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Qatar to host 2030 Asian Games, 2034 event goes to Saudi Arabia

The 2034 event went to Riyadh after a deal was struck between the rival nations

Indian football legend and former captain Chuni Goswami dies at 82

As India's football captain, he led the team to the Asian Games gold medal in 1962

Our top players failed to perform: Puneri Paltan coach on team's poor show

We had pinned hopes on Nitin, Surjeet and Girish Ernak at the start of the season but they have not been up to even 50% of their potential so far, says Anup Kumar

Asian Games 2018: Poor states lag behind rich ones in medal tally

There is a long way to go before people from large states like Bihar, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh win medals for India

Asian Games 2018: Indonesia bids farewell to 15-day sporting extravaganza

It was also a memorable Games for India as it produced the best ever performance with 69 medals including 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze

Asian Games 2018: Hima blames 'tremendous pressure' for 200m flop

On Tuesday, the teenaged Assam girl was red-carded following a false start in her women's 200m semi-final

Asian Games 2018: Gold medalist Swapna Barman appeals for customised shoes

Barman, who has six toes in both her feet, produced her career-best performance to win India's first ever gold medal in heptathlon

Asian Games 2018: TN govt announces cash incentives for medal winners

Medal winners from state Arokia Rajiv, G Sathiyan, Achanta Sharath kamal, and A Amalraj will be awarded cash incentives for their perfomances in the Asian Games

Asian Games 2018: India lodges protest against Bahrain in 400m mixed relay

India complained that Bahrain caused obstruction to Hima Das during the 4x400 mixed relay in which India finished second after M R Poovamma frittered away a good 30m lead

Asian Games 2018: Sindhu has a strategy in place for 'nemesis' Tai Tzu Ying

Sindhu on Monday defeated Japanese world no 2 Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 15-21, 21-10 in the second semifinal to set up a summit clash with Tzu Ying, their 13th international encounter

Indonesia's plan of economic uptick due to Asian Games is hope against hope

Lee Kah WhyePalembang [Indonesia], August 26 (ANI): The 18th edition of the Asian Games which is currently ongoing and co-hosted by the cities of Jakarta and Palembang, is arguably the largest multi-sports event in the world. Over 11,000 athletes from 46 countries are taking part in 40 sports. India has sent a contingent of 570 athletes who have done well in wrestling, rowing, tennis and shooting. Unfortunately, cricket was cut from the Games when the number of sports was whittled down from 42 to 40 to help the organisers contain costs.The last summer Olympic Games in Rio saw more than 11,000 participants from 205 countries in 28 sports.Based on a University of Oxford study by Flyvbjerg & Stewart, since 1960, debt and massive cost overruns have characterised hosting of major games. This is with the exception of the Los Angeles Games of 1984 where the re-use of existing facilities and an unexpected spike in broadcast revenue - up almost four-fold from Moscow in 1980 - helped turn ..

Asian Games 2018: Meet the medal-winners who have made India proud

After Day 6, India is placed at 8th position at Asian Games 2018, bagging six Golds, five Silvers and fourteen Bronze medals

I want to open India's Olympic gold account in wrestling: Bajrang Punia

He wants to realise his guru Yogeshwar Dutt dream of a Gold medal at Olympics

Asian Games 2018 to be a reality check for India after Commonwealth high

There was quite literally a gold rush at Gold Coast CWG where India notched up their second best medal tally of all time

Dozens killed as part of Asian Games 2018 clean-up in Jakarta: Amnesty

The rights group said police shot dead 77 petty criminals across the whole of Indonesia during the same period, a 64 per cent increase from 2017

Asian Games: Ministry clears 804-member contingent, will pay for 755

Goverment will bear the cost of 572 athletes, 183 officials, 119 coaches and 21 doctors and physiotherapists and 43 other extra officials

India will improve medals tally at Asian Games 2018: Boxer Vikas Krishan

The Asian Games is going to be much tougher than the Commonwealth Games, said Vikas Krishan Yadav

Japan to host 2026 Asian Games: Olympic Council of Asia

Japan has hosted the Asian Games twice before, at Tokyo in 1958 and Hiroshima in 1994