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Kolkata: The gulf between India and five-time world champions Brazil may be enormous, but India head coach Khalid Jamil wants his players to embrace rather than be overwhelmed by the occasion, urging them to "handle the pressure", keep things "simple" and give their best when...

Kakamigahara: India ended a 44-year wait for the Asian Games women's hockey gold and qualified for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics with a performance built on one stunning strike and an extraordinary rearguard action, upstaging defending champions and Olympic silver-medallists China 1-0 in the final...

Nishio (Japan): Indian boxers delivered a sensational hat-trick of gold medals at the Asian Games with Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Parveen Hooda (65kg) and Ankush Panghal (80kg) coming up with contrasting but stirring performances against more fancied opponents in their respective finals in Japan’s Nishio Friday....

New Delhi: In a major embarrassment for India, hockey umpire and technical official Gurinder Singh Sangha, has been sent back from the Asian Games in Japan owing to multiple complaints of alleged sexual misconduct by him during the mega-event. A well-placed Hockey India source told...

Nagoya: Sujeet Kalkal underlined his growing supremacy in the men's 65kg category, clinching the Asian Games gold in Nagoya Friday, while defeating an Olympic champion en route to the title to crown a stunning year of domination. He had already beaten stronger Iranian and Japanese...

Nishio: India ace Lovlina Borgohain added an illustrious feather to her growing boxing medal cabinet as she celebrated her 29th birthday Friday with a historic gold medal in the women's 75kg at the Asian Games 2026. The Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist defeated China's Bao Ziyi...

New Delhi: The Indian women’s recurve team of Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Mohod and Kirti stunned 10-time champions South Korea to clinch its first-ever gold at the Asian Games. Marking India’s first-ever appearance in the Asian Games women’s recurve team final, India registered 5-3 win over...

Cape Town: Archrivals India and Pakistan have been drawn together in Group A alongside reigning champions Australia for next year's ICC Men's ODI World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on its social media accounts Thursday. The group distribution for the 14-team marquee tournament...

Nagoya: India's Mansi Ahlawat lost her bronze medal bout to Mongolia's Altjin Togtokh in the women's 62kg event 2-5 at the Nagoya City Inae Sports Center Thursday. Meanwhile, Indian grappler Nitesh Siwach settled for a silver medal after losing the Greco-Roman 97kg final to Japan's...

Guwahati: Pacer Anshul Kamboj was drafted in Thursday as a replacement for injured Prasidh Krishna for the third and final ODI against the West Indies to be played in Mullanpur Saturday. A BCCI release attributed the sidelining of Prasidh to a left hamstring injury. In...