Asian Games 2014
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Asian Games: India aiming to make mark with big medal haul in Incheon
Other Sports | Sep 19, 2014, 10:58 PM ISTIncheon: Bolstered by a better-than-expected performance in the Commonwealth Games, Indian athletes would now look to assert themselves against the sporting might of continental powerhouses such as China and Japan in the 17th Asian Games
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Asian Games: Indian women maul Maldives 15-0 in football
Other Sports | Sep 14, 2014, 09:09 PM ISTINCHEON: The Indian women's football team shrugged off some unsavoury incidents in the run-up to the Asian Games as they mauled Maldives 15-0 to open their campaign in style on Sunday.Winger Sasmita Malik and midfielder
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Mary Kom will settle for nothing less than gold at Asian Games
Other Sports | Sep 13, 2014, 07:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Five time World Boxing Champion Mary Kom is eyeing a gold medal at the upcoming Incheon Asian Games after settling for bronze four years ago."Our preparation has been good so far and we
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Sania has a change of heart, decides to play in Asian Games
Tennis | Sep 12, 2014, 07:33 PM ISTBangalore: In a significant development, Sania Mirza has agreed to play in the upcoming Asian Games; two days after AITA announced that they would allow top players to miss the Incheon event, keeping in mind
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Davis Cup: The better player won, says Bhambri
Tennis | Sep 12, 2014, 07:25 PM ISTBangalore: Rueing the host of unforced errors and missed opportunities, Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri conceded that he lost to a better and more consistent player in Dusan Lajovic, who gave Serbia a 1-0 lead
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Bopanna is open to playing with Paes at Rio
Tennis | Sep 12, 2014, 04:48 PM ISTBangalore: India's doubles star Rohan Bopanna says the bitterness that had developed between him and Leander Paes in the build-up to the 2012 London Games is “long gone and over” and he was not averse
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Asian Games: New boxing body elected but participation still doubtful
Other Sports | Sep 11, 2014, 10:36 PM ISTMumbai: Ending more than one-and-a-half year-old impasse in Indian boxing officialdom, a new body headed by industrialist Sandeep Jajodia was elected on Thursday for a four-year term in the elections conducted via a secret ballot
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Asian Games: Indian hockey team departs for Incheon
Hockey | Sep 11, 2014, 07:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian men's hockey team departed for South Korea from here Thursday to participate in the Incheon Asian Games from Sep 19 to Oct 4.The 16-member team will be led by captain Sardar
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Cruel joke by AITA, says Snehadevi after Asiad exlcusion
Tennis | Sep 11, 2014, 06:52 PM ISTBANGALORE: Hardly had young Snehadevi Reddy recovered from the disappointment of being axed from the women's tennis squad for the Asian Games, the youngster has now been left high and dry after AITA decided to
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Hockey India blasts sports ministry's 'double standards'
Hockey | Sep 10, 2014, 07:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Strange are the ways of the sports ministry. Tennis stars Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza, who have decided to skip the Asian Games, figure in the contingent cleared by the sports
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India's Asian Games contingent pruned to 679
Other Sports | Sep 10, 2014, 06:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, in consultation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tuesday pruned the Indian contingent for the Incheon Asian Games, slated for Sep 19-Oct 4, to 679 from 942 that was proposed
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Leander Paes confirmed for Davis Cup tie against Serbia: Anand Amritraj
Tennis | Sep 07, 2014, 05:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Veteran star Leander Paes is set to combine with Rohan Bopanna for the doubles rubber during the Davis Cup tie against Serbia, Indian captain Anand Amritraj confirmed today but he says nothing has
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India hockey captain Sardar Singh aims for Asian Games gold
Hockey | Sep 04, 2014, 09:13 PM ISTNEW DELHI: India captain Sardar Singh says they fancy their chances of winning the field hockey gold medal at the Asian Games next month and claiming direct entry into the 2016 Olympics at Rio de
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Don't expect medals from hockey teams after Govt apathy: Narinder Batra
Hockey | Sep 04, 2014, 05:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: Hockey India secretary general Narinder Batra on Thrusday said the country should not expect a medal from the national teams in the upcoming Asian Games in the wake of government's "shoddy treatment" of
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Rohan Bopanna may also pull out of Asian Games
Tennis | Sep 04, 2014, 04:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: India's tennis campaign at the Asian Games appears to be falling apart even before the start as a cloud of doubt is now hanging over Rohan Bopanna's participation since the top doubles player
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It did not make sense to play Asiad at this phase: Somdev
Tennis | Sep 03, 2014, 09:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Somdev Devvarman today stoutly defended his decision to skip the Asian Games, saying “it did not make any sense” playing in Incheon for three weeks at a time when he was striving hard
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Better facilities can fetch India more medals, says Sushil Kumar
Other Sports | Sep 02, 2014, 11:12 PM ISTGhaziabad: Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar on Tuesday said if the budding wrestlers are provided better facilities, especially in villages, India could end up winning more medals than China in top international events."Had the government
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Missed Glasgow but ready for Asian Games: Mary Kom
Other Sports | Sep 02, 2014, 10:22 PM ISTGurgaon: Olympic bronze medal winning boxer M.C. Mary Kom Tuesday said she badly missed being a part a Glasgow Commonwealth Games but she is ready to for the Asian Games that would be held in
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IOA sends govt 935-strong list with 662 athletes for Asiad
Other Sports | Aug 27, 2014, 07:54 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Indian Olympic Association released a list of 935 athletes and officials for the upcoming Asian Games which the government said will be pruned down before finalising the final contingent early next week. The
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Asian Games: Indian men's kabaddi team grouped with Pakistan
Other Sports | Aug 25, 2014, 05:45 PM ISTMumbai: Indian men's kabaddi team, which would be bidding for its seventh straight gold in next month's Asian Games, has been pooled along side arch-rivals Pakistan in Group A of the competition. The other two