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Hangzhou: Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh slammed a hat-trick each as India mauled Bangladesh 12-0 to storm into the semifinals of the men's hockey competition at the Asian Games here Monday. Harmanpreet (2nd, 4th, 32nd minutes) converted three penalty corners, while Mandeep (18th, 24th,...

Hangzhou: India's Vithya Ramraj set the 400m track at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Complex ablaze here Monday by equaling the legendary PT Usha's 40-year-old National Record in the women's 400m hurdles at the 19th Asian Games here Monday. Vithya, who once contemplated quitting athletics altogether...

Madrid: Real Madrid reclaimed the top spot in La Liga after the eighth round of matches over the weekend. Carlo Ancelotti's side triumphed 3-0 away against Girona, who had led the table with 19 points from the first seven matches of the season, having won...

Hangzhou: India's Jyothi Yarraji won the silver medal in Women's 100m hurdles at the Asian Games Athletics competition in dramatic fashion after the race officials made an attempt to get her disqualified along with Chinese competitor Wu Yanni who made a false start. The Chinese...

Hangzhou: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Auhika Mukherjee's giant-slaying run ended with a bronze medal at the Asian Games after the Indian duo lost the closely-fought women's doubles semifinal 3-4 to Korea here Monday. Sutirtha and Ayhika brought the match on even-keel after trailing 2-3 but the...

Hangzhou: The Indian Speed Skating team, consisting of Sanjana Bathula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu, and Aarathy Kasturi Raj, clinched a bronze medal after clocking an impressive 4:34.861 in the finals of the 3000 m relay, at the Asian Games, here Monday. The Indian quartet completed...

Kolkata: Two-time Inter-zone semifinalists Mohun Bagan Super Giant will aim to consolidate the top spot when they face Maziya Sports & Recreation of Maldives in a group D South Zone AFC Cup fixture here Monday. The Indian Super League defending champions began their AFC Cup...

Hangzhou: Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to win the gold medal in 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games while shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his title with an amazing final throw to beat back the challenge from his Saudi Arabian rival here Sunday....

Hangzhou: World Championship bronze medallist boxer Parveen Hooda assured India of a medal and also grabbed a Paris Olympic quota by moving into the 57kg semifinals, but Nikhat Zareen bowed out in the semifinals at the Hangzhou Asian Games here Sunday. Parveen, who won the...

Hangzhou: India's strength in singles discipline helped it beat the mighty Republic of Korea in the men's team badminton competition and storm into the final for the first time in the history of the sport in the Asian Games. India defeated Korea 3-2 in the...