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Railways to promote Asiad champions Phogat, Punia to officer rank
The railways will promote wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vignesh Phogat to the rank of gazetted officer after they won gold medals at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, ministry officials said on Tuesday.
Three for a joy: Schoolboy, lawyer, veteran show India's shooting range
An athlete not old enough to grasp the enormity of his feat struck gold, a seasoned but scarred pro found his silver lining and a man here for hobby collected a bronze as shooters dominated India's medal haul in the Asian Games today. The 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary, son of a farmer, became the youngest Indian shooter to strike gold with a Games record of 240.7 in the 10m air pistol event in a field of Olympic and world champions, the one in which lawyer-cum-marksman Abhishek Verma (219.3) picked up a bronze to justify his hobby in Palembang. "I did not feel any pressure. It doesn't help," said Chaudhary, a class XI student who picked up the sport only three years ago, when asked about the competition that included world champion Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan and Jin Jong-oh from South Korea, the multiple Olympic and world champion. Then came Sanjeev Rajput, a life and career scarred by allegations of rape by a woman he was in a relationship with. The 37-year-old, with his silver in the
Asiad 2018: Naorem ensures wushu medal
India's Naorem Roshibina Devi assured herself a medal in the wushu competition after advancing to the semi-finals of the women's sanda 60 kilogram category at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Otters squash: Top seeds Abhishek & Tushar make it to semis
Top seeds Abhishek Pradhan and Tushar Shahani overpowered their opponents to reach the semi-final round of the Men's & U-19 boys category of the Otters Club Open Squash Tournament 2018 here today. Pradhan outsmarted Aishwary Singh, who had beaten some of the top players in the tournament. Abhishek did not face much resistance from Aishwary and defeated him 11-8, 11-6, 11-5 to reach the semis. In another match, Vijay Kumar came close to beating the second seed Abhishek Agarwal, but Vijay choked at crucial moments and succumbed to a 9-11, 9-11, 7-11 defeat. In the U-19 quarterfinals, India no 1 Shahani defeated the unseeded Sankalp Anand. Tushar won the match by 15-13, 11-7, 12-14, 11-3. In another game, third seed Veer Chotrani beat the second seed Rahul Baitha in a four-game thriller and won by 11-7, 11-7, 4-11, 11-8. Veer will be up against Shahani in the semis. Results Men's quarter finals: Abhishek Pradhan [1] bt Aishwary Singh [9/16] 11-8,11-6,11-5; Ranjit Singh ..
Dipa fails to qualify for vault final but makes it to beam title round
Star gymnast Dipa Karmakar failed to qualify for the vault final but made the cut in the balance beam as India also booked a berth in the title round of the team competition in the Asian Games here today. Dipa, who had narrowly missed a bronze in the vault final in the 2016 Rio Olympics, finished eighth in her pet event's qualification round with a score of 13.225. She could not qualify in the vault final as her two compatriots Pranati Nayak (13.425) and Aruna Budda Reddy (13.350) finished above her at sixth and seventh respectively. Only two competitors from a country can qualify for the final round. Fang Ko-Ching (13.050) of Chinese Taipei, who finished below Dipa at ninth, benefited from 'two from one country rule' as she made it to the finals. Yeo Seojeong of South Korea topped the vault chart with a score of 14.450. The women's vault final is scheduled for August 23. Dipa, however, made it to the balance beam final after finishing seventh with a score of 12.750. Chen Yile of ...
Lakshay-Shreyasi sixth in mixed trap shooting event
India's mixed trap shooting team of Lakshay Sheoran and Shreyasi Singh finished sixth and last at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Bopanna-Sharan enters doubles quarters, Raina in last eight of singles
Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan breezed into the men's doubles quarterfinals while Ankita Raina entered the last eight of the women's singles at the Asian Games here today. Raina, ranked 189, overpowered world number 243 Eri Hozumi 6-1 6-2 in a round of 16 clash. Compatriot Karman Kaur Thandi, however, was disappointed after losing to lower-ranked En-Shuo Liang of Chinese Taipei. The world number 196 lost a close match against the 278th ranked Liang, going down 6-2, 4-6, 6-7 (4) in the pre-quarterfinals. Thandi also lost a close mixed doubles match alongside the experienced Sharan. The Indians bounced back losing the first set before going down in the super tie-break. The eventual scoreline read 4-6, 6-3, 5-10. Howevers, India had a good day in the men's doubles as both its pairings reached the quarterfinals. Bopanna and Sharan sailed past Thailand's Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul and Nuttanon Kadchapanan 6-3 6-1 in another round of 16 match. Ramakumar Ramanathan and Sumit ...
