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Indian women's hockey team mauls Kazkahstan 21-0 in its 2nd biggest win
A ruthless Indian women's hockey team today mauled lowly Kazakhstan 21-0 to notch up their second biggest win at the Asian Games here. Goals rained thick and fast in the Pool B match at the GBK Hockey Field with as many as 10 Indians out of 18, who took the field, entering their names in the scoresheet. The Indians scored almost at will against the hapless Kazakhstan team but the scoreline missed their all-time Asian Games record of 22-0 by a goal. The Indian women's team had beaten Hong Kong 22-0 in the 1982 Asiad. Drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur, who had also scored a hat-trick in India's 8-0 thrashing of Indonesia in their opening match, top-scored again with four goals in the eighth, 36th, 44th and 52nd minutes. Lalremsiami (9th, 19th, 29th), Navneet Kaur (11th, 12th and 49th) and Vandana Katariya (29th, 37th and 52nd) were the other three hat-trick scorers. Navjot Kaur (16th and 54th), Lilima Minz (38th and 44th), Neha Goyal (10th), Udita (34th), Deep Grace Ekka (43rd) and Monika (55th)
Odisha to launch Hockey World Cup build-up campaign
Ahead of the 2018 Mens Hockey World Cup Tournament in the state, Odisha government has decided to launch a build-up campaign in 17 cities from August 29, an official said today. "The campaign will be organised in Rourkela, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bhubaneswar and other important cities and hockey playing states. A number of internationally-acclaimed sports celebrities will take part in promotion of the mega event," Odisha Sports secretary Vishal Dev told reporters here. Earlier, a nation-wide publicity campaign, 'Heartbeats for Hockey', was launched to showcase Bhubaneswar as a sporting venue and Odisha as a tourist destination. Advertisements were put up on buses in London with the tagline of 'Odisha by Morning, Hockey by Evening'. Odisha is organising the the Men's Hockey World Cup tournament for the first time. The tournament will begin on November 28 and will continue till December 16 at the Kalinga stadium here. Participating in a security related meeting for the mega ...
Asiad 2018: AFI to conduct fresh trial for Monika on Wednesday
Following a directive from the Delhi High Court, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Tuesday announced fresh trial for Monika Chaudhary in the women's 1500 metre event at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday.
Asiad gold medallists Bajrang, Vinesh to be promoted: Rlys
Gold medallists Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will be promoted to the rank of gazetted officers after their big win at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, ministry officials said today. A senior official said they would be promoted as per the recently announced policy of the railways. On August 3, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had approved a new policy for promotion of railway sportspersons. Under the policy, in addition to sportspersons who won a medal in the Olympics, Padma Shri awardee players and coaches will be promoted as officers. "In order to give due recognition to the effort put in by sportspersons, who have made two appearances in the Olympics, won a medal in the Asian Games/the Common Wealth Games, it has now been decided to award them with a promotion to the officer rank," the ministry had said in a statement. Phogat became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian games, brushing aside her rivals with remarkable ease in the 50kg category here. Punia
Asiad 2018: India women's hockey team hammer Kazakhstan 21-0
The Indian women's hockey team registered their second consecutive victory in the 18th Asian Games as they hammered Kazakhstan 21-0 in their Pool B match here on Tuesday.
Asiad 2018: Indians ensure four medals in wushu
India's Naorem Roshibina Devi, Santosh Kumar, Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh and Narender Grewal assured themselves of a medal each after advancing to the semi-finals of their respective categories in the wushu competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday.
India assured of four medals from wushu players
India were today assured of at least four medals in wushu competition of the Asian Games with all but one of them reaching the semifinals here. Five Indians took the field in different categories of sanda competition and four won their respective events to be assured of at least a medal each. The losing semifinalists will be awarded a bronze each. All the semifinals will be held tomorrow. Naorem Roshibini Devi was the first on the day to book a semifinal berth after beating Mubashra of Pakistan 2-0 in the women's sanda 60kg quarterfinals. She will face Cai Yingying of China in the semifinals. Santosh Kumar then beat Phithak Paokrathok 2-1 of Thailand in a tight quarterfinal fight of the men's sanda 56kg category to book a last-four berth and be assured of a medal. He will meet Truong Giang Bui of Vietnam in the semifinals. Surya Bhanu Partap Singh was the third Indian to be assured of a medal after he beat Jean Claude Saclag of Philippines 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the men's sanda ..
