India survive Japan scare in five-over contest The first recorded cricket match in Japan was played 163 years ago in Yokohama, but the sport never quite caught the imagination of the Japanese. Currently, around 7,300 people are registered with the Japan Cricket Association – that’s about 0.00593% of the country’s population!The tech-savvy nation, though, is…
Nagoya: India’s Aadhya Tiwari and Jay Meena (PTI Photo) India’s Jay Meena scripted history at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, reaching the men’s singles semi-finals and assuring the country of its first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis.Playing in his third Asian Games, Meena battled past the Philippines’ Sherwin Nuguit in a seven-game quarter-final…
Bhaker finished fifth in the final of women’s individual 1om air pistol event at Asian Games 2026 Manu Bhaker finished fifth in the women’s 10m air pistol final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, missing out on a medal after qualifying third in the eight-shooter medal round.Bhaker, who had shot 579-20x in qualification, finished…
