A dominating Bajrang Punia opened India’s gold medal account at the 2018 Asian Games, bringing smiles and relief to the Indian camp which was jolted by the early exit of star wrestler Sushil Kumar today An in-form Bajrang won his maiden Asian Games gold in the 65kg category but a ‘rusty’ Sushil lost his last … Read more

Vinesh Phogat on Monday created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, brushing aside her rivals with remarkable ease in the 50kg category. Vinesh was a medal-favourite in her category and was likely to face stiff competition from Japan’s Yuki Irie whom she outplayed 6-2 … Read more

Three days Three golds and many more medals. First 3 days of the Asian Games in Jakarta have been quite gratifying for India. Young champions from India are shining in Jakarta from 16 year old shooter Saurabh Chaudhary to 23 year old wrestler Vinesh Phogat to 24 year old wrestler Bajrang Punia among other Indian … Read more

Fifteen-year-old shooter Shardul Vihan added a silver to India’s Asian Games 2018 Medal Tally when he finished second in the men’s double trap event. India’s medal tally got moving in the morning when tennis player Ankita Raina won bronze in women’s singles. Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan assured India of at least a silver in … Read more

Rowers joined India’s medal party on Day 6 of the Asian Games 2018 by adding a gold and two bronze medals to the country’s medal tally. The day started with Dushyant winning bronze in men’s Lightweight Single Sculls, which was followed by another bronze with Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan Singh finishing third in men’s Lightweight … Read more

India’s medal run at the Asian Games 2018 continued on Saturday as Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa clinched bronze medals in women’s singles squash after losing their semifinal matches. Dipka lost her semifnal to defending champion Malaysia’s Nicol David. The 26-year-old suffered a defeat in straight sets against the former World number one 3-0 (7-11, … Read more

Sunday was a productive day in athletics for India at Asian Games. 18 year old Hima Das won Silver medal in 400 meter race. Hima clocked 50.79 seconds to complete her race. Earlier, in the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships held in Finland, Hima Das became the first ever Indian woman to clinch gold. Muhammed … Read more

Silver medals came in a rush for India on the athletics track of the GBK Stadium in Jakarta on Monday. Dharun Ayyasamy , Sudha Singh and Neena Varakil all won silver in their respective events to add to India’s athletics medals tally. India’s Dharun Ayyasamy clinched a silver in men’s 400m hurdles in national record … Read more

Neeraj Chopra has created history, becoming the first-ever Indian to win a gold in men’s javelin throw at the Asian Games. To top it off, he managed the feat with his best-ever throw. Coming into the final, Neeraj had a personal best throw of 87.43m from May this year and his biggest competitor for the … Read more

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu remained in the hunt for a historic Asian Games gold medal after a tense win but Saina Nehwal settled for a bronze following her 10th straight defeat against world number one Tai Tzu Ying, today. World number three Sindhu beat Akane Yamaguchi 21-17 15-21 21-10 for her second win over … Read more