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Asiad 2018: Shooter Rahi, wushu players enjoy landmark day (Roundup)
Rahi Sarnobat scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman shooter to win Asiad gold while the wushu players produced their best ever medal haul at the 18th Asian Games on Wednesday.
Dropped from senior team, Kuldeep to play 'Test' against Australia A
Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav has been included in the India A team for the two four day 'Test' against Australia A. Kuldeep has been dropped from the India senior team as a third specialist spinner in England at this point of time. The national selectors felt that it will be better if Kuldeep gets game time for India A. Young Shubman Gill also got his maiden A team call-up in days format. India A squad for the two four-day games against Australia A: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, R Samarth, A Easwaran, Ankit Bawne, Shubman Gill, KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Shahbaz Nadeem, Kuldeep Yadav, K Gowtham, Rajneesh Gurbani, Navdeep Saini, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohd. Siraj.
Monika misses out on Asian Games qualification mark in retrial
The 1500m runner Monika Chaudhary today failed to meet the Asian Games qualification mark in the re-trial held here on the orders of Delhi High Court. She clocked 4:35.51 in the re-trial held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here, while the qualification mark set by the Athletics Federation of India was 4:16.88. She will now miss the bus for the Asian Games in Indonesia. Monika was excluded from the Indian team for the Asian Games in Indonesia by the AFI selection committee after she registered a timing of 4:41.06 at the confirmatory trial held in Bhutan on August 15. She then filed a petition before the Delhi High Court, challenging her exclusion from the 1500m event of the Asian Games. Before the High Court, the AFI had proposed that it can conduct a re-trial for the athlete if needed. The Court agreed that the athlete could undergo a fresh trial and achieve the qualification mark of 4:16.88 if she has to go to Jakarta. As the timing registered by the athlete was well below the AFI ..
Prithvi, Vihari get maiden Test call-up, Vijay, Kuldeep axed
Young Mumbai opener Prithvi Shaw and Andhra middle-order batsman G Hanuma Vihari were today included in the Indian team for the final two Test matches against England. Veteran opener Murali Vijay was axed after a disastrous show in the first two Tests while chinaman Kuldeep Yadav made way for an additional batsman as a third spinner is not required in the seamer-friendly English conditions. Vijay bagged a 'pair' against England at the Lord's and scored 20 and 6 in Birmingham. With Shikhar Dhawan and K L Rahul putting up a much improved show, the axe was always looming large on the 34-year-old Tamil Nadu opener. Also his form outside the sub-continent has been wretched for sometime now even though he has a decent average of 39.33 across 59 Test matches. He has scored 3933 runs with 12 hundreds. There is a fair chance that Vijay has played his last Test at the Lord's. The 18-year-old Prithvi, who had captained India U-19 to World Cup triumph earlier this year, is set to be rewarded for
When Wadekar advised Amre in SA: Play like it is Shivaji Park
When Pravin Amre made his debut as India batsman in South Africa, Ajit Wadekar, the team coach, had a simple advice for him: Play as if you are playing at Shivaji Park. Wadekar, who led India to their first Test series win in both England and West Indies, passed away at the age of 77 on August 15 in Mumbai. Speaking at a condolence meet organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association, Amre recalled how Wadekar shored up his confidence. "I remained 12th man in 12 Test matches. I was not getting the chance in Test," he said. "When (Wadekar) Sir was the coach, it was the historic tour (to South Africa). Sir had faith in me. (One day) he told me you are playing the Test tomorrow," said the right-hander. "He not only gave me the Test cap in the dressing room, but even today I remember his words...he said, 'just imagine you are playing at Shivaji Park, and bat'." Shivaji Park in central Mumbai is famous as the breeding ground of several cricketers, including Sachin Tendulkar. "I ..
Thalaivas face Titans in PKL-6 opener on Oct 5
Southern giants Tamil Thalaivas will face off neighbours Telugu Titans in the opener of the sixth season of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) in Chennai on October 5, the organisers Mashal Sports Pvt Ltd announced on Wednesday.
Following is the summary of Indian contingent's performance on the 4th day of ...
Following is the summary of Indian contingent's performance on the 4th day of competitions in the Asian Games. SHOOTING Women 25m Air Pistol: Rahi Sarnobat (Gold), Manu Bhaker (6th) WRESTLING Men's Greco-Roman 87kg: Harpreet Singh (lost in bronze medal bout) TENNIS Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan enters men's doubles semifinals Ankita Raina enters semifinals in women's singles WUSHU Sanda: Naorem Roshibini Devi (women's 60kg), Santosh Kumar (men's 56kg), Surya Bhanu Partap Singh (men's 60kg) and Narender Grewal (men's 65kg) settle for bronze after losing semifinals. ROWING Men's Skulls Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan Singh qualified for final round. The quartet of Sanjita Dung Dung, Annu, Navneet Kaur and Yamini Singh qualified for final race. The men's lightweight eight team qualified for title race. VOLLEYBALL Indian men's team lost 0-3 to Qatar in Pool F preliminary match. GYMNASTICS Indian women's gymnasts (Aruna Budda Reddy, Pranati Das, Pranati Nayak and Mandira Chowdhury) finished ...
