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Hangzhou: Chinese President Xi Jinping is an important partner for global Olympic Movement, International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr said here. Samaranch Jr made the remarks during an interview with Xinhua in Hangzhou on the sidelines of the 19th Asian Games....

Hangzhou: India's top woman gymnast Pranati Nayak has made it to two finals of her favourite apparatus -- the vault -- along with women's all-round competitions of the women's artistic gymnastics discipline at the Hangzhou Asian Games here Monday. Participating in Subdivision 3, Pranati was...

New Delhi: The inaugural MotoGP Bharat 2023 showed glimpses of the future of motorcycle as the country’s sports enthusiasts experienced an electrifying show by Ola Electric, India’s EV company, at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Noida. While Marco Bezzecchi became the first MotoGP rider...

Hangzhou: Indian women's and men's squash teams begin their Hangzhou Asian Games campaign with a convincing win in their respective Pool stage match, here Tuesday. Women's team breezed past Pakistan while men's team defeated Singapore to begin their campaign on a winning note. In the...

Ningbo: Indian sailor Neha Thakur grabbed a silver in the girl's dinghy ILCA-4 event to open the country's medal count in the sport on day three of the Asian Games here Tuesday. A rising sailor from National Sailing School Bhopal, Neha finished with a total...

New Delhi/Bhubaneshwar: Ashok Chandra Panda, Minister for Science and Technology and SSEPD of Odisha, inaugurated the IDCA 7th T20 National Cricket Championship for Deaf, 2023. Sumit Jain, President, IDCA, expressed his gratitude to the state of Odisha for the support provided towards conduct of this...

Hangzhou: Skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored four goals including a hat-trick as the Indian men's team thrashed Singapore 16-1 to pick up their second consecutive win in men's hockey competition at the 19th Asian Games here Tuesday. The drag-flicker converted penalty corners in the 39th, 40th...

Hangzhou: Indian men's hockey team will be aiming to improve its penalty corner conversion rate when it squares off with lowly Singapore in a second pool A match of the Hangzhou Asian Games here Tuesday. Firm favourites India blanked lowly Uzbekistan 16-0 in their tournament...

New Delhi: The Men’s ODI World Cup warm-up match between Pakistan and New Zealand, to be held September 29 in Hyderabad, will be played behind closed doors, said an update from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The reason behind the warm-up...

Kathmandu: India qualified for the SAFF U19 Championship semifinals with a 2-1 victory over Bhutan at the Dasharath Stadium, here Monday. Both the teams were locked 1-1 at half-time. Jigme Namgyel gave Bhutan the lead in the 20th minute but India bounced back through goals...