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Incheon, Oct 2: The organising committee of Asian Games today said that Indian boxer L Sarita Devi's refusal to accept her bronze medal during the ceremony was "regretful and against the spirit of sportsmanship" and the matter has now landed in the doorsteps of Olympic Council of Asia. "The refusal to accept the medal by Indian boxer Sarita Devi was regretful and against the spirit of

Incheon, Oct 1: Distraught after losing her controversial semifinal bout, Indian boxer L Sarita Devi today stunned officials and spectators by refusing to accept the bronze medal, which is now in the custody of organisers. The lightweight (60kg) boxer was in disbelief yesterday when she lost against home favourite Jina Park, who ended up as the silver-medallist. Sarita was clearly the better of

Incheon, Oct 1: Five-times world champion Mary Kom won the gold medal in Women’s Fly (48-51kg) Final beating Zhaina Shekerbekova. In the opening round, Mary Kom got 27 points with 9 a piece from all th three judges while her opponent was given perfect 10s. She made a quick comeback by taking the second round after two of the three jusdges ruled in favour of MC Mary Kom that she won by 29-28 to

Incheon, Oct 1: India's L Sarita Devi (60kg) was robbed of a sure place in the women's 60kg boxing final when the verdict went in favour of her South Korean rival Jina Park in a bout the Indian dominated, after her senior teammate M C Mary Kom stormed into the gold medal round in the 51kg class at the Asian Games here. Sarita Devi and middle weight (75kg) woman boxer Pooja Rani, who too lost her

Incheon, Sep 30: Seema Punia, who captured her first gold medal in the Asian Games with a front-leading performance against two top Chinese rivals, broke down during the medal ceremony for the women's discus throw event as she had missed the bus in 2006 and 2010 editions. "I was very emotional on the podium and I broke down into tears because this was my first Asian Games after missing the two

Incheon (South Korea), Sep 29: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza feels the five medals that the team has managed to grab at the ongoing Asian Games is a pretty good performance given that the country did not come with the best unit possible for the event. "It has been a pretty good week. We (she and Prarthana Thombare) got a medal ( bronze) in women's doubles which is huge because it's something that

Incheon, Sep 28: Star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt notched up India's fourth gold medal, while Khushbir Kaur became the first woman from the country to win a medal in 20km Race Walking by clinching a silver as India shot up to eighth in overall standings on the ninth day of competitions in the 17th Asian Games here today. Besides, tennis players accounted for three bronze medals through Yuki Bhambri

Incheon, Sep 28: Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom led the charge as Indian women boxers packed a powerful punch by assuring themselves of medals in each of the three weight categories at the 17th Asian Games, here today. Mary Kom (51kg), L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) entered the semifinals of their respective weight categories with commanding victories. Mary Kom kicked off the

Incheon, Sep 28: Khushbir Kaur on Sunday became the first Indian woman to clinch a 20km Race Walk silver medal in the Asian Games by bettering her personal best and setting a new national record in the process. The 21-year-old from Amritsar clocked 1:33:07 to improve on her previous personal best of 1:33:37, which was also the national record, to finish second at the Marathon Course here. Khushbir

Incheon, Sep 27: The Indian squash players wrapped up a historic performance in the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver here today. With a silver and a bronze, through Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal respectively in the individual events, the squash players signed off with their best ever medal haul in the Games. The