Saina Nehwal came back from one game down to beat third seeded Chinese Shixian Wang 16-21 21-16 21-17 to lift the Honk Kong Super Series. This was Saina’s 4th Super Series win this year after winning at Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia earlier. For viewers in South Asia, highlights of the final could be seen on [...]
The XVI edition of the Asian Games came to a close today with an expectedly colourful and rousing ceremony in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. India who till three days ago were nursing fears of facing embarrassment due to below-par performances eventually finished sixth in the medal standings. With a total haul of 64 medals, [...]
Vijender Singh won the gold medal in the 75 kg boxing event on a day that ensured India recorded its best ever performance in the history of Asian Games. With 14 gold, 17 silver and 33 bronze medals at Guangzhou 2010, India have now bagged 64 medals, the most they’ve ever managed at any Asian [...]
It was a brilliant day 13 for India as the athletes especially continued to set new benchmarks at the Asian Games 2010. By the end of the day, India had managed to break inside the Top 10 of the medal standings once again. Joseph Abraham and Ashwini Chidananda won golds in the men’s and women’s [...]
At the Asian Games, 2010, Sudha Singh helped India enter the top 10 in the medal standings as she bagged the gold medal in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase. It was India’s third gold medal of the day and second in athletics after Preeja Sreedharan and Kavita Raut had earlier combined to produce a glorious 1-2 [...]