Asian Games 2023 Highlights, September 28: India end Day 5 with 25 medals

Asian Games Day 5 Live coverage ends

India ends Day 5 on a high with the hockey team winning their pool match against the defending champions. The biggest news of the day came from the morning as Shooters bagged another team gold medal to take the count to six! Roshibina Devi had a heartbreak as she lost in the final but her success in a lesser-known sports like Wushu inspired many unheralded names in Hangzhou. It was good day for tennis as Saketh Myneni-Ramkumar Ramanathan reached the men's doubles final while Rohan Bopanna also ensured a medal in his last Asiad as he reached the semis with Rutuja Bhosale! We will bid bye for today on that note, do join us tomorrow morning for the Day 6 action, beginning as early as 4:30 a.m. with Golf and athletics in action!

Hockey: India 2-4 Japan at Full Time

India beat Japan comprehensively but the Japanese did show that the national side has chinks in their armours with two late goals! India, however, will take the positive of the win as they next face Pakistan in the pool stages on September 30!

Hockey: India 4-0 Japan

Abhishek scores the fourth goal to put the match beyond any doubt. India are about to make it through to the knockout stages! Follow minute-to-minute action from the match in the hyperlink below

Hockey: India 3-0 Japan in Q4

India are in firm control of the match after Amit Rohidas gave further cushion from the penalty corner! Follow instant and detailed action from the match in the hyperlink below

Swimming: Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final

Indian quartet of Dhinidhi Desinghu, Shivangi Sarma, Vritti Agarwal and Hashika Ramachandra finished eighth in the final of the women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay with a timing of 8:37.58 seconds.

Asian Games 2023 Boxing: Nishant Dev through to pre-quarters

Boxing: Nishant Dev is through to the quarterfinals of the Men's 71kg category as he knocks out Vietnam's Phuoc Tung Bui in the first round for an early win!

Hockey: India 2-0 Japan in 3rd quarter

India are leading 2-0 in the third quarter through goals from Abhishek (Q1) and Mandeep Singh (Q2). Follow instant and detailed action from the match in the hyperlink below

Football: India 0-2 Saudi Arabia

Apologies for the delay in the update due to a technical issue. Indian men's football team is out of the Asia Cup with a loss to Saudi Arabia in the round of 16.

Football: India 0-2 Saudi Arabia

85' India are showing a lot of fight with two down but have nothing to show for it, as far as the scoreboard is concerned! Follow instant updates from the match on the hyperlink below

Asian Games 2023 Swimming: Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final

The Indian quartet -- Tanish George, Vishal Grewal, Anand Anilkumar Shylaja and Srihari Natara -- finished sixth with 3:21.46 seconds in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final. China took the gold with a new Asian record.

Hockey: India 0-0 Japan in Q1

11' No goals yet in the India vs Japan Men's Pool A match. Follow minute-to-minute action from the match in the hyperlink below

Football: Goal! India 0-2 Saudi Arabia

58' Back-to-back goals by Marran as Saudi Arabia are running away with this one! Follow further details in the hyperlink below

Football: GOAL! Saudi Arabia 1-0 India

51' Saudi Arabia take the lead early in the first half as a dangerous cross from the right flank was headed into the goal by Mohammed Khalil Marran! Follow further details in the hyperlink below

Hockey: India vs Japan in Men's Pool A

Hockey India reveals a strong line-up as the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallists take on defending champions Japan. The match starts at 6:15 PM IST

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📍Hangzhou, China.
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Asian Games 2023 Boxing: Deepak loses in 46-51kg pre-quarters

India boxer Deepak loses by split verdict (4-1) in his opening round bout against Japan's Tomoya Tsuboi in the Men's 46-51kg category. Another Indian boxer Nishant Dev will be in action soon in the 63.5-71kg category soon!