Asiad 2018: Tennis stars ensure two medals (Tennis Roundup)
India ensured two medals from tennis courts with the men's doubles team of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan and womens' singles player Ankita Raina entering the semi-finals of their respective categories at the 18th Asian Games here on Wednesday.
All four Wushu players settle for bronze for best ever show
Narender Grewal (65kg) had to be content with a bronze medal yet again in the Asian Games after losing the men's Sanda semifinals even as the Indian Wushu team savoured its best ever show at the continental showpiece with four medals here today. All the four Indians in action today were assured of at least a bronze after reaching the semifinals but all of them lost their last-four bouts. Wushu, a Chinese Kung-fu, is different from other combat sports as it is a mix of kick-boxing and wrestling. Grewal, who won a bronze in Sanda 60kg in the 2014 Asian Games, lost 0-2 to Iran's Foroud Zafari in the 65kg semifinals after getting the better of Clemente Tabugara of the Philippines and Akmal Rakhimov in the earlier rounds. Santosh Kumar, a bronze medallist from 2013 World Championships, lost 0-2 to Vietnam's Truong Giang Bui in the Sanda 56 kg category. Earlier in the week, Santosh had beaten Myanmar's Linn Thu Rain in the Round of 32 and followed that with a win over Yemen's Wazid Zaid Ali
Endeavour is to be world's best traveling team: Ravi Shastri
Indian head coach Ravi Shastri on Wednesday said that the team is striving to be the best traveling side in the world and they are on the right track to achieve the same. The comment came after India registered their first Test victory in the ongoing five-match series against England."Endeavour of this team is to be the best traveling team in the world and I believe we are almost there. If we play in conditions suitable to us, there are very few teams to have a sniff but to go to South Africa, England, Australia and trying to win test there is something we are striving for," Shastri said in the post-match press conference.Reflecting on the team's performance in the recently concluded third test, Shastri said that this was one of their best clinical shows as they nailed it in every department of the game."Among the team's clinical performances this is the best. They stood up in all the three departments. Be it batting, bowling or fielding. You can't ask for anything more," he said.The .
Asian Games: India bag four bronze medals in Wushu
Four Indian Wushu players- Roshibina Devi, Narendra Grewal, Surya Bhanu Pratap and Santosh Kumar- on Wednesday bagged bronze medals in their respective categories of Sanda event in the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian games.While Grewal finished third after being defeated 2-0 by Iranian player Foroud Zafari in the semi-final of men's Sanda 65 kg event, Kumar won the medal after losing Giang Troung of Vietnam in last four clash of men's Sanda 56 kg event.In women's Sanda 60 kg event, Devi finished third on the podium after being handed over a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Chinese player Yingying Cai.Bhanu Pratap lost to Erfan Ahangarian 0-2 in the semi-final of the men's Sanda 60 kg category to get a bronze medal in the event.Meanwhile in tennis, Indian duo of Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan lost to Kazakhstan's Bublik Aleksandr and Yevseyev Denis in men's doubles quarterfinal.India's total medal tally at the ongoing 18th edition of the prestigious event now stands at fifteen with ...
PKL 6: Tamil Thalaivas & Telugu Titans to clash in opener
Pro Kabaddi League teams Telugu Titans and Tamil Thalaivas will clash in the opening game of the sixth season of the Pro Kabaddi League, which begins in Chennai on October 5. The fixtures were announced today by PKL organisers Mashal Sports Pvt Ltd. In the second match, Anup Kumar, the 'Captain Cool' of U Mumba for the last 5 seasons, who has moved to Jaipur Pink Panthers this season, will lock horns with his former team on October 5. PKL's highest paid player, Monu Goyat will begin his raid for glory as Haryana Steelers takes on Puneri Paltans in the fifth match of the season on October 7. Anupam Goswami, League Commissioner, VIVO Pro Kabaddi said, "We have had to adjust the Season VI window to October onwards, in lieu of the ongoing Asian Games that have nearly all the world's top Kabaddi athletes playing for their respective national teams. We will return to a July start for VIVO PKL Season VII." The 12 participating teams have been divided into two zones of six ...
Sans Dipa, Indian gymnasts finish 7th in team event final
Forced to compete without Dipa Karmakar, the Indian women's gymnasts finished seventh in the team event final at the Asian Games here today. In the absence of Dipa, who pulled out of team event final after her old knee injury flared up again, the Indians slipped down the order quite early in the proceedings. They eventually finished just ahead of hosts Indonesia in the eight-team final with a score of 138.050. Each team had three gymnasts competing in all the four apparatus -- vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floors -- with three best scores to be counted. Unlike in the qualification round where four gymnasts competed and three best scores counted, even one bad performance does have impact on the team ranking in the final round. For India, Aruna Budda Reddy and Pranati Das featured in all four apparatus while Pranati Nayak did in three, leaving the balance beam apparatus slot to Mandira Chowdhury. In the last apparatus, which was balance beam, Mandira fell in her front salto and ..
