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Asian Games 2018: Arpinder Singh strikes gold in men's triple jump

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 30 (ANI): Indian athlete Arpinder Singh clinched gold medal in Men's Triple Jump event in the 18th edition of the Asian Games. The 25-year-old made a brilliant mark of 16.77m in the finals. Ruslan Kurbavov of Uzbekistan won a silver medal achieving 16.62m and Chinese athlete Shuo Cao finished third with a jump of 16.56m. Arpinder Singh said, "Last time I just missed the medal. But this time our preparation was good that is why I won a gold medal. I am happy that I won a gold medal."

Equestrian team receives grand welcome by Indian Army at IGI airport

New Delhi, Aug 30 (ANI): The Equestrian team at the 18th Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia received a grand welcome at the Indira Gandhi International Airport by the Indian Army. Fouaad Mirza led Indian team clinched the silver medal in the Equestrian team event at the Asian Games. The team comprising Rakesh Kumar, Ashish Malik and Jitender Singh apart from Fouaad Mirza scored 121.30. Ashish Malik, Equestrian player said, "There were lots of challenges as many countries came. After a lot of hard work we won a silver medal for the country." Rakesh Kumar, Equestrian player, said, "There was a lot of pressure as athletes from other countries were really good. The victory is not only of the team but a lot of people who are working around it. It is a collective team effort." Mirza won another silver in the individual Equestrian event with a score of 26.40 behind Japan's Oiwa Yoshiaki who scored 22.70. Fouaad Mirza became the first Indian to clinch a medal in individual Equestrian event at A

Asian Games 2018: Have achieved my dreams, says gold winner Swapna Barman

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 30 (ANI): Swapna Barman's dreams have been fulfilled after winning gold in Women's Heptathlon in the ongoing Asian Games. Feeling elated, she said, "By winning this gold medal, I have achieved my dreams and fulfilled my coach's hopes. I was badly injured before the competition so I thought I would not play but then four years of my practice would have been wasted but I did to fulfill the hopes of my loved ones." She won the Gold medal in the two-day long Heptathlon event at the ongoing 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 29.

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Asian Games 2018: Worked hard, focused well, says Nehwal after clinching bronze

Indonesia (Jakarta), Aug 28 (ANI): After clinching glittery bronze medal in Asian Games 2018, India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on Tuesday said that it's not easy to win a gold medal because athletes have to beat world's best players. "Asian Games is like Olympics for us, all the top Asian countries are playing here." "I had worked hard and focused well. It is not easy to win a gold, you have to beat the best" added Nehwal.

Sindhu came back strongly, will get good name to India: PV Sindhu's father

Hyderabad, Aug 28 (ANI): PV Ramana, father of shuttler PV Sindhu, expressed his happiness over his daughter's win and said that she has strongly come back in the game and will get a good name for the country. He said, "I am happy with Sindhu's performance. She has strongly come back from the first game. She has won the match and I am very happy. We have learned certain points in this match. In the future tournaments we will work hard to prepare well and get a good name to the country." Ace shuttler PV Sindhu on Tuesday clinched a historic silver medal in Women's Singles Badminton event as she became the first Indian to finish second on the podium in the Asian Games.

PV Sindhu bags historic silver in women's singles

New Delhi, Aug 28 (ANI): Ace shuttler PV Sindhu on Tuesday clinched a historic silver medal in Women's Singles Badminton event as she became the first Indian to finish second on the podium in the Asian Games. The 23-year-old went down 13-21, 16-21 against Chinese Taipei player Tai Tzu Ying in the final clash that lasted 34 minutes. Sindhu however, knows that she has to work hard on breaking her finals jinx.

Asian Games 2018: Gopichand proud of Nehwal's and Sindhu's performances

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 27 (ANI): Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal bagged a bronze medal after losing straight sets against world no 1 Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying in semi finals. While PV Sindhu remains in the Asian Games and she will face Tai Tzu Ying in finals. Indian Badminton Head Coach Pullela Gopichand is hopeful of Sindhu bagging gold in the final and hailed Saina Nehwal for her performance in the tournament.

Asian Games 2018: Fouaad Mirza clinches silver at equestrian individual event

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 26 (ANI): Fouaad Mirza secured for silver medal in the eventing individual equestrian event on Sunday at the ongoing Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Fouaad Mirza and his horse Seigneur Medicott finished second with a score of 26.40, behind Japan's Yoshiaki Oiwa and his horse Bart L Jra, who got 22.70.

Asian Games: Rowing team receives warm welcome at Mumbai airport

Mumbai, Aug 26 (ANI): Rowing team received a warm welcome at the Mumbai airport on late Saturday night. They were received by the Indian Army. Indian rowers, in the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games, had clinched gold and two bronze to the country's medal tally here on August 24. The Indian men's team comprising Sawarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh bagged the gold medal in the men's quadruple sculls event. The rowers clocked 6:17:13 to win the medal. Indonesia and Thailand settled for silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Asian Games: Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa bags bronze each in women's singles squash

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 25 (ANI): Squash players Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa bagged bronze medals each on Saturday opening Indias account on the 7th day at the ongoing Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ace squash player, Dipika Pallikal settled for a bronze after losing to Malaysias Nicole David 0-3 (7-11, 9-11, 6-11) in womens singles squash. Joshna Chinappa too won a bronze for India after losing to Malaysias Subramaniam Sivasangari 1-3 in the semi-finals.

