Guangzhou: India’s good run in cue sports continued for the second day in a row as it thrashed arch-rival Pakistan in the men’s snooker team semifinals to be assured of at least a silver medal in the 16th Asian Games... (Continue reading)
Guangzhou: Defending champion Pankaj Advani notched up India’s first gold medal in this edition of the Asian Games in men’s Billiards singles event after defeating Oo Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar 3-2 here today. The former world professional champion Advani beat... (Continue reading)
Guangzhou: Indian women shooters Heena Sidhu, Annu Raj Singh and Sonia Rai opened their account at the Asian Games by winning the silver medal in the 10m Air Pistol team event here today. The Indian trio combined to shoot 1140, a... (Continue reading)
Guangzhou: India’s Vijay Kumar won bronze in the men’s 10 metres air pistol event at the Asian Games while the team finished fourth here Sunday. Vijay scored 680.4 points (579+101.4) to grab third place. South Korean Lee Dae-Myung (685.8) won the... (Continue reading)
Guangzhou: Star woman shuttler Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap scored impressive wins but the Indian challenge ended in the both men’s and women’s team events in the Asian Games here today. India’s women lost 2-3 to Indonesia while the men’s team... (Continue reading)
Guangzhou: India opened its Asian Games medal account expectedly through shooting with the trio of Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput clinching the silver in the 10m air rifle team event, here today. Narang, Bindra and Rajput combined... (Continue reading)
Guangzhou: Even with the spotlight on him after winning the first gold medal of the Guangzhou Asian Games, Yuan Xiaochao isn’t any more tempted by the lure of kung-fu movies just yet. The 22-year-old, who lists action stars Bruce Lee and... (Continue reading)
Guangzhou: India’s women paddlers were off to brilliant start in the team competition of the Asian Games as they whitewashed Laos 3-0 in their opening group B tie at Guangzhou Gymnasium here today. Kumaresan Shamini provided India a sound start by... (Continue reading)
Guangzhou: The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou echoed “Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asia” as the 16th Asian Games kicked-off here Friday with a spectacular opening ceremony that was taken out of the main stadium to a riverfront for the first time... (Continue reading)