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Hangzhou: Tejaswin Shankar is talkative, witty, sometimes funny, and he was all that after establishing himself as the premier decathlete of the country with a silver medal to go with the national record at the Asian Games here. Just a year into taking up the...

Hangzhou: Just two wins away from reclaiming the gold medal after a hiatus of 41 years, a confident Indian women's hockey team will look to overcome a partisan crowd when it takes on hosts and three-time champions China in the semifinal of the Asian Games...

Hangzhou: Tokyo Olympic medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain was out-punched in the lop-sided final to settle for a silver while Parveen Hooda signed off with a bronze medal at the Asian Games here Wednesday. Borgohain, the reigning world Asian champion, was thrashed by home favourite and...

Hangzhou: India's top men's doubles badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty came up with a smashing performance, defeating the Indonesian duo of Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin to enter the quarterfinals at the Asian Games here Wednesday. In a contest that lasted...

Mumbai: Ahead of the cricket World Cup 2023, actress Anushka Sharma exchanged a fun banter with Indian cricketer and husband Virat Kohli, regarding the tickets of the tournament. The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 will begin from October 5. The tournament will begin with...

Hangzhou: A supremely confident Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam dropped just one point to defeat their South Korean opponents by one-point and clinch their second gold medal in archery at the Asian Games here Wednesday. With this, Indian archers are set to win at...

Hangzhou: The Indian contingent Wednesday registered its best-ever medal haul at the Asian Games by going past the previous edition's tally of 70 here. India's previous-best medal haul had come at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, when the country's athletes returned with...

Hangzhou: Untested in the pool stages, the Indian men's hockey team would look to guard against complacency against an unpredictable but dangerous South Korea in the semifinal of the Hangzhou Asian Games here Wednesday. Clear favourites to clinch the gold here which will guarantee a...

Hangzhou: India's Neeraj Chopra would seek to defend his gold medal and end the season on a high when he takes the field for the much-anticipated men's javelin throw event here Wednesday. It could just be a cakewalk for India's greatest athlete as his nearest...

Hangzhou: Parul Chaudhary pulled off a heist for a sensational women's 5000m gold while Annu Rani conjured up her season-best performance to claim the top prize in women's javelin throw as Indian athletes bagged six medals from track and field at the Hangzhou Asian Games,...