The 31-year-old secured the top podium spot since a heartbreaking fourth-spot finish at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, India women defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the Asian Games final on September 25, 2023.
Shikhar Dhawan draws comparison between MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli’s captaincy styles.
Pat Cummins is the only captain in cricket history to win the ODI World Cup and World Test Championship in the same year.
Hima Das, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, Dipa Karmakar and Bhawana Jat have been a victim of the suspension and warning by the authority previously.
Here are the major updates from various sporting disciplines around the world.
The Indian contingent won a historic tally of 107 medals.
The Indian tennis team also gifted a racquet to the Indian PM in the felicitation ceremony in Delhi.
Fareed Ahmad played all the three matches at Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field in Hangzhou for Afghanistan, picking up three wickets at the Asian Games 2023.
Swiatek won the China Open on Sunday, October 8, defeating World No. 22 Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, in the final clash in Beijing.
There were a couple of separate cash awards announced by the CM for Amit Rohidas and Deep Grace Ekka, who belong to the state of Odisha.
The final tally of medals for Team India at the Asian Games 2023 is a whopping 107, including 28 golds, 38 silvers, and 41 bronzes.
The Indian athletes bagged 12 medals on the final day of their campaign at the Games, clinching six gold, four silver and two bronze.
Afghanistan were batting at 112/5 after 18.2 overs when rain halted the game and it was later called off due to the same.
In the 2023 season of the continental event, India shattered the record, and ended their campaign with 107 medals with 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze medals.
India made history in the Asian Games on October 7, Saturday, surpassing the 100 medal tally for the first time ever.
The Indian men’s team, on the other hand, won their last match of the day against Philippines to win another medal for the country.
Notably, the Indian wrestlers had a better result in the Games than the 2018 edition of Asian Games.
Sushila Chanu got the winning goal for India in the 50th minute, to make sure that the women’s team clinched their seventh medal at the Asiad for the country in hockey.
India took the gold after minutes of resumption to finally end the drama on high as they beat Iran 33-29.
Pawan Sehrawat and Co. took on arch-rivals Pakistan in semifinals and defeated the neighbours 61-14 in a one-sided contest.
Team India were awarded the gold medal by virtue of having a higher seeding in the Asian Games 2023 on October 7, Saturday.
The Indian duo got the better of Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho of South Korea by 21-18, 21-16 in the men’s doubles at the Binjiang Gymnasium BDM Court 1 in Hangzhou.
The moment happened on the fifth ball of the third over in the batting innings of Afghanistan, when Arshdeep Singh attempted a bouncer against Mohammad Shahzad.
The umpire fell on the ground following the collision, fortunately, the player and the umpire avoided any potential injury.
India won their 100th medal at the Asian Games 2023 at Hangzhou after the women’s kabaddi team defeated Chinese Taipei in the final by a narrow margin of 26-25 on October 7.
This was the third gold for the Indian women’s kabaddi team at the Asian Games in four straight finals, since the competition was first introduced in Guangzhou 2010.
Apart from them, Abhishek Verma won the silver medal while Aditi Gopichand Swami bagged a bronze medal in their respective compound individual events.
The final day of full competition will see many Paris 2024 quotas by NOCs.
Indian athletes are competing in gold medal matches in events like men’s cricket, men’s and women’s kabaddi and more.
Indian wrestler Sonam Malik clinched the bronze medal in women’s 62kg freestyle at the 19th Asian Games 2023, Hangzhou, the Republic of China.
With this, the world number three ranked duo ended India’s 41-year men’s doubles medal drought at the Asiad.
After their gold in women’s cricket, the Indian men’s team will look forward to signing off with another gold in their maiden Asian Games.
Harmanpreet Singh and Co. registered a 5-1 to win their first gold since 2014 in Incheon.
With her bronze, she extended the wrestling medal count to three and India’s overall medal count to 91.
With their win, the archers extended India’s overall medal tally to 90 in the 19th season of the continental tournament.
This is the first medal for the Indian women in the sepaktakraw at the Asiad, while the men’s team had won a bronze medal in the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta-Palembang in the regu event.
With their victory, they have assured of at least a silver medal for India in the ongoing season of the tournament.
Team India are expected to bring at least three more medals from archery at the Asian Games 2023, from men’s and women’s compound individual events.
HS Prannoy has already won the silver medal for India in the men’s team badminton event at the Asian Games 2023.
Tilak Varma shared an unbeaten partnership of 97 runs with the captain Ruturaj Gaikwad to take India into the gold medal match in the men’s cricket competition at the Asian Games 2023.
The penultimate day of the full competition will play host to more than 30 gold medal events.
The Indian men’s hockey team will clash for gold medal as well as 2024 Olympic berth.
Overcoming a back spasm, Prannoy got better of Malaysian counterpart Lee Zii Jia 21-16, 21-23, 22-20 to reserve his berth in the top four and confirm second medal for India in badminton.
With her medal, Panghal extended India’s overall medal tally to 86 in the ongoing season of the continental spectacle.
Ghoshal secured his berth in the final of the tournament by beating Hong Kong’s Henry Leung in a lop-sided semifinal clash.
Now India will face the loser of the second semi-final between South Korea and Japan in the bronze medal match.
The Indians beat their Korean counteparts defeated Jaehoon Joo, Jaewon Yang and Jongho Kim 235-230 to win another medal for the country.
With their stellar victory, Pallikal and Singh extended India’s gold medal tally to 20 in the 19th season of the continental showpiece.
HS Prannoy defeated Malaysia’s Lee 21-16, 21-23, 22-20 in a 78-minute clash to clinch a spot in the semi-final berth at the Asian Games 2023.
