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Hangzhou: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Aihika Mukherjee shocked world champion Chinese pair Chen Meng and Yidi Wang to enter the women's doubles semifinals, assuring India a historic table tennis medal at the Asian Games here Saturday. In the quarterfinals, Sutirtha and Aihika won 11-5, 11-5, 5-11,...

Hangzhou: Top seeds India upstaged traditional rivals Pakistan in a sensational duel to claim the gold medal in the men's team squash event at the Asian Games here Saturday. The hero of the day was Chennai's Abhay Singh, who kept his composure and raised his...

Guwahati: Ravichandran Ashwin Saturday conceded the upcoming World Cup could be his last for India after the veteran spinner replaced Axar Patel in the hosts' 15-member squad for the event, starting October 5. Ashwin, who enjoyed a successful outing against Australia featuring in the first...

Hangzhou: Ace Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu's Asian Games campaign ended in heartbreak as the Olympic medallist fell on her back to injure herself, finishing fourth in the women's 49kg event here Saturday. Chanu, who was under pressure after a disappointing snatch outing, went for a...

Hangzhou: Rutuja Bhosale raised her game in nick of time while seasoned Rohan Bopanna stayed solid with his big serves as India came back from a set down to win the tennis mixed doubles gold at the Asian Games, here Saturday. The second-seeded Indian team...

Hangzhou: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika Batra produced an error-filled game to get knocked out in the quarterfinals of the women's singles table tennis competition at the Asian Games here Saturday. Manika went down against world No. 4 Yidi Wang of China 8-11, 12-10, 6-11,...

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore Saturday announced the appointment of Australia's Luke Williams as their head coach for the second edition of the Women's Premier League. RCB had parted ways with Ben Sawyer after the team finished last in the five-team inaugural edition this year in...

Hangzhou: A groin strain has been troubling Neeraj Chopra for some time now but the Olympic champion does not want the thought of injury affect him as he gears up to defend his Asian Games title. Chopra played most part of the season with a...

Hangzhou: India's Sarabjot Singh and Divya TS settled for a silver medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, losing the finals to Chinese pair at the Asian Games here Saturday. The final score read 16-14 in favour of Chinese shooters Zhang Bowen and...

Hangzhou: Pressure will be on Mirabai Chanu to nail the much-awaited 90kg snatch lift for a shot at that elusive Hangzhou Asian Games medal when the weightlifting competition gets underway here Saturday. But it will not be an easy task for the Manipuri to find...