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Asian Games: Disgraced Japanese basketball players suspended one year: Kyodo

Takuya Hashimoto, Keita Imamura, Yuya Nagayoshi and Takuma Sato were sent home from Jakarta on Aug. 20

Aug 30, 2018

By Reuters

2018 Asian Games - Men's 100m Final - GBK Main Stadium – Jakarta, Indonesia – August 26, 2018 – Gold medallist Su Bingtian of China, silver medallist Tosin Ogunode of Qatar and bronze medallist Ryota Yamagata of Japan pose with their medals. REUTERS/Darr

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China's Su becomes Asia's fastest man in Games record time

China's Su Bingtian became the first Asian-born sprinter to run the distance in under 10 seconds and clinched gold in Asian Games 2018.

Aug 27, 2018

By Reuters

2018 Asian Games - Women's 50m Freestyle - GBK Aquatic Center, Jakarta, Indonesia - August 24, 2018 (L - R) China's Liu Xiang, Japan's Rikako Ikee and China's Wu Qingfeng celebrate with their medals after the Women's 50m Freestyle

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Asian Games: Ikee takes record haul but Japan and China share Jakarta honours

Three-times Olympic champion Sun Yang also completed a remarkable four-gold sweep

Aug 25, 2018

By Reuters

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India's PV Sindhu among top 10 highest-paid female athletes in the world

India's first female Olympic silver medalist, Sindhu earns $8m from endorsements, which is only behind tennis superstars Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova.

Aug 24, 2018

By Akshay Ramesh

2018 Asian Games - Men's 50m Butterfly - GBK Aquatic Center, Jakarta, Indonesia - August 23, 2018. Gold Medalist Joseph Isaac Schooling of Singapore.

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Asian Games 2018: Olympic champ Schooling moving in 'right direction' for 2020

The Texas-based swimmer earned Singapore's first Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games but has since struggled with inconsistency.

Aug 24, 2018

By Reuters

018 Asian Games - Men's 100m Butterfly Final - GBK Aquatics Center - Jakarta, Indonesia - August 22, 2018 Gold medalist Joseph Isaac Schooling of Singapore poses for a photo during the medal ceremony

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Asian Games: Singapore's Schooling snaps China-Japan grip on Jakarta pool gold

Schooling upstaged no less than Michael Phelps to win the butterfly event at the Rio Olympics in 2016

Aug 23, 2018

By Reuters

Asian Games official mascots Bhin Bhin, Atung and Kaka

Sports

Asian Games 2018 opening ceremony: Check how can you watch it live

Here's how you can watch the Asian Games ceremony live on TV, online.

Aug 18, 2018

By Akshay Ramesh

2018 Asiad torch proceeds to destination

Sports

Asian Games 2018: 10 new sports at continental event

Here's all that you need to know about the sporting disciplines that will be making their Asian Games debut in 2018.

Aug 16, 2018

By Akshay Ramesh

Indian independence day celebration in Indonesia

Society

Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia celebrate 72nd Independence Day of India

Singapore and other two south-east Asian countries Malaysia and Indonesia have celebrated 72nd Independence Day of India.

Aug 15, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Football

Football glory: India's U-20 football team beat Argentina at COTIF international tournament

ndian colts beat Argentina in a sensational match at COTIF international on Sunday. But such heroics don't mean anything for bosses at the Indian Olympic Association who didn't send India team to Jakarta Asian Games.

Aug 6, 2018

By Jacob Nelly

Sports

World Championships 2018 final: Spaniard Carolina Marin defeats India's PV Sindhu

PV Sindhu settled for silver after losing the world championships 2018 final against arch-rival Carolina Marin in straight games. This was Sindhu's fourth straight defeat in a title match this year.

Aug 5, 2018

By Akshay Ramesh

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a grand military parade celebrating the 70th founding anniversary

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Asian Games 2018: Indonesia invites North Korea's Kim Jong Un to attend opening ceremony

A team of Indonesian officials visited North Korea this week to invite Kim Jong Un to attend the Asian Games opening ceremony in Jakarta in August.

Aug 2, 2018

By Reuters

Indonesian badminton legend Susi Susanti (R) and former tennis star Yustedjo Tarik (L) light the torch during the 2018 Asian Games Torch Relay ceremony at Prambanan Temple complex, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia July 18, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara

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Asian Games 2018: Indian Olympic Association seeks Rs 30000 from each non-affiliate sports' athlete

Non-affiliate sporting bodies are unhappy with Indian Olympic Association's decision due to the extra burden it puts on them, ahead of the upcoming continental meet in Indonesia.

Jul 31, 2018

By Akshay Ramesh

Boxing

I will continue boxing till my body allows, says CWG gold medallist Mary Kom

M.C. Mary Kom clinched the gold in Light Flyweight (48kg) category in Gold Coast, defeating Kristina O'Hara of Northern Ireland in the final.

Apr 19, 2018

By Tridib Baparnash

Sports

Dipa likely to visit Moscow for training ahead of Asian Games

Dipa tore her anterior crucial ligament that required a surgery last year and she has resumed training only recently.

Apr 1, 2018

By IANS

Sports

Shooter, painter, psychologist: The many shades of a medallist

India's Anjum Moudgil, 23, is well aware of the balancing act required. This is where her study of sports psychology also comes in handy.

Mar 18, 2018

By Abhishek Purohit

Sports

Sindhu loses in All England semis

It was Akane Yamaguchi's four win in 10 meetings with Sindhu and she fully deserved it for the way she took Sindhu head on.

Mar 18, 2018

By IANS

Sports

Malaysia's SEA Games gold medalist Ng Yan Yee faces 8-month suspension for doping

Ng Yan Yee failed in a doping test after tested positive for a banned substance called sibutramine in October 2017.

Mar 3, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Football

Singapore's sports star Majid Ariff dies at 80: A tribute to the Asian football legend

In 1970, he was sidelined because of a career-threatening knee injury, which was received during Malaysia Cup match against Kelantan and shortly after that he took retirement from his glittering football career.

Feb 4, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Sports

Chinese teen Zhang Jiaqi wins women's 10m platform at Fina Diving Grand Prix Singapore

Singapore's Timothy Lee will be performing in the synchronised 3m springboard along with his brother Mark.

Nov 5, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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