The Latest Breaking News from Hangzhou

HANGZHOU: The top-seeded Indian men's team was held to a 2-2 draw by Iran in the fifth round of the Asian Games here on Tuesday.

Lovlina Borgohain won her semifinal bout at the Asian Games in Hangzhou to qualify for Paris 2024. She overcame Thailand's Maneekon Baison in a tight bout, using her height and reach to take the first round 5-0. In the final round, Lovlina followed her coaches' instructions and dominated, winning unanimously..

NEW DELHI: India's Parul Chaudhary displayed tremendous determination and character to clinch a gold medal in the women's 5000m at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Tuesday.

HANGZHOU: Pakistan's javelin-thrower Arshad Nadeem, the top challenger of Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra for Asian Games gold medal, has withdrawn from the competition after flare-up of an old knee injury.

NEW DELHI: The Indian men's cricket team secured a hard-fought 23-run victory over Nepal in a thrilling Quarterfinal match at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. Following the win, Indian skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad acknowledged that adapting to the challenging playing conditions had been a learning experience for his team, which…

HANGZHOU: Heptathlete Swapna Barman, a former Asian Games gold medallist, triggered an unseemly controversy on social media by alleging that she lost a chance to win a bronze medal because of a 'transgender' athlete - also from India - only to delete her tweet two hours later on Monday morning.

HANGZHOU: An edge-of-the-seat thriller played out in the semifinals of the women's doubles table tennis competition between India and North Korea before the now-famous Mukherjee girls - Sutirtha and Ayhika - lost the plot and their range of shots in the decider to settle for a bronze.

HANGZHOU: Five years ago, he dominated the track at the Jakarta Asian Games winning a gold and silver but defending men's 1500m champion Jinson Johnson came into the 19th edition after a long battle with Covid-19 that had also dashed his hopes to compete in the Tokyo Games.

India’s Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam clinched a bronze medal in men’s canoe double 1000m event at the Asian Games

nNEW DELHI: Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal set the stage ablaze with a stunning 48-ball century during India's opening match, quarter-final against Nepal, at the Hangzhou Asian Games. The breathtaking performance unfolded at the Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field in Hangzhou.

India moving past the 50-medal mark at the Asian Games in Hangzhou also shows that India’s young stars have learned to adapt to the big stage better, which augurs well for the future