Asian Games 2018, Day 8: Indian runners star as India wrap up Super Sunday with 7 medals

Table Tennis

India 2-1 Chinese Taipei

Harmeet Desai beats Cheinen Chen 11-7 10-12 11-7 7-11 13-11 to put India ahead.  

Table Tennis

India 1-1 Chinese Taipei 

Sathiyan G of India has lost his match Chihyuan Chuang 10-12 9-11 9-11. He did put up a great fight.

Table Tennis

India play Chinese Taipei in their team group match in table tennis. 

Sharath Kamal has won the first game against Lin Yunju to put India 1-0 ahead.

Athletics - Women's 100m

SILVER Medal for Dutee Chand (100m) clocking 11.32s! 

Medal No. 7 for India on Day 8

Athletics

India lose a medal as G Lakshmanan has been disqualified- He had finished the 10000m race in bronze medal position. However, he has been disqualified for obstruction. 

Athletics - Men's 400m hurdles 

India's 20-year-old Santhosh Kumar will make it to the final after a brilliant last 100m in the 2nd semi-final.

Men's Long Jump

India's 19-year-old Sreeshankar finishes 6th with best attempts pt of 7.95m (His PB: 7.99m) 

Table tennis

Indian women finish second in Group A behind China with two wins and one loss in team event. They progress to the quarterfinals. 

Table Tennis

Indian team comprising of Manika Batra, Ayhika Mukherjee and Mouma Das win women's table tennis group tie against Iran 3-1.

Table Tennis - Women's Team Event

The India team goes through to the quarters as they narrowly beat Iran 3-1 in their final pool match. India finish 2nd in the group behind China with 2 wins and 1 loss 

Rathore congratulates medal winners in Bridge

As Bridge makes debut at #AsianGames2018, our Men's team has won a Bronze medal!

Many congratulations to the team members J Shivdasani, R Tewari, A Khare, R Tolani, D Majumdar & S Mukherjee for the great achievement. #KheloIndia #IndiaAtAsianGames pic.twitter.com/iTvQB6O5tI

— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 26, 2018

Bridge

MEDAL ALERT

India win two bronze medals in bridge. 

They have won the bronze in men's team and mixed team events. 

ANOTHER MEDAL ALERT:

India's  G Lakshmanan bags BRONZE in Men's 10,000m. 

Athletics -Men's Long Jump

After 3 attempts, India's Sreeshankar is still at the third spot (7.95m) 

He has two Chinese jumpers above him at 8.24m (GR) & 8.15m 

Hockey

India 5-2 Korea

India's winning run continues in 2018 Asian Games. They secure their fourth win from four matches to book a semifinal berth. 

Hockey

India 5-2 Korea

With under 5 minutes left as India has almost finished the match off. Akashdeep's reverse goes in as India restore their 3-goal lead.

Hockey

India 4-2 Korea

WHAT A GOAL! Akashdeep steals the ball near the Indian circle and makes an great run- Mandeep changes the direction of the stick in seconds and sends it in. It was a great team goal.

BOXING

BAD NEWS for India. 

Shiva Thapa loses his men’s 60kg bout against China’s Shan Jun after referee stops contest.

Athletics:

India's G Lakshmanan in action NOW in Men's 10,000m 

Hockey

India 3-2 Korea

End of 3rd quarter: What a comeback by Korea- Manjae Jung has scored twice to bring this match alive. India will be under pressure in the 4th quarter. 

Table Tennis

Ayhika Mukherjee loses to Neda Shahsavari 10-12, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 5-11. India are level 1-1 against Iran in the Group A women's team table tennis match now.

MEDAL ALERT!

India's 18-year-old Hima Das wins Silver medal in women's 400m, she clocks 50.79s in the final. 

Hockey

India 3-2 Korea

India concede another one - it's Jung again. He picks his spot fro outside the circle hits the ball to Sreejesh’s right. 

Athletics - Men's Long Jump Final

After his first attempt, India's Sreeshankar is at the fourth spot (7.76m) 

Jianan Wang at top spot with new GR attempt of 8.24m 

Hockey

India 3-1 Kore

India concede for the first time in 2018 Asian Games. Manjae Jung scores off a penalty corner taken by Junwoo- puts the ball in the left top corner. 

Game on?

India at Atletics today:

Dutee Chand's 100m final to begin post 7.30PM

Hima Das to soon run in the 400m final.

Right now, Sreeshankar in action in Men's Long Jump Final 

Hockey

India lead Korea 3-0 at the end of second quarter. India look in control and have grabbed on to the chances they have got. Korean, on the other hand, lack structure and menace. 

Athletics - Women's 100m

Dutee Chand storms into the final finishes 3rd by a fraction of a second clocking 11.43s

Hockey

India 3-0 Korea

India get their 3rd goal. It was lovely aerial ball from Simranjeet. Lalit tapped it in the Korean goal. 

Table Tennis

Manika Batra defeats her opponent 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 in the first match to give India 1-0 lead against Iran in the Group A women's team table tennis match.

Hockey

End of first quarter, India have taken 2-0 lead over Korea. India rattled Korea with two early goals, they have hit back in the last minutes of the quarter but India look the better side.

Table Tennis

India are playing Iran in the Group A women's team table tennis match. Manika Batra is first up in action. 

Golf

Indian challenge ends in gold team and individual events.

In the men’s team event, India finish 7th. In individual events, Aadil Bedi and Rayhan John Thomas (-2) finish tied 13th, while Naveed Kaul (+1) finshes 23rd. 

Indian women finish 8th in the team event. In the individual events, Ridhima (+4) finishes tied-17th, Sifat Sagoo (+7) at tied-22nd and Diksha Dagar (+7) ends tied 22nd.

Hockey

India 2-0 Korea

Two quick goals by the defending champs. Chinglensana scores from a Rupinder Pal Singh free hit. 

Hockey 

India 1-0 Korea

India have taken the lead withing three minutes - thorugh a penalty stroke.

Hockey

Indian men’s team face their biggest test in 2018 Asian Games so far - they will be in action against Korea shortly. 

What a performance from Indian archers in compound men's team semi-finals. They have comprehensively defeated Chinese Taipei 230-227. All the three shooters played well, but Rajat Chauhan excelled with his zen like shooting. A constant torrent of 10s from him ensured that India slowly managed to build the lead against a good Taipei team. Real cool customer, Rajat will hope to carry his form when India take on South Korea in the final. 

In the women's compound archery, Indian team is also through to the final where they will take on South Korea. 

In boxing, mixed results for India. Manoj has bowed out much to our disappointment, whereas Sarjubala is through to the next round. 

In Table Tennis, good start for Indian men in the team event. They have defeated UAE 3-0. 

Boxing - Women's 51Kg

India's Sarjubala Devi through to the quarter-final with a brilliant 5-0 win. 

Archery - Compound Men's Team Event

The Indian team of Rajat Chauhan, Aman Saini and Abhishek Verma are through to the semi-final with a 227-226 win over Philipinnes. 

They will take on Chinese Taipei in the final-over clash later today. 

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

That's it, PV Sindhu wins the third game 21-14 to win the match against Thailand's Nitchaon Jindapol.

She joins Saina Nehwal in the semis!

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

A ferocious cross-court smash from Sindhu and Jindapol is on the floor.

The Indian leads 17-13 in the decider.

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

Sindhu was leading 2-1, but then hit three shots in a row into the net.

Sindhu is still looking the better player, but she has to tighten up. This match looks set to go down to the wire.

Boxing - Men's Welterweight Round of 16

Manoj Kumar loses 0-5 against Kyrgyzstan's Abdurakhmanov Abdurakhman by a unanimous decision.

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

Nitchaon Jindapol takes the second game 21-16. PV Sