Vidarsa Vinod, Sonam Maskar and Elavenil Valarivan pose after winning silver medals. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India opened their medal account at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with two silver medals on Sunday, both coming in the women’s 10m air rifle competition, as Elavenil Valarivan emerged as the standout performer on a day that also brought…
Elavenil Valarivan celebrates after winning silver medal in the women’s 10m air rifle event shooting match in the ongoing Asian Games 2026, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan after she won the silver medal in the women’s 10m air…
Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo) India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has described missing the Asian Games because of injury as difficult but said the biggest lesson for an athlete is to “accept” the setback and focus on making a comeback.The 28-year-old was set to chase a third straight Asian Games gold medal before suffering a…
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…
India thrashed Uzbekistan 19-0 in their Pool B opener Deepika Sehrawat said India’s focus at the Asian Games is to win the gold medal and secure direct qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after scoring a record eight goals in the team’s opening match against Uzbekistan on Sunday.The 22-year-old striker produced the best-ever performance…
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…
Asian Games 2026: Dilpreet shines as Indian men’s hockey team thrashes Indonesia 13-1 India’s men’s hockey team made a commanding start to their Asian Games title defence, cruising past Indonesia 13-1 in their opening Pool A encounter on Sunday.Dilpreet Singh was the standout performer, finding the net four times as the defending champions produced a…
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 centre of India’s opening-day medal rush, winning individual silver after earlier helping 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…
Deepika scores eight as India thrash Uzbekistan 19-0 in women’s hockey opener India’s women’s hockey team began their Asian Games campaign in emphatic fashion, cruising to a 19-0 win over Uzbekistan in their opening Pool B match here on Sunday.The contest was expected to be heavily one-sided and India lived up to those expectations from…
NEW DELHI: At 12, an incident of eve-teasing changed the course of Suchika Tariyal’s life.What began as a need to protect herself eventually became a journey through judo, Ju-Jitsu and mixed martial arts. And on Sunday, the 36-year-old Rohtak native broke new ground for Indian MMA at the Asian Games.Tariyal defeated Mongolia’s Altanchimeg Baigalmaa 2-0…
This is Indian grandmaster Aarav Dengla’s latest column for TOI The latest Chess Olympiad began in Samarkand, a historic city in Uzbekistan, this week. Uzbekistan has been making huge strides in chess. The current challenger to D. Gukesh’s world championship title is Javokhir Sindarov, a young phenom from Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan won gold in the 2022…
Gold medallist Japan’s Takumi Hojo celebrates on the podium (Image: Reuters) Japan got the perfect start to its home Asian Games campaign as Takumi Hojo stormed to victory in the men’s individual triathlon on Sunday, claiming the first gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Games.The 30-year-old produced a decisive final run to finish in 52 minutes…
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…
Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka in action between Brighton’s Olivier Boscagli, left, and Maxim De Cuyper during the English Premier League. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Arsenal lost top spot in the Premier League after suffering their first defeat of the season, going down 3-0 to Brighton. The Seagulls climbed to third after a strong week that also included…
Suchika Tariyal assured India’s first medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games by reaching the women’s traditional 60kg MMA semifinal after defeating Mongolia’s Altanchimeg Baigalmaa. India’s Suchika Tariyal secured the country’s first medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games after defeating Mongolia’s Altanchimeg Baigalmaa 2-0 in the women’s Traditional Mixed Martial Arts 60kg quarterfinal on Sunday.The 36-year-old…
Rupa Bayor during an event and (pic right) with her coach Abhishek Dubey KOLKATA: When Rupa Bayor qualified for the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023, the taekwondo poomsae specialist from Arunachal Pradesh believed she had a genuine shot at finishing on the podium.Instead, she watched from afar after being denied the opportunity to compete because…
India’s Suraj Singh Mayanglambam finished 11th in the Men’s Changquan Wushu final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday. India’s Suraj Singh Mayanglambam finished 11th in the men’s Changquan Wushu final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, ending his campaign outside the medal positions after competing in a 21-athlete field.Performing at the Aichi Prefectural…
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…