Bengaluru FC face Turkmenistan's Altyn Asyr in AFC Cup
Bengaluru FC will look to hit the ground running when they begin life under coach Carles Cuadrat with a high-stakes AFC Cup Inter-Zone semifinal against Turkmenistan side Altyn Asyr here tomorrow. The Blues, who are attempting to qualify for the semifinal of the competition for a third straight time, are up against a side that knocked out last year's finalists in FC Istiklol and are yet to lose a game in this edition. Cuadrat, who took over the mantle from mentor Albert Roca before the start of the season, said he was confident that a gruelling pre-season in Spain would come handy for a stage and an opponent like this. "We played some very tough teams in Spain and while results didn't go our way, I feel the experience has prepared us well for both the home and the away legs of this fixture," he said. The Blues who faced off against Atletico Saguntino, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, Villarreal B and Barcelona B in Spain, had their defence tested heavily in the second halves of the final two ...
Indian women's hockey team mauls Kazakhstan 21-0, misses record by one goal
Four Indian players scored a hat-trick each as the women's hockey team mauled lowly Kazakhstan 21-0 to notch up its second consecutive win in the Asian Games here today. Goals rained thick and fast in the Pool B match at the GBK Hockey Field with as many as 10 Indians out of 18, who took the field, entering their names in the scoresheet. The Indians scored almost at will against the hapless Kazakhstan team but the scoreline missed the all-time Asian Games record of 22-0 by a goal. The Indian women's team had beaten Hong Kong 22-0 in the 1982 Asiad. Navneet Kaur (11th, 12th, 16th, 48th, 48th) top-scored with five goals while drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur, who had also scored a hat-trick in India's 8-0 thrashing of Indonesia in their opening match, had four strikes (8th, 36th, 44th and 51st). Lalremsiami found the target in the ninth, 19th and 29th minutes while Vandana Katariya (28th, 37th and 52nd) was the fourth player to score a hat-trick in the lop-sided match. India, who had won a ...
3rd Test: Buttler, Stokes keep England hopes alive at Tea on Day 4
Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes kept England's hopes alive as the hosts progressed to 173/4 at tea on Tuesday, needing 348 more runs for victory against India in the third Test match.
David Beckham wins 2018 UEFA President's Award
Retired football legend David Beckham was awarded the 2018 UEFA President's Award, the head of the European soccer organisation announced on Tuesday.
Buttler, Stokes fightback as England reach 173 for 4 at tea
Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes provided stiff resistance as India endured a wicketless session against England, who reached 173 for 4 at tea on the fourth day of the third Test. Buttler (67 batting) and Stokes (42 batting) added 111 runs for the fifth wicket after England were reduced to 62 for 4 in the opening session. However India still have the upperhand as England need another 348 runs in their pursuit of 521. Post lunch, Stokes and Buttler added 89 runs in the session but more importantly mixed caution with occasional aggression. Ravichandran Ashwin (0-31) didn't take the field immediately because of a hip niggle but came on after a brief delay. Mohammed Shami (1-38) was off at the start of this session as well, though the reason was unknown. The batsmen were able to contend with Jasprit Bumrah (1-52) and Hardik Pandya (0-7) with minimum fuss. Ashwin had a good contest with Stokes, but it was clearly visible that his pivot while bowling was being hampered by the hip issue. There was
Modric rubbishes Inter Milan move talk
Real Madrid's Luka Modric on Tuesday rubbished reports that he ever told FIFA that he initiated contact with Inter Milan this summer over a potential move.
