Jakarta, Aug 27: Indias Neena Varakil clinched silver in the womens long jump at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday. Neena recorded a best attempt of 6.51 metres to finish second. Bui Thi Thu Thao of Vietnam registered her seasons best attempt of 6.55m to win the gold medal. The bronze medal went to China...
Jakarta, Aug 27: Indias Dharun Ayyasamy claimed the silver medal after producing national record in the mens 400 metres hurdles at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday. Dharun recorded his personal best of 48.96 seconds to finish second behind Qatari Abderrahman Samba, who delivered a Games record timing of 47.6s. The Tamil Nadu athlete held...
Jakarta, Aug 27: Indian boxers enjoyed a good outing at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday with Vikas Krishan and Amit Panghal registering comprehensive victories by identical 5-0 margins in their respective bouts. Vikas overpowered Ahmed Tanveer of Pakistan by unanimous decision while Amit earned a similar decision against Mongolias Enkhmandakh Kharkhu. Both boxers have...
Jakarta, Aug 27: Taiwan won the gold medal in the mens recurve archery team event at the 2018 Asian Games after defeating South Korea with a score of 5-3 on Monday. The Taiwanese team, comprising Weimin Luo, Chihchun Tang and Chunheng Wei won in the first set 56-55 to go 2-0 up, reports Xinhua news...
Jakarta, Aug 27: Indias mens table tennis team finished second in Group D after defeating Vietnam 3-0 in their final clash before the knockouts at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday. An utterly dominant India wrapped up the tie in two hours and will be in action again on Monday in the quarter-finals. Indias second...
Madrid, Aug 27: Romanias Simona Halep continued to lead the Womens Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday with 8,061 points, followed by Denmarks Caroline Wozniacki. United States Sloane Stephens remained in her third spot in this weeks unchanged top 10, followed by Germanys Angelique Kerber and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, respectively,...
Jakarta, Aug 26:Indias mens and womens compound archery teams overcame Taiwan teams in the semi-finals on Sunday to set up title clashes against South Korean teams at the 18th Asian Games here. While the mens team beat Qatar, Philippines and Taiwan in the three matches on the day to be one win away from successfully...
Jakarta, Aug 26: Indian sprinters Muhammed Anas, Hima Das and Dutee Chand claimed silver medals in their respective events at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday. Anas and Hima claimed the silver medals in the mens and womens 400 metres races respectively. Reigning Asian champion Anas completed the race in 45.69 seconds to be second,...
Silverstone (England), Aug 26:The MotoGP British Grand Prix was delayed on Sunday due to heavy rain, with race organizers appearing to imply the race could be cancelled. Organisers had brought the start forward 11.30 am local time in hopes of avoiding bad weather, but the safety car at Silverstone Circuit confirmed rainwater had pooled at...
