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Indian athlete Ancy Sojan Edappilly on Monday bagged a silver medal in the women's long jump in the ongoing Asian Games 2023. On her fifth try, she registered her personal best of 6.63m and secured a podium finish. China's Shiqi Xiong also broke through her limits and gave a personal best of 6.73m. The bronze medal was secured by Nga Yan from Hong Kong with a distance of 6.50 which was also her personal best. Shaili Singh was another Indian athlete who was competing in the women's long jump. But her efforts were not enough to bring another medal for India. She ended up in the fifth position with an attempt of 6.48m. Earlier in the day, Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women's 3000-metre steeplechase.
The Indian men's cricket team will kick-start its Asian Games 2023 campaign against Nepal on Tuesday in the quarterfinals. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side is playing the quarterfinal match directly, thanks to its T20I ranking. Nepal defeated Maldives by 138 runs in their Group A match to qualify for the quarterfinals. India will be led by Gaikwad as the senior men's cricket team is currently preparing for the Cricket World Cup 2023, starting October 5.
After the Indian cricket team included stalwart spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the squad of the Cricket World Cup 2023, Australian team management called Gujarat local bowler Mahesh Pithania to their practice session who has a similar bowling style as that of Ashwin. However, the bowler has denied the request as he has other commitments. Earlier, the Australian team had taken the help of Pithania in the nets during their visit to India early this year for the test series. This time also Aussies wanted to prepare themselves against Ashwin in the practice session by playing Pithania in Chennai where India and Australia will start their world campaign.
India's Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women's 3000m steeplechase but they were left chasing the shadow of Bahrain's Yavi Winfred Mutile, who set an Asian Games record on way to defending her title on Monday. Parul clocked 9:27.63 seconds, which was more than nine seconds behind the Bahrain runner who took the top podium finish in 9:18.28, a new Games record. The previous Games record stood in the name of country-mate Jebet Ruth (9:31.36 sec) set during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
The Indian women's basketball team lost 57-96 against Noth Korea to bow out in the quarterfinals of the Asian Games on Monday. The Indian women cagers were no match for North Korea as they lost all the four quarters 20-26, 6-26, 17-22, 14-22 at the Shaoxing Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium. The Indians started impressively and gave North Korea a fight in the first quarter but were completely outplayed in the remaining three quarters. Earlier, India finished second in Group A, beating Indonesia 66-46, Mongolia 68-62 before losing 53-111 against defending champions China.
Manchester City fans in the UAE will get the chance to see all the trophies from the club's historic treble-winning season when they tour the country this weekend.
The Indian team clinched a silver medal in the 4x400m mixed relay event in the ongoing Asian Games on Monday after the Sri Lankan team got disqualified for lane infringement. Initially, India claimed the third spot. The Indian team comprising Muhammed Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan clocked 3:14.34s to claim the silver medal. Bahrain topped the chart with timing of 3:14.02s and Kazakhstan with their season-best timing of 3:24.85s claimed the bronze medal. Meanwhile, Indian athlete Ancy Sojan Edappilly bagged a silver medal in the women's long jump.