Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur congratulated Indian archers Jyothi Vennam Surekha and Pravin Ojas for clinching first gold in Archery at the ongoing Asian Games
India's Jyothi Vennam Surekha and Pravin Ojas Deotale clinched gold in the mixed team compound archery after winning a final match against South Korea’s Chaewon So and Jaehoon Joo at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday.
First, in the pre-quarters match, he clinched a 4-3 win over China's Peng Fei. Then later on, he secured a massive 9-1 win over Tajikistan's Sukhrob Abdulkhaev in the quarterfinal, moving to the semifinals.
The Indian men’s kabaddi team continued their brilliant run at the Asian Games as they beat Thailand 63-26 at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre in Hangzhou on Wednesday
The Blues ended their previous match against Mohun Bagan Super Giant with nine men as Suresh Singh Wangjam and Naorem Roshan Singh were sent off. Simon Grayson thus has two of his definite starters absent for this game.
The start of the season hasn't been favourable for Bengaluru FC, with back-to-back defeats in the first two fixtures. Furthermore, they will be missing two key players, Suresh Singh Wangjam and Roshan Singh, who received marching orders in the previous game.
Despite the cancellation of India's last warm-up match against the Netherlands ahead of the World Cup, Australia and Afghanistan made sure that the spectators were still treated to a thrilling match.
Neeraj, a Tokyo Olympic medallist, will headline the athletic event on Day 11 of the Games, where India will definitely be the favourites for a gold medal.