Pakistan chose not to field team against Israel (Screengrabs from GyanMaster and ChessBase India) Pakistan refused to play Israel in the opening round of the 46th FIDE World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Wednesday, handing Israel a 4-0 win by walkover.Pakistan did not field any player for the scheduled match, leaving all four boards…
Nagoya: Members of the Indian delegation arrive during the official welcome and flag-hoisting ceremony ahead of the 20th Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav) The Asian Games 2026 officially begin in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Saturday, September 19, with India aiming to improve on its record medal haul from the previous edition in Hangzhou.The…
Shiv Kapur (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images NEW DELHI: More than two decades after winning India’s only individual Asian Games golf gold, Shiv Kapur believes the country’s current crop of golfers has the talent to bring another medal home from Nagoya.The golf competition at the 2026 Asian Games begins on Sept 30, with India fielding…
Anu Raghavan will represent India in the 400m hurdles at the 2026 Asian Games. (Instagram) New Delhi: For eight years, 400m hurdles athlete Anu Raghavan has been an Asian Games medallist without ever standing on the podium. The certificate is with her. The bronze medal, however, is not.When Bahrain’s Kemi Adekoya was stripped of the…
India’s Chef de Mission Sahdev Yadav (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s Chef de Mission Sahdev Yadav has acknowledged a shortage of accommodation at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, revealing that the Indian contingent had to book additional hotel rooms after its accommodation quota was reduced upon arrival in Japan.Yadav said the Sports Authority of India (SAI)…
Abhishek Sharma reveals Yuvraj Singh’s message Abhishek Sharma responded to a message from his mentor Yuvraj Singh in the best possible way, smashing a record-breaking century against Afghanistan in the third and final T20I in New Delhi on Thursday.The left-handed opener hit a 30-ball hundred, the fastest T20I century by a player from an ICC…
Manu Bhaker, Tajinderpal Singh Toor NEW DELHI: Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and two-time defending Asian Games shot put champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor will carry the Indian flag at the opening ceremony of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, giving the country two champions from different generations of Indian sport to lead the contingent into…
Quimcy Dsouza (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza produced a stunning comeback against Japan’s top-seeded Yuina Sakamoto before following it up with another convincing victory to march into the women’s singles semifinals in Teqball at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday.Making her Asian Games debut in a sport appearing at the continental Games…
Nagoya: India start favourites to win the women’s cricket gold here, but Harmanpreet Kaur and her team have a bigger prize on their mind — the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where cricket will return to the Games after 128 years. Cricket made its only previous Olympic appearance at Paris in 1900, when Great Britain and…
File Pic: Gautam Gambhir and Hardik Pandya. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India head coach Gautam Gambhir has made it clear that Hardik Pandya will have to build his way back into international cricket through game time, with the all-rounder currently not part of India’s squads after not playing enough cricket since the IPL.Following India’s 127-run…
