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Hangzhou: A formidable Saudi Arabia didn’t bring their ‘A’ game to the fore yet were strong enough to ward off a gutsy challenge from India winning their pre-quarterfinal match 2-0 in the men’s football competition here Thursday. There was no doubt about Saudi Arabia’s supremacy...

Hangzhou: The Indian tennis camp had something to cheer Thursday with Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni reaching the men’s doubles gold medal round and the mixed doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale assuring themselves of a medal. The second-seeded team of Ramkumar and...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday congratulated India's 10m men's air pistol team for bagging the gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games and said they have made the country proud. He said, "Another Gold in Shooting by our remarkable 10m Air Pistol Men's team...

Sydney: Sri Lankan cricket international Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of raping a woman he met on a dating site during the south Asian team's tour of Australia last November. Judge Sarah Huggett acquitted the 32-year-old player as he sat at Sydney's Downing...

Fort Lauderdale (Florida): Lionel Messi couldn't play, and the Houston Dynamo took full advantage to win a trophy on his home field. Griffin Dorsey and Amine Bassi scored first-half goals and Houston — with NBA star James Harden, part of the team's ownership group, looking...

Hyderabad: Pakistan captain Babar Azam was overwhelmed with the love and support from the Indians when the Men in Green landed here for the ICC World Cup 2023, to be held in India from October 5 to November 19. Babar took to his social media...

Dubai: 24-year-old Afghanistan youngster, Naveen ul Haq, has announced his decision to step away from ODIs after the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Naveen ul Haq, who made a surprising return to Afghanistan's ODI squad for the World Cup, has announced on social media...

Hangzhou: The men's 10m air pistol team continued India's success story at the Asian Games here, winning gold with two marksmen also making it to the individual finals Thursday. The team of Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal narrowly beat the Chinese team...

Rajkot: Australia’s top-four batters, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne smashed half-centuries while all-rounder Glenn Maxwell picked career-best figures of 4-40 on his return to the team as Australia picked a consolation 66-run victory over India in the final match of ODI...

Hangzhou: Given their unprecedented success in recent past, expectations are high from Indian shuttlers to chase down that elusive Hangzhou Asian Games badminton gold and return from Hangzhou with their best-ever haul. The Indian badminton players will begin their campaign with the team championships here...