India maintained their dominance in the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament with a nervy 3-2 victory over South Korea
Dramatic scenes from Track and Field at the Tokyo Olympics.
Holders Japan enjoyed a Monday stroll in the Newcastle breeze as they swatted aside the meagre challenge of outsiders Palestine to kick off their Asian Cup title defence with a 4-0 victory.
All four of the alternates, selected in case one of the main team members tested positive, are in their teens.
Japan are hoping for strong support from Brazilian fans when they take on Ivory Coast in their opening World Cup Group C game in Recife's Pernambuco arena on Saturday.
The core of the team remains the same with HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in good form and the Indian team would hope the rub of the green also goes their way when it begins campaign on Thursday.
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Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on Day 7 of the Asian Games:
The Germans suffered their earliest tournament ouster in 80 years when they crashed out of the first round at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. They were also eliminated in the Last 16 at last year's Euro.
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The Indian defenders had another good day in office as they didn't put a foot wrong to deny Italy any open chance.
Indian hoopsters lost their fifth place classification match against Japan 66-77 in the FIBA Asia Challenge Basketball Championship in Tehran on Saturday. India will now take on Taipei in the 7th place classification match. Japan led in first quarter by 22-14 but India had the better performance in the second quarter 18-19. The winners did well to consolidate in the next two quarters with break up scores of 20-18 and 17-15 respectively.
Formula One will have a record 24 races in the season that starts in Bahrain on Saturday.
Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish Goliyan bagged a bronze in the men's fours event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.
A country can win a maximum of two quota places in a particular shooting event.
Simone Biles' bid for a record six gold medals at the Tokyo Games ended abruptly on Tuesday when she dropped out of the women's team final after one vault and watched as the United States surrendered their title to Russia.
Belgium fought back from two goals down to beat Japan 3-2 with an added-time goal from substitute Nacer Chadli on Monday to set up a World Cup quarter-final with Brazil.
After guiding Hyderabad Hotshots to the inaugural Indian Badminton League title, Saina Nehwal has cited fatigue and will skip the Japan Open Super Series tournament.
China and Indonesia won the Badminton Asia Team Championships in the women and men's categories respectively at the Gachibowli indoor stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
'We had a fantastic goalkeeper today, Livakovic, he was great, he was insurmountable, he defended the penalties in a very strong, stable manner.'
"What I've seen so far, when you take a look at their selection of players, their quality, skills and value, then it is indeed terrifying."
With the fresh infections, the total number of Indians infected with the virus on the vessel rose to 12, the Indian embassy said.
Hajime Moriyasu's side, one of the favourites for the title, laboured throughout the opening 45 minutes and fell behind to a vicious long-range strike from Arslanmyrat Amanov that flew past goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda.
Following the capture in eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the assault teams of the Wagner private military and Russian troops.
Netherlands may be among the favourites to win the World Cup but they suffered a scare on Saturday when they narrowly avoided defeat by Japan in their first match since completing qualification for next year's finals.
Meanwhile, Anas, a member of the gold-winning 4x400m mixed relay team at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, said that a recent tweak in the baton exchange technique has helped them become quicker.
Rugby powerhouse New Zealand were knocked out of the inaugural Olympic sevens tournament in the quarter-finals on Wednesday after a 12-7 loss to top seeds Fiji.
Iran survived an early scare as they edged past Japan 38-34 to record their fourth successive win of the ongoing Kabaddi World Cup at the iconic 'The Arena by TransStadia' stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Young wrestler Antim Panghal, who challenged stalwart Vinesh Phogat in the Asian Games trials, is determined to prove a point in the continental showpiece and the subsequent World Championships.
Mancini slams Saudi players who opted to leave Asian Cup squad
Last week, Premier League players had launched the Players Together Fund, which primarily aims to help the NHS.
Japan's Kazuki Nakajima will race for Williams next season, the Formula One team confirmed on Wednesday.
Victory over defending champions Japan in the Asian Cup qualifiers will make every member of the Indian football team richer by Rs 100,000.
Defending champions Belgium found the equaliser with six minutes left in the match to play out a thrilling 2-2 draw against Germany and keep themselves in the hunt for a direct quarter-final berth in the FIH Men's World Cup, in Bhubaneswar, on Tuesday.
A 4-0 victory in the Asian Zone Group C pre-World Cup football match gave Japan their fourth straight win in the qualifiers.
Morocco are happy to sit back and look to punish opponents on the counter-attack using the speed and skill of Hakim Ziyech
Marcelo Lippi's first game as China coach ended in a 0-0 draw with Qatar in a World Cup qualifier in Kunming on Tuesday, seriously damaging both team's hopes of reaching the finals in Russia.
Japan won the women's World Cup on Sunday for the first time, stunning the heavily favoured United States 3-1 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in extra time.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday, October 1.
The Wall Street major Morgan Stanley has upgraded India to "standout overweight" citing that the relative economic and earnings growth is improving and the macro-stability setup looks sufficient to withstand the higher real rate environment. "India remains standout overweight. "We increase our overweight stance on Indian equities and as our most-preferred emerging market," the brokerage said in a note on Friday.
