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Hangzhou Asian Games: Ramita win individual bronze in women’s 10m air rifle – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian shooters got off to an impressive start in their Asian Games campaign as the experienced trio of Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita Jindal, and Ashi Chouksey secured the women's team silver medal in the 10m air rifle event. Additionally, Ramita Jindal claimed an individual bronze in the same event.In the team category, the Indian trio achieved a combined score of 1,886.0, securing the second position behind host nation China, who set a new Asian record with a score of 1,896.6.Asian Games Day 1Ramita Jindal, the junior world champion, continued her excellent form by winning the individual bronze with a score of 230.1 in the eight-shooter finals. China dominated the individual event, with Huang Yuting breaking the Games record and clinching the gold medal with a score of 252.7, while ...
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India vs Australia Live Score: Rampant India to take on injury-marred Australia in Indore

How Suryakumar Yadav ditched the sweep shot and made his first ODI fifty in 18 months Suryakumar Yadav batting against Australia in the first ODI in Mohali. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh) Suryakumar Yadav feisty fifty was a testament to his mental toughness and he has shown the world that he can not only drive a swanky sports car on an expressway but knows how to drive a hatchback in crazy city traffic. Surya swallowed his ego, played straighter, and showed he can be the finisher India are looking at No 6. (READ MORE) Mohammed Shami on getting rest ahead of WTC final Mohammed Shami claimed a career-best five for 51 against Australia. EXPRESS PHOTO by Kamleshwar Singh After making a statement with his five-wicket haul in the first ODI against Australia in Mohali, the pacer said: “...
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Asian Games: India rout Uzbekistan 16-0 in men’s hockey goalfest – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Indian men's hockey team commenced their campaign at the Asian Games with an impressive 16-0 victory over Uzbekistan on Sunday. Lalit Upadhyay, Varun Kumar, and Mandeep Singh all scored hat-tricks as India dominated the match from start to finish in the Pool A encounter.Ranked third in the world, India entered the match as clear favourites against the 66th-ranked Uzbekistan team, and they lived up to expectations by controlling the proceedings throughout the game.Asian Games Day 1Lalit Upadhyay scored four goals in the 7th, 24th, 37th, and 53rd minutes, while Varun Kumar contributed four goals as well in the 12th, 36th, 50th, and 52nd minutes. Mandeep Singh found the net three times in the 18th, 27th, and 28th minutes. Abhishek (17th), Amit Rohidas (38th), Sukhjeet (42nd)...
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Asian Games nostalgia: Story of Pradeep Gandhe and Leroy D’Sa, Indian badminton champs before Satwik-Chirag

Two tall men in their mid-20s playing men’s doubles, one with fantastic speed making it very difficult for opponents to surpass the front court, and the other – one of the hardest hitters going around in the world. Bolstered in confidence by Thomas Cup results in the lead-up years. Heading into the Asian Games, a stacked field with several genuine contenders and an assured steep path to a medal. That could be Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty ahead of Hangzhou. But that was also Pradeep Gandhe and Leroy D’Sa, who last won a men’s doubles medal for India at the Asian Games, way back in 1982, much before any from today’s team were even born. There are uncanny similarities and plenty of anticipation, Gandhe says, as the Indians set off to China with a realistic chance of winning...
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19th Asian Games: Indian rowers win silver in Men’s Coxed Eight event | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian rowers exhibited incredible strength and teamwork, securing a remarkable second-place finish with a timing of 05:43.01 in the Men's Coxed Eight final event at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday.The Men's Coxed Eight Team's outstanding performance marked their third rowing medal at the Hangzhou Games. This is India’s second medal in the Coxed Eight event after the 2014 edition.Despite being in the third position midway through the race, a superb effort in the second half propelled them to the silver medal.Asian Games Day 1The Indian team, consisting of Neeraj, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, and Ashish, delivered a powerful late push, ultimately finishing just 2.84 seconds behind China, who claimed th...
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‘Super Sub’ Pooja Vastrakar takes Indian women’s cricket team to Asian Games final – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Pooja Vastrakar delivered a masterful bowling performance, propelling the Indian women's cricket team to their first-ever Asian Games final with a resounding eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a one-sided semi-final match on Sunday.Right-arm seamer Pooja Vastrakar, a late addition to the squad in place of Anjali Sarvani, delivered a career-best performance with figures of 4/17 in four overs. Her outstanding bowling led to Bangladesh being dismissed for a paltry 51 runs in 17.5 overs – their lowest-ever T20 score against India.Vastrakar, alongside her youthful new-ball partner Titas Sadhu (1/10 in 4 overs), exploited the conditions and extracted maximum benefit from the pitch's bounce. Bangladesh struggled to cope, with only their skipper Nigar Sultana (12) managing to re...
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Hangzhou Asian Games | ‘Super Sub’ Vastrakar takes Indian women’s cricket team to final

Pooja Vastrakar of Team India. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Pooja Vastrakar bowled a sharp and incisive spell to take the Indian women's cricket team to its maiden Asian Games final, crushing Bangladesh by eight wickets in a lopsided semi-final here on September 24. Right arm seamer Vastrakar, who replaced Anjali Sarvani in the squad just before leaving India, had career-best figures of 4/17 in four overs as Bangladesh were bowled out for 51 in 17.5 overs — their lowest ever T20 score against the neighbours. Vastrakar and her young new-ball partner Titas Sadhu (1/10 in 4 overs) extracted all the juice available from the deck as they bowled quick, with the bounce on offer also helping. Only skipper Nigar Sultana (12) was able to reach double figures for Bangladesh. The chase of 52...
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Premier League: Bruno Fernandes’ stunning strike lifts Manchester United in 1-0 win over Burnley | Football News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Manchester United found relief in a crucial 1-0 victory against Burnley on Saturday, ending a three-game losing streak and alleviating the early-season crisis that had enveloped the club. The match's defining moment came courtesy of United's captain, Bruno Fernandes, whose stunning strike just before half-time secured the much-needed win.Fernandes showcased his match-winning quality when he expertly volleyed the ball into the net after receiving a pinpoint long pass from Jonny Evans. The goal marked a return to form for the Portuguese midfielder and breathed new life into Manchester United's campaign.The victory propelled the Red Devils to eighth place in the Premier League table, offering some respite for manager Erik ten Hag, who had faced mounting pressure in recent weeks....
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates: Rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh, women’s rifle shooting team claim silvers

Mihir Vasavda at Asian Games: ‘Sick man of East Asia’? From Bruce Lee to Chinese athletes, Hangzhou 2023 to deliver political and sporting answers Hangzhou 2022 - Opening Ceremony - Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Hangzhou, China - September 23, 2023 The China flag is being hoisted at the Opening Ceremony. (REUTERS) In this ancient city where dynasties have ruled and bitten the dust, where modern-day empires have risen and continue to rise, it doesn’t take much for old wounds to resurface. Unabashedly displayed here in abundance is Chinese ingenuity and resilience, with the lens firmly focused on the sports fields. And its roots can be traced to a century-old taunt. “China was mocked as the sick man of East Asia,” says Fan Hong, the co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Sport...
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Bangladesh Women 17/2 in 3.5 Overs | India Women vs Bangladesh Women, Asian Games 2023 Semi Final: Bangladesh Women lose early wickets vs India Women – The Times of India

Bangladesh Women Squad: Fargana Hoque, Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana(w/c), Ritu Moni, Nahida Akter, Shamima Sultana, Fahima Khatun, Lata Mondal, Marufa Akter, Sanjida Akter Meghla, Rabeya Khan, Disha Biswas, Shorna Akter, Sultana Khatun, Shathi Rani!(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); }; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n; n.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; n.queue = []; t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0; t.defer = !0; t.src = v;...
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China’s virtual show: Digital torchbearer lights flame, river flows inside stadium

THEY COULDN’T hold the opening ceremony by the river or the lake, so they brought the river and the lake to the Asian Games here on Saturday. And the evening that began with a whoosh ended with a silent flicker.China, the country believed to have given the world fireworks, shunned one of its most widely-used inventions for soundless, smokeless sparks in the ceremony that dazzled with digital creations and boundless imagination. The 115-minute extravaganza, aesthetic and awe-inspiring, at the 81,000-seater Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium saw augmented reality — rivers and waves, 3D stadiums and flying sports equipment, virtual torchbearers and people in the sky performing to traditional tunes. Nothing captured the AI-driven nature of these Asian Games more than the lighting of the...
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Asian Games: No boxing seedings means Nikhat Zareen & other Indian boxers face tough tests early on

Nikhat Zareen, the reigning 51kg women’s world champion, will face the Vietnamese boxer she defeated in the finals of the 2023 Women’s World Championships in New Delhi in her first round itself No seeding for the boxing programme at the Hangzhou Asian Games means that many of the Worlds best boxers might not need to wait till the final to meet each other. A field that isn’t balanced by seedings has meant that in certain scenarios, top boxers face each other early in the tournament while in other scenarios, unheralded prospects get an easy pathway to the top. No scenario exemplifies this better than Nikhat Zareen, the reigning 51kg women’s boxing world champion, who will face the Vietnamese boxer she defeated in the finals of the 2023 Women’s World Championships in New Delhi in her first...
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2nd ODI: Rehan Ahmed takes four wickets as England beat Ireland – Times of India

NOTTINGHAM: A second-string England cruised to a 48-run victory over Ireland in the second ODI at Trent Bridge on Saturday, bowling out the visitors for 286 after racking up 334-8.Right-arm spinner Rehan Ahmed did the bulk of the damage with the ball for England, running through the middle order to take four for 54 as Ireland's chase fizzled out.England had piled up the runs in their 50 overs with opener Will Jacks top-scoring with 94, falling while attempting to hit a six to reach his century, and Sam Hain making 89.Ireland began their innings in positive fashion with skipper Paul Stirling and Andy Balbirnie putting on 46 in the opening four overs as England fast bowler Paul Scrimshaw suffered a nightmare start to his debut with a rash of no balls.Scrimshaw made amends by removing Balb...
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MotoGP Bharat: Jorge Martin stamps his class to triumph in sprint race

Marco Bezzecchi may have been the driver of the day here at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) on Saturday, taking pole position in qualifying and completing 13 overtakes later in the 11-lap sprint race, but after being tagged at the start of the sprint by VR 46 teammate Luca Marini, he was forced to make up too many places from the back, paving the way for a peerless Jorge Martin to stamp his class and take the top step of the podium in India’s first-ever MotoGP race.Series leader and reigning champion, Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia, came in second, while six-time champion, Honda’s Marc Marquez, took his first podium since the opening weekend of the season to come in third. Pramac rider Martin, who qualified second just 0.043s behind Bezzecchi, got the better start and took hold of the...
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Ish Sodhi takes 6 wickets as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 86 runs in second ODI | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ish Sodhi made history on Saturday by becoming the first New Zealand spinner to secure six wickets in a one-day international, playing a pivotal role in guiding the team to an 86-run triumph in the second match of the three-match series against Bangladesh in Mirpur, Dhaka.Sodhi's contribution extended beyond his exceptional bowling performance, as he also chipped in with a crucial 35 runs during his batting stint. His career-best figures of 6-39 played a significant role in New Zealand securing their first victory in Bangladesh since 2008, with the first match having been washed out due to weather conditions.In the 46th over of the game, pace bowler Hasan Mahmud ran out Sodhi while he was backing up at the non-striker's end when he had scored 17 runs. However, Bangladesh capt...
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‘A lifetime experience’: India athletes react to dazzling Hangzhou Asian Games opening ceremony | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

NEW DELI: Integrating facets of artificial intelligence with eco-friendly technology, the Hangzhou Asian Games kicked off on Saturday with a glamorous and mesmerising opening ceremony.Amid the huge roar from the spectators in the city's 80,000 capacity stadium, China's President Xi Jinping declared the Games open. The dazzling show that put forward the cultural history of China and the spirit of the continent's unity was indeed the highlight of the opening ceremony.And like everyone else from around the continent attending the event, the Indians athletes too were in awe of the futuristic ceremony that kicked off the 19th Asian Games.While some called in an experience of a lifetime for others it was a spectacular marvel. Here's a look at some of the reactions of the Indian athletes on th...
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Asian Games 2023: Full India schedule on September 24 | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: On Day 1 of the Hangzhou Asian Games, India is poised to compete for a total of 13 gold medals. The action kicks off with the Air Rifle team event, and there are also five rowing gold medals at stake.Additionally, the volleyball, cricket, hockey, and football teams will be in action, joined by athletes like Nikhat Zareen and Sumit Nagal, among many others.Shooting6 AM: Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh, Ashi Chouksey in Women's 10m Air Rifle Individual & Team – Qualification6:30 AM: Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh in Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Individual & Team – Qualification (Stage 1)Cricket6:30 AM: India vs Bangladesh - Women's Semifinal 1Wushu6:30 AM: Anjul Namdeo, Suraj Singh Mayanglambam in Men's Changquan FinalFencing6:30 AM: Dev vs Nguyen Van Hai (Vietnam) in Men's F...