Chopra made his gold-winning throw in the fourth attempt after registering a distance of 82.38m, 84.49m, and a failed throw in his first three attempts.
The Indian team defeated Chinese Taipei by 230-229 to clinch the gold in the women’s compound team event in Archery.
PV Sindhu will play her quarterfinal clash against China’s He Bingjiao, while HS Pranoy takes on Lee Zii Jia.
The archers will compete for gold medals and bronze medals in men’s and women’s compounding events.
While Neeraj Chopra defended his gold, Kishore Jena clinched the silver in men’s javelin on October 4.
The Pallikal-Sandhu pair defeated their opponents from Hong Kong 2-1 to sail to the summit clash of the tournament.
The Indian atheletes made it to the finale by clocking the fastest time of 3:03.81 minutes in the continental showpiece.
Both India and Bangladesh got a direct entry to the quarterfinals of the continental tournament, by virtue of their global T20 rankings.
The Indian women’s 4x400m relay team settled for a silver, clocking 3:27.85 on Wednesday, October 4.
Chopra had the best distance of 88.88 m while Jena registered a best throw of 87.54 m to register.
The Indian will take on Malaysia’s NG Eain Yow in men’s singles final on October 5.
The Indian duo will next face Prajogo – Joo Jie pair of Singapore in the quarterfinals on Thursday, October 5.
For India; Hardik Singh, Mandeep Singh, Amit Rohidas, Lalit Upadhyay and Abhishek scored for India.
The 2020 Olympics bronze medalist was coming on the back of a win over Thai pugilist Baison Maneekon 5:0 in the semifinals.
The Indian contingent now stands firm at the fourth place, making their best-ever result, winning 71 medals and counting to the previous best of 70 medals.
Tejaswin took the sport barely months ago and went on to win India’s first medal in decathlon since Vijay Singh Chauhan, who won gold in decathlon at the Asian Games 1974.
India’s Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh can make an all-Indian mixed doubles final as they will face Aifa Binti Azman and Mohammad Syafiq of Malaysia in the semi-final.
The No. 1 Indian pair of Surekha and Ojas defeated the No.2 Korean pair of So Chaewon and Joo Jaehoon 159-158 in the final.
The day would have more than 30 gold medals on offer as well as players will have their chances to secure their spot in the upcoming Olympics that will be held in Paris, France in 2024.
Here in this article, we’ll take a look at the events scheduled for Wednesday, 4 October.
Pakistan defeated Hong Kong in the second quarterfinal by 63 runs.
Indian boxer Narender Berwal settled for a bronze, earning the first and only medal in men’s boxing.
Whereas, Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath won silver medal in men’s 800 m final while Praveen Chithravel won the bronze in the men’s triple jump.
Meanwhile, Vithiya Ramraj wins bronze medal in women’s 400m hurdles for India at the Asian Games 2023.
The development was shared by a Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) official.
The Indian veteran Saurav Ghosal cruised past his Japanese opponent Ryunosuke Tsukue 3-0 to advance into the semifinals of the men’s singles event.
Team India stayed undefeated in Pool A to finish in top spot ahead of South Korea on goal difference in the women’s hockey competition at the Asian Games 2023.
India has 16 medals in athletics at the ongoing Games, which includes two gold, eight silver and six bronze.
India defeated Nepal by 23 runs to reach the semi final of men’s cricket competition at the Asian Games 2023.
India at the time of writing, solidified its position at fourth place with 62 medals, which includes 13 gold, 24 silver and 25 bronze.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam alos assured silver for India in women’s compound archery individual event at the Asian Games 2023.
The hundred from Yashasvi Jaiswal for India against Nepal at the Asian Games 2023 was laced with seven sixes.
With the Paris Olympics coming up in a year’s time, qualification quotas will be available in boxing on Day 11 of the Asian Games.
Aarathy Kasturi Raj participated in the second Asian Games in her international career, securing the first medal for India in the speed skating discipline along with her fellow teammates.
Indian athletes took home seven medals on October 2 – three silvers and four bronzes.
The season’s best for Shaili Singh is 6.76m in women’s long jump, which could have fetched her a gold medal at the Asian Games 2023.
India is fourth on the medal with 60 medals at the end of Day 9 of the Asian Games 2023.
India at the time of writing had won 60 medals, firming their fourth place in the medals tally.
Ancy Sojan Edappilly had the best attempt of 6.63 m to win her medal.
Chaudhary registered a time of 9:27.63 minutes while Priti took 9:43.32 to complete her event.
Team India have topped their pool to advance through to the semi-final of the Asiad in the men’s hockey competition.
India will play their first match of the Asiad in the knockout stage by virtue of their higher seeding, while Nepal have qualified through to the quarter final from group stage.
The Indian contingent has earned 12 medals so far in athletics at the Asian Games, which include two gold, five silver and five bronze.
The Indian contingent has earned 12 medals so far in athletics at the Asian Games, which include two gold, five silver and five bronze.
With a single bronze, Indian TT contingent ended their campaign at the ongoing Games.
The men’s team clocked 4:10.128 and clinched the bronze medal while the women’s team finished the race in 4:34.861.
Athletes from various participating countries will compete for around 30 gold medals in the continental showpiece on October 2,
On Monday, Indian Long jumper Shaili Singh will be aiming for her first Asian Games medal, while the Indian 4×400 mixed relay team will be looking forward to finding the top podium finish.
Apart from the season opener, the Narendra Modi Stadium will host a total of five matches, including the high-octane India vs Pakistan clash as well as the grand finale of the 2023 season.
World number 53 Mithun Manjunath took on the court, replacing HS Prannoy, and eventually ended up losing to Weng Hongyang 12-21, 4-21 in a lopsided finale round.