The Games begin in Jakarta and Palembang in less than 10 days but the Indian contingent is yet to be known officially.
Japan have sent home four players from their Asian Games basketball team for spending the night with women in a Jakarta hotel, the head of the delegation Yasuhiro Yamashita said on Monday.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will have to wait another year before chasing India's first Olympic track and field medal in Tokyo but the delay may turn out to be a blessing in disguise, the 22-year-old said. The Commonwealth and Asian Games champion, seen as one of India's best medal prospects at the Games, spent the whole of 2019 recovering from an elbow operation on his throwing arm.
Asian Games will be a reality check for India's athletes after the Commonwealth Games high
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated, on Sunday, Indian shooters, Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar, for winning the country its first medal in the Asian Games.
Sushil struggled at the Jakarta Asian Games leading to questions on whether he was good enough to go any further at 36.
She also addressed the Indian Community at a reception held in her honour in Jakarta.
World Champion Mirabai Chanu's participation at the Asian Games appears doubtful
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is travelling again! The Pradhan Sevak is in Indonesia on the first leg of his three-nation tour to East Asia. This is Modi's first-ever official visit to Indonesia and before the visit, the PM hoped that the meet would cement the political, economic and strategic interest of the two friendly maritime neighbours.
P U Chitra defended her 1500 metres title to give India its third gold medal while Ajay Kumar Saroj and Dutee Chand won a silver and bronze in the men's 1500m and women's 200m respectively on the fourth and final day of the Asian Athletics Championships, in Doha, on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, congratulated Indian shooters Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma and Sanjeev Rajput for winning medals in the Asian Games in Jakarta.
Ankita is now country's best-ranked singles (182) and doubles (95) player and is set to make her Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games next month.
Hima Das said she will continue to strive for excellence in her sport alongside her job in state police.
World's worst city in terms of traffic congestion is Jakarta.
Rikako Ikee became the first female athlete to be named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) at an Asian Games
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Indonesian football fans were thrilled to see Italian side AS Roma touch down in Jakarta on Friday as part of their pre-season tour.
Led by young flag-bearer Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, the athletes, clad in blue suits, waved to the crowd with small flags in their hands.
The Asian Games gold medallist was nominated last year as well but was not considered due to a failed dope test in 2012, for which he served a one-year ban.
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar would be aiming to put behind the injury-marred disaster that was the Asian Games when she aims for a positive start to her Olympic qualification bid with the World Cup of Artistic Gymnastics.
Sharath along with G Sathiyan has been handed a tough draw in the men's singles competition.
The capital of China's Zhejiang province, Hangzhou, was the sole bidder to stage the 19th edition of Asia's biggest multi-sports event.
Australian foreign minister Marise Payne and defence minister Peter Dutton will visit India from September 10 to 12 to take part in the dialogue with their Indian counterparts.
Following is the schedule of the Indian contingent on the 14th day of the Asian Games in Jakarta, on Saturday.
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was on Saturday recommended for the coveted Khel Ratna Award by the committee constituted by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the third time in a row. The 22-year-old Chopra is the only track and field athlete to be recommended by the AFI for the country's highest sports award this year.
Sindhu hardly had to break a sweat as she posted a comfortable 21-14 21-7 win over the third seeded Japanese shuttler in just 44 minutes.
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The Indian men's handball team had lost to Chinese Taipei 28-38 in its first group match on Monday.
Senior players Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa lost their matches against Joey Chan and Annie Au, 1-3 and 0-3, respectively. Sunayna Kuruvilla, who is Pallikal's cousin, kept India in the hunt with a fighting win over Tze Lok Ho in the second singles.
An analysis of major Asian countries' stock indices show that the 30-share Sensex gave the second maximum cumulative returns, while the highest return was given by Indonesia's benchmark Jakarta Composite Index, the Economic Survey 2011-12 said.
Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat are in contention for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
Saina Nehwal, who won the tournament last year before going through a lean patch, lost 19-21, 13-21, 5-21 to Sayaka Takahashi in 50 minutes.
The 2-month-old Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet plunged into the Java Sea just minutes after taking off from Jakarta on October 29, killing everyone on board.
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Coaches Jayanta Pushilal and S Raman have been nominated for the Dronacharya honour.
Saina Nehwal made a rampaging start to her London Olympics build-up by winning the Thailand Open last week and the Indian ace will now look to test her game against the Chinese when she starts her campaign in the Indonesia Super Series Premier in Jakarta on Wednesday.
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The Tokyo Paralympics slated to begin on August 24, will be Jhajharia's third Paralympics.
Vinesh Phogat created history, becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in wrestling at the Asian Games in Jakarta.
In the Diamond League Final, he will face the world's best in the event, including Olympic champion Thomas Roehler of Germany and last year's winner, Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic.
