It was always going to be a cakewalk for India against Sri Lanka, ranked 38th and it turned out to be so as the title holders toyed with the rival defence to score goals at will.
Congratulating the 21-year-old athlete from Tirupur, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said Dharun Ayyasamy had made everyone proud by his feat.
Olympic medallist Sindhu on Tuesday lost 13-21 16-21 to Chinese Taipei's Tai in just 34 minutes to settle for silver at Jakarta.
Indian table tennis men's team settled for historic bronze at the Asian Games 2018 after losing to South Korea 3-0 in the semifinal on the 10th Day of the tournament in Indonesia.
Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced Rs 30 lakh and gazetted officer's job to Sudha, who hails from Rae Bareli district, about 80 km from the state capital.
Neeraj Chopra not only won a gold medal in Javelin throw at Asian Games but also won hearts with his friendly sporting gesture towards Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who settled for bronze in the same event.
Nadeem settled for a bronze with a personal best of 80.75m at the ongoing Asian Games, where Neeraj was the undisputed star of the field with a national record throw of 88.06m last night.
PV Sindhu lost the title clash to World No. 1 Tai Tzu-Ying in Indonesia on Tuesday to settle for silver in women's singles at Asian Games.
Both Indian men and women compound archery teams settled for silver medals at the Asian Games 2018 on Tuesday as they went down against powerhouse South Korea in the finals in Indonesia.
PV Sindhu lost her third major final of the year to pick up the silver medal in women's singles at the 18th Asian Games.
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Athletes who had lost their events, or were no longer competing, had a habit of turning to alcohol, said Harry Warganegara, deputy of sports at the Indonesian Asian Games Organising Committee.
India will hope that the gold rush continues with Women’s Compound team and Men’s Compound team gunning for glory in archery. PV Sindhu will also take on Tai Tzu-Ying in the women's singles final.
The men beat Indonesia 3-0 in the morning before overwhelming Singapore by the same margin. The women, who had only one match, beat Iran 3-0.
20-year-old Neeraj Chopra, a farmer's son from a village near Panipat in Haryana, shattered his own national record by clearing a distance of 88.06m in his third attempt to seal the gold.
Winning the quarterfinals in the night against a strong opponent like Japan was a mighty feat, considering the team had played two pool matches against Macau and Vietnam earlier today.
Chinnappa, Dipika Pallikal and Ghosal had won bronze medals in squash women's and men's singles, respectively.
Neeraj Chopra broke the previous national record with 88.06m throw to earn the eight gold medal for India at the ongoing editions of the Asian Games.
Neeraj Chopra looked confident right from the start and threw 88.06m in his third attempt.




