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Jakarta, Aug 26: Defending champions India continued their unbeaten run and beat South Korea 5-3 in a pool match to storm into the semi-finals of the men's hockey competition at the 18th Asian Games on Sunday. India scored through Rupinder Pal Singh (1st minute), Chinglensana Singh (4th), Lalit Upadhyay (15th), Manpreet Singh (49th) and Akashdeep Singh (55th), while Korea's goals came from the

Jakarta, Aug 27: Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal had to be content with a bronze medal after suffering her 10th straight defeat to world number one Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women's singles semifinals of the 18th Asian Games, here on Monday. World number 10 and Olympic medallist Saina played with good intensity but lost 17-21 14-21 to a superior Tzu Ying, who stood out with her court

Jakarta, Aug 26: It was not easy to leave behind his father, battling cancer in a Punjab hospital, but Tajinderpal Singh Toor remained strong in pursuit of his passion and all the sacrifices made, paid off on Saturday with an Asian Games gold medal. Not only the 23-year-old from Moga won a gold, it came with a new Games record as he threw the iron ball to 20.75m in his fifth attempt. It bettered a

Jakarta, Aug 25: India's Dipika Pallikal Karthik on Saturday settled for a bronze in squashwomen's singles after losing to defending champion Nicol David of Malaysia in the semi-finals of the 18th Asian Games here. Dipika lost to the Malaysian stalwart and former world number one Malaysian 0-3 (7-11, 9-11, 6-11) in the semi-finals. The Indian had beaten Japanese Kobayashi Misaki 3-0 in the

Palembang, Aug 25: Indian athletes are yet to get their daily allowance of USD 50 per day even though their competition at the Asian Games draws to an end at this venue, an official of the contingent has conceded. Palembang is co-hosting the Games with Jakarta and sports like tennis and shooting are being competed here. The Indian participation in tennis is already over and shooting will end on

Paris, Aug 25: Serena Williams will be banned from wearing her 'Black Panther' catsuit again at the French Open after Roland Garros chiefs described the outfit as "going too far". The 36-year-old American star stunned Paris this year in her body-hugging outfit which she said was inspired by the 'Black Panther' movie and made her feel like a 'warrior princess'. As well as describing it as "fun and

Palembang, Aug 24: Heena Sidhu put behind a modest qualification to win her maiden Asian Games individual medal today, her bronze in the women's 10m air pistol taking India's haul at the Jakabaring Shooting Range to nine. Sidhu came from behind in the finals and was just 0.1 from the lead after she produced a 10.8 on the 21st shot. Her next shot was a 9.6 and her overall score of 219.2 could only

New Delhi, Aug 24: In a noble gesture, Italian football giant AS Roma on Friday announced that it will auction off five match-worn shirts from the first team players to help raise funds for flood-ravaged Indian state, Kerala. "After #ASRoma's first home match of the Serie A season, the club will auction off five match-worn shirts from our first team players to help raise money to donate to the

Aug 24: Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan notched up their maiden men's doubles gold medal at the Asian Games, dominating the final clash with a thoroughly clinical performance here on Friday. Bopanna and Sharan defeated Aleksander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan 6-3 6-4 in 52 minutes. Less than 20 minutes into the match, the Indians were 4-1 ahead, breaking Bublik and Yevseyev at

Palembang, Aug 24: India bagged two bronze medals in rowing through Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan Singh in lightweight double sculls after Dushyant started the day with a third-place finish in lightweight single sculls at the Asian Games here. Indian rowers Rohit and Bhagwan clocked 7:04.61 to win bronze in their event at the JSC Lake. Japan's Miyaura Masayuki and Takeda Masahiro won the gold with a