In the Incheon Asian Games, India will take on Pakistan today for the Men's Hockey Gold medal. All India Radio will broadcast live commentary on the match from 3:25 PM onwards. In the group stage, Pakistan had defeated India, 2-1. Both nations had last faced each other in the Asian Games Final in 1982 at New Delhi, where Pakistan emerged victorious. While Pakistan are the defending champions, 1998 was the last time India had won the Men's Hockey Asiad Gold.In India's other events scheduled for today, Arpinder Singh and Renjith Maheswary in Triple Jump; Sahana Kumari in High Jump; Preeja Sreedharan and OP Jaisha in 5,000 metres; Suresh Kumar and Rahul Kumar in 10,000 metres; Om Prakash Karhana and Inderjeet Singh in Shot Put; and Rajender Singh in Javelin Throw will compete in the Finals.Pugilists Sathish Kumar and Vikas Krishan will box for a place in the Final of their respective categories.Among today's results, the Indian Men's and Women's Kabaddi teams stormed into the Finals. While the Indian eves defeated Thailand, the Men's team beat Korea in a thrilling encounter.n Table Tennis, Soumyajit Ghosh, Ankita Das and Manika Batra bowed out after losing their respective matches.In Volleyball, the Indian Men's team defeated Thailand in the 5th to 8th match. However, the Women's team lost to Hong Kong in the Classification 7th-8th Place.In Taekwondo, Saurav advanced to the quarterfinals. However, Shiv Kumar and Shreya Singh made an exit.China continues to top the medals tally. Korea is second, and Japan third. With 7 Gold, 9 Silver and 34 Bronze, India is 11th.
News On AIR | October 2, 2014 11:36 AM
Asian Games: India to meet Pakistan for Men's Hockey Gold medal today