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Kakamigahara: The troika of destructive young forward Deepika Sehrawat, Rutuja Dadaso Pisal and Navneet Kaur fired a hat-trick each as the Indian women's hockey team hammered Indonesia 17-1 to register its second consecutive Pool B win at the Asian Games in Kakamigahara Monday. The 22-year-old...

Kataka: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday inaugurated the first edition of 'Odisha T20 League CM Trophy' at the Barabati Stadium in Kataka and said the tournament will provide a platform for cricketing talents of the state to showcase their skills. The state already has...

Nagoya: Driven by Elavenil Valarivan's individual brilliance, India opened their Asian Games medal account with a couple of silvers in shooting, while locking an unexpected podium finish in Mixed Martial Arts and making an authoritative push towards a second successive women's cricket gold in Nagoya...

Nagoya: India launched their Asian Games men’s hockey title defence in emphatic fashion, decimating Indonesia 13-1 in their opening Pool A encounter Sunday. Eight different goal-scorers were on target for the Indian team, headlined by Dilpreet Singh's four-goal haul, as India put on a clinical...

Kakamilgahara (Japan): Young striker Deepika Sehrawat slammed in a record-shattering eight goals as the Indian women's hockey team hammered lowly Uzbekistan 19-0 in its opening Pool B match to make a flying start at the Asian Games Sunday. It was expected to be a one-sided...

Nisshin (Japan): Shafali Verma slammed her maiden T20I century to power India into the final of women's cricket event at the Asian Games with a 114-run win over Bangladesh, Sunday. Opting to bat, India rode on Shafali's unbeaten 100 off 49 balls (9 sixes, 3...

Nisshin (Japan): Explosive opener Shafali Verma blazed her way to a splendid unbeaten ton to fire India to a massive total of 195 for four in the Asian Games women's cricket semifinal against Bangladesh here on Sunday. The India opener went hammer and tongs to...

Nisshin: India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana added another feather to her illustrious cap as she became the leading run-scorer in T20I cricket across men's and women's game Sunday. Mandhana achieved the milestone during the Asian Games semifinal against Bangladesh women at the Korogi Sports Park with...

Nagoya: Elavenil Valarivan added another silver to India’s medal tally at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games after finishing second in a tense women’s 10m air rifle individual final here at the Aichi Pref. General Shooting Gallery Sunday. Having already contributed to India’s silver in the team...

Nagoya: The upcoming India-Japan cricket match in Sano City will mark the inaugural event of the celebrations commemorating 75 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Ambassador of India to Japan Nagma Mohamed Mallick told. The match is scheduled for September 22 in Sano...