Asian Games 2023 Highlights: After clinching three silvers and two bronze medals early on Sunday, India look to end the day on a high as their men's football team qualified for the Round of 16 after a 1-1 draw against Myanmar. Boxer Nikhat Zareen defeated Thi Tam Nguyen of Vietnam in the Round of 32 of women's 50kg. She has now entered the Round of 16. India women's cricket team has also assured a medal as they will be facing Sri Lanka in the summit clash of the cricket event on Monday. However, swimmer Srihari Nataraj finished sixth in men's 100m backstroke event while India women's relay team finished seventh in 4x100m relay event. (Cricket Scorecard | Asian Games 2023 medals tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)
Here are the Highlights of Asian Games 2023 Today, Straight from Hangzhou:
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Asian Games, Swimming Live: Women's team finishes 7th
India finish seventh in women's 4x100m freestyle relay with a timing of 3:54.66.
Asian Games, Football, India vs Myanmar Live: Match ends in 1-1, India qualify
The Asian Games 2023 Group A match between India and Myanmar ended in 1-1 draw. For India, Sunil Chhetri scored the goal while for Myanmar, the goal was scored by Kyaw Htwe. Despite this draw, Team India has entered the Round of 16 of the tournament.
Asian Games, Football, India vs Myanmar Live: GOAL
GOAL!!! Myanmar finally hits the equalizer. Myanmar's Kyaw Htwe has brilliantly marked his arrival as he placed a shot after going past Dheeraj. Terrific goal from Myanmar.
Asian Games, Swimming Live: Srihari Nataraj finishes 6th
India's Srihari Nataraj finishes sixth in men's 100m backstroke swimming event in 54.48 seconds. On the other hand, India women's team is ready for 4x100m relay.
Asian Games, Football, India vs Myanmar Live: No Goal for India
What a miss!! India miss out on another opportunity to score. Rahim Ali runs inside the box with the ball and hammers a shot towards the target. However, Aung shows awareness as the ball hits his hand and goes away for a corner. Terrific defense from Myanmar.
Asian Games, Football, India vs Myanmar Live: We are back
Hello and welcome to the second half of the Asian Games 2023 football match between India and Myanmar. After leading 1-0, India will now aim to extend their lead. On the other hand, Myanmar will focus on getting an equalizer.
Asian Games, Football, India vs Myanmar Live: Half-time
This marks the end of the first half of the Asian Games 2023 Group A football match between India and Myanmar. India are already in 1-0 lead after Sunil Chhetri provided his side with the first breakthrough.
Asian Games, Football, India vs Myanmar Live: Good defense from Myanmar
India miss out on a good opportunity of scoring another goal. Chinglesena receives the ball and sends it towards Rahul KP, who then tries to unleash a shot towards the target. However, Myanmar's Lin intercepts and clears the danger for his side.
Asian Games, Football, India vs Myanmar Live: GOAL
GOAL!!!! Rahim Ali was tackled inside the penalty box and Sunil Chhetri made no mistake as India take 1-0 lead. The goal came after an extended period of good defensive show from India's men's football team.
Asian Games, Football, India vs Myanmar Live: Yellow card to Rahul KP
India's Rahul KP has been shown a yellow card. Rahul has been booked for roughly tackling Zin Hein. The referee wastes no time and shows a yellow card to Rahul.
Asian Games, Football, India vs Myanmar Live: Early attack from India
India have shown a dominating approach, right from the very beginning of the match. Narendra unleashes a powerful shot towards Rahim Ali in Myanmar's box. However, Myanmar defenders remain careful and avert the coming danger.
It is a winning start for Nikhat Zareen. She has entered the Round of 16 of the women's 50kg. She has got a one-sided victory of 5-0 against Thi Tam Nguyen of Vietnam in the Round of 32
The boxing match of Nikhat Zareen is currently underway. She is playing against Thi Tam Nguyen of Vietnam in the Women's 50kg Round of 32. This is the first match for Nikhat at the Asian Games 2023.
Asian Games, Cricket: A big day for women's team tomorrow!
Monday will be a big day for the Indian women's cricket team as it will be having a great opportunity to win its maiden gold medal at Asian Games. The side will take on Sri Lanka in the final. For the live telecast, live streaming and other details of the game, CLICK HERE
Asian Games, Sailing: Ishwariya alive in medal race!
Ishwariya Ganesh (Women's Windsurfer - RS-X) is currently placed fourth in medal with three more races to go. She finished fourth in both ninth and 10th race.
Sudhanshu Shekhar and Preeti Kongara pair is currently fifth in points tally with two more races left (Mixed Dinghy - 470). The Indian pair are pretty much in contention.
Asian Games, Sailing: Doiphode-Saravanan in medal contention!
Siddeshwar Indar Doiphode and Ramya Saravanan (Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17) finish third with a timing of 28:04 in race tenth. They currently stand fourth in the medal tally with four more races to go .
Asian Games, Tennis: Myneni-Ramanathan pair also advances!
After Sumit Nagal's win the singles round, Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan easily beat Nepal's Abhishek Bastola and Pradip Khadka in the pre quarters.
India's chess contingent off to a fiery start. Koneru Humpy, D. Harika, Arjun Erigaisi and Vidit Gujarathi all win their opening matches in the individual event.
Japan beat India in straight games quarterfinals. They are out of medal contention. A good campaign for the team that shocked South Korea before thrashing Chinese Taipei, two much higher ranked teams.