India at Asiad: Rahi leads the way with gold, wushu delivers best medal haul
Rahi Sarnobat beat all expectations to become India's first woman shooter with an Asian Games gold and the low-profile wushu players delivered their best ever performance even in defeat on another high-yielding day for the country at the regional showpiece. With four gold, three silver and eight bronze medals in their overall tally, India stood seventh in the medal table, which was led by quite a margin by powerhouse China with 82 medals, including 37 gold. The spotlight was on 16-year-old sensation Manu Bhaker, who shot a Games record qualifying score at the shooting range in Palembang. But to everyone's surprise, it was Rahi who delivered the yellow metal, holding her nerve in a final which was settled after two shoot-offs. "Shooting is life for me," said the former World Cup gold-medallist, who was laid low by an elbow injury after a gold medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In Jakarta, four bronze medals were settled for in wushu and though not one Indian in the fray ..
India lose to Qatar in men's volleyball
The Indian men's volleyball team suffered its first loss at the ongoing Asian Games after going down 0-3 against Qatar in a preliminary Pool F match here today. India lost 15-25, 20-25, 20-25 against Qatar in 77 minutes to slump to the defeat. India had earlier won 3-0 (27-25, 25-22, 25-19) against Hong Kong China in their first pool match. India will next play Maldives in the last pool match.
Sindhu, Saina get easy draw, singles action to begin tomorrow
Slotted in different halves of the draw, World Championship silver medallist PV Sindhu and CWG champion Saina Nehwal can only square off in the title round as the singles action in badminton begins, here tomorrow. Third seed Sindhu will open her campaign against Vietnam's Thi Trang Vu while Saina has been pitted against Iran Soraya Aghaeihajiagha. Sindhu is expected to have a smooth run till the semi-finals, where she might run into second seeded Japanese Akane Yamaguchi, whom she had beaten the Team event. Saina though may have to contend with Thailand's fourth seed Ratchanok Intanon. In the men's singles, India's best bet Kidambi Srikanth has got a bye in the first round but he may run into All England champion Wang Tzu Wei in the pre-quarterfinals. He is up against Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent in the second round. HS Prannoy has also got a first round bye and will play his first match against Kantaphon Wangcharoen of Thailand. But he has Keno Momota and Chen Long in his half, ..
India produces best ever show in wushu, clinches 4 medals
All the four Indian wushu players lost their semifinal bouts to settle for bronze medals today but ensured that the country produced its best ever performance in the Asian Games. Naorem Roshibini Devi, Santosh Kumar, Surya Bhanu Partap Singh and Narender Grewal lost their Sanda event semifinal bouts but in the process gave the Indian team an unprecedented four medals in the Asian Games. Before this edition, India had taken part in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Asian Games and this four medal haul has been the best so far. In 2014 Incheon, India had won two bronze, with Grewal clinching one in men's Sanda 60kg. Thus for Grewal, today's bronze is his second medal in the Asian Games. In the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games, India had won one (bronze) and two (one silver, one bronze) medals respectively. Roshibini Devi was the first to take the field in women's Sanda 60kg semifinals and she lost to Cai Yingying of China 0-1. Next up was Santosh Kumar in men's Sanda 56kg category but he was no match to
Asiad 2018: India take four bronze medals in wushu
India bagged four bronze medals in the wushu sanda competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Wednesday.
Bopanna-Sharan, Ankita assure India of at least two medals from tennis
Ankita Raina and top seeds men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan assured India of at least a couple of bronze medals in the tennis competition by progressing to the semifinals at the Asian Games here today. World no. 189, Raina dispatched Hong Kong's Eudice Chong 6-4 6-1 to enter the last four of the women's singles competition. In all the five events here, both losing semifinalists get a bronze. Raina played well against an opponent ranked more than 400 places lower than her but also benefitted from a more open draw after the shock loss of world no. 92 Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand. Ankita has assured India's third medal in women's singles at the Asian Games with Sania Mirza being the only other Indian to do so (silver in 2006, bronze in 2010). Ankita was down 1-4 in the first set before bouncing back to close it in 54 minutes. She took only 27 minutes to claim the second set. "Ankita is a fighter and has volunteered to play in all three events in this heat. She played ..
No podium on last day, India finish wrestling campaign with 3 medals
After the high of two gold and a bronze medal in freestyle competition, India endured a disappointing end to their wrestling campaign at the Asian Games with Greco-Roman grappler Harpreet Singh losing his bronze medal bout here today. Harpreet, competing in a higher weight category (87kg), lost 3-6 to Kazakhstan's Azamat Kustubayev in a bout in which a few questions were raised about umpiring. Harpreet was India's lone medal hope after Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Naveen (130kg) and Hardeep (97) failed to reach the medal round. Harpreet was given passivity warning when he seemed to be more aggressive than his opponent. Indian coaches cried foul, saying Harpreet has been made to lose. "The Kazakh wrestler has not won but our wrester has been defeated," said one of the coaches. However, national Greco Roman coach Kuldeep Singh said Harpreet should not have conceded point on lift. "There may be issues with regards to officiating but he should not have conceded that lift from ground position. ..