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,…
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…
Mirabai Chanu (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: India’s star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won her maiden Asian Games medal on Wednesday, claiming silver medal in the women’s 49kg category at the Nagoya City Trade and Industry Center in Aichi and Nagoya.Mirabai lifted a total of 198 kg in the event. She lifted 87 kg in the…
The other side of America’s only grandmaster Irina Krush NEW DELHI: For most of its history, American women’s chess had a very simple relationship with the Olympiad podium. It did not have one. Not once, in over four decades of trying, had the United States women’s team finished among the medals at chess’s biennial team…
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be back in action in the three-match ODI series against West Indies. NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill-led India ODI squad for the three-match series against West Indies is set to assemble in Thiruvananthapuram by Thursday (September 24). Some players will reach the venue for the series opener on Wednesday night,…
Jay Meena assures India’s first-ever soft tennis medal at Asian Games 2026 Jay Meena’s journey to India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis began not with a racket in his hand, but with an interest in cricket.The 14-year-old who once dreamed of becoming a cricketer has now become a history-maker, with Meena assured of…
Manu Bhaker finished 4th in the women’s 10m air pistol final at Asian Games 2026 Manu Bhaker finished fifth in the women’s 10m air pistol final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, missing out on a medal after qualifying third in the eight-shooter medal round.Bhaker, who had shot 579-20x in qualification, finished with a…
India survive Japan scare in five-over contest The first recorded cricket match in Japan was played 163 years ago in Yokohama, but the sport never quite caught the imagination of the Japanese. Currently, around 7,300 people are registered with the Japan Cricket Association – that’s about 0.00593% of the country’s population!The tech-savvy nation, though, is…
India’s players hold the national flag after winning in the women’s final T20I cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in the ongoing Asian Games 2026, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI photo) Nagoya: On the sidelines of the cricket facility at Korogi Athletic Park, a few Sri Lankan men sat watching the India-Sri Lanka women’s final….
Asian Games 2026 Day 4 Live Updates: India will have another busy day at the Asian Games 2026 on Wednesday, September 23, with several of the country’s top athletes in action in Aichi-Nagoya. Shooting and weightlifting will lead India’s medal hopes on Day 4, while the men’s badminton team will play for a place in…
Roshibina Devi assures third successive Asian Games medal New Delhi: She wasn’t supposed to be in Aich-Nagoya. Not at the Asian Games. Not at her third successive continental event. And certainly not one win away from a place in the women’s 60kg sanda final.Naorem Roshibina Devi had lost fairly in the selection trials for the…
After a disappointing show at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Pranati Nayak gave herself a chance to make amends by qualifying for the vault final at the Asian Games on Tuesday.The 31-year-old, India’s lone artistic gymnast at the continental meet, finished seventh in the qualification round at Nagoya General Gymnasium with an aggregate score of…
India’s women’s hockey team at Asian Games India will have another busy day at the Asian Games 2026 on Wednesday, September 23, with several of the country’s top athletes in action in Aichi-Nagoya.Shooting and weightlifting will lead India’s medal hopes on Day 4, while the men’s badminton team will play for a place in the…
You missed something crucial in that Sydney Sweeney ad Hello and welcome to another edition of Offside.Last week, everyone lost their collective marvels over an ad featuring Sydney Sweeneywhich became a civilisational debate about what a woman can do with her body, with female athletes accusing her of sending us back to the Stone Age….
People walk past the Costa Serena cruise ship, housing athletes for the Asian Games, at Nagoya Port, Japan. (PTI Photo) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P T Usha on Tuesday questioned the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games organisers’ decision to do away with a conventional Athletes Village, saying she and several other members of the event’s coordination…
File Pic: Balraj Panwar (AP/PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Uneasiness is brewing in India’s rowing camp ahead of the start of the Asian Games competition on Wednesday, with several rowers expressing unhappiness over last-minute changes to crew combinations and event entries.Some athletes have alleged that they were shifted from their original events while reserve rowers were…
India cricketers after winning the Asian Games gold. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India finally opened its gold-medal account at the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday as Harmanpreet Kaur-led side successfully defended its women’s cricket title, beating Sri Lanka in the final at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin.The emphatic victory took India’s medal tally to seven…
Indian women’s team after winning the Asian Games gold medal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s continental dominance in women’s cricket remained unchallenged as the side delivered the country’s first gold medal of the ongoing Asian Games, while the men’s badminton team produced a stunning performance against Japan to assure itself of a podium finish on…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh pacer Yash Dayal has been included in the state’s Ranji Trophy camp after being away from competitive cricket for the last 16 months.“Yash Dayal is available for selection this year. He has given the trials and has done well in the practice matches. He will be included in the Ranji Trophy…
