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HANGZHOU, China: North Korea football coach Sin Yong Nam defended his players after several clashed with match officials on the pitch after their 2-1 defeat to Japan in the Asian Games quarter-finals in Hangzhou on Sunday (Oct 1).
India's Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the men's singles second round with a comfortable straight-game win over Vietnam's Phat Le Duc in the badminton competition of the Asian Games on Monday. Srikanth, a 2021 world championships silver medallist, outclassed Le Duc 21-10 21-10 in 29 minutes to set up a clash with Korea's Lee Yun Gyu. Commonwealth Games gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also sailed into the men's doubles pre-quarterfinals with a 21-11 21-16 win over Hong Kong's Chow Hin Long and Lui Chun Wai. (Asian Games Medals Tally)
Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin melangkah mulus ke babak 16 besar Asian Games 2023. Leo/Daniel menang mudah atas wakil Makau.
Star shuttlers HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu received first-round byes as India were handed a mixed draw in the individual events of badminton competition at the Asian Games on Sunday. World No. 7 Prannoy, who missed the team championships final due to a back injury will hope to recover in time as he is pitted against Batdavaa Munkhbat of Mongolia in the second round, while Kidambi Srikanth, a former world No. 1, will face Le Duc Phat of Vietnam in the opening round. World championships bronze medallist Prannoy, seeded fifth, might face Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia or world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the quarterfinal.
Seasoned Jyothi Surekha Vennam led the charge as Indian compound archers lived up to their reputation, topping the qualification and also grabbed No. 1 seeding in women's and mixed pair team events at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday. World champion Ojas Deotale and 2014 Asian Games silver medalist Abhishek Verma secured third-fourth place finish as India took the second seedings in men's team compound qualifiers. The 27-year-old Jyothi set the tone in the first-half of the session when she edged her South Korean rivals to top the qualification with 704 points, five clear of So Chaewon.
The second-seeded Indian women's chess team registered a 2.5-1.5 win over Vietnam in the second round of the team event in the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. The top-seeded men's team was held to a 2-2 draw by a strong Uzbekistan team with all four matches ending in draws. In the India-Vietnam match, R Vaishali scored the first win with black pieces against WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung. The country's top player, Koneru Humpy, and Vantika Agarwal drew their games.
HANGZHOU, China: Delight turned into despair for Singapore women’s 4x100m medley relay team - touching home third in Friday's final (Sep 29) - only to learn soon after that they had been disqualified.
Ace Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu's Asian Games campaign ended in heartbreak as the Olympic medallist fell on her back to injure herself, finishing fourth in the women's 49kg event in Hangzhou on Saturday. Chanu, who was under pressure after a disappointing snatch outing, went for a 117kg clean and jerk lift which would have won her the bronze, but failed to clear it twice. In in her final attempt she fell flat on her back and had to be lifted off the stage. She left the weighting arena limping.