Football: India 0-0 Saudi Arabia at Half Time

India head into the break without conceding a goal as Sandesh Jhingan made a diving deflection to deny Saudis a goal-bound effort from the left of the goal post! It's 0-0 at half time. Follow instant updates in the hyperlink below

Football: India 0-0 Saudi Arabia

43' India are playing for the half-time whistle already with Saudi Arabia relentless in attack! India at least have six players in defense and quite close to each other every time Saudi get close to the Indian box! Follow instant updates in the hyperlink below

Tennis: Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale storms into semis

Another medal is assured in tennis as Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale reached the semifinals of mixed doubles with a straight-set win over Zhibek Kulambayeva and Grigoriy Lomakin 7-5, 6-3!

Asian Games 2023 Tennis: Mixed doubles quarterfinals

Bopanna/Bhosale wins the first set 7-5 as they break the Kazakh pair in the last game to take the set!

Football: India 0-0 Saudi Arabia

20' India are defending well against Saudi Arabia and in numbers. So far no clear-cut opportunities for the Arab side with best attempts coming from outside the box! Nothing from India's attack so far, except for a shot straight to 'keeper by Sunil Chhetri. Follow detailed and instant updates on the hyperlink below

Football: India starting line-up

INDIA: Dheeraj, Gurkirat Singh, Lalchungnunga, Chinglensana Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Amarjit Singh, Rahim Ali, Rahul KP, Sunil Chhetri, Narender Gahlot, Abdul Rabeeh; The match is 5th minute into the action and India have started well-organised knowing the quality of their rivals' attacking line-up! Follow our detailed coverage in the hyperlink below

Asian Games Football: India vs Saudia Arabia

The pre-quarterfinal gets underway as India take on mighty Saudi Arabia. Igor Stimac and side are certainly out of their depth against a the Middle-East side, who are ranked World No. 57 in FIFA. It's an U-23 encounter so rankings have no bearing on this game but gives you an idea where the rivals stand in world football!

Tennis: Bopanna/Bhosale 5-5 in first set

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale kept the pressure on the Kazakh pair of Kulambayeva/Lomakin as they forced their rivals' last service into multiple deuces. Lomakin, however, finally made a statement by ending the advantage with an ace against Bopanna!

Golf: Men's Individual Round 1

Experienced Anirban Lahiri was the top performer among the Indian golfers on Thursday as he finished Round 1 tied 9th 7-under while Korea's Jang Yu-bin, who was 11-under par. SSP Chawrasia was down at T19 at 5-under while youngster Subhankar Sharma was at 4-under at the end of the day. The men's and women's team result after Round 1 to follow soon

Asian Games 2023 Tennis: Mixed doubles quarterfinals

Interesting start to the quarterfinal match for Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale, who breaks back their Kazakh rivals Zhibek Kulambayeva and Grigoriy Lomakin after conceding their first service game! The score reads 3-2 in first set

Asian Games TT: Men's Singles updates

Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyn storm into pre-quarters of Men's singles as well with comfortable wins in their respective opening rounds. Results: Sharath defeats Maldives' Mohamed Shaffan Ismail 11-9, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7; Sathiyan defeats Turki Lafi H Almutairi 11-5, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2

MEDAL ALERT!

Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan are through to the gold medal match! The Indian duo assures a silver at least as they beat Korea's Seongchan Hong/Soonwoo Kwon 10-0 in the Super tie breaker! The final score: 6-1, 6-7 (7), 10-0

Tennis: Saketh/Ramkumar leads 8-0!

The Indian pair are inching towards the win as they racking up one point after another! Ramkumar signals to calm down and not to celebrate early as the job is not done!

Tennis: Third set or the Super tie-breaker begins!

And India are off to a good start! Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan are at it on full throttle as they race to a 5-0 lead! In Super tie-breaker the first team to 10 points win instead of the seven in normal tie breakers

Tennis: Men's doubles semifinal heads into 3rd set

The resilience of the Korean pair Kwon/Hong is palpable! They win the second set in the tie-breaker 9-7 while saving a match point against Indian duo Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan, who won the first set 6-1