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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates: India eye medal-winning Day 6 start in shooting and tennis – The Times of India

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates: India eye medal-winning Day 6 start in shooting and tennisAsian Games 2023: On the sixth day of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Indian athletes will be participating in various events, including the commencement of athletics competitions. However, the spotlight will be on Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni, as they are set to compete in the men's doubles tennis final.Read LessTHE TIMES OF INDIA | Sep 29, 2023, 06:01:07 ISTFacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if (!isFBCampaignActive) { return; } (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function() { n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)...

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What prompts Delhi athletes to dope: Govt jobs, college admissions, up to Rs 16 lakh in ‘assistance’

A chance to get an annual “financial assistance” of up to Rs 16 lakh, college admissions and job opportunities – these are the incentives on offer at the Delhi State Athletics Championship. However, if a beneficiary fails a dope test, he/she will have to return the funds received from the Delhi government in the past.This explains the hide-and-seek between athletes and National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) officials at the state meet at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium earlier this week. As reported by The Indian Express, the sudden appearance of anti-doping officials on Tuesday, the final day of the event, resulted in mass withdrawal of athletes – only one sprinter turned up for the men’s 100 metres final; the Under-20 boys’ 100m final saw just three finalists; and the Under-16 boys’ hammer throw...

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Mihir Vasavda at Asian Games: After silver, wushu player Naorem Roshibina Devi from Manipur breaks down, dedicates medal to state

MINUTES AFTER winning a wushu silver, tears flowed down Naorem Roshibina Devi’s face. These, however, weren’t tears of joy.While in Hangzhou, her mind was on the ethnic violence back home in Manipur. Hailing from Bishnupur district, one of the epicentres of ethnic clashes between the Meitei and Kuki communities that have kept the state on the boil for months now, Devi, a Meitei, said she’s spent sleepless nights worrying about her parents. “I dedicate this medal to Manipur,” she said, flashing the silver minutes after going down to China’s Wu Xiaowei in the final. “I want to dedicate this medal to those who have been protecting and fighting for us.” The silver was an improvement on the bronze she won five years ago in Jakarta. And when she stepped off the podium at the Xiaoshan Guali Sp...

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Hangzhou Asian Games: Full India schedule on September 29; live updates, live streaming details | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: On the sixth day of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Indian athletes will be participating in various events, including the commencement of athletics competitions. However, the spotlight will be on Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni, as they are set to compete in the men's doubles tennis final.Follow Timesofindia.com's live blog to catch all the live action and fast updates straight away from Hangzhou. Following is India's Day 6 schedule and results at the Asian Games on Friday, September 29.Golf4 AM: P Sharath Urs, A Prashanth, Aditi Ashok in Women's Individual & Team Round 2Anirban Lahiri, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi, Shubhankar Sharma in Men's Individual & Team Round 2Athletics4:30 AM: Sandeep Kumar, Vikash Singh in Men's 20km Race Walk Final4:40 AM: Priyanka in Women'...

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Watch: Team India arrives in Guwahati ahead of World Cup warm-up game against England | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Team India on Thursday evening arrived in Guwahati for their World Cup warm-up game against England on September 30.Rohit Sharma and co. were welcomed by hundreds of fans outside the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport.India will be playing a couple of warm-up games against England and Netherlands before their World Cup opener against Australia in Chennai on October 8.Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who was included in the squad on Thursday evening was travelled with the team from Rajkot. Ashwin has replaced all-rounder Axar Patel, who failed to recover in time from his hamstring injury. Axar had sustaining a left quadriceps strain during India’s Asia Cup Super Four encounter against Bangladesh.R Ashwin finds a place in World Cup Team, injured Axar Patel replacedIndia's w...

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Ravichandran Ashwin’s route-map to WC: Axar Patel’s injury, experience, tricks, and being an off-spinner

Ravichandran Ashwin has replaced Axar Patel in India’s World Cup squad as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sent its updated list of players to the International Cricket Council on Thursday. The Indian Express understands that Axar, who suffered a quadriceps injury during the Asia Cup, will take another couple of weeks before he resumes bowling and following discussions with the team management, the selectors decided to include Ashwin, who alongside Virat Kohli, will play his second World Cup on home soil and third overall.Although the injury to Axar has made the switch easy, India have been keeping their tabs open on Ashwin. Even when the selectors met the team management that includes skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid before naming the squads for Asia Cup...

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Mihir Vasavda at Asian Games: Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, 48 and shooter Al Rashidi, 60, play dazzle of the ancients

Winners don’t always come draped in gold, silver or bronze. They aren’t always women and men in the prime of their youth, celebrated for their otherworldly athletic abilities.Victory is also being a gymnast nearing the age of 50, challenging teenage girls with elastic bodies and scaring the living daylights out of them by almost vaulting onto the podium. Triumph is also in the resounding ovation even when not being on the podium. Oksana Chusovitina did not win a gymnastics medal. Competing in a vault final where the average age of her opponents was around 19 or 20 (except India’s Pranati Nayak, who is 28), the Uzbek legend finished fourth. But the paraphernalia doesn’t excite her as much as pushing competitors young enough to be her daughters and testing her own limit in a sport where b...

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 | Full squad list of all 10 participating teams

Following is the updated squad list of all the 10 participating teams in the ICC ODI World Cup after announcement of replacements. India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav. Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.England squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, Dav...

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Full squads of all the participating teams in ICC World Cup 2023 | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: As anticipated, India have officially selected the experienced off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to step in as a replacement for the injured spin-bowling all-rounder Axar Patel in their 15-member squad for the forthcoming ODI World Cup. This announcement was made by the ICC on Thursday.India will be aiming to continue the trend of host nations winning the tournament, which started when they themselves emerged victorious in 2011.Here is a full list of all the confirmed squads:India squad:Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav.Afghanistan squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah G...

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South Africa takes on Afghanistan in World Cup warm-up match

September 28, 2023 09:45 pm | Updated September 29, 2023 11:51 am IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: South African players during a training session at the Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Rains usually like to make an appearance when big-time cricket arrives in this city of beautiful beaches and fascinating history. So it wasn’t much of a surprise to find the airport rather wet on Thursday evening, the eve of the World Cup warm matches.Four warm-up matches are scheduled to be played at the Greenfield Stadium, and that would be some consolation for the city’s passionate cricket fans who had been hoping for a few World Cup games. In the first of the warm-up games, South Africa takes on Afghanistan on Friday, from 2 p.m. onwards.India’s match on Octo...

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South Africa takes on Afghanistan in World Cup warm-up match

South African players during a training session at the Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Rains usually like to make an appearance when big-time cricket arrives in this city of beautiful beaches and fascinating history. So it wasn’t much of a surprise to find the airport rather wet on Thursday evening, the eve of the World Cup warm matches.Four warm-up matches are scheduled to be played at the Greenfield Stadium, and that would be some consolation for the city’s passionate cricket fans who had been hoping for a few World Cup games. In the first of the warm-up games, South Africa takes on Afghanistan on Friday, from 2 p.m. onwards.India’s match on October 3The biggest attraction is reserved for the last day, October 3, when India will play Net...

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Asian Games Hockey: India get ‘complacency scare’ in win over Japan | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

HANGZHOU: No disrespect to any of the competing teams, but the common belief about hockey realistically being a two-match competition at the Asian Games has become undeniable at least since the last edition. The lesser teams, nevertheless, have picked up the gauntlet when least expected.When China scored those three goals in the last eight minutes of the match to stun former champions South Korea on Thursday, it served a reminder to the Indian men's team that watched the Koreans pay dearly for what felt like the Indian complacency of Jakarta 2018 semifinals.The lovely one-two between Mandeep Singh and Abhishek for the third goal precisely explained India's control in their first real test of the Games against defending champions Japan. The goalkeeper was sold a dummy in what looked like...

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Hope Team India plays ‘same good cricket’ for next 45 days: Sourav Ganguly | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday lauded the recent performances of the Indian team and is optimistic regarding India's chances in the upcoming ODI World Cup. India wrapped up their World Cup preprations with a 2-1 series win against Australia at home. Rohit Sharma and co. will enter the marquee tournament as the no.1 ODI side. Ganguly believes India have a strong chance if they maintain their current level of 'good cricket' over the next 45 days."This is going to be a big World Cup. The World Cup is a big tournament. The team has been playing very well, so it is a matter of delight. We hope that they continue to play the same good cricket for the next 45 days," Ganguly told the reporters in Kolkata.Many batters like Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and K...

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Cricket World Cup 2023 | R. Ashwin replaces injured Axar Patel in India’s final World Cup squad

R. Ashwin. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji 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 on Thursday.Axar had sustained a quadriceps tear and is not expected to recover anytime soon, forcing the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee to name the 37-year-old Ashwin, who took four wickets in the two ODIs in the recently concluded series against Australia, in the squad.Also Read | Ashwin makes the ball talk just at the right time"Axar Patel has failed to recover in time for the World Cup after sustaining a left quadriceps strain during India’s Asia Cup Super Four encounter against Bangladesh. The spin-bowling all-rounder missed the final...

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Nine-day Himalayan Challenge to take participants to breathtaking landscapes

Haryana governor Bandaru Dattatraya inaugurated the Himalayan Challenge on Wednesday, marking the beginning of a thrilling nine-day expedition. Motorsports enthusiasts from various parts of the country gathered in Chandigarh to embark on this journey. The Himalayan Challenge follows the route of the Himalayan Rally of 1982, taking participants to some of the most breathtaking landscapes – such as Leh and Pangong Tso lake, and culminating at the highest motorable road in the world, the Umling La pass, at an altitude of 19,300 feet. The participants will traverse through five high mountain passes, each presenting its own set of challenges. Among the notable passes on this scenic route are the Rohtang La (3,978 metres), BaraLacha La (4,850 meters), Tanglang La, and Shunkula Pass, each offe...

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ODI World Cup: Ravichandran Ashwin replaces injured Axar Patel in India squad | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: As expected, veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who had played only two ODIs since 2017 before being picked for the ODI series against Australia, replaced Axar Patel in Team India squad on Thursday as the latter didn't regain full fitness.The writing was there on the wall when Axar failed to recover on time for the third ODI against Australia in Rajkot.Ashwin gave a good account of his skills in the first two ODIs against Australia before being rested for the final game in Rajkot.Ashwin took 1 wicket in the first ODI in Mohali on Friday and 3 wickets in the second match against Australia in Indore on Sunday. "Axar Patel has failed to recover in time for the World Cup after sustaining a left quadriceps strain during India's Asia Cup Super Four encounter against Banglades...

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Indian football team crashes out of Asian Games after 0-2 defeat against Saudi Arabia | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Despite not being at their absolute best, Saudi Arabia managed to hold off a spirited challenge from India in the men's football competition in Hangzhou on Thursday, securing a 2-0 victory in the pre-quarterfinal clash.Saudi Arabia displayed their dominance with forward Mohammed Khalil Marran scoring two goals in the 51st and 57th minute as it brought an end to India's campaign in the continental event. However, Igor Stimac's players can hold their heads high with the kind of performance that they put in despite so much uncertainty and with AIFF sending a second string side due to the obstinate attitude from the Indian Super League (ISL) organisers who refused to release top players.A victory against Saudi Arabia would have been a miracle but considering that this bunch of pl...

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Pressure was there but we deserved to win gold in Asian Games: Harmanpreet Kaur | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Thursday stated that their victory in the Asian Games gold medal was well-deserved, given their strong performance against neighboring teams. Harmanpreet however acknowledged that the weight of expectations did put some pressure on the team.In their debut appearance at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, India successfully met the high expectations, securing the gold medal, beating defeating Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the final."It was a great experience, we played really well. When we left for the Asian Games, we knew our team is pretty strong and we had in mind that we need to prepare like this for future tournaments, We deserved to win the gold," Harmanpreet said on the sidelines of a felicitation function organised by the Spor...

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Asian Games: Rohan Bopanna-Rutuja Bhosale pair in semis, assured of atleast a bronze | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The mixed doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale on Thursday assured itself of a bronze medal, beating Kazakhstan's Zhibek Kulambayeva and Grigoriy Lomakin 7-5, 6-3 at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou. With the win, the second-seeded Bopanna-Bhosale pair moved to the mixed-doubles semis. The first set seemed going into a tie-break as Kulambayeva was serving at 40-0 in the 12th game but the Kazakh lost her serve from that strong position.After that, there was hardly any fight from Kulambayeva and Lomakin in the second set.The win means, Bopanna, who is playing his last Asian Games at 43, will not go without a medal.Bopanna was earlier ousted from the men's doubles with partner Yuki Bhambri. The second-seeded team of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni also reach...

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Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head included in Australia’s World Cup squad; Ashton Agar omitted | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Marnus Labuschagne on Thursday made the cut in Australia's 15-member squad for the ODI World Cup in India at the last possible moment, riding on his impressive recent performances. Despite not being included in the provisional squad, Labuschagne's strong outings in South Africa and in India compelled his inclusion.Travis Head, who broke his hand on the South Africa tour has also made it to the squad. The opener however is expected to miss Australia's early matches due to the injury. Head has been inluded in place of left-arm spinner Ashton Agar, who was part of the preliminary squad but couldn't recover in time from a calf injury."This was a tough call but, unfortunately, we couldn't carry both Travis and Ashton into the tournament with the injuries they have," Chair of Selec...