Mirabai Chanu and Karnam Malleswari (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: For 28 years, Indian weightlifting waited for this moment. There were new lifters, big names, and fresh hopes of returning to the Asian Games podium. But the medal remained out of reach.On Wednesday, Mirabai Chanu finally ended the wait.With India’s hopes resting on her shoulders,…
Image credit: Hockey India NEW DELHI: Deepika produced a stunning nine-goal show as India continued their dominant run in women’s hockey at the 2026 Asian Games, thrashing Thailand 20-1 in their Pool B match at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on Wednesday.The forward and drag-flick specialist converted all nine of her goals from penalty corners…
Mirabai Chanu won silver; India’s men’s and women’s skeet teams bag bronzes (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Mirabai Chanu finally ended her long wait for an Asian Games medal, winning silver in the women’s 49kg category on Wednesday.The 32-year-old lifted a total of 198kg (88kg+111kg) to finish second. The medal was India’s first Asian Games…
Manu Bhaker remembers late coach Jaspal Rana (Image credit: Agencies) NAGOYA: Manu Bhaker wore a disappointed look after finishing fifth (181.1) in the women’s 10m air pistol event. The position was unchanged from the previous edition of the Asian Games, but almost everything else had.In Hangzhou, she had been part of the gold-winning trio in…
Nagoya, Japan – September 22, 2026. India’s Roshibina Devi Naorem in action against Macau’s Man Sin Chu during the women’s 60kg quarter final. Indian Wushu player Roshibina Devi entered the women’s 60kg Sanda final at the Asian Games on Wednesday, assuring India of at least a silver medal and matching the country’s best-ever result in…
India’s men’s badminton team settled for a bronze medal at the Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya after losing 3-1 to China in the semifinal on Wednesday.India had won the silver medal at the last edition in Hangzhou in 2023, where they had also lost to China in the final.China took an early lead after Shi Yu…
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Image credit: AFP) NEW DELHI: Rinku Singh hopes veteran stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma feature in the 2027 ODI World Cup and help India win the coveted trophy. The middle-order batter also wants to move beyond the perception of being a single-format player and earn a Test cap for…
England’s Joe Root (AP photo) Joe Root entered another elite club on Tuesday, becoming the second-fastest batter in international cricket history to reach 23,000 runs during England’s first ODI against Sri Lanka in Durham.Root needed only three runs to reach the landmark and brought it up in typically stylish fashion, using his wrists to flick…
India’s Raiza Dhillon (PTI Photo) India’s Raiza Dhillon and Parinaaz Dhaliwal missed out on individual medals after finishing fourth and eighth respectively in the women’s skeet final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, having earlier helped the country secure team bronze.Raiza came agonisingly close to adding another medal to India’s tally, finishing fourth with…
Meghana Sajjanar and Ayushmann Khurrana Bengaluru: The power of print has come to the fore yet again.“A year ago, I was pushing my limits but hitting a wall without world-class equipment. Then, a single article in The Times of India changed everything,” international rifle shooter Meghana Sajjanar shared Tuesday.The Bengaluru-based athlete took to social media…