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Asian Games 2018: Fouaad Mirza clinches silver at equestrian individual event

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 26 (ANI): Fouaad Mirza secured for silver medal in the eventing individual equestrian event on Sunday at the ongoing Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Fouaad Mirza and his horse Seigneur Medicott finished second with a score of 26.40, behind Japan's Yoshiaki Oiwa and his horse Bart L Jra, who got 22.70.

Asian Games: Rowing team receives warm welcome at Mumbai airport

Mumbai, Aug 26 (ANI): Rowing team received a warm welcome at the Mumbai airport on late Saturday night. They were received by the Indian Army. Indian rowers, in the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games, had clinched gold and two bronze to the country's medal tally here on August 24. The Indian men's team comprising Sawarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh bagged the gold medal in the men's quadruple sculls event. The rowers clocked 6:17:13 to win the medal. Indonesia and Thailand settled for silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Asian Games: Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa bags bronze each in women's singles squash

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 25 (ANI): Squash players Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa bagged bronze medals each on Saturday opening Indias account on the 7th day at the ongoing Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ace squash player, Dipika Pallikal settled for a bronze after losing to Malaysias Nicole David 0-3 (7-11, 9-11, 6-11) in womens singles squash. Joshna Chinappa too won a bronze for India after losing to Malaysias Subramaniam Sivasangari 1-3 in the semi-finals.

Asian Games 2018: Saina Nehwal enters quarterfinals

New Delhi, Aug 25 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Saturday qualified for the quarterfinals of women's singles in the ongoing 18th edition of Asian Games when she defeated Indonesia's Fitriani by 21-6, 21-14 in straight sets. The 28-year-old Hyderabad shuttler was dominant right from the beginning of the game, as she displayed a range of her attacking shots to leave Fitriani in a spot of bother. The Indonesian shuttler struggled especially in the first set as she failed to counter the impressive shots of Nehwal.

Asian Games 2018: Shooter Heena Sidhu bags bronze in 10m Air Pistol event

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 24 (ANI): Indian shooter Heena Sidhu won a bronze medal in the women's 10m Air Pistol event at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games on Friday. The 28-year-old scored a total of 219.2 points to finish third on the podium. In the same event, India suffered a major upset as 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manu Bhaker got eliminated from the competition after finishing fifth on the points tally with a score of 176.2 points.

Asian Games 2018: Family of Silver medalist Shardul Vihan celebrates victory

Meerut (UP), Aug 24 (ANI): Family members of Shardul Vihan who won the silver medal in double trap shooting at Asian Games 2018 in Palembang, celebrated his victory with much fervor. The whole family got together to celebrate the 15-year-old shooter's win. One of the relatives said, "At such an age he has brought a silver medal. His parents and grandparents can't be happier." Another one added, "We are very happy. The way he has made us proud we hope that he does in future also. We had more expectations and we hoped for Gold.

Veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami retires from T20 Internationals

New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami has decided to call it quits from Twenty-20 Internationals (T20Is). The announcement came less than three months before the Women's World T20 takes place in the West Indies. The 35-year-old represented India in 68 T20Is picking up 56 wickets, which included a five-wicket haul against Australia in Visakhapatnam in March 2012. She had made her T20I debut in August 2006 against England in Derby. Goswami thanked the Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) and her teammates for the support she garnered during her stint with the T20I team and wished them luck going forward.

Asian Games 2018: Archer Deepika Kumari disappointed with her performance

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 23 (ANI): Indian archer Deepika Kumari yet again came a cropper at the big stage as she was eliminated from the individual recurve event at the Asian Games 2018 after losing her pre-quarterfinal to Chien-Ying Lei. Speaking to ANI, Deepika said she is very disappointed with her performance. She played with confidence but unfortunately she missed the target.

Asian Games 2018: Tennis player Ankita Raina bags bronze in Women's Singles

New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Indian tennis player Ankita Raina won bronze medal in the Semi Finals of Women's Singles in Jakarta on Thursday. Player from Maharashtra is currently India's number one women's singles. Raina has championed six singles at ITF Women's Circuit so far. She became the third Indian tennis player to have won a medal in Asian Games. India's medal tally stands at 16 so far.

Asian Games 2018: Indian Hockey team beats 86-year record

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 22 (ANI): Indian Hockey team led by Captain P.R. Sreejesh battered their opponents, Hong Kong in pool A prelims with a 26-0 win on Wednesday. India scored four goals in the first five minutes of the match taking a significant lead. India beat its 86-year-old record of 1932 Olympics, where they beat USA 24-1. Enthusiastic Indian supporters gathered to take pictures with the winning team's former captain, Sardara Singh, and coach post the match.

Asian Games 2018: Rahi Sarnobat becomes first Indian woman shooter to bag gold

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 22 (ANI): Shooter Rahi Sarnobat became the first Indian woman to score gold in the history of Asian Games. Rahi Sarnobat won gold in women's 25m pistol at the Asian Games 2018 on Wednesday. She shot a total of 34 in the finals against her Thai opponent Naphaswan Yangpaiboon. Yangpaiboon claimed silver and Korean shooter Kim Minjung bagged bronze medal in the event. Rahi had won her first gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Pune. Another Indian shooter Manu Bhaker finished at sixth position in the same event. Bhaker had won gold at Commonwealth Games 2018. India's total medal tally is at 11 with 4 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronze medals.

Ind vs England: Stuart Broad fined 15 % match fee for using aggressive language

New Delhi, Aug 22 (ANI): England pacer Stuart Broad has been fined 15 percent of the match fee after being found guilty of using aggressive language during the ongoing third Test match at Trent Bridge. The incident took place during a heated exchange of words between Indian debutant Rishab Pant and Broad on day 2 of the Test match. Broad has also been slammed one demerit point after being found guilty.

Asian Games 2018: Family of Bajrang Punia celebrates his gold victory

Sonipat (Haryana), Aug 21 (ANI): Family members of wrestler Bajrang Punia celebrated after he won a gold medal in men's 65kg freestyle wrestling finals at Asian Games 2018. The family's happiness has reached more than their expectations as they feel proud over Punia's win. One of the relatives said, "Today we are very happy. Our family is very happy with his achievement. He has made us proud by winning the gold medal. We all wish that he brings gold medal in Tokyo Olympics." The family hopes Punia would bring again bring gold in Tokyo Olympics to be held in 2020.

Asian Games 2018: Sports fraternity praises wrestler Bajrang Punia for winning 1st gold

New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): Several sports personalities have come in unison to congratulate wrestler Bajrang Punia, who, on August 19, bagged the first gold medal for India at the 18th Asian Games. Punia won his maiden Asian Games gold in the 65kg category by defeating Japan's Daichi Takatani in Jakarta. To celebrate the victory, Virender Sehwaag, Saina Nehwal among others took to Twitter to post their wishes.

Asian Games 2018: Have taken my revenge, says Bajrang Punia

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 19 (ANI): Wrestler Bajrang Punia, who bagged the first gold medal for India at the 18th Asian Games in Men's 65kg freestyle event on Sunday, said that he has finally managed to take revenge from Japan's Daichi Takatani, who defeated him in the Asian Wrestling Championships.

Asian Games 2018: Sushil Kumar eyeing next target after losing qualification round

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 19 (ANI): India's ace wrestler Sushil Kumar is disappointed after defeat in the qualification round in the Asian Games 2018. "It's all part of the game, I am focusing on my next target now and I will keep working on my body, I should not have attacked after three minutes, should have just stuck to counter", said Kumar while talking to ANI.

India vs England: Fans hail India's performance in 3rd Test

Nottingham (United Kingdom), Aug 19 (ANI): India has managed to make a comeback in the 3rd Test match after losing two consecutive matches against host England. Skipper Kohli (97) and Ajinkya Rahane's (81) long stand between the wickets pushed India's total to 323 on Day 2. Fans are hopeful that India will win the match in the series at Trent Bridge. "We gonna be rocking today and India will wrap up England's batting line up", said a fan. England lead the series by 2-0. India's final score in third test was 329.

Asian Games 2018: Fans hopeful of winning gold medal

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 19 (ANI): Fans of Asian Games from various countries cheer and hope that their country will win gold in Asian Games 2018. The Asian Games, which began on August 18, will continue till September 2 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang. India would see participation from 572 athletes in 36 different sports categories in the Asian event.

Asian Games 2018: Apurvi Chandela- Ravi Kumar win bronze in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 19 (ANI): Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar draw the first blood by winning bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. Apurvi credited her team mate for his contribution. "I am really happy that I and Ravi were able to get a medal for the country. It was a joint effort. We are preparing for our individual events tomorrow. We will give our best again". India is ranking fourth with one bronze in the competition.

Ex-Indian captain Ajit Wadekar passes away

New Delhi, Aug 16 (ANI): Former Indian Test skipper Ajit Wadekar, who led the national team to their first-ever series victories in England and the West Indies, breathed his last at the age of 77 after a prolonged illness at the Jaslok Hospital here on Wednesday. Wadekar, who was considered as India's finest slip fielders and an aggressive left-hander, appeared in a total of 37 Tests and amassed 2,113 runs at an average of 31.07. He scored his sole century against New Zealand in 1968. He also played two One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for India, with the highest score of 67 runs against England in 1974. Wadekar was also instrumental in leading the Indian side to famous Test series triumphs against England and West Indies in 1971.