Asiad 2018: Achanta Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra lose in table tennis singles

India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika lost their respective singles matches in the table tennis competition at 18th Asian Games here on Friday.

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You can't take 5-6 wickets every session: Jasprit Bumrah

Curran's resolute 78 bailed England out after they were reduced to 86 for six at one stage.The 20-year-old put on vital lower order partnerships with Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad.

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One Error too many for the Indian hockey team

Abhinav Bindra said this in his autobiography, and it is a line that epitomises the struggle of the athlete who leads. It doesn’t matter if you are the favourites or the underdog, a team or an individual, a rookie or a veteran, the moment closest to victory is one of toughest to face in sport.

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Jinson, women's 4x400m relay team win gold on final day in athletics' best show after 1951

After six days of competition, India grabbed 7 gold, 10 silver and two bronze. The gold count was same as in 1978 and 2002 Asian Games but India had won a total of 17 medals in these two earlier editions as against 19 this time.

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Indian defence forces shine at the 2018 Asian Games

Indian Army has won the highest number of medals among the three services.

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Malaysia knock defending champions India out of Asian Games

Malaysia, who had beaten India in the last-four stage eight years ago at Guangzhou, made their wasteful opponents pay for their mistakes, both in regulation time and shoot-off.

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India eye 1st women's hockey Asiad gold in 36 years

India won the gold medal in 1982, the year women's hockey was first included in the Asian Games programme.

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England 57/4 at lunch on first day of fourth Test

For the first time in 39 Tests that he has captained, Virat Kohli has fielded an unchanged eleven that won against England at Trent Bridge.

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India chase a dream to turn a two-Test deficit into a winning one against England

On Wednesday Virat Kohli hinted that he might be ready to name an unchanged side for the first time in 39 Tests.

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'Dehydrated' Arpinder Singh ends India's 48-year wait for Asiad gold in triple jump

India's last Asian Games gold medal in men's triple jump had come in 1970 from Mohinder Singh Gill.

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Swapna Barman becomes first Indian heptathlete to win Asiad gold, makes plea for customised shoes

Before Barman, only Bengal's Soma Biswas and Karnataka's J J Shobha and Pramila Aiyappa had returned with a medal from the Asian Games but none of them have won a gold.

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India extends athletics golden run in Asiad

As a result of path-breaking performances, the country remained on course to better its previous edition's haul and tallied 54 medals -- 11 gold, 20 silver and 23 bronze.

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Dutee Chand bags second medal, wins 200m silver

Dutee Chand won more than one medal at the Asian Games as she added a silver to her kitty after finishing second earlier in the women's 100m dash here today.

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LaLiga to launch football schools in India

The move comes at a time when football’s popularity is growing rapidly in the country. The programme aims at developing the game at grassroots level in India.

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Asian Games 2018: Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra pair adds mixed doubles bronze to Indian Table Tennis dream run

Next up for Kamal and Batra was the North Korean challenge posed by Cha Hyo Sim and An Ji Song. This was for a place in the semifinals and a guaranteed medal at the Games.

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Asiad: Indian women's squash team enters semifinals, assured of medal

The Indian women's squash team today assured itself of a medal after advancing to the semifinals at the 18th Asian Games here.

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Wrestlers Bajrang, Vinesh in race for Khel Ratna award after 'golden' 2018

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is set to analyse the Indian athletes' performance in the Asian Games in the first week of September.

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Pullela Gopichand vows to unravel PV Sindhu's mystery before the Tokyo Olympics

The Chinese Taipei player beat both of India’s stars this Asian Games, and it is ‘coach’ Gopichand who has to unravel her mystery before the Tokyo Olympics.

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They're nothing without Mary - Indian women boxers struggle without Kom

Indonesia's women's boxing team was only formed in 2006 and they have never won a medal at the Asian Games, until now.

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Manjit wins India's first gold in 800m since 1982 Asiad

The 28-year-old Manjit ran his personal best time of 1 minute and 46.15 seconds to win his maiden major international medal.

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