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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.

China rowers win first gold of Asian Games

HANGZHOU: Host nation China won the first gold medal of the Asian Games on Sunday (Sep 24), when Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping dominated the women's lightweight double sculls rowing final.

Asian Games 2023: India Play Out 1-1 Draw With Myanmar, Enter Round Of 16 In Men's Football

Riding on a Sunil Chhetri strike, the Indian men's football team held Myanmar to a 1-1 draw and progressed to the round of 16 in the Asian Games on Sunday. They will play Saudi Arabia in the pre-quarters. Chhetri scored from the spot in the 23rd minute but it was Rahim Ali who earned the penalty when he was brought down inside the box by Hein Zeyar Lin. While Lin was shown a yellow card for his sliding tackle, the peerless Chhetri made no mistake in finding the back of the net, in what was a repeat of the act he performed against Bangladesh in the second group game two days ago.

Asian Games: Indian Men Falter In 2nd Round Of Chess; Koneru Humpy, D Harika Post Two Wins Each

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, the third highest ranked player in the field, suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Kazakhstan's IM Kazybek Nogerbek in the second round of the men's individual event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday. In the women's event, India's top players -- Koneru Humpy and D Harika -- started well, securing wins in the first two rounds. Having started with a win over Bangladesh IM Mohammed Fahad Rahman in the first round, Gujrathi faced a reverse at the hands of his Kazakh opponent.

Asian Games: Mayank Chaphekar's Journey Ends; Finishes 13th In Semi-Finals Of Modern Pentathlon

Indian athlete Mayank Chaphekar's landmark Asian Games 2023 campaign ended in the semi-finals of the men's individual modern pentathlon event in Hangzhou on Sunday. He failed to make it to the final after finishing 13th in the semi-finals with total of 1005 points. With eight victories and 20 defeats, Mayank Chaphekar had finished 28th among 29th athletes in the fencing ranking round with 166 points.

Indian Fencer Taniksha Khatri Goes Down In Quarter Finals, Misses Medal Narrowly

India narrowly missed out on a medal in Asian Games fencing when Taniksha Khatri lost to world No 2 Man Wai Vivian Kong of Hong Kong 7-15 in individual epee quarterfinal in Hangzhou on Sunday. Khatri, who won her three pool matches to qualify for the knockout round, had seven touches but her opponent was superior and sealed the issue to make the semifinals. A quarterfinal win would have guaranteed at least a bronze medal for the Indian who out-performed her teammate Ena Arora by just four points (15-11) in the round of 32.

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Asian Games 2023: Indian Women's Football Team Fails To Enter Knockout Stage After Loss To Thailand

Asian Games 2023: Srihari Nataraj 6th, Women's Freestyle Relay 7th In Swimming Finals

Games-Indian Wushu team devastated after visa issue blocks athletes from Hangzhou

China rowers win first gold of Asian Games

Asian Games 2023: India Play Out 1-1 Draw With Myanmar, Enter Round Of 16 In Men's Football

Asian Games: Indian Men Falter In 2nd Round Of Chess; Koneru Humpy, D Harika Post Two Wins Each

Asian Games: Mayank Chaphekar's Journey Ends; Finishes 13th In Semi-Finals Of Modern Pentathlon

Indian Fencer Taniksha Khatri Goes Down In Quarter Finals, Misses Medal Narrowly