Sanjay Sharma calls for good doubles strength for Asiad glory
A day after India drew a blank in the team championships at the ongoing Asian Games, former badminton international Sanjay Sharma today stressed the need to strengthen the doubles combinations. "There is a difference between badminton (played at the) Commonwealth and Asian Games. Asian Games has got every top nation playing -- China, Indonesia, Malaysia. I would not say it is a debacle, but we were unfortunately pitted against two very strong nations, who have been champions in the past," Sharma told PTI. India's hopes of winning a medal in badminton team events at the 18th continental Games in Indonesia went up in smoke after both the men's and women's sides bowed out of the competition following identical 1-3 losses in the quarter-finals yesterday. "But the worrying thing is that we don't have a doubles combination in ladies. So that is what we should be talking about...Gopi (Gopichand) as a national coach, what his lookout is (about it)," the former India Thomas Cup
Kho-Kho gets recognition from Olympic Council of Asia
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has given recognition to India's indigenous sport of Kho-Kho, a development that has been welcomed by Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. The decision to recognise Kho-Kho was taken in the General Assembly of the OCA held here on August 19. Kho-Kho will now be included as a demonstration sport in the Asian Indoor Games, with the possibility of being included as a discipline in the next Asian Games, official sources told PTI. "It is great that India's indigenous sport Kho-Kho has been recognised as a discipline in the Asian Games. This development demonstrates the growing influence of India in the world of sports and will take Kho-Kho beyond the shores of the country across Asian nations and perhaps soon to the world," Rathore said.
Asiad 2018: Naorem, Santosh ensure wushu medal
India's Naorem Roshibina Devi and Santosh Kumar assured themselves of a medal each after advancing to the semi-finals of their respective categories in the wushu competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Rower Bhokanal qualifies for men's single sculls final
Dattu Baban Bhokanal qualified for the men's single sculls final round while the men's lightweight four team also made it to the title race in the rowing competition of the Asian Games here today. Bhokanal topped heat number one repechage round of the men's singles scull with a time of 7:45.71 to qualify for the final. The men's lightweight four team of Bhopal Singh, Jagvir Singh, Tejas Shinde and Pranay Naukarkar made it to the final round after finishing second in the repechage heat with a time of 6:51.88. The final will be held on August 23. In the women's pair event, Dung Dung Sanjukta and Harpreet Kaur came third in the repechage heat with a time of 8:54.67 to make it to the final.
Delhi's Kakran bags bronze in 68kg women's wrestling
Divya Kakran shrugged off a crushing quarterfinal defeat to bag a bronze, ensuring that medals continued to come from the wrestling arena even as three other Indians crashed out early at the Asian Games today. Kakran was demolished by the experienced Mongolian Tumentsetseg Sharkhuu in the 68kg category but the Delhi athlete was lucky as she did not even have to come through a repechage to be in contention for bronze. The draw was such that she was pitted against Chinese Taipei's Chen Wenling without playing a repechage round and won the bout in just one minute 29 seconds by technical superiority. Divya had won a bronze at the 2018 Gold Coast CWG and silver at the recently-held Asian Junior Championship in New Delhi. "This is my first Asian Games and first medal. I am glad I could I do it. The coach (Kuldeep Malik) had more confidence in me than myself," Divya said. "In Delhi, I was desperate to get gold, so committed mistakes. Here I knew that gold and silver has gone out of reach, so
Pierre Gasly to replace Ricciardo in Red Bull
The Formula One team Red Bull has announced that French racing driver Pierre Gasly would join the team at the place of Daniel Ricciardo who has already confirmed his departure from the squad by the end of the ongoing season.Reflecting on his inclusion into the team, Gasly said that it is like a dream come true and further stated that this is a wonderful opportunity to win future Grands Prix and World Championships."To be awarded a drive at Aston Martin Red Bull Racing from 2019 is a dream come true for me, I'm so excited to be joining this top Team. It has been my goal to race for this Team since I joined the Red Bull Junior Driver Programme in 2013, and this incredible opportunity is another step forward in my ambition to win Grands Prix and compete for World Championships," Red Bull Racing official website quoted Gasly, as saying."My focus now is to do everything I can to give them a season to celebrate," he added.The Red Bull team principal Christian Horner welcomed the driver into
Asian Games: Wrestler Divya Kakran bags bronze
Indian wrestler Divya Kakran on Tuesday won bronze medal in women's 68 kg freestyle wrestling category thrashing Chinese wrestler Wenling Chen 10-0 at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian games.The 20-year-old had earlier lost her quarter final clash 1-11 against Mongolian wrestler Sharkhuu Tumentsetseg.While Feng Zhou of China clinched the gold medal in the event, Tumentsetseg settled for silver after losing the final bout 1-4.In 76 kg freestyle wrestling category, Indian wrestler Kiran ended up losing her quarter clash 2-4 against Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan.India's total medal tally at the ongoing 18th edition of the prestigious event now stands at ten with three gold, three silver and four bronze.