Indian Hockey team beats Bangladesh by 9-0 in Asian Games

INDIAN MEN'S hockey team crushed Bangladesh by 9-0 in their second group B match at the Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou on Wednesday. Today's star of the match was Sandeep Singh. He converted four penalty corners into goals. Tushar Khandekar scored two, whereas Shivendra Singh, Raj Pal Singh and Dharamvir Singh scored one each. In the first match against Hong Kong in the ongoing Asian Games 2010, India won by 7-0. Now, Indian team will take on arch rival Pakistan on Saturday in their next match.

Yesterday at Guangzhou, 20-year-old gymnast Ashish Kumar became the first Indian, who won a medal in gymnastics for the country in Asian Games. He won bronze medal in Men's Floor event of Artistic Gymnastics. China's Chengiong and South Korean Soo Myun Kim won gold and silver on that event.

Virdhawal Khade, the 19-year-old Indian swimmer won a bronze medal in the men's 50 m butterfly event. He became the first Indian swimmer in 24 years to clinch an Asian Games medal. One more Indian, 19-year-old Harika Dronavalli clinched the bronze medal in the women's individual chess. In the men's sanshou 60kg wushu competition, Bimoljit Singh won the bronze medal for the country on Tuesday.

India has slipped to the 10th position with one gold, four silvers and seven bronze in the ongoing 2010 Asian Games. China is holding top position with 82 golds, 32 silvers and 33 bronze medals, whereas Korea is on second and Japan is on third rank in the medal tally.

India bags first gold at the Asian Games 2010, maintains fifth position

INDIA’S FIRST gold was bagged by Pankaj Advani in the Men’s English Billiards singles event on Sunday. The day was pretty good as we grabbed one silver and a bronze.

The Indian women shooters got a silver medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol team event after Vijay Kumar got a bronze in the men's 10 metre air pistol event.

So far, the medal tally is:

India with a total of 6 medals (1 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze) is on fifth position. China is leading with a total of 65 medals (37 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze), followed by Republic of Korea with 38 medals, Japan with 43 medals, Hong Kong again with 6 medals. (Source: Official website of The Asian Games 2010).

Earlier, India kicked off its presence at the medals tally by clinching a silver medal in the 10m air rifle shooting team event. The Indian trio of Gagan Narang, Abhinav Bindra and Sanjeev Rajput beat Korea to bag the silver in the event. China grabbed the gold with Jikang Yu, Qinan Zhu and Yifei Cao in the team.

With this status India maintains fifth position so far at the event and as aspired by our teams, India hopefully will be consistent on this position .

India defeats Hong Kong 7-0 in Asian Games Hockey

INDIA TOTALLY dominated against Hong Kong in the first Group B Hockey match with a score of 7-0 in the Asian Games 2010. Against Hong Kong, India utilised three out of the six penalty corners they earned in the match.

Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh converted two penalty corners, before the free-flowing Indian attack toyed with the Hong Kong defence.

Sarvanjit Singh scored another goal to make it 4-0 before the breather.

Within two minutes into the second half, Tushar Khandekar sounded the board while Arjun Halappa added another in quick succession.

Shivendra Singh joined in the 48th minute to complete the Hong Kong rout.

India will face Bangladesh in the next Group match on November 17.  A gold medal in hockey in the Asian Games 2010 could give India a direct entry into the 2012 London Olympics.
Known as a nation with great hockey traditions, India's last hockey gold medal in Asian Games came in 1998 at Bangkok. However, India displayed a very disappointing performance in the last Asiad held at Doha not being able to qualify for semi-finals for the first time in history.

Hockey is the national game of India and the entire nation is expecting that the team would perform at top level and bring the gold to the country.

Pankaj Advani wins first Gold for India in Asian Games 2010

INDIA'S ACE billiards player Pankaj Advani clinched first gold medal for the country in the Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou, after he defeated Oo Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar on Sunday. The former world professional champion 25-year-old Pankaj Advani beat Nay Thway with frames of 33-100, 100-61, 12-101, 101-4, 100-45 in the summit clash.

After winning the first gold medal for the country in the Guangzhou Asian Games 2010, Pankaj Advani said at the press conference, "This feels great. This is Olympics for me as unfortunately we are not there in the Olympics. This time I made it a point to win the first gold for the country. It's an absolutely emotional moment for me. I can't ask for more. "
Pankaj also won the gold medal in billiards at the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar.
Another billiards player Alok Kumar won bronze medal for the country in the Men's 8-Ball Pool Singles event.

In another event today in the Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou, Indian women shooters Heena Sidhu, Annu Raj Singh and Sonia Rai opened their account with silver medal in the 10 meter Air Pistol team event.

Earlier, on the first day of the Asian Games 2010, Gagan Narang won silver medal for the country in the Men's 10m Air Rifle event, whereas Indian team of Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput secured silver medal in the Men's 10m Air Rifle Team event.
Host China is leading the medal tally with 63 medals including 37 golds, whereas India is on fifth position with six medals including one gold, three silvers and two bronze.

Asian Games 2010 opening ceremony today at 17:30 hrs IST

THE OPENING ceremony of XVI Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou, China is going to be one of a kind.
It’s the first ceremony where the whole event will not take place in any closed place or a stadium but in an open space. It will take place on an island on Pearl River and each country’s contingent will be taken there on a separate boat.

There will be a combined ceremony part on land and part on sea, also being anxiously awaited are the ‘mysterious lightings’ that China claims to be on display.

India’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony is ace shooter Gagan Narang, but, as he has an early morning schedule on 13th November, Saina Nehwal is the stand-by flag bearer. It is not officially confirmed yet as to who will bear the flag.

Although, the local public of China has seen the rehearsals of he ceremony taking place but there still are parts which have been kept hidden till now and will be revealed to the world together, today.

The opening ceremony is being organised under Chen Weiya, who was also the assistant director of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Chen revealed in a special interview that the ceremony "will surprise the world." Reportedly, a 7,000 people team will contribute to the ceremony.

 

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XIV Asian Games to begin with a spectacular opening ceremony

THE 2010 Asian Games are going to open in China on November 12, 2010 and the games will continue till November 27, 2010.

It is being speculated that the opening ceremony of the Asian Games will be a mega event, even when compared to the Olympics as the Asiad will host 42 events. 45 countries have confirmed participation in the Games.

The opening ceremony is being organised under Chen Weiya, who was also the assistant director of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Chen revealed in a special interview that the ceremony "will surprise the world." Reportedly, a 7,000 people team will contribute to the ceremony. A lighting ceremony, separate at the sea and land will be held at the opening ceremony.

Sports like mountain biking, Wushu, Rugby, Chess and many more uncommon as well as traditional sports will be part of the event.

All 45 members of Olympic Council of Asia are participating in the Games. Athletes from these 45 countries will compete in a total of 476 events in 42 sports making it the largest competition in the history of the Asian Games.

China is leaving no stone unturned for the success of the Games, also now in the wake of the recently concluded Commonwealth Games, held at New Delhi.

As is expected both the events are bound to be compared and thus China is working extra hard to make it a bigger extravaganza. In one of the measures half of the 2.1 million private cars in Guangzhou have been ordered off the roads for the period during and leading up to the games. This step has been taken to improve the ambient air quality,  this is similar to the measures taken for the 2008 Olympics held at China.

While China battles it out to make it a spectacular event, spectators can gear up for another treat for their eyes as the Opening Ceremony is bound to be magnificent.

 

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China invited Zardari for opening ceremony of 16th Asian Games

CHINA HAS invited President Asif Ali Zardari to attend the opening ceremony of 16th Asian Games which is going to be held from November 12 to 27, in Guangzhou, China.
China is hosting another biggest event after 2008 Olympics games where in Athletes of 45 Countries will participate.16th Asian Games are schedule to start from November 12 to 27.
According to sources in Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), an invitation has been received from China in which they have invited President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari to attend the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games.
Pakistani Contingent is also taking part in the Asian Games. National athletes will leave for china in two parts. First batch of athletes will leave on November 8 and second batch of athletes will leave for china on November 10.
Training camps of baseball, snooker, squash, kabaddi, volleyball, martial arts, football, weightlifting and hockey are already getting underway at different venues of Pakistan Sports Complex (PSC). 169 contingent members including players and officials will visit China to participate in the mega event.
Sources in Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) said that purpose to hold all training camps under one roof is to monitor the performance of National Sports Federations and to get the best results from the athletes who will participate in the mega event of the sports world.

 

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