Asian Games 2018: Saina Nehwal enters quarterfinals

New Delhi, Aug 25 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Saturday qualified for the quarterfinals of women's singles in the ongoing 18th edition of Asian Games when she defeated Indonesia's Fitriani by 21-6, 21-14 in straight sets. The 28-year-old Hyderabad shuttler was dominant right from the beginning of the game, as she displayed a range of her attacking shots to leave Fitriani in a spot of bother. The Indonesian shuttler struggled especially in the first set as she failed to counter the impressive shots of Nehwal.

Asian Games 2018: Shooter Heena Sidhu bags bronze in 10m Air Pistol event

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 24 (ANI): Indian shooter Heena Sidhu won a bronze medal in the women's 10m Air Pistol event at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games on Friday. The 28-year-old scored a total of 219.2 points to finish third on the podium. In the same event, India suffered a major upset as 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manu Bhaker got eliminated from the competition after finishing fifth on the points tally with a score of 176.2 points.

Asian Games 2018: Family of Silver medalist Shardul Vihan celebrates victory

Meerut (UP), Aug 24 (ANI): Family members of Shardul Vihan who won the silver medal in double trap shooting at Asian Games 2018 in Palembang, celebrated his victory with much fervor. The whole family got together to celebrate the 15-year-old shooter's win. One of the relatives said, "At such an age he has brought a silver medal. His parents and grandparents can't be happier." Another one added, "We are very happy. The way he has made us proud we hope that he does in future also. We had more expectations and we hoped for Gold.

Veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami retires from T20 Internationals

New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami has decided to call it quits from Twenty-20 Internationals (T20Is). The announcement came less than three months before the Women's World T20 takes place in the West Indies. The 35-year-old represented India in 68 T20Is picking up 56 wickets, which included a five-wicket haul against Australia in Visakhapatnam in March 2012. She had made her T20I debut in August 2006 against England in Derby. Goswami thanked the Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) and her teammates for the support she garnered during her stint with the T20I team and wished them luck going forward.

Asian Games 2018: Archer Deepika Kumari disappointed with her performance

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 23 (ANI): Indian archer Deepika Kumari yet again came a cropper at the big stage as she was eliminated from the individual recurve event at the Asian Games 2018 after losing her pre-quarterfinal to Chien-Ying Lei. Speaking to ANI, Deepika said she is very disappointed with her performance. She played with confidence but unfortunately she missed the target.

Asian Games 2018: Tennis player Ankita Raina bags bronze in Women's Singles

New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Indian tennis player Ankita Raina won bronze medal in the Semi Finals of Women's Singles in Jakarta on Thursday. Player from Maharashtra is currently India's number one women's singles. Raina has championed six singles at ITF Women's Circuit so far. She became the third Indian tennis player to have won a medal in Asian Games. India's medal tally stands at 16 so far.

Asian Games 2018: Indian Hockey team beats 86-year record

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 22 (ANI): Indian Hockey team led by Captain P.R. Sreejesh battered their opponents, Hong Kong in pool A prelims with a 26-0 win on Wednesday. India scored four goals in the first five minutes of the match taking a significant lead. India beat its 86-year-old record of 1932 Olympics, where they beat USA 24-1. Enthusiastic Indian supporters gathered to take pictures with the winning team's former captain, Sardara Singh, and coach post the match.

Asian Games 2018: Rahi Sarnobat becomes first Indian woman shooter to bag gold

Jakarta (Indonesia), Aug 22 (ANI): Shooter Rahi Sarnobat became the first Indian woman to score gold in the history of Asian Games. Rahi Sarnobat won gold in women's 25m pistol at the Asian Games 2018 on Wednesday. She shot a total of 34 in the finals against her Thai opponent Naphaswan Yangpaiboon. Yangpaiboon claimed silver and Korean shooter Kim Minjung bagged bronze medal in the event. Rahi had won her first gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Pune. Another Indian shooter Manu Bhaker finished at sixth position in the same event. Bhaker had won gold at Commonwealth Games 2018. India's total medal tally is at 11 with 4 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronze medals.

Ind vs England: Stuart Broad fined 15 % match fee for using aggressive language

New Delhi, Aug 22 (ANI): England pacer Stuart Broad has been fined 15 percent of the match fee after being found guilty of using aggressive language during the ongoing third Test match at Trent Bridge. The incident took place during a heated exchange of words between Indian debutant Rishab Pant and Broad on day 2 of the Test match. Broad has also been slammed one demerit point after being found guilty.