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the fourth day of the Asian Games.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the fourth day of the Asian Games. ARCHERY Women's Compound - Trisha Deb, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Madhumita Kumari, Muskan Kirar: 8:00 AM starting Men's Compound - Sangrampreet Singh Bisla, Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan, Aman Saini: 8:00 AM ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS Men's: 1 PM Women's team final: 5:00 PM BRIDGE Men's team qualification: Sumit Mukherjee, Debabrata Majumder, Jaggy Shivdasani, Rajeshwar Tiwari, Ajay Khare, Raju Tolani Mixed team (Round Robin 1): Bachiraju Satyanarayana, Rajeev Khandelwal, Gopinath Manna, Himani Khandelwal, Hema Deora, Kiran Nadar Supermixed team qualification: Finton Lewis, Marianne Karmakar, Bharati Dey, Vasanti Shah (All events starting at 9:00 AM) FIELD HOCKEY India vs Hong Kong: 12:30 PM SHOOTING: Women's: Anjum Moudgil, Gaayathri N 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification - 8:00 AM, Gold Medal Event - 11:30 AM Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat 25m Pistol Qualification 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM; Gold Medal Event 11:30 ..
Virdhawal misses medal after bettering national record, seeks TOPS inclusion
Virdhawal Khade bettered his national record but missed the bronze medal in the men's 50m freestyle by a whisker, finishing fourth in the final at the Asian Games here today. After finishing third fastest in overall heats, Khade was a medal contender but missed it by hundredth of a second. He clocked 22.47s while Japan's bronze winner Shunichi Nakao timed 22.46. China's Hexin Yu (22.11) won gold ahead of Katsumi Nakamura (22.20). In the morning session, 26-year-old Khade marginally bettered his own long-standing national record by clocking 22.43s which was a better effort than his 22.52s, set in August 2009 at Asian Age group swimming championships in Japan. "The national record does not matter to me now. I would have been happier if I timed 25s and won a medal. It unfortunately did not happen today," Khade, who had won a bronze at the Gunagzhou Games in 2010, said. Khade returned to swimming only 18 months back after remaining out of action due to his job commitment with the ...
Wrestler Divya takes Asiad bronze
Indian wrestler Divya Kakran took bronze in the women's 68 kilogram freestyle category at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday.
India reduce England to 84/4 at lunch in 3rd Test
India inched closer to victory in the third Test over England after reducing the hosts to 84/4 in their chase of a mammoth 521, at lunch on the fourth day at Trent Bridge here on Tuesday.
ASICS India name cricketers Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar as brand ambassadors
Sport performance brand, ASICS have roped in Indian fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar as their first brand ambassadors in the country, it was announced on Tuesday.
Asiad wrestling: Divya Kakran bags bronze
Divya Kakran added the first bronze to India's wrestling tally at the 18th Asian Games, beating Taipei's Chen Wenling in the third-place play-off bout for the 68kg category, here today. The 20-year-old Asian championships silver-medallist prevailed on account of Technical Superiority with the final scoreline reading 10-0. Earlier, Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Vinesh Phogat (50kg) had claimed gold medals in their respective events. Divya was a gold-winner at the Commonwealth Championships last year.
Rathore congratulates Asian Games medal winners
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Rathore on Tuesday congratulated all the players, who clinched medals in the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games.The minister further credited the government schemes like Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) and Khelo India for the glory at the prestigious quadrennial event.Speaking to ANI Rathore said, "Every time Indian players win medal at Asian Games we all feel proud. Youngsters feel confident that if fellow players could do well then they are also capable of performing well. All the players who won medals be it Bajrang Punia, Lakshay Sheron, Vinesh Phogat, Sourabh Chaudhary we had already selected them under Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). We provided them with all the required facilities and coaching.""The way these players prepared and went on to win medals at the Asian Games is commendable and I congratulate each and every one of them for the achievement," he added.The minister gave a special thanks to Prime ...
Swimmer Khade narrowly misses Asiad medal
Indian swimmer Virdhawal Khade missed out on a medal by a narrow margin as he finished fourth in the men's 50 metre freestyle final at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Scoreboard at lunch on the fourth day of the third cricket Test between India and ...
Scoreboard at lunch on the fourth day of the third cricket Test between India and England at Trent Bridge, here today. India 1st Innings: 329 England 1st Innings: 161 India 2nd Innings: 352 for 7 decl England 2nd Innings: (target: 521 runs, overnight: 23 for no loss) Alastair Cook c Rahul b Sharma 17 Keaton Jennings c Pant b Sharma 13 Joe Root c Rahul b Bumrah 13 Ollie Pope c Kohli b Mohammed Shami 16 Ben Stokes not out 3 Jos Buttler not out Extras: (LB-2, NB-1) 3 Total: (for 4 wickets in 35 overs) 84 Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-32, 3-62, 4-62 Bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 12-5-26-1, Ishant Sharma 9-1-24-2, Ravichandran Ashwin 4-2-4-0, Mohammed Shami 8-3-28-1, Hardik Pandya 2-2-0-0.
Asian Games silver next to winning Olympics medal: Sanjeev Rajput
Indian shooter Sanjeev Rajput, who bagged a silver medal in Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games, has said that the victory is next to winning an Olympics medal as top-ranked athletes from around the world participated in the competition.Speaking to ANI, the shooter said, "This medal is next to winning an Olympics medal as top ranking world athletes come to this competition."The 37-year-old, who covers his shooting expenses from his navy pension, further stated that he is jobless for more than four years but still manages to prepare for various shooting tournaments."I don't have a job for the past 4 yrs but even then I concentrated on my performance," he said.Rajput had narrowly missed out on the first spot after scoring 452.7 points in the event.While Zicheng Hui of China finished on top of the podium with a score of 453.3 points, Takayuki Matsumoto of Japan settled for the bronze medal after posting a score of 441.4 points.India's total medal ...
England staring at defeat at 84/4 at lunch on Day 4
India reduced England to 84 for four in their second innings while chasing 521 runs at lunch on the fourth day of the third cricket Test, here today. England still require another 437 runs for win with six wickets in hand. Brief Scores: India 1st innings 329 & 352 for seven decl in 110 overs (Virat Kohli 103; Cheteshwar Pujara 72; Adil Rashid 3/101). England 1st innings: 161 & 84 for 4 in 35 overs (Jos Buttler 19 not out; Ishant Sharma 2/24).
Indian kabaddi teams enter semifinals with easy wins
The Indian men's and women's kabaddi teams secured emphatic wins against their respective opponents to qualify for the semifinals of the Asian Games here today. The men's team, a seven-time gold-medallist, bounced back from the shock 23-24 defeat against South Korea to beat Thailand 49-30 in its fourth and final Group A match. It had beaten Bangladesh 50-21 and Sri Lanka 44-28 before losing to South Korea. India is certain to finish among the top two teams in the group and qualify for the semifinals. But the group winner will be known later as South Korea is yet to complete its preliminary engagements. In the women's competition, India played two matches and emerged victorious in both to top Group A with an all-win record and qualify for the semifinals. In the first match of the day, the Indian women's team defeated Sri Lanka 38-12 before trouncing Indonesia 54-22 in its final group match. The Indians had beaten Japan 43-12 and Thailand 33-23 in their earlier group matches. India will
Tvesa, Amandeep to battle out in 12th leg of Hero WPG Tour
In-form Amandeep Drall, who is on a roll with three wins in the last four events, will battle it out with Tvesa Malik in the 12th leg of the Hero womens pro tour, starting at the Hyderabad golf club here on Wednesday.