Saurabh Chaudhary shines in national shooting trials

Asian Games gold medallist Saurabh Chaudhary won the first men's 10m air pistol trial (T1) with a final round score of 248.2 at the ongoing National shooting Trials in New Delhi today.  Saurabh's score was a massive 4.6 points above the present world record score of 243.6, set by Ukranian Oleh Omelchuk in Munich earlier this year. The 16-year-old from Uttar Pradesh also won the Junior men's event, shooting 245.5 in the final. He also qualified for the eight-man final w...

18th Asian Games: India finishes with biggest ever medal tally

Asian Games: India beat Pakistan 2-1 to clinch a Bronze medal in Men's Hockey

India added two more gold medals, one silver and a bronze to its kitty at the 18th Asian Games being held in Indonesia today. In Boxing and Bridge event India got Gold, and Silver in Women's Squash Team event.  Boxer Amit Panghal defeated reigning Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan in the final of Men's Light Flyweight 49 kilogram category. Amit Panghal was the lone boxer left in the fray. The second gold medal of the day came in the bridge Men's Pair eve...

Asian Games: India settles for silver in Women's Hockey losing 1-2 to Japan in final

In Asian Games, Women's hockey team settled for silver after losing to Japan in the final. Japan defeated India 2-1. Earlier, on the 13th day of action at the Games in Indonesia, Country clinched 6 medals - two silver and four bronze, taking the medals tally to 65. In Sailing, Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar won silver in the 49er FX Women, while Harshita Tomar won bronze in the Open Laser 4.7. Varun Thakkar & KC Ganapathy get bronze in 49er Men. In Boxing, Vikas Krishnan had...

Asian Games: Manjit Singh wins gold, Jinson Johnson bags silver in men's 800m; PV Sindhu becomes first Indian to win silver in Badminton

India clinched 9 more medals at the Asian Games in Indonesia today. In Athletics, Manjit Singh won gold in men's 800 metres while Jinson Johnson took silver. Ace shuttler PV Sindhu created history by becoming the first Indian to win a Silver medal in Badminton.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated P V Sindhu for the feat. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, her accomplishment makes 125 crore Indians happy and proud.  In yet another good performance in track and field, India finished second...

India clinches one gold, three silver and one bronze medals on 9th day at 18th Asian Games

India clinched one gold, three silver and one bronze medals on the 9th day today at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia. The Gold medal was bagged in Javelin Throw. Two silver medals came in Athletics and one in Steeplechase event.  India also got one Bronze medal in Badminton. Neeraj Chopra today became the first Indian javelin thrower to win an Asian Games gold medal as he shattered his own national record by clearing a distance of 88.06 metres in men's final.  Chopra's gold is...

India clinch five Silver and two bronze in Asian Games

India today clinched five Silver and two bronze medals at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia. Two silver medals were bagged in Equestrian and three in Athletics. India also got two bronze medals in Men's Team and Mixed team event in Bridge. Equestrian is a sport related to Horse riding. Fouaad Mirza finished second on the podium in the Eventing Individual, with the Indian team, comprising Fouaad, Jitender Singh, Ashish Malik and Rakesh Kumar, claiming Silver in the Team category of the e...

Asian Games: Tejendra Pal Singh wins gold in Shot Put; Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa, Saurabh Ghoshal win bronze medals

India's Asian Games athletics campaign kicked off on a positive note today as Tajinderpal Singh bagged a Gold in men's Shot-Put event creating an Asian Games record of covering a distance of 20.75 meters. Muhammed Anas and Rajiv Arokia qualified for the men's 400m semi-finals. Anas topped heat 1 while Rajiv finished second in heat 4. In women's 100 meters Duti chand has qualified for semifinals. She topped the heat with 11.38 seconds. High -jumper Chethan Subr...