No Handshakes yet Again as India Beats Pakistan to Clinch Cricket Gold at Asian Games
Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma powered India to 211-6, and Hasan Nawaz’s 96 was not enough as Pakistan fell 19 runs short.
- On Saturday, shooter Neeru Dhanda secured India's first individual gold of the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, winning the women's trap title by hitting 28 of 30 targets.
- Dhanda's gold followed a challenging preparation period involving a recent H1N1 hospitalization three days prior; coach Peter Wilson had conditioned her to perform under chaotic conditions.
- Teenager Kumkum Mohod clinched a historic gold in women's individual recurve archery on Saturday, defeating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a sudden-death shoot-out and earning India an Olympic quota for 2028.
- India's men's hockey team defeated Malaysia 5-1 on Saturday, defending their continental title for the first time and securing a 2028 Los Angeles Olympics berth after the women's team won gold on Friday.
- Retaining their Asian Games gold medal, India's men's cricket team defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in the final at Nisshin on Saturday, completing a dominant T20 tournament performance.
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India defeat Pakistan in rare cricket rivalry match
One of sport’s fiercest rivalries descended on a sleepy corner of Japan yesterday as India and Pakistan clashed in the men’s cricket final at the Asian Games on a converted baseball field, which India won 211-6 over 192-6. The neighbors only meet in international tournaments because of long-running
India Retain Asian Games Cricket Gold vs Pakistan as Tom Kim Wins Golf and Military Exemption
NAGOYA, Japan: India beat arch-rivals Pakistan on a converted baseball field to retain their Asian Games cricket title on Saturday as South Korean golfer Tom Kim clinched a gold medal and a military service exemption.In a late soccer showdown at Toyota Stadium, Eom Ji-sung scored the winner as South Korea held off Japan 1-0 in another Asian Games final to extend their dynasty to a fourth successive men's gold.Two years before cricket returns to…
India retain Asian Games cricket title, Kim lands golf gold and military reprieve
India beat arch-rivals Pakistan on a converted baseball field to retain their Asian Games cricket title on Saturday as South Korean golfer Tom Kim clinched a gold medal and a military service exemption.
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