Elavenil Valarivan celebrates after winning silver medal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Elavenil Valarivan walked away from the Asian Games shooting range with two silver medals on Sunday, but there was also a nagging sense of what might have been after the Indian shooter let a commanding lead slip away in the final stages of the…
Asian Games – Aichi-Nagoya 2026 – Swimming – Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Koto, Tokyo, Japan – September 20, 2026. China’s Yu Zidi in action during the Women’s 200m Butterfly Heat China’s teenage swimming sensation Yu Zidi completed a memorable Asian Games debut by winning the women’s 200m butterfly gold with a new Games record in Japan…
Andros Townsend run over by pitch roller Former England international Andros Townsend was involved in a freak accident during the warm-up before his Thai League One side PT Prachuap’s match against Pattani FC, appearing to be struck and briefly run over by a pitch roller.Footage circulating on social media, reportedly from the warm-up, shows Townsend…
Elavenil Valarivan; and Indian women’s 10m air rifle team with their silver medals The Asian Games 2026 got underway in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday with India making a strong start to their medal campaign, picking up two silver medals in the women’s 10m air rifle competition. Elavenil leads India’s medal charge Elavenil Valarivan was at the…
Elavenil Valarivan (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Elavenil Valarivan narrowly missed out on gold after producing a strong performance in the women’s 10m air rifle individual final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, settling for silver with a cumulative score of 252.4.Japan’s Taichi Hinata clinched gold with 253.0, while South Korea’s Ban Hyojin took bronze with…
Smriti Mandhana (AFP Photo) Smriti Mandhana made history in the Asian Games 2026 semi-final, becoming the highest run-scorer in women’s T20I cricket. The India opener achieved the milestones during a blistering start against Bangladesh, as India raced to 71/1 in the powerplay in their bid to book a place in the gold-medal match.India captain Harmanpreet…
India open Asian Games shooting campaign with silver in women’s 10m air rifle India opened their shooting campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with a silver medal in the women’s 10m air rifle team event on Sunday, with Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod combining for a second-place finish.The Indian trio accumulated 1898.0 points…
Isharani Baruah made it to the quarterfinals of Syed Modi International (BAI) NEW DELHI: When Isharani Baruah looks at India’s badminton squad for the Asian Games, she doesn’t see a team overawed by Asia’s traditional powerhouses.The 22-year-old from Assam will make her Asian Games debut in Aichi-Nagoya, stepping into a squad that brings together the…
India eye record medals at Asian Games 2026 NEW DELHI: Hoping to build on the historic campaign three years back at Hangzhou, India begins its campaign at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya with a 500-plus athlete contingent, aiming to better the 106-medal tally racked up at the last Games.While the build-up to the Games has…
Glimpses from Asian Games 2026 opening ceremony. (Reuters Photos) The Asian Games are officially underway in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Saturday and the numbers alone tell part of the story: this is a sporting event that is bigger than the Paris Olympics in athlete participation, while also offering a programme that looks markedly different from the…
