Incheon, The Indian men’s kabaddi team clinched its seventh successivegold medal at the Asian Games after coming from behind to beat a spirited Iran 27-25 in the summit clash in Incheon, South Korea on Friday. The Indian team, which has been winning gold ever since the sport was introduced on the Asiad roster in 1990, was given a massiveRead More

Incheon: A spirited Indian men’s hockey team defeated arch-rivals and defending champions Pakistan 4-2 in a nerve-wracking shoot-out to end its 16-year gold medal draught in the Asian Games and earn a direct berth to the 2016 Rio Olympics, here on Thursday. It turned out to be a humdinger ofRead More

Incheon: India continued their stranglehold in women’s 4x400m relay event in the Asian Games as its quartet ran a brilliant race to win the gold for the fourth time on the trot in Games record time in the 17th edition on Thursday. The quartet of Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, MandeepRead More

Several leading women football players have filed a lawsuit claiming sex discrimination over the decision to use synthetic pitches at the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada. Legal proceedings have begun against the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and football’s world governing body Fifa at the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, reportsRead More

Mumbai: Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin on Thursday said that BCCI should think of appointing young Virat Kohli as the Test captain after India’s drubbing in the longest format in the recently concluded series in England. The 51-year-old came down heavily on skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and said,”You don’t surviveRead More

Combat sports are a whole other animal, we all know this. Fighters train their whole lives to never make an emotional decision, to always stay calm and rational. They have to; otherwise they lose—best case scenario—or far worse. In combat sports, the one who gets angry first is the oneRead More

According to ESPN Cricinfo, Rohit Sharma, already out of the Champions League Twenty20 due to finger and shoulder injuries, will be unavailable for the limited-overs’ leg of India’s home series against the West Indies. Rohit is likely to be available for the three-Test series, starting October 30, that follows theRead More

Incheon, M C Mary Kom on Thursday became the first Indian woman boxer to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Games after she came from behind to beat Kazakhstan’s Zhaina Shekerbekova in the flyweight (51KG) summit clash. The lone Indian boxer in action on Wednesday, Mary Kom defeated ShekerbekovaRead More

Incheon, Distraught after losing her controversial semifinal bout, Indian boxer L Sarita Devi on Wednesday stunned officials and spectators by refusing to accept the bronze medal, which is now in the custody of organizers. The lightweight (60kg) boxer was in disbelief on Tuesday when she lost against home favourite JinaRead More

Incheon, It was once again a case of so near and yet so far for India’s Tintu Luka who, despite leading in most of the women’s 800 metres final race, was overtaken by Kazakhstan’s Margarita Mukasheva in the last stages and had to settle for the Asian Games silver hereRead More