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Incheon, Sep 23: Indian shooting ace Abhinav Bindra today bid adieu to Asian Games by clinching the individual bronze medal in men's 10-m air rifle event after guiding the team to a third-place finish on the fourth day of competitions here. Before winning the individual bronze, Bindra teamed up with Sanjeev Rajput and Ravi Kumar to finish third on the podium, helping India swell their medals tally

Incheon, Sep 22: Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian to enter the Asian Games final, beating 2006 champion Ong Beng Hee while Dipika Pallikal secured the country its maiden women's singles medal, a bronze, after losing the semifinal to world number one Nicol David here today. Top seed and World No.16 Ghosal lived up to his billing, outplaying 35th-ranked Beng Hee of Malaysia 11-9 11-4 11-5 in 45

Incheon, Sep 22: The shooting range once again provided an early medal for the Indian contingent as the women's pistol trio of Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa Sayyed and Heena Sidhu shot down a bronze in the 25m range on day three of the competitions here today. The Indian trio tallied 1729 points, a whopping 18 adrift of silver medal winners China and two more behind gold medallists and hosts South Korea

Incheon (South Korea), Sep 22: Asia’s Olympic boss apologised on Sunday over sexual abuse cases at the Asian Games but said there must be an understanding of “different traditions” and highlighted the small number of incidents involved. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) president Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah said the body had acted quickly after a female volunteer accused an Iranian official of

Incheon, Sep 21: Indian men settled for a bronze medal after narrowly missing the silver in the 10m air pistol event at the Ongnyeon shooting range, continuing their good run in the 17th Asian Games, here today. Their latest shooting star Jitu Rai also entered the eight-man final as the second best qualifier, a day after clinching the 50m gold, to make it a satisfactory morning. Rai's precise

Incheon, Sep 20: Shooters led India's medal hunt on the opening day of 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, where pistol-shooter Jitu Rai won India's first gold in the 50m event, shortly after Shweta Chaudhry opened India's account with a bronze in the 10m Women's Pistol event. Jitu held his nerves to clinch the yellow metal off his last short in the final, edging out silver medal-winner Chinese Wei Pang

Raipur, Sep 20: Rains took some sheen off Kane Williamson's record batting display of scoring the fastest ever century in Champions League Twenty20 as New Zealand side Northern Knights beat Cape Cobras of South Africa by 33 runs under Duckworth-Lewis method here on Friday. Opening batsman Williamson produced a sensational batting show as he carried his bat through the innings with a 49-ball 101

Incheon, Sep 19: A fusillade of fireworks marked the start of the opening ceremony of the 17th Asian Games at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium here Friday. Fireworks lit up the sky here after a glittering sound and light show enthralled the packed stadium. Schoolchildren from South Korea holding rings started first act of the evening, followed by a visual narrative on the creation of the universe. A

Sep 19: New Zealand's former star all-rounder Chris Cairns has rolled up his sleeves to help provide for his family. Cairns is currently involved in a court battle to clear his name off match-fixing, and the mounting legal expenses have forced the 44-year-old father of four to go out into the street, quite literally, to seek work. Council job Cairns has reportedly taken up a job with the Auckland

Mumbai, Sep 19: Desperate times call for desperate measures. Virat Kohli is in the middle of a woeful batting form, and his desperation to come out of it has sent an SOS to Sachin Tendulkar: 'Help me overcome this'. According to a report in the Hindustan Times, Kohli is currently in Mumbai batting in the nets under the watchful eyes of India's greatest batsman ever, trying to eliminate the flaws