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.
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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.
Indian Archers Win Silver, Bronze In Recurve Team Events, End 13-Year Wait
A 13-year wait ended in archery on Friday when the Indian men's and women's teams surpassed expectations to clinch a silver and bronze respectively, their first medals since 2010, at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. Battling injuries, the recurve team of Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur and Bhajan Kaur defied odds to clinch a bronze medal in the morning session. The fifth-seeded women's trio dropped just one set to down their Vietnamese rivals 6-2 (56-52, 55-56, 57-50, 51-48) and secure their first-ever Asian Games medal in the Olympic-discipline category since Guangzhou 2010. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)
Hyo Joo Kim on top at The Ascendant, Leona Maguire in touch
Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea carded eight birdies en route to a seven-under-par 64 and a two-stroke lead after the first round of The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America.
India vs Japan, Asian Games 2023, Men's Hockey Final, Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast?
India men's hockey team will be taking on Japan in the final match of the men's hockey event at the Asian Games 2023 on Friday. The Harmanpreet Singh-led side defeated South Korea 5-3 in the semi-final match and sealed the finale berth. Team India has been unbeaten at the Asian Games 2023 and topped the Pool A with wins in all five of their group matches. On the other hand, Japan defeated hosts China 3-2 in the semi-final. They finished at the second place in Pool A points table, where they only lost against India.