Incheon 2014
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Asian Games: Indian wrestlers look to end gold medal drought
Other Sports | Sep 27, 2014, 06:59 AM ISTIncheon: The Indian wrestling squad may be without the double-Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, but with London Games bronze winner Yogeshwar Dutt spearheading the challenge, the country would look to end 28-year wait for a gold
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Asian Games: Shooters clinch silver, Sejwal bags swimming bronze on Day 7
Other Sports | Sep 26, 2014, 07:58 PM ISTIncheon: The men's pistol team clinched a silver medal, while Sandeep Sejwal scooped a rare bronze in swimming but India slipped to the 16th position in the overall standings with a tally of 17 medals
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Asian Games: Worked hard for this, it's a dream come true, says Sejwal
Other Sports | Sep 26, 2014, 06:34 PM ISTIncheon: Only the fourth Indian to clinch a swimming medal in the Asian Games, Sandeep Sejwal today said his bronze in the 50m breaststroke event here is a dream realised after eight years of hard
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Asian Games: India play China in crucial last game, need draw to progress
Other Sports | Sep 26, 2014, 04:40 PM ISTIncheon: Shattered after the close 1-2 loss against arch-rivals Pakistan, Indian men's hockey team will have to regroup themselves quickly and eye atleast a draw in their last crucial Pool B fixture against China here
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Asian Games: Indian eves maul Malaysia 6-1, book semifinal berth in hockey
Other Sports | Sep 26, 2014, 04:23 PM ISTIncheon: India produced an inspired performance to thrash Malaysia 6-1 in their last Pool A match and qualify for the semi-finals of the women's hockey competition at the 17th Asian Games, here today.For India, Rani
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Asian Games: Sejwal ends Indian swimming's poor run, fetches bronze
Other Sports | Sep 26, 2014, 04:09 PM ISTIncheon: Sandeep Sejwal gave India's floundering swimming campaign a massive fillip by fetching a rare bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke event of the Asian Games here today.The 25-year-old topped his heats by clocking 28.25s
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Asian Games: India assured of two silvers in squash team events
Other Sports | Sep 26, 2014, 03:45 PM ISTIncheon: Indian squash players continued their splendid showing in the ongoing Asian Games with both the men's and women's teams assuring the country of at least two more silver medals after winning their respective semi-final
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Asian Games: Events schedule of India, Day 7 (IST)
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2014, 11:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rowers and shooters won three bronze medals while the assurance of at least a silver from archers and two bronze medals from squash gave India something to smile about on the sixth day
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Asian Games: Bhambri, Sanam, Ankita reach last 16
Other Sports | Sep 26, 2014, 07:07 AM ISTIncheon: Indian tennis players Yuki Bhambri, Sanam Singh and Ankita Raina reached the pre-quarterfinals in their respective categories at the 17th Asian Games here Thursday.Men's singles fourth seed Bhambri had little difficulty in disposing off
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Asian Games: HC to hear plea of Taekwondo players tomorrow
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2014, 09:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court would tomorrow hear and pass orders on a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and the India Olympic Association to allow nine athletes and a coach to take
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Asian Games: Indian Sikh basketball players break with religious tradition to play
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2014, 08:33 PM ISTINCHEON: Before all the attention generated by the Qatari women's team withdrawing from the Asian Games basketball competition due to a ban on head coverings in competition, the Indian men's team faced a similar predicament.Captain
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Asian Games: Rowers notch up 2 more bronze, India 15th in tally
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2014, 10:30 PM ISTIncheon: Indian rowers provided the spark with a couple of bronze medals, while the unfancied women shooters added another bronze as India maintained their 15th position in the overall standings with a tally of 15
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Asian Games: Devendro through to last-16, Manoj loses in boxing
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2014, 06:08 PM ISTIncheon: Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (49kg) entered the prequarters after getting a walkover by his opponent but Manoj Kumar (64kg) bowed out with an opening round loss on a mixed day for Indian
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Asian Games: India assured of best-ever showing in squash
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2014, 10:51 PM ISTIncheon: The Indian squash contingent today assured its best ever showing at the Asian Games by reaching the men's and women's team semifinals here today, ensuring it returns home with medals in all four categories
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Asian Games: Misfiring India lose 1-2 to Pakistan
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2014, 08:10 PM ISTIncheon: The Indian hockey team's chances of going through to the knockouts were today dealt a blow after it crashed to a humiliating 1-2 loss against arch-rivals Pakistan in a Pool B encounter of the
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Asian Games: Events schedule of India, Day 6 (IST)
Other Sports | Sep 24, 2014, 11:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: India managed to get only one Bronze medal to slip to the 15th position in overall standings on the fifth day of competitions in the 17th Asian Games here today. Dushyant was the
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Asian Games: Indian boxers start on a winning note
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2014, 07:10 AM ISTIncheon: Indian boxers began their Asian Games campaign on a winning note with Akhil Kumar (60kg) defeating Nepal's Purna Bahadur Lama via a technical knockout and Shiva Thapa (56kg) getting a walkover to enter the
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Asian Games: Dipika Kumari reaches Archery pre-quarterfinals
Other Sports | Sep 24, 2014, 09:42 PM ISTIncheon: Archer Dipika Kumari Wednesday kept alive India's medal hopes in Asian Games archery finishing a creditable eighth in the ranking round and booking a place in the pre-quarterfinals of the women's individual recurve event
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Asian Games: Indian eves shock Hong Kong in squash
Other Sports | Sep 24, 2014, 08:21 PM ISTIncheon: Joshna Chinappa and Anaka Alankamony made a great comeback as India defeated higher seeded Hong Kong 2-1 to brighten their chances of another medal in the women's team squash at the 17th Asian Games
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Abhinav Bindra re-elected as member of ISSF athlete commission
Other Sports | Sep 24, 2014, 05:45 PM ISTNEW DELHI: India's only individual Olympic gold medallist, AbhinavBindra, has been re-elected as member of the seven-men Athlete Commission of the International Shooting Sport Federation, the global body governing the sport.Bindra, who was first elected