Hockey  

'I had lost to him before, so I had to take revenge. Coach Santiago (Nieva) and other coaches had prepared me well. In the semifinal, I did not play the first round well, here I did not repeat that mistake,' Amit Panghal said

Akashdeep Singh opened the scoring in the third minute and Harmanpreet Singh doubled the lead in the 50th minute. Pakistan pulled one back through Muhammad Atiq two minutes later

'I have no words to say. It was an awful and unexpected performance from the team. It is not acceptable at all. They have wasted hard work of two years. After scoring 76 goals against weak opponents, overconfidence let the team down,' HI official said

'Overall, the girls can be proud of their performance. They had not reached the final for 20 years. They can afford a few smiles even though they lost. We always believed that we can win and today the better team won,' Sjoerd Marijne said

In boxing, Vikas Krishan had to pull out of his 75kg semi-final bout after he was declared medically unfit following an injury. However, he bagged a bronze

The biggest disappointment of the day came in hockey as the men’s team, after dominating the group stage with a record 76 goals, were beaten 6-7 in the semi-final penalty shootout sudden death by Malaysia

India had dominated the group stage by winning all their four matches. They had thrashed their opponents by huge margins and had a record tally of 76 goals. But in the knockout phase, they faltered

'The team surely did not play to its potential in the first half. They stepped up in the second half and I am really happy for these girls. I know how much work they put in to be here. They trained really hard for this event. Japan will be a tough challenge but the team is up for it,' India’s coach Sjoerd Marijne said

National Sports Day in India is celebrated on August 29, on the birth anniversary of hockey legend Dhyan Chand.

At this year’s Asian Games, mixed relay made its debut. And India bagged a silver. The team of Muhammed Anas, Arokia Rajiv, Hima Das and MR Poovamma came second in the 4x400 relay race. They clocked 3:15.71. Bahrain won gold (3:11.89) while Kazakhstan picked up the bronze (3:19.52)

In five matches at the ongoing Games, India have scored a whopping 76 goals and conceded only three, against Korea. They are on top of Pool A with 15 points

Rupinder Pal Singh opened the scoring in the very first minute when India were awarded a penalty stroke. Chinglensana Singh made it 2-0 in the fourth minute

Dipa Karmakar withdrew from competition in tears after the career-threatening knee injury that she had sustained flared up on Wednesday

Rupinder Pal Singh was the highest scorer, slotting home five goals. The next best was four from Harmanpreet Singh. Akashdeep Singh found the target thrice