Shaili Singh’s long jump mark wrongly measured by Asian Games officials, will move CAS: AFI | Asian Games 2026 News

Shaili Singh (Image credit: X) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will approach the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the measurement of Shaili Singh’s fourth attempt in the women’s long jump at the Asian Games.The AFI claims that officials measured the jump from a shorter mark, which cost Shaili a medal. Shaili finishes…

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Asian Games 2026 Day 9: Athletics leads India’s 8-medal haul, boxing assures more as near misses hurt | Asian Games 2026 News

Gulveer Singh, Parul Chaudhary, and Murali Sreeshankar (PTI Photos) NEW DELHI: India enjoyed another medal-rich day at the Asian Games 2026 on Monday, winning eight medals across athletics, shooting and kurash while also securing more medals in boxing. Yet the haul came with a familiar mix of celebration and disappointment, as several Indian athletes came…

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Asian Games 2026: India set up blockbuster hockey semifinal against arch-rivals Pakistan | Asian Games 2026 News

Image credit: Hockey India Defending champions India ended their Asian Games group campaign in style, thrashing Bangladesh 10-0 in a rain-hit match on Monday.Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a hat-trick as India finished at the top of Pool A. They will now face arch-rivals Pakistan in the semi-final on October 1.The other semi-final will see Malaysia…

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Born with cerebral palsy, she struggled to write and move. Today, Vinayana Khurana is a Delhi University lecturer, poet and disability inclusion activist |

For Vinayana Khurana, writing was never simply about putting words on paper. Living with cerebral palsy, she faced physical challenges that made everyday activities, including writing and mobility, difficult. Yet instead of allowing those barriers to determine the boundaries of her life, she found ways to express herself and continued pursuing education, writing and advocacy….

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Big blow for India! Defending champion Avinash Sable misses out on medal, finishes fourth in 3000m steeplechase | Asian Games 2026 News

India’s Avinash Sable (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India suffered a major disappointment in the athletics competition at the Asian Games 2026 on Monday as defending champion and Games record holder Avinash Sable finished fourth in the men’s 3000m steeplechase final, despite producing his season-best performance.Sable clocked 8:21.67 but could not reproduce the performance that had…

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Asian Games: Gulveer Singh bags second silver with 1500m personal best time in Japan | Asian Games 2026 News

India’s Gulveer Singh (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian distance runner Gulveer Singh continued his impressive campaign at the Asian Games 2026, winning his second silver medal in Japan with a personal best performance in the men’s 1500m final on Monday.Gulveer clocked 3:36.72 to finish second behind Japan’s Kazuto Iizawa, who clinched gold, while another Japanese…

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‘We did not expect this from Japan’: Pakistan volleyball team taken to wrong venue as logistical woes mount at Asian Games | Asian Games 2026 News

Pakistan volleyball team (Pic credit: Murad Jehan’s Instagram post) Pakistan’s volleyball team was taken to the wrong venue ahead of its crucial Pool A match against Uzbekistan at the Asian Games 2026, adding to growing complaints over logistical arrangements at the multi-sport event in Aichi-Nagoya.Pakistan captain Murad Jehan took to Instagram to express his frustration…

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