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Asian Games: Indian Men And Women's Chess Teams Clinch Silver Medals

The Indian men's and women's chess teams won silver medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. GM Harika Dronavalli, IM Vaishali Rameshbabu, IM Vantika Agrawal, and WGM Savitha Shri Baskar all won their games in a dominating fashion to beat South Korea 4-0 in the final round to finish with 15 match points. The top-seeded Chinese team won its last round match against the UAE with a 4-0 margin to take the gold with 17/18 match points. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)

Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty Achieve Crowing Glory With Asian Games Gold

Star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty earned India's first-ever badminton gold medal at the Asian Games with a straight-game win over South Korea's Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho in Hangzhou on Sunday. World number 3 Satwik and Chirag, who had become the first Indians to win the Asian championships in 58 years in March this year, extended their sensational run with a 21-18 21-16 win over Choi and Kim, ranked 15th, to achieve their crowing glory. It was also India's first medal in men's doubles in 41 years since Leroy D'sa and Pradeep Gandhe won a bronze in 1982 edition. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)

Philippines win first Asian Games men's basketball gold in 61 years

HANGZHOU: The Philippines won their first men's Asian Games basketball gold since 1962 on Friday (Oct 6) in a 70-60 victory over Jordan with American-born Justin Brownlee pouring in 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

Games-India reach 100-medal target with women's kabaddi gold

HANGZHOU, China : India hit their 100-medal target for the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday when their women's kabaddi team beat Taiwan in a 26-25 thriller to take the gold.

Asian Games: Pravin Ojas, Jyothi Vennam Headline India's Compound Archery Medal Rush

Archers continued to add to the country's medal rush, with Pravin Ojas Deotale and Abhishek Verma clinching gold and silver medals respectively in the men's compound archery at the 19th Asian Games on Saturday. Pravin defeated Abhishek to bag the gold medal by a margin of 149-147. With these medals, India has now aggregated 9 medals, including 6 golds in compound archery. This is the best performance registered by India in the compound archery event.

World No.3 Jin Young Ko and Team Van Dam lead at Aramco Team Series Hong Kong

HONG KONG: World No. 3 Jin Young Ko took the lead in the Aramco Team Series presented by PIF — Hong Kong after an impressive bogey-free first-round score of eight-under-par at the Hong Kong Golf Club. The South Korean, who was one of the favorites heading into this week, dominated from the start, scoring 30 on the front nine and 35 on the back, establishing a two-shot lead over Anne van Dam of the Netherlands, who shot a six-under-par 67 and sits alone in second place. “I practiced a lot and worked out a lot (last month), as I really wanted to play in the Aramco Team Series,” Ko said.

'Coolest thing': Breakdancing wows Asian Games ahead of Olympic bow

HANGZHOU: When South Korean Kim Hong-yul was a teenager in the late 1990s, hip-hop ruled the airwaves and breakdancing was "the coolest thing in the world", he said.

India Reclaim Asian Games Hockey Gold With 5-1 Drubbing Of Japan, Qualify For Paris Olympics

Skipper Harmanpreet Singh led admirably as the Indian men's hockey team mauled defending champions Japan 5-1 to reclaim the Asian Games gold, their fourth in the continental showpiece, after nine years and qualify for next year's Paris Olympics on Friday. The Indians, who had to be content with a bronze medal in the last edition in Jakarta, thus won their fourth Asian Games gold and first since the 2014 Incheon edition. India's other gold medals came in 1966 and 1998, both times in Bangkok. South Korea won the bronze medal after eking out a close 2-1 win over hosts China.

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Asian Games: Indian Men And Women's Chess Teams Clinch Silver Medals

Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty Achieve Crowing Glory With Asian Games Gold

Philippines win first Asian Games men's basketball gold in 61 years

Games-India reach 100-medal target with women's kabaddi gold

Asian Games: Pravin Ojas, Jyothi Vennam Headline India's Compound Archery Medal Rush

World No.3 Jin Young Ko and Team Van Dam lead at Aramco Team Series Hong Kong

'Coolest thing': Breakdancing wows Asian Games ahead of Olympic bow

India Reclaim Asian Games Hockey Gold With 5-1 Drubbing Of Japan, Qualify For Paris Olympics