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Asian Games: Esha-Palak-Divya secure shooting silver in women's 10 m air r
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
With a total of 1731 points, India managed to get their hands on silver, falling just five short of gold, which was won by China with 1736 points. Chinese Taipei secured the bronze medal with 1723 points.
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Asian Games: Indian race-walkers fail to secure medals in 20 km event
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
World champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, hurdler Jyothi Yarraji and steeplechase racer Avinash Sable are among the top Indian athletics names competing in 37 events at the Hangzhou meet. Athletics event started on September 29 and will go on till October 5. These track and field events
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Philippines urges its fishermen to keep up presence at China-held shoal
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
“We’re going to increase patrols in Bajo de Masinloc and other areas where Filipino fishermen are,” he told DZRH radio, referring to the shoal, one of Asia’s most contested maritime features, by its Philippine name.
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Asian Games: With medals up for offer in several events India look to incr
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
As the Asian Games continue, the Indian women's hockey team will return to action, tennis and squash stars will be eyeing their nation's first medal in the respective events and the athletics events will kick off as India eyes to add more medals to their tally on Friday.
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"We had a lot of support from SAI, govt": Arjun Lal Jat after winning rowi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh clinched the country's second silver medal, narrowly trailing behind China in the thrilling final of the men's rowing lightweight double sculls last week.
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"We weren't as good in last quarter": India hockey coach Craig Fulton in I
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
India men's hockey team head coach Craig Fulton admitted that his team lost control as 2018 gold medal winners Japan inched closer in the final quarter by making an unprecedented comeback in the ongoing Asian Games on Thursday.
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"It is a great feeling": Bronze medalist Vijayveer Sidhu on being felicita
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Indian shooter Vijayveer Sidhu who was part of the trio that clinched India's first medal in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol felt proud after getting felicitated on Thursday.
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We will win most number of medals in Asian Games, says Sports Minister Anu
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday expressed his belief that the Indian contingent will break the highest record for the medal tally in the ongoing Asian Games.
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Wild Asian elephants have unusual puzzle-solving abilities
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A new study published in the journal Animal Behaviour presented data from a six-month investigation that documented individual wild Asian elephants' skills to get food by solving riddles that unlocked storage boxes.
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Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur expresses her delight over India's gold medal suc
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
India's women's cricket team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur expressed her delight after they secured a gold medal for the nation in the ongoing Asian Games.
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"Will focus on winning gold next time": Satnam Singh after winning bronze
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Indian rowing team of Parminder Singh, Sukhmeet Singh, Jakar Khan and Satnam Singh joined forces to secure a bronze in the final of the men's quadruple sculls at the ongoing Asian Games earlier in the week.
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Asian Games: Sunil Chhetri led Indian football team's campaign ends follow
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
India's men's football team's Asian Games campaign ended on a bitter note following two quick second-half strikes by Marram Mohammed as the Blue Tigers went down 0-2 to Saudi Arabia in their Round of 16 encounter on Thursday.
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