Sports

India's date with football royalty: Brazil at VYBK

02 Oct 2026 | 4:16 PM

Kolkata, Oct 2 (UNI) For generations, Brazil have occupied India’s football imagination – through radio commentaries, grainy World Cup telecasts, late-night screenings and canary-yellow shirts
worn across the country.

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Haryana trio clinch three Asian Games golds in quick succession for India

02 Oct 2026 | 4:14 PM

Panchkula, Oct 2 (UNI) Haryana's athletes delivered three gold medals for India in quick succession at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan on Friday, with Sujeet Kalkal, Ankush and Parveen Kumari winning titles in wrestling and boxing.

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An embrace before battle: Jamil and Ancelotti share special moment

02 Oct 2026 | 4:10 PM

Kolkata, Oct 2 (UNI) Brazil’s press conference was almost over when Khalid Jamil entered the room. Carlo Ancelotti was answering his final questions, speaking in the measured, unhurried manner that has accompanied him through three decades at football’s summit.

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Indian men’s hockey team eyes historic back-to-back Asian Games gold in final against Malaysia

02 Oct 2026 | 4:02 PM

Kakamigahara, Oct 2 (UNI) One win away from history, the Indian men’s hockey team will return to action on Saturday with the biggest prize of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 in sight.

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Sujeet storms back from 2-9 down to win Asian Games wrestling gold

02 Oct 2026 | 3:41 PM

Aichi-Nagoya, Oct 2 (UNI) Nine points down, time running out and an Asian Games gold seemingly slipping away, Sujeet Kalkal produced a breathtaking fightback to snatch a 10-9 victory over Tajikistan’s Abdulmazhid Kudiev in the men’s 65kg freestyle final here on Friday.

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Ankush Panghal punches his way to Asian Games gold in men’s 80kg

02 Oct 2026 | 3:28 PM

Nagoya, Oct 2 (UNI): Indian boxer Ankush Panghal capped a remarkable Asian Games campaign with a hard-fought gold medal in the men’s 80kg category, defeating South Korea’s Kim Min-Seong in the final here on Friday.

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Asian Games gold for Parveen, three years after Hangzhou setback

02 Oct 2026 | 2:51 PM

Nagoya, Oct 2 (UNI) Parveen Hooda completed a remarkable Asian Games comeback on Friday, overcoming a fiercely contested final to win the women's 65kg boxing gold medal, three years after being stripped of her bronze at the previous edition following a doping violation.

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Pranavi Urs grabs three-shot lead, eyes Asian Games golf gold

02 Oct 2026 | 2:26 PM

Aichi-Nagoya, Oct 2 (UNI) Pranavi Urs turned the Asian Games women's golf competition into a two-horse race after a stunning third-round 66 gave the Indian a three-shot lead going into Saturday's decisive final round.

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India win historic quadrant bronze at the Asian Games

02 Oct 2026 | 2:00 PM

Aichi-Nagoya, Oct 2 (UNI) From working as a daily-wage labourer to leading India to its first-ever Asian Games medal in the men's quadrant event, veteran Akash Yumnam's remarkable journey added a human touch to a historic bronze here on Friday.

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From Bharatanatyam and basketball to sailing’s biggest stages, Nethra makes history

02 Oct 2026 | 1:40 PM

Aichi-Nagoya, Oct 2 (UNI) Nethra Kumanan did not exactly follow the conventional route to becoming an Olympian. There was Bharatanatyam, basketball, tennis and skating before sailing entered her life. At 15, she attended a summer camp and, almost casually, found the sport that would change her life.

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Nethra Kumanan clinches sailing bronze in women’s dinghy

02 Oct 2026 | 1:00 PM

Aichi-Nagoya, Oct 2 (UNI) Indian sailor Nethra Kumanan secured a hard-fought bronze medal in the women’s dinghy (ILCA 6) event at the Asian Games here on Friday, adding another podium finish to India’s sailing campaign.

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India eye opportunities for fringe players as WI series heads to finale

02 Oct 2026 | 12:57 PM

New Chandigarh, Oct 2 (UNI) With the series already secured, India will have more than a clean sweep on their mind when they face the West Indies in the third and final ODI at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium here on Saturday.

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India add archery silver, sailing bronze on productive Asian Games day

02 Oct 2026 | 10:55 AM

Aichi-Nagoya, Oct 2 (UNI) India added a silver and a bronze to its medal haul at the Asian Games here on Friday, with Kumkum Anil Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara finishing runners-up in mixed recurve archery and Nethra Kumanan securing bronze in the women’s dinghy event.

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India end Korea’s seven-title reign, clinch historic women’s recurve gold

02 Oct 2026 | 10:49 AM

Aichi-Nagoya, Oct 2 (UNI) India pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Asian Games archery, ending South Korea’s seven-title winning streak as Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and 17-year-old Kumkum Anil Mohod defeated the reigning champions 5-3 to win the women’s recurve team gold here on Friday.

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Lovlina lands historic Asian Games gold

02 Oct 2026 | 10:34 AM

Aichi-Nagoya, Oct 2 (UNI) Lovlina Borgohain delivered a landmark performance at the Asian Games here on Friday, defeating China’s Bao Ziyi to win the women’s 75kg gold and become only the second Indian woman boxer to claim an Asian Games title.

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