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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...

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...