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Hangzhou: Trailblazing Indian shooters gave another power-packed performance here, clinching a gold medal in men's 50m rifle three-positions team event with a world record score, while the Esha Singh-led women's 10m air pistol trio bagged a silver at the Asian Games Friday. India's dream run...

Hangzhou: Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will be the cynosure of all eyes as India begins its athletics campaign in the Asian Games here Friday, targeting to surpass last edition's 20 medals. Chopra will lead a 65-strong team, with the Athletics Federation of India...

Mumbai: Odisha FC (OFC) drew 2-2 with Mumbai City here Thursday at the Kalinga Stadium in a match of the Indian Super League. Odisha FC took the lead at the stroke of the first half after Jerry Mawia exploited a defensive lapse by Akash Mishra....

Hangzhou: Young striker Abhishek fired two goals as India beat defending Asian Games champions Japan 4-2 to register their third consecutive victory. This win bodes well for India as they take a giant step towards the semifinal of the men’s hockey competition at the Asian...

New Delhi: India have predictably named veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as a replacement for injured spin bowling all-rounder Axar Patel in their 15-member squad for the upcoming ODI World Cup, ICC announced Thursday. Axar had sustained a quadriceps tear and is not expected to recover...

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...