Thursday, November 25, 2010

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Asian Games 2010: India Returns To Eighth Place Aiming Further Higher

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 10:06 AM PST

Thursday could be termed as the golden day for India. India had slipped down to eleventh place in medals tally had got lifted up to eighth place with the help of two gold medals bagged on Thursday.

If on Friday Indian Men's and Women's Kabbadi teams win their respective games two more gold medals could further move India upwards in the medals tally table.

In the recently held XIX Common Wealth Games held in Delhi, India, there were many pleasant surprises for India when many players brought medals to Indian kitty.

Similar welcoming surprises are happening in 16th Asian Games being held in Zhengzhou, China too. Joseph Abraham in men's 400 meters hurdle race and Ashwini Chidananda in women's 400 metres hurdle race brought gold medal each for India thereby taking the gold medals count from 7 to 9 for India and placing India from 11th place to 9th place.

It was the third gold of the day and tenth in total that lifted India further from 9th position to 8th position. Vikas Krishnan is the real life hero who did this task for India on 13th day of the games.

It is a record for India when both 400 meters hurdle race in men and women section was won by Indian racers.

Indian men's hockey team had to rest with a bronze and same applied to runner Tintu Luka in 800 metres track and field event. In men's freestyle wrestling in 96 kg category Mausam Khatri brought a bronze medal.

India as at the end of 13th day of the games is having a total of 53 medals out of which there are 10 gold, 17 silver and 20 bronze. With this tally the total count medals has now become equal to India's total in Doha Asian Games held in 2006.

With five more gold medals expected on Friday to come in Indian kitty, two from Kabaddi and three from men's boxing section, India can easily climb up into top five countries' slot.

Asian Games 2010: India Reaches From 11th Position To 9th Position

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 05:20 AM PST

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India has climbed the ladder of medals tally by getting two more gold medals on Thursday unexpectedly.

First it was Indian female athlete Ashwini Akkunji who surprised all by grabbing a gold medal in women's 400 metres hurdle race.

It is yet another history created by India in the ongoing 16th Asian Games in Zhengzhou, China.

Till then India was at eleventh position in the medals telly with 7 gold, 13 silver and 29 silver; and total 49 medals.

This was gold medal number eight for India when Ashwini topped the women's 400 metres hurdle race in track and field event.

Ashwini times 56 seconds and 15 milliseconds to achieve this feat. Prior to that India's Tintu Luka had won a bronze medal on Thursday morning in 800 metres women's event under track and field competitions.

Tintu thus overcome her not so good performance at just concluded XIX Commonwealth Games held at Delhi, India where she could not grab any medals for India.

Tintu started well in the beginning on Thursday's 800 metres women's race event, but in the last lap, got slow and thereby finished third.

Tintu's final timing was 2:01.36 seconds. Tintu was beaten by China's Truong Thanh Hang and Kazakhstan's Margarita Matsko who got silver and gold respectively by giving a timing of 2:00.91 seconds and 2:00.29 seconds  respectively.

Another runner from India Sinimole Paulose came at seventh place with a timing of 2:06.95 seconds.

In Men's 400 metres hurdles race too Indian runner Joseph Ganapathiplackal Abraham came as a surprise pack by winning a gold medal.

[Asiad Hockey] Pakistan’s Historic Win

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:23 AM PST

After 20 years, Pakistan took away the gold, with a convincing win of 2-0, with Malaysia on Thursday at the Asian Games men’s hockey.

Pakistan   lacked a win in Beijing in the year 1990, and had their first major win at the Sidney world cup in 1994.

In the Commonwealth Games that took place in October, they landed in a humiliating position of 12th place out of 12. The Pakistanis, kneeled in prayers after winning and lifted their Dutch coach Michel van den Heuvel over their shoulders.

The Malaysians settled for silver. The Malaysians had won against India in the semifinals. They had their heads shaved to ward off evil spirits.  The Malaysians with four wins and one draw had reached the finals.

In the intervening time, India returned to the Asians games podium by defeating South Korea 1-0 and won a bronze medal. The Indian players argued with the Pakistani umpire Haider Rasool, for the penalty corner in the second half.

Jose Brasa, India’s Spanish coach said that "the bronze was not just a reward for his team" and he would be getting his contracts renewed. He also said that he was happy for the boys as they won't be returning empty handed, after winning five of the six matches played.

The Indian team which won four of the league matches lost its match against the Malaysian golden goal in the semifinal.

Asian Games 2010: Indian Men And Women Kabaddi Team Hope For Gold In Respective Finals

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:34 AM PST

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India have slipped to eleventh position in the medal tally on Thursday though a good amount of effort is clearly visible from individuals and teams from India in respective events.

As of now India has 7 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 29 bronze medals taking the total tally to 49 medals.

Indian men conveniently and convincingly won over Japan in men's Kabaddi event on Thursday in the semi finals to enter finals. India did not let Japan score much in the game with the final score as 52-17.

The women's Kabaddi team also was not far behind later in the day when they defeated Iran women team by a close margin of 23-22 in Asian Games 2010 being played at Guangzhou, China.

The women's Kabaddi semi final match between India and Iran went into a very interesting mode when it was tied at 22-22 at the closing time thereby drifting it to extra time.

A solo point taken by the Indian team in that extra time gave them an edge over Iran team and carved their way to the finals.

Both the Indian Kabaddi teams – men and women – have ensured at least a silver medal each for India in the finals respectively. And both the teams are favourites as of now to grab the gold in their respective games.

Indian men's Kabaddi team will meet Iran's team in the finals to be played on Friday. Iran team had earlier defeated Pakistan's strong team surprising them by a sleek margin of 17-16.

That way losing semi finalists Japan and Pakistan have got bronze medal each. Since the inception of Asian Games starting in 1990 at Beijing, Indian men's Kabaddi team has a marvellous record of winning five gold medals so far.

If they win a gold on Friday against Iran in the finals, it will be their sixth one, a record in its own. It is the first time women's Kabaddi team from India is participating in Asian Games.

Asian Games 2010: Mausm Khatri to settle for Bronze

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:20 AM PST

Rajiv Tomar and Nirmala Devi were ousted from their categories in the wrestling tournament of the Asian Games held this Thursday.

However, doing the country proud was Indian wrestler Mausam Khatri, who won the bronze in the men's freestyle wrestling 96 kg category.

In order to get India its third bronze in wrestling, Mausam Khatri defeated Jaegang Kim of South Korea in a 3-1 tussle.

The winning streak had commenced by defeating Syrian wrestler Alkarrad Raja 3-1 in the repechage round.

The Indian wrestler landed in the repechage round by tasting defeat 1-3 at the hands of Taimuraz Tigiyev of Kazakhstan.

The other Indian wrestlers were shown the door in the earlier rounds itself.
In the 120 kg freestyle pre quarterfinals, Rajeev Tomar had faced defeat 1-3 against Aiyaal Lazarev of Krygystan.

In the 48 kg women's pre quarter finals, Nirmala Devi, winner of the silver medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, could not weave the similar magic and lost 1-3 to Zhuldyz Eshimova.

Talking about the Greco Roman category, settling for bronze again are Indian wrestlers Ravinder Singh weighing 60 kg and Sunil Kumar weighing 66 kg.
In order to elevate its position up the ladder, India needs a gold count increase at the earliest and settling for bronze is not enough.

Asiad 2010 – Rags to Riches: Afghanistan in Asian Games Cricket finals

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:59 AM PST

Afghanistan swept a 22 run victory over Pakistan on Thursday to secure their spot in the Asian Games cricket final.

In their first encounter, Afghanistan saddled 125 runs for the loss of 8 wickets whereas team Pakistan was restricted to a mere total of 107 for the loss of 7 wickets.

Afghanistan Skipper Mohammed Nabi was visibly elated and called this feat: " A big win ".Pakistan's solid start of hitting 30 runs in the first 3 overs was discouraging for the Afghan players.

Sharjeel Khan started off on a great note by costing Sahpur Zadran an expensive 12 run over before he fell prey to Mirwais Ashraf.

Afghanistan made a come- back in the game by grabbing wickets in the middle innings, after which ensued a verbal tiff between Pakistan captain Khalid Latif and Afghanistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad, which needed the mediation of Umpires at the end.

Performances by Naeemuddin Qazi and Naeem Anjum were disappointing and not strong enough to get the Pakistanis back in the game.

Afghanistan coach, Rashid Latif was very happy with the "fitness level "of his players, but would like to hold onto the celebrations until the gold medal is in his kitty.

Pakistani skipper attributed their loss to a number of missed run outs.Friday's final will witness Afghanistan at loggerheads with either Bangladesh or Sri Lanka.

Legendary Women’s Boxer Christy Martin attacked by husband

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:48 AM PST

James Martin, husband of legendary boxer Christy Martin, who held a 49-5-3 record with 31 Kos, has allegedly attacked his wife causing her to get hospitalized.

Christy Martin has carved a niche for herself in the field of boxing and report of such abuse has sent ripples across the fans.

This unfortunate occurrence was at their Orange County, FL home.
First report of the incident has been reported by TMZ who also say that James Martin cannot be traced as of now.

This information has been provided by the police who have no clue of Martin's whereabouts as of now.

Fleeing the scene, on part of James will prove to be detrimental to him in this allegation.

According to reports, Christy after having been stabbed, fumbled out of the house and approached a motorist for help.

Christy Martin’s former promoter, Don King remarked to TMZ "I am shocked and saddened to see this happen to Christy. I send my prayers and well wishes"

Such cases brought to the limelight on account of the status of the persons involved should be an encouragement to common people facing similar situations to get all the help they can to shed light upon such callous happenings.

87th Min Victory for Rooney in Comeback

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:31 AM PST

The return of Wayne Rooney after the ripple creating controversy surrounding his personal life as well as attachment to the club , witnessed Manchester United earn a place in the last 16 of the Champions League , in the 1-0 win over the Rangers at Ibrox on Wednesday.

Valencia's feat over Buraspor forces them to settle for the Europa League.
Rooney made full use of the opportunity presented to him by Naismith's foul on Fabio, hence winning their fourth match in a row.

Rangers played a 5-4-1 formation on account of a series of injuries to the first team players.

Steven Davis was seen in a right back position which got him into a tussle with Berbatov , which referee Massimo Bucassa chose to dispense with.

The Englishmen faced trouble dealing with Richard Foster's ball into the box, which however , was ultimately saved by Van der Sar.

Clinching the night's glory was Rooney's header in the 87th minute as a saving grace to his off-field problems this season.

Rooney has been subjected to comments of " Coleen may forgive you , but the fans will not".

Signing of the five year contract with the club may have garnered back some of the lost respect for Rooney but there is still a long way to go for him to become the fan's man again.

India Raging to Battle for Sixth Asiad Kabaddi Gold

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:24 AM PST

The Asian games competition on Thursday, witnessed India rage into the finals of the men's kabbadi by defeating Japan in a splendid feat.

The Nansha stadium played host to an easy victory of 52-17 by India, making them the undisputed victors ever since the inception of the game in 1990.

Dominating the game from the very beginning, India drove a 26-5 lead over Japan in the first half itself. The game was an absolute over thawing of the Japanese much against their resistance.

Raising their mettle in the second half still proved futile for the Japanese as they lost to a 26 point gain coming India's way due to their outstanding play.

The obstacle and worthy opponent on India's way to clinch gold , is Iran who had defeated Pakistan in a 17-16 bated breath semi- final game.

The clash of the titans is set to happen on Friday, awaited with much anticipation. India seems to be the hot favourite on account of their five time gold medal win.

Scheduled for later in the day is the women's event in which India take on Iran.
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