Incheon, Sep 28 (IANS) A brilliant performance by Indian pair Sanam Singh and Saketh Myneni helped them overcome top seeded Thai team of Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana to reach the men’s doubles final of the 17th Asian Games at the Yeorumul Tennis Courts here Sunday. The fifth seeded team beat their Thai opponents 4-6, 6-3, 10-6 […]
Incheon, Sep 28 (IANS) The Indian men’s and women’s table tennis teams suffered comprehensive defeats in their preliminary group stage matches of the 17th Asian Games at the Suwon Gymnasium here Sunday. The men’s team comprising Achanta Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Soumyajit Ghosh, was thrashed 0-3 by South Korea in the Group B match while […]
Incheon, Sep 26 (IANS) India’s Yuki Bhambri and Sanam Singh reached the men’s singles quarterfinals while compatriot Ankita Raina was ousted in the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s singles tennis competition at the 17th Asian Games here Friday. Bhambri, the highest seeded Indian in Incheon, eased to a 6-3, 6-3 straight-set win over 13th seed, Christopher Benjamin […]
Incheon, Sep 26 (IANS) India’s Sanam Singh reached the quarterfinals of the men’s singles tennis event of the 17th Asian Games with a straight sets victory over higher ranked South Korean Hyeon Chung at the Yeorumul Tennis Courts here Friday. The Indian 10th seed, staged a remarkable comeback to beat the sixth seed 7-5, 6-1 in […]
Kingston (Jamaica), Sep 26 (IANS/CMC) Middle order batsman Marlon Samuels is relishing his return to the West Indies team ahead of the tour of India. Samuels, who was dropped in June, was recalled to the regional side preparing to play five One-Day Internationals (ODI), three Test matches and one T20 International in India, reports CMC. The […]
Incheon, Sep 26 (IANS) India bagged their second silver in the 17th Asian Games as the men’s shooting team finished second in the 25 metre center fire pistol at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here Friday. The Indian trio of Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh and Vijay Kumar scored a combined 1740-68x to finish behind China’s team […]
Kingstown (St. Vincent), Sep 26 (IANS/CMC) West Indies women levelled the series 1-1 after an impressive all round performance from Deandra Dottin powered them to a seven-wicket win over New Zealand women in the second Twenty20 International at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex here. Dottin grabbed three wickets to upset New Zealand’s innings and returned to […]
Incheon, Sep 26 (IANS) Indian swimmer Sandeep Sejwal stormed into the final of the men’s 50m breaststroke after finishing atop Heat 2 of the 17th Asian Games at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center here Friday. Sejwal finished with a time of 28.25 seconds, 0.33 ahead of China’s Xiang Ma, who also qualified for the finals. […]
Incheon, Sep 26 (IANS) The Indian men’s team won the silver medal in the 25 metre center fire pistol event of the 17th Asian Games at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here Friday. The Indian team comprising Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh and Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar finished second with a score of 1740-64x. The gold […]
Incheon, Sep 25 (IANS) Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap marched into the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals with a facile straight-game win over Afghanistan Iqbal Ahmad Shekib in the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeyang Gymnasium here Thursday. Kashyap, who received a bye in the opening round, beat his Afghani opponent 21-6, 21-6 in just 17 minutes to book […]