asked the ministry to pass an order in the matter within a week.The Asian Para Games are slated to take place from October 6 and will run till October 13 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Shuttler Srikanth suffers shocking loss in Asian Games
India's Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the 18th Asian Games after suffering a shocking loss to Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent in the men's singles second round of the badminton event here today. The former world no. 1 Indian, who had clinched a silver at the Commonwealth Games besides leading the mixed team to the coveted gold, failed to outwit the 28th ranked Wong Wing Ki, going down 21-23 19-21 in a hard-fought match. Srikanth came into the match with a 5-2 head-to-head record against Wong Wing Ki but it didn't matter in the end as the Hong Kong shuttler proved to be a better player. He put up a tough defence and produced more precise strokes to outwit the Indian in a 43-minute duel. Currently ranked eighth in the world, Srikanth had lost 21-23 22-20 10-21 to Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the men's team event. Srikanth, who had won four titles in a watershed year last season, will next play at the Japan Open from September 11 to 16.
Root, Butler sign up for Sydney Thunder
England Test skipper Joe Root and his fellow man Jos Buttler have signed up for the Big Bash League (BBL) franchise, Sydney Thunder ahead of the upcoming season of the Australian professional T20 cricket league.The Englishmen will be available for seven games before heading to face West Indies in January.The opportunity to play with Sydney Thunder holds special significance for Root who had, earlier, expressed the desire to make a mark in the limited format of the game, ESPNcricinfo.com reported.Buttler, on the other hand, has already established himself as one of the finest T20 players.The Rajasthan Royals player appeared in 13 matches for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise and scored a total of 548 runs with an impressive strike rate of 155.24.In last year's BBL season, the wicket-keeper batsman had smashed 202 runs in six innings that he played.The Big Bash League 2018-19 is scheduled to be held from December 19 to February 17.
Pencak Silat: N Boynao Singh loses in Asiad quarterfinals
Naorem Boynao Singh went down to Dumaan Dines of Philippines in the men's 50-55 kg quarterfinal match, thus ending the Indian men's pencak silat campaign at the 18th Asian Games here today. The 28-year-old Boynao lost 0-5 to Dines. He has beaten Turatbek Sulaimankul Uulu of Kyrgystan yesterday. Pencak silat is a full-body fighting sport, which includes grappling and throwing, in addition to the use of weaponry. The sport is indigenous to Indonesia.
Heena Sidhu secures maiden Asian Games individual medal with bronze
Heena Sidhu put behind a modest qualification to win her maiden Asian Games individual medal today, her bronze in the women's 10m air pistol taking India's haul at the Jakabaring Shooting Range to nine. Sidhu came from behind in the finals and was just 0.1 from the lead after she produced a 10.8 on the 21st shot. Her next shot was a 9.6 and her overall score of 219.2 could only give her a bronze. Sixteen-year-old Manu Bhaker was left disappointed again, this time in her main event, finishing fifth. The gold went to China's Wang Qian, whose 240.3 was a Games Record. South Korea's Kim Minjung took the silver, aggregating 237.6. It was another medal for Sidhu in a major event, having won the gold and silver in the 25m pistol and 10m pistol at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Bhaker had finished ahead of her senior teammate Sidhu at Gold Coast in the 10m event. Sidhu, a two-time World Cup gold medallist and former world number one, had recovered well in the qualification earlier