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Cheema gets bronze medal in 120-kg wrestling event
Busan: Grappler Palwinder Singh Cheema fetched the country its first medal in wrestling in the 14th Asian Games winning the bronze in the 120-kg category on Monday.
Mongia maintains slender lead going into final day
Busan: India's Nitin Mongia maintained a slender one point lead, despite finishing second in both the races on Monday, to consolidate his chances for a medal in the O K Dinghy category in sailing event of the Asian Games.
Paes, Bhupathi thrash Pak players to enter quarters
Busan: Estranged partners Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi re-united on court and romped into the tennis men's doubles quarter-finals with a 6-0, 6-1 thrashing of Pakistan's Rashid Malik and Ageel Khan in the Asian Games on Monday.
Delhi to host Royal Challenge Indian Open in March
Bangalore: The stage is set for the tee off of the Royal Challenge Grand Prix golf championship at the Delhi Golf Club from October 8 to 11.
Uzbek outpunches Harpal in boxing, Ramanand moves up
Busan: Indian boxer Harpal Singh crashed out of medal contention when he lost to Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals of the 91-kg and above category in the Asian Games on Monday.
Rohan, Sunil move to 3rd round, Nirupama advances
Busan: New faces of Indian tennis, Rohan Bopanna and Sunil Kumar Sipaeya, moved into the third round of the men's singles competition in the Asian Games at the Geunjeong stadium on Monday.
Harika, Bhagyashree included in World Cup squad
Hyderabad: Dronavalli Harika and Bhagyashree Thipsay were included in the Indian contingent of World Cup Chess tournament, which unfolds here on October 9.
Indian women suffer 2nd successive defeat in hockey
Busan: In a serious setback to its medal hopes, the Indian women's hockey team suffered a humiliating 0-5 loss to South Korea on Monday to crash to its second successive defeat in the Asian Games.
India clinches kabaddi gold, 4th consecutive title
Busan: India maintained its stranglehold on Kabaddi and won its fourth successive Asian Games gold medal with a 37-7 drubbing of Pakistan on Monday in the last league match, which was marred by a minor exchange of words between the two arch-rivals.
Anju George leaps to gold in long jump with 6.53m
Busan: India's Anju B George won the gold medal in women's long jump at the Asian Games on Monday with a leap of 6.53 metres.
Cricket
Sahara retracts, to remain as sponsor of Indian team
Mumbai: Sahara India Pariwar, which had withdrawn its sponsorship of the Indian cricket team after the International Cricket Council's (ICC) sponsorship and logo controversy during the Champions Trophy at Colombo recently, on Monday decided to continue its support to the team.
It's a privilege to coach current Indian team: Wright
Mumbai: Former New Zealand skipper and present Indian coach John Wright on
Monday said the opportunity to coach Indian cricket team is a privilege.
Mark Waugh joins twin Steve, Border in 8,000-run club
Bangalore: Mark Edward Waugh became the 3rd Australian after Allan Border and his twin brother Steve Waugh to join the select band of those cricketers who have amassed 8000 or more runs in Tests.
Exide Industries to sponsor India-West Indies Tests
Kolkata: Exide Industries, country's leading power storage solutions company, would sponsor the coming three-Test series between India and West Indies, beginning at Mumbai from October 9.
Rain helped us to regroup & clinch win, admits Waugh
Colombo: Australia's cricket captain Steve Waugh celebrated the 41-run win in the first Test against Pakistan on Monday by admitting bad weather may have saved his team from defeat.
Gibbs reaches 1,000 runs in year; SA thrashes Bangla
Benoni (South Africa): Herschelle Gibbs finished three runs short of a world record fourth successive One-day international century as South Africa crushed Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the second One-day international at Willowmoore Park on Sunday.
'The beautiful ground makes me want to play again'
Bangalore: A first of its kind in Indian schools – a full fledged turf cricket ground with a lush green outfield – was inaugurated at the Jain International Residential School (JIRS) by India's legendary "little master" and International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee at the school's premises on the outskirts of the city on Monday.
India needs fifth specialist bowler in ODIs: Vishwanath
Bangalore: India needs to go into One-day internationals with a full fledged, specialist fifth bowler and can't always get away with bits and pieces players as it has been doing during the last nine months. These words of wisdom came from none other than India's legendary "little master" and International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Gundappa R Vishwanath.
2nd new ball does trick, Aussies beat Pak by 41 runs
Colombo: Australia won the first cricket Test against Pakistan by 41 runs on Monday. Needing 316 for victory and resuming at the overnight score of 179 for three, Pakistan was bundled out for 274 with the second new ball doing the trick.
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