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Sunita
Rani gets back her Asiad medals
New Delhi - Sunita Rani got back her medals to end an ordeal, which had
begun after she tested positive for anabolic steroid Nandrolone during the
Asian Games at Busan. |
India win 4x400m women's relay gold
BUSAN: Bright sunshine filled up the Busan Asiad Main Stadium on Sunday morning, the last day of competitions at the 14th Asian Games. In just over an hour and half, Indian athletes had claimed one gold, two silver and one bronze.
Iran
clinch soccer gold with win over Japan
Defending champions Iran won the Asian Games men's
football title for the fourth time with a 2-1 victory
over Japan.
Sunita Rani fails dope test
BUSAN: India's ace distance runner Sunita
Rani, who won a gold medal in the women's 1500 m event of the Asian Games setting a new meet record, has tested positive for the banned substance
Nandrolone.
For
Beenamol, brother's medal is more precious
BUSAN: Holding a conversation with K M Beenamol is like watching a silent Charlie Chaplin film. She will giggle, make you laugh... she will crack a joke, make you laugh with her... she will suddenly break into Hindi, you'd wonder which language to continue the conversation.
Rani
denies having taken banned drug
However, the 1500 metres gold medallist at the Asian
Games said she had been taking 'Liv52' every day for the
past seven to eight months.
Velappan pleased with Indian show
BUSAN: Peter
Velappan, the secretary-general of the Asian Football Confederation, missed watching his adopted country Malaysia shock Pakistan for the bronze medal, but reached on time to the Gangseo Hockey Stadium to see his birth-nation, India play the final against Korea. "I did not see the Indian football team play here," he said. "But I heard that they played very well. Coach Stephen Constantine called me up and spoke about the matches."
India
claim three medals in athletics
The women's relay team clinched a gold medal in the
4x400 metres while high jumper Bobby Aloysius and the
men's 4X400 metres relay team won silver each.
Heady tale of a wrestler
BUSAN: From not here, not entered, no controversy on Friday night, its turned to: now staying at the village, participating and another controversy on Saturday. The Indian Olympic Association was in full attendance on Friday to proclaim an emphatic 'no' to the participation of wrestler Anil Kumar Mann in the Greco-Roman over 96 kg category.
Blood
and revenge at Busan Games
BUSAN: A blood-inspired marathon win and an
emotional triumph for Iran's footballers dominated the
penultimate day of the Asian Games here on Sunday. With
42 more gold medals settled ahead of Monday's last day
of action, one of the most determined individual
performances on Sunday came from North Korean marathon
runner Ham Pong-Sil.
Paes, Bhupathi win gold in men's doubles tennis
BUSAN: Top seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won India's 10th gold medal in the Asian Games, beating Lee Hyang-Taik and Chung Hee-Seok of South Korea 6-2 6-3 in men's doubles tennis on Friday.
Japan beat India 2-0 for women's hockey bronze
BUSAN: Striker Sakae Morimoto scored once in each half as Japan beat India 2-0 to clinch the Asian Games women's field hockey bronze here on Friday.
 Tennis,
hockey and boxing take centre stage at Asiad
What
the Pak camp was really plotting
Indians
keep medal hopes alive in tennis
Susantika's
presence would have improved my timing: Saraswati
India
determined to retain hockey title after Pak win
Dhanraj
Pillay (L) celebrates after scoring the first goal
during the semi-final match between India and Pakistan
men's hockey semi-final. India won 4-3 to enter the
final.
India beat Pak 4-3 in men's hockey semi-final
BUSAN: India reached the final of Asian Games men's hockey beating arch-rivals Pakistan 4-3 in a pulsating match on Thursday.
Paes,
Bhupathi into Asiad tennis doubles final
BUSAN: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, Asian Games
men's doubles top seeds, struggled but advanced to the
finals with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 triumph over South Korea's
Kim Dong-Hyun and Kwon Oh-Hee.
Sunita
Rani wins gold for India in 1,500m
Neelam
J Singh wins women's discus gold
Saraswati
Saha wins 200m gold
Anju
George wins gold in long jump
Beenamol
wins women's 800m Asiad gold
India's
Bahadur Singh Sagoo readies to throw the shot put in the
Asian Games men's shot put final in Busan, South Korea,
Tuesday, October 8, 2002. Sagoo won the gold medal in
the event with a score of 19.03.
Beenamol,
Bahadur Singh pick up gold
It's been a great follow-up to Monday's medals haul for
India at the Asian Games in Busan.
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