Ominous China make golden start on first day of Asian Games
HANGZHOU: Hosts China swept the first gold medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday in a statement of intent on day one of the region’s answer to the Olympics.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Streaming September 25: When And Where To Watch Indians In Action
India will be having a great chance to bag a gold medal on Monday as the women's cricket team will be playing against Sri Lanka in the final at Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field, Hangzhou. The Smriti Mandhana-led side routed Bangladesh to book a final spot for itself. Apart from cricket, Indian athletes will begin their campaign in tennis and wushu. There will be some medal prospects in shooting as well as multiple Indian shooters will be in action in various categories. The performance in rowing was quite impressive on Sunday and Thanjam Priya Devi and Rukmani will be looking for a medal in the W8+ final.
Afghanistan women's volleyball team fumes at training conditions in Hangzhou
HANGZHOU, China: The Afghanistan women's volleyball team has lamented training conditions at the Asian Games and are concerned they will not be ready for an event where they are participating in defiance of the country's Taliban rulers.
Canadian coach confident women's squad will compete in 2024 Olympic volleyball tourney
Canada finished its run at a women's Olympic volleyball qualifying tournament with a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic on Sunday in Ningbo, China.
Asia Olympic body backs North Korea flag at Hangzhou despite WADA ban
HANGZHOU, China: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said it was happy for the North Korea flag to keep flying at the Hangzhou Asian Games despite it being banned over the country's non-compliance with global anti-doping rules.
Asian Games 2023: Indian Women's Football Team Fails To Enter Knockout Stage After Loss To Thailand
The Indian women's football team failed to qualify for the knockout stage of the Asian Games after their 0-1 defeat to Thailand on Sunday. Indian side fought bravely but a 52nd minute goal from Thongrong Parichat helped Thailand to emerge winner in their Group B match. India had lost their Asian Games opener to Chinese Taipei 1-2. The defeat against Thailand also ended their chances of finishing among the three second placed teams, who will enter the knockouts along with five top-ranked sides, from five groups.
Asian Games 2023: Srihari Nataraj 6th, Women's Freestyle Relay 7th In Swimming Finals
The impressive run of star swimmer Srihari Nataraj and Indian women's team ended with sixth and seventh place finishes in the finals of men's 100m backstroke and 4x100m freestyle relay respectively at the Asian Games on Sunday. Srihari, who had touched the pad at 54.71s to finish second in his heat and fifth overall to progress to the final, came up a timing of 54.48 seconds in the final. He was 2.25 behind gold medallist Xu Jiayu (52.23) of China. Irie Ryosuke of Japan (53.46) and Korea's Lee Juho (53.54) won the silver and bronze medals respectively. The women's team comprising Olympian Maana Patel, Dhinidhi Desinghu, Janvi Choudhary and Shivangi Sarma clocked 3:54:66 in the final to take the seventh place. China, Japan and Hong Kong won the gold, silver and bronze respectively.
Games-Indian Wushu team devastated after visa issue blocks athletes from Hangzhou
HANGZHOU : The three Indian martial arts athletes unable to compete at the Hangzhou Asian Games due to a politically-charged visa issue are "mentally broken" by the affair, team-mates told Reuters on Sunday.