Image credit: Hockey India NEW DELHI: Deepika produced a stunning nine-goal show as India continued their dominant run in women’s hockey at the 2026 Asian Games, thrashing Thailand 20-1 in their Pool B match at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on Wednesday.The forward and drag-flick specialist converted all nine of her goals from penalty corners…
India’s Raiza Dhillon (PTI Photo) India’s Raiza Dhillon and Parinaaz Dhaliwal missed out on individual medals after finishing fourth and eighth respectively in the women’s skeet final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, having earlier helped the country secure team bronze.Raiza came agonisingly close to adding another medal to India’s tally, finishing fourth with…
Meghana Sajjanar and Ayushmann Khurrana Bengaluru: The power of print has come to the fore yet again.“A year ago, I was pushing my limits but hitting a wall without world-class equipment. Then, a single article in The Times of India changed everything,” international rifle shooter Meghana Sajjanar shared Tuesday.The Bengaluru-based athlete took to social media…
India’s Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmad Khan with coach Amrinder Singh Cheema (PTI Photo) India’s men’s skeet team of Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Ahmed Khan and Bhavtegh Singh Gill secured the bronze medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 on Wednesday after prevailing over Kazakhstan in a shoot-off.The Indian trio finished…
Jay Meena assures India’s first-ever soft tennis medal at Asian Games 2026 Jay Meena’s journey to India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis began not with a racket in his hand, but with an interest in cricket.The 14-year-old who once dreamed of becoming a cricketer has now become a history-maker, with Meena assured of…
Raiza Dhillon of India (AP) India’s women’s skeet team of Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal clinched the bronze medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, finishing with a combined score of 331.Raiza and Parinaaz both shot 111 out of a possible 125, while Maheshwari contributed 109 as the Indian trio secured a…
India survive Japan scare in five-over contest The first recorded cricket match in Japan was played 163 years ago in Yokohama, but the sport never quite caught the imagination of the Japanese. Currently, around 7,300 people are registered with the Japan Cricket Association – that’s about 0.00593% of the country’s population!The tech-savvy nation, though, is…
India’s players hold the national flag after winning in the women’s final T20I cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in the ongoing Asian Games 2026, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI photo) Nagoya: On the sidelines of the cricket facility at Korogi Athletic Park, a few Sri Lankan men sat watching the India-Sri Lanka women’s final….
India cricketers after winning the Asian Games gold. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India finally opened its gold-medal account at the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday as Harmanpreet Kaur-led side successfully defended its women’s cricket title, beating Sri Lanka in the final at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin.The emphatic victory took India’s medal tally to seven…
People walk past the Costa Serena cruise ship, housing athletes for the Asian Games, at Nagoya Port, Japan. (PTI Photo) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P T Usha on Tuesday questioned the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games organisers’ decision to do away with a conventional Athletes Village, saying she and several other members of the event’s coordination…
