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Badminton: Bhat out in pre-quarters

Guangzhou: India's Arvind Bhat lost to Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana 19-21, 12-21 to bow out of the pre-quarterfinal of badminton men's singles at the Asian Games here on Thursday.

Bhat fought back from

Asian Games shooting: Vijay wins bronze, rifle shooters miss

Guangzhou: India's Vijay Kumar won a bronze in the men's 25 metres centre fire pistol competition while rifle shooters put up a disappointing show in the 50 metres three position event at the Asian Ga

Tennis: Sania breezes into second round

Guangzhou: India's Sania Mirza powered into the women's singles second round while it was curtains for Poojashree Venkatesha at the Asian Games here on Thursday.

Sania, ranked 166, outclassed Wing Ya

Samota assures India of a medal, Suranjoy advances

Guangzhou: Paramjeet Samota assured India of a medal after punching his way into the semifinals of super heavyweight category while Suranjoy Singh survived a tense bout to book a berth in the quarters

Asian Games: Two silvers, bronze for India; Sania, Dipika, Joshna advance

Guangzhou: India picked up two silvers in rowing and a bronze in shooting on the sixth day of competitions at the Asian Games Thursday, while tennis star Sania Mirza and squash exponents Joshna Chinap

Asian Games: Khade wins heat, fails to qualify for 100m freestyle

Nov 17: Indian swimmer Virdhaval Khade, who won the historic bronze medal Tuesday, won the third heats in the 100 metres freestyle event but failed to qualify for the finals at the Asian Games here We

Khade fails to qualify for 100m freestyle finals

Guangzhou: After ending India's 24-year-old medal drought in the pool in Asian Games, teen swimming sensation Virdhawal Khade topped his 100m freestyle heats but the effort was not good enough to fet

Indian shooters put up a dismal show in Guangzhou

Guangzhou: Indian shooters put up a dismal show on another windy day as they drew a blank for the third day in running with only pistol expert and Melbourne Commonwealth Games hero Samaresh Jung comin

India decimate Bangladesh 9-0 in hockey, swimming hopes drown

Guangzhou: The Indian men's hockey team decimated Bangladesh 9-0 on Wednesday during an otherwise disappointing morning on the fifth day of competitions at the Asian Games.

Swimmer Virdhaval Khade, w

Asian Games wushu: Sandhyarani settles for a silver

Guangzhou: India's Sandhyarani Devi Wangkhem had to settle for a silver in wushu after she lost the women's sanshou 60kg final to Khadijeh AzadPour of Iran at the Asian Games here on Wednesday.

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