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Pakistan hockey will soon revive its lost glory, as the Greenshirts have been put on the right track and will start producing desired results at the ongoing Asian Games in Guangzhou
The Ministry of Youth and Sports is expected to seek the Cabinet's approval to bid for the 2023 Asian Games if the public pushes for it, said Minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek.
Saina Nehwal would love to have a swanky Audi as a gift from her parents if she wins the Asian Games badminton title, but her father will have nothing of it. Harvir Singh Nehwal feels a multi-crore villa in Hyderabad is what his daughter really needs.
China has turned an anticipated swimming gold medal duel into a one-horse race at the Asian Games in Guangzhou.
While Indonesia has been busy debating how much money should be spent and where the various sporting events should be held for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the Chinese city of Guangzhou began preparing for the 16th Asian Games six years in advance.
The closing ceremony of the Asian Games in China will have an Indian flavor as a singer from Lucknow, capital city of Uttar Pradesh, has been roped in by the organizers to perform at the Nov 27 event.
Beijing did it, and so did Shanghai. So why not Guangzhou? This city of 10 million people in southern China has been thrust into the spotlight as the host of the Asian Games that got under way last Friday
Thailand's beach volleyball players have their work cut out: regain the glorious heights they reached at 1998's Asian Games when the sport was first introduced at the Asiad.
While most Asian countries are using the quadrennial event as a stepping stone for the upcoming London Olympics, Indonesia is still struggling to set its own targets in Guangzhou.
Malaysia's top shuttler Lee Chong Wei failed to deliver and all the first-timers in the Asiad team were simply a bundle of nerves. And it resulted in a shock 3-2 defeat by Thailand in the quarter-finals of the men's team tie. It was Malaysia's first loss to Thailand in 30 years.
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