Image credit: Hockey India At the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium, tears flowed freely on the pitch. More than 5,500km away, in India, women’s hockey’s loyal legion, small in numbers but deep in invest...
India’s Neeru Dhanda (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Days before leaving for the Asian Games 2026, Neeru Dhanda was hospitalised with viral fever. She had barely any time to recover before boarding the f...
Yu Zidi and Puripol Boonson (Reuters/AP Photo) The Asian Games have found two new superstars.China’s 13-year-old swimming sensation Yu Zidi and Thailand’s 20-year-old sprinting powerhouse ...
Ri Song Gum of North Korea had a sweep of world records at 49kg on 94-121-215. (AP Photo) The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has defended the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games as a success, pointing to 54 ...
Kumkum Mohod and Sujeet Kalkal NEW DELHI: Teenage archer Kumkum Mohod and wrestler Sujeet Kalkal have been recognised as the standout performers of India’s campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, wi...
Indian contingent at the Asian Games closing ceremony and PM Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the Indian contingent for its performance at the Aichi-Nagoya...
Indian athletes leave the arena following the closing ceremony for the Asian Games in Nagoya. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has urged Indian athletes to learn from both t...
Gold medallist India’s players during the medal ceremony for the men’s hockey event. (PTI Photo) In late August, the Sports Ministry maintained that the qualification criteria for the Asia...
India contingent during the athletes parade at the closing ceremony. (Reuters Photo) The 20th Asian Games came to a glittering close on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on more than two weeks of spor...
Asian Games 2026 Closing Ceremony: The 20th Asian Games, Aichi-Nagoya 2026, will officially draw to a close on Sunday, October 4, bringing 16 days of sporting action across Japan to an end. The closin...