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  Jitu Rai rises in all directions as shooters continue to impress

  Other Sports | December 26, 2014 13:19 IST

  New Delhi: On and off, here and there, Indian shooters called the shots in 2014, but it was ‘Pistol King' Jitu Rai who truly lived upto the sobriquet with a stunning display, leaving the other

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  I am sorry, won't do it again: Boxer Sarita Devi to AIBA

  Other Sports | October 28, 2014 9:00 IST

  New Delhi:  A remorseful L Sarita Devi has pleaded with the International Boxing Association (AIBA) to lift the provisional suspension imposed on her for refusing to accept her bronze medal in the Asiad, saying that

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  Mary Kom named MVP of India's Asiad campaign

  Other Sports | October 13, 2014 19:43 IST

  New Delhi: Olympic bronze medallist M C Mary Kom was on Monday chosen as the Most Valuable Player of India's Incheon Asian Games campaign at a felicitation of the medal winners by contingent sponsors here.Mary

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  Indian medallists at Incheon Asian Games

  Other Sports | October 01, 2014 18:42 IST

  Incheon: The following are Indian medallists at the end of Day 12 of competitions at the 17th Asian Games here Wednesday:Gold:Jitu Rai: Men's 50 metre pistol shootingSandeep Kumar, Rajat Chauhan, Abhishek Verma: Men's compound team

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  Asian Games: Indian women's squash team settles for silver

  Other Sports | September 27, 2014 17:54 IST

  Incheon: Gold proved elusive but it was nonetheless a historic silver for the Indian women's squash team after it went down to Malaysia in the final of the 17th Asian Games on saturday.     The team

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  Asian Games:Indian women's compound archery team claims bronze

  Other Sports | September 27, 2014 9:08 IST

  Incheon: The Indian women's trio of Trisha Deb, Purvasha Sudhir Shende and Surekha Jyothi gave India their first medal from the archery field here Saturday as they prevailed over Iran in the bronze medal match

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  Asian Games: Gowda, Arpinder to lead India's gold medal quest in athletics

  Other Sports | September 26, 2014 13:56 IST

  Incheon:  India's subdued campaign at the 17th Asian Games is expected to get a boost tomorrow with the commencement of the track and field events at the 61,000-capacity Incheon Asiad Main Stadium.     With just one

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  Asian Games: Indian women recurve archers lose, to fight for bronze

  Other Sports | September 26, 2014 12:55 IST

  Incheon:  Indian women's recurve archery team will vie for the bronze medal in the 17th Asian Games after losing the semi-final to South Korea at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field here Friday.The Indian trio of

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  Asian Games: Qatar women basketball team withdraw over hijab ban

  Other Sports | September 25, 2014 13:57 IST

  Incheon, South Korea : The Qatari women's basketball team withdrew from the Asian Games on Thursday to protest an international rule that bans players from wearing Muslim headscarves in competition.   The dispute over the Qatari

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  Asian Games: Compound men archers assured of silver, eves play for bronze

  Other Sports | September 25, 2014 23:05 IST

  Incheon: India assured themselves of at least another silver medal in the 17th Asian Games after the trio of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar entered the final of the compound men's team archery

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  Asian Games: Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap marches into pre-quarters

  Other Sports | September 25, 2014 12:11 IST

  Incheon:  Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap marched into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals with a facile straight-game win over Afghanistan Iqbal Ahmad Shekib in the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeyang Gymnasium here Thursday.Kashyap, who received a

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  Asian Games: India's Sawarn Singh wins bronze in rowing

  Other Sports | September 25, 2014 8:36 IST

  Incheon:  Young rower Sawarn Singh brought some cheers back to the Indian contingent as he clinched the bronze medal in men's single sculls final at the 17th Asian Games here today.     Singh needed 1 minute

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  Asian Games: Events schedule of India, Day 4 (IST)

  Other Sports | September 22, 2014 20:34 IST

  New Delhi: Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal scripted history on the squash court, while shooters also continued to deliver medals as India bagged two more bronze to boost their tally to six on the third

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  TN announces Rs 20 lakh cash award for Dipika Pallikal

  Other Sports | September 22, 2014 20:15 IST

  Chennai: Tamil Nadu government today announced a Rs 20 lakh cash award for squash player Dipika Pallikal for winning India's maiden women's singles medal, a bronze, at the Asian Games.Lauding Pallikal, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said

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  Abhinav Bindra announces retirement from professional shooting

  Other Sports | September 23, 2014 11:16 IST

  Incheon:  India's only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra Monday announced his retirement from competitive shooting, saying the 2014 Asian Games would be his last, but added that he would still give his last shot

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  UP CM announces cash reward for ace shooter Jitu Rai

  Other Sports | 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 Rai wins India's first gold medal in the Men's 50m Pistol event

  Other Sports | September 20, 2014 15:53 IST

  Incheon:  Ace Indian shooter Jitu Rai clinched a historic gold in the 50m Pistol event on the opening day of the 17th Asian Games at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range, here today.     Fresh from his

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  Indonesia named host of 2018 Asian Games

  Other Sports | September 20, 2014 8:42 IST

  Incheon,South Korea: Indonesia has been formally named the host country for the 2018 Asian Games after stepping in at the last minute when Vietnam relinquished its hosting rights over financial concerns.   Indonesia's National Olympic Committee

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  Asian Games: Palestinian players confident of success

  Other Sports | September 20, 2014 6:49 IST

  Incheon, South Korea :  Most football teams competing at the Asian Games get the benefit of national training camps and logistical backup to ensure all the players need to concentrate on is the games.   Not

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  Asian Games: Saina, Sindhu lead Indian challenge in badminton

  Other Sports | September 19, 2014 14:00 IST

  Incheon:  Spearheaded by star shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap, India will aim to end a 28-year-old medal drought when they begin their campaign in the 17th Asian Games badminton with the