Four Indian women boxers in finals of Asian Indoor GamesNovember 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - M.C. Mary Kom led the charge of four Indian boxers into the finals of the Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam Monday.
All five Indian boxers in Asian Indoor Games semi-finalsNovember 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's World Champion woman boxer M.C. Mary Kom, Chhoto Loura and Kavita Goyat entered the semifinals of the third Asian Indoor Games at Vietman Sunday.
Indoor Asian Games: India to participate in VovinamOctober 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A seven-member Indian team for Vovinam, a martial art from Vietnam, will take part in the third Indoor Asian Games from Oct 30 at Hanoi. The team left Tuesday in order to get proper time to train at Ho Chi Minh City, which is the headquarter of the sport.
Strong Indian challenge for Asian Youth chessAugust 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian chess is on an all-time high with its players tasting success regularly at the international events, and they will be eyeing a rich haul of medals at the ONGC Asian Youth Chess Championship starting here Sunday. The event hosted by Delhi Chess Association at Tivoli Garden Resort will see more than 250 players in action in various age groups.
Rs.100 mn boost for football for Asian Games preparationJuly 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The sports ministry will give a Rs.100 million grant to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to prepare the U-23 team for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. A top sports ministry official told IANS that they are in consultation with the AIFF to chart out a roadmap for the team's preparation.
Indian team returns with 14 junior Asian Wrestling Championship medalsJuly 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian team returned home on Tuesday after winning 14 medals at the three-day junior Asian Wrestling Championship in Manila.he team arrived at the international airport here this morning. Raj Singh, vice president, Wrestling Federation of India, who accompanied the team, said that this was the teams' best performance at the Asian Wrestling Championship.
India finish with 14 medals in junior Asian wrestlingJuly 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian team bagged a gold and a silver medal on the concluding day of the junior Asian Wrestling Championships at Manila, the Philippines, to finish with an impressive haul of 14 medals. Rahul Aware (55 kg) won the gold while Rahul Maan (60 kg) won the silver medal in free-style wrestling.
India continue to shine in junior Asian wrestlingJuly 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India continued their dominance in the junior Asian Wrestling Championships at Manila Saturday, winning two golds and two silvers to take their overall medals tally to 12. Surender and Joginder Kumar won golds in the 50 kg and 120 kg free style respectvely.
Indian wrestlers make a strong startJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian wrestlers made a strong start in the Asian Greco Roman Style, Free Style and Female Junior Wrestling Championship at Manila, Philippines, winning eight medals on the opening day Friday. India won two gold, one silver and five bronze medals in the 12 weight categories decided Friday.
India finish at top of medals tally in South Asian ShootingJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian shooters finished at the top of medals tally in the 5th South Asian Shooting Championship in Bangladesh, winning 21 out of the 24 gold medals. India won gold in the women's rifle three positions in the last event Thursday.
India stay atop medals tally in South Asian shootingJuly 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India continued their domination in the South Asian Shooting Championships in Bangladesh to stay atop the medals tally. India won six out of eight golds on the fourth day Wednesday to take their tally to 20 golds, 10 silvers and five bronzes medals.
India bag five golds, take tally to 10 in Asian Youth GamesJuly 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian athletes kept up their fine performance as they won two more golds to take their tally to 10 medals at the Asian Youth Games in Singapore Friday. On the last day of the track and field competition, Ravi Kumar won the gold in the 800 metres while Namita Kabat was the champion in the women's event.
India bag three more medals at Asian Youth GamesJuly 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian athletes continued their impressive run at the Asian Youth Games in Singapore, winning three medals Thursday to take their tally to six. According to information received here, Rohit Kumar won the gold in the javelin throw event with 74.60 metres and broke his own national record of 71.52 metres set at the junior nationals in Mysore last year.
India win three medals at Asian Youth GamesJune 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian athletes won three medals on the first day of the inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore. Delhi lad Arjun Kumar won the first gold medal of the event with an effort of 58.72 metres in discus throw.
Suranjoy wins gold at the Asian Boxing ChampionshipsJune 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Suranjoy Singh ended a 15-year wait for India by winning gold at the Asian Boxing Championships, at Zhuahi, China, beating the local favourite Li Chao Saturday. Rajkumar Sangwan was the last Indian to win a gold medal for India at the Asian Championships at Tehran in 1994.
NEW DELHI - The little-known Vietnamese martial art sport Vovinam has fetched India seven medals in the ongoing Asian Indoor Games at Hanoi, Vietnam.
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