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Hangzhou: Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed a blazing hundred but a gritty Nepal stretched Indian bowling unit to its limit before losing in the quarterfinal of the men's cricket event by 23 runs at the Asian Games here Tuesday. Jaiswal, Indian cricket's new pin-up boy, earned the...

Hangzhou: India's Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam clinched a historic bronze medal in men's canoe double 1000m event at the Asian Games here Tuesday. The Indian duo finished with a timing of 3:53.329 seconds to bag third place and the country's only second medal...

Hangzhou: Jyothi Surekha Vennam used all her experience to prevail over her teammate Aditi Swami to advance to the women's compound individual final at the Asian Games here Tuesday. Leading by one-point after four ends, 17-year-old Aditi, the reigning senior world champion, misfired an arrow...

Begusarai: Alleging a large-scale embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in West Bengal, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh Monday said the Centre is considering a CBI investigation into the issuance of "25 lakh fake job cards" in the state. Singh's statement came on a day TMC...

Thiruvananthapuram: India's star batter Virat Kohli didn't join the team's optional practice session here due to personal reasons but is expected to link up with the squad before the second warm-up game against The Netherlands here Tuesday. Kohli had left for Mumbai from Guwahati for...

Hangzhou: VVS Laxman, the coach of Indian men’s team for the upcoming T20 tournament in the ongoing 19th Asian Games, said participating in the multi-sport event is a great opportunity for the entire team and also gives the players huge pride. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad will...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday congratulated Asian Games medallists, hailing the country's speed skaters who dazzled with two surprise bronze medals in men's and women's 3,000-metre team relay events. India's speed skaters won two bronze medals in the men's and women's 3,000-metre team...

Hangzhou: India's Swapna Barman Monday sparked a controversy with sensational allegations that she lost out on a bronze medal in the women's heptathlon competition of the ongoing Asian Games to a "transgender" athlete. Swapna, who had won the gold medal in the 2018 edition of...

Hangzhou: India's Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women's 3000m steeplechase, unheralded Ancy Sojan made a grand entry on the big stage with a long jump silver, while the 4x400m mixed relay team got a fortuitous upgrade to second...

Hyderabad: One can never write off Pakistan in a global event and that will be the case again when Babar Azam and Co head into the ODI World Cup in India on the back of an inconsistent run. Not so long ago, Pakistan were looking...