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The Indian women quartet of Hima Das, M R Poovamma, Saritaben Gayakwad and Vismaya Velluva Koroth teamed up to clinch the gold in 4x400m Relay for the fifth consecutive time in the Asian Games. The Women’s team clocked 3:28.72 seconds to continue their dominance in this event. Bahrain in 3:30.61 …

Seema Punia could not defend her title and settled for a bronze in the Women’s Discus Throw event in the Asian Games 2018. Seema cleared a best distance of 62.26m in her third attempt which was better than her gold-winning effort at the 2014 Incheon Games. This was Seema’s best …

Jinson Johnson had no intention to finish in any other position rather than finishing first in Men’s 1500m. He made up his gold medal loss in 800m by clinching the gold in 1500m by clocking 3:44.72 seconds. Iran’s Amir Moradi won the silver with 3:45.62 seconds and Bahrain’s Mohammed Tiouali …

After the Men’s Table Tennis Team bagged the first-ever medal in Asian Games in the form of a bronze, the Mixed Doubles pair of Manika Batra and Sharath Kamala also grabbed the bronze in their event. The Indian duo lost in the mixed doubles semi-finals 9-11, 5-11, 13-11, 4-11, 8-11 …

Arpinder Singh clinched India’s first Men’s Triple Jump gold in 48 years with a jump of 16.77m at the Asian Games 2018. India’s last Asian Games gold medal in this event had come in 1970 from Mohinder Singh Gill. Arpinder, produced a best jump of 16.77 m  in his third …

After her 100m silver-winning performance, Dutee Chand clinched silver in the 200m race at the Asian Games 2018. Dutee, placed in No 3 lane, gave a tough fight to all the competitors but could not beat Edidiong Odiong of Bahrain. While Odiong finished the race in 22.96 seconds, Dutee clocked …

Indian Men’s Table Tennis team settled for historic bronze at the Asian Games 2018 as this is the first-ever Asian Games medal in Table Tennis. The team of G Sathiyan, Achanta Sharath Kamal and A Amalraj lost against South Korea 3-0 in the semifinal. India had reached the semifinal after …

India continue its good form on rack and field by winning the silver in the first-ever 4x400m Mixed Relay at the Asian Games. The Indian team comprising of Poovamma Machettira, Hima Das, Muhammed Anas Yahiya and Rajiv Arokia clocked 3:15.71 seconds to finish second behind Bahrain, who won gold by …

India today bagged two medals in Kurash, a form of wrestling indigenous to central Asia, that made its debut at the Asian Games. Pincky Balhara and Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav won silver and bronze respectively in the Women’s 52kg category at this edition of the Asian Games. 19-year old Pincky Balhara …

Indians are dominating the track and field at Jakarta. Manjit Singh ran some of his finest last seconds to win the gold in 800 metres defeating compatriot and favourite Jinson Johnson. Manjit clocked 1:46.15 while Johnson clocked 1:46.35 to make it a memorable double for India. This is the third …