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  Singapore GP: Hamilton wins in Singapore, takes F1 title lead

  September 21, 2014 20:49 IST

  SINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton took the lead in the Formula One drivers' championship by winning the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, leapfrogging teammate Nico Rosberg who had to retire early with a gear-selection failure. Hamilton led comfortably

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  Asian Games: India thrash Sri Lanka 8-0 in men's hockey

  September 21, 2014 19:24 IST

  Incheon: Playing their first match of the Asian Games at the Seonhak Hockey Stadium here, the Indian men's team defeated neighbours Sri Lanka 8-0 in a Pool B contest here Sunday.It was Rupinder Pal Singh's

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  Asian Games: Indian women lose to Korea; fetch maiden badminton team bronze

  September 21, 2014 19:08 IST

  Incheon: A fighting India went down to hosts South Korea 1-3 in the women's team badminton semifinals to settle for their maiden bronze medal at the Asian Games here today.This was India's first medal in

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  Asian Games: Indian Rowers Qualify for Final in Men's Eight Event

  September 21, 2014 18:40 IST

  Incheon: Indian rowers qualified for the final round in the men's eight event after they finished second in the heats on the second day of competitions at the Asian Games here on Sunday.The Indian team,

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  Asian Games: Jitu Rai leads India to bronze, trap shooters bungle

  September 21, 2014 17:20 IST

  Incheon: Jitu Rai Sunday spearheaded India's 10-metre air pistol team to clinch the bronze medal in the 17th Asian Games but missed out on an individual medal, finishing fifth, at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range

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  Asian Games: Indian men's basketball team go down fighting to Saudi Arabia

  September 21, 2014 16:04 IST

  Incheon: India put up a brave fight against Saudi Arabia but left themselves a mountain to climb in the final two quarters, finally losing 67-73 in the men's basketball qualifying round Group B match of

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  Asian Games: Indian swimmers disappoint

  September 21, 2014 15:12 IST

  Incheon:  Indian swimmers cut a sorry figure in the 17th Asian Games, failing to qualify for the finals of the three events in which they participated in Incheon on Sunday.The Indians participated in three events

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  Asian Games: India fined for last-minute pullouts

  September 21, 2014 15:06 IST

  Incheon: The Indian Olympic Association has been fined USD 10,000 for withdrawing teams from the Asian Games at a late stage, but All India Tennis Association chief Anil Khanna is hopeful that the penalty would

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  Asian Games flame goes out

  September 21, 2014 14:42 IST

  Incheon: The Asian Games cauldron, a symbol of the athletic event that is supposed to be kept lit during the 16-day run here, temporarily went dark due to technical problems, organising committee officials said Sunday.The

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  Asian Games: Dipika, Ghosal confirm squash medals for India

  September 21, 2014 14:34 IST

  Incheon:  Dipika Pallikal assured India of a maiden women's singles squash medal in the Asian Games, while top seed Saurav Ghosal confirmed his third successive podium finish in men's singles after the two reached the

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  Asian Games: OCA boss says 'different cultures' causes sex harassment

  September 21, 2014 14:11 IST

  Incheon: Asia's Olympic boss apologised today over sexual harassment cases at the Asian Games but said there must be an understanding of "different traditions" and highlighted the small number of incidents involved.Olympic Council of Asia

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  Asian Games: India blank Nepal 3-0 in men's tennis, into quarters

  September 21, 2014 12:50 IST

  Incheon:  India blanked Nepal 3-0 to sail into the quarterfinals of men's tennis team event in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Sunday.Yuki Bhambri did not drop a game en route to a crushing

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  Asian Games: In-form Jitu Rai leads India to team bronze in 10m Air Pistol

  September 23, 2014 11:15 IST

  Incheon:  Indian shooters continued their dream run in the 17th Asian Games, winning the bronze medal in Men's 10m Air Pistol event with Jitu Rai, Samaresh Jung and Prakash Nanjappa firing in tandem on day

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  Asian Games: Two Indians in quarterfinals in wushu

  September 21, 2014 7:44 IST

  Incheon:  India began their campaign in wushu competition on a mixed note with two players making it to the quarterfinals while four of them making an early from the Asian Games here on Saturday.Narender Grewal

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  Asian Games: Events schedule of India, Day 2 (IST)

  September 20, 2014 23:20 IST

  New Delhi: New shooting sensation Jitu Rai stole the limelight by provided the first gold medal, while Shweta Chaudhry claimed a bronze as India launched their campaign in the 17th Asian Games on a rousing

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  Asian Games: Indian Badminton squad left stranded as team bus driver goes missing

  September 20, 2014 21:55 IST

  Incheon: The Indian badminton team, which had arrived at the Gyeyang Gymkhana far away from the Athletes Village early this morning, was left stranded after the conclusion of the women's quarterfinals match against Thailand late

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  Singapore GP: Hamilton beats Rosberg to set pole position

  September 20, 2014 20:32 IST

  SINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix by out-qualifying his Mercedes teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg by a mere seven thousandths of a second on Saturday. Hamilton claimed his sixth pole

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  Asian Games: Indian rowers qualify for final

  September 20, 2014 20:15 IST

  Incheon: The Indian rowing teams of Dung Dung Sanjukta-Pratap Tarunikha and Roopendra Singh-Manjeet Singh qualified for the final rounds of the women's pair and lightweight men's double sculls, respectively, at the Chungju Tangeum Lake Rowing

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  Asian Games: Indian women shuttlers assured of medal after 28 years

  September 21, 2014 15:43 IST

  Incheon: India today ended a 28-year-old medal drought in Asian Games badminton after the women's shuttlers, led by Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu, edged out Thailand 3-2 to reach the semifinals of the women's

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  Asian Games: Expect 12 gold medals from track and field events, says Sports minister

  September 20, 2014 19:11 IST

  New Delhi: Sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal Saturday said that he expects Indian athletes to win 10-12 gold medals from the track and field events in the 17th Asian Games, where competition started Friday in the

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  Asian Games: Indian weightlifters off to disappointing start

  September 20, 2014 18:55 IST

  Incheon: India started their weightlifting campaign on a dismal note as all three of them who took the field today finished in the bottom half of the table in their respective weight categories in both

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  Asian Games: Pallikal faces Chinappa in quarters of women's singles squash

  September 20, 2014 18:44 IST

  Incheon: India is assured of its first ever women's singles medal in squash the Asian Games after top players Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa won their respective openers here today and set up an exciting

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  Asian Games: North Korean weightlifter Om Yun Chol sets world record

  September 20, 2014 19:38 IST

  INCHEON, South Korea: North Korea's Om Yun Chol beat his own world record in the men's 56-kilogram clean and jerk by 1 kilogram on Saturday to grab weightlifting gold on the first day of competition

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  Asian Games: Indian men's basketball team off to winning a start

  September 20, 2014 18:01 IST

  Incheon: Indian men's basketball team started its Asian Games campaign on a resounding note, thrashing a lowly Palestine 89-49 in the opening Group B encounter at the Hwaseong Sports Complex Gymnasium on Saturday.India dominated Palestine

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  UP CM announces cash reward for ace shooter Jitu Rai

  September 20, 2014 14:49 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has congratulated and announced a cash reward of Rs 50 lakh for the Lucknow-based ace shooter Jitu Rai for winning a gold in the 50m pistol event at

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  Asian Games: Jitu fires gold, Shweta fetches bronze in shooting

  September 20, 2014 23:29 IST

  Incheon: New shooting sensation Jitu Rai stole the limelight by providing the first gold medal, while Shweta Chaudhry claimed a bronze as India launched their campaign in the 17th Asian Games on a rousing note

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  Know how ancient Indian sport of kabaddi is gaining popularity

  December 20, 2014 10:05 IST

  New Delhi:  An ancient Indian sport that looks like a mixture of tag, dodgeball and wrestling has barreled back into the Indian national consciousness to become one of the country's most popular sports, trailing only

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  Asian Games: Indian men's badminton team knocked out

  September 20, 2014 12:45 IST

  Incheon:The Indian men's badminton team lost to South Korea 0-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeyang Gymnasium here Saturday.Doubles pair of B. Sumeeth Reddy-Manu Attri, Kidambi Srikanth and recently-crowned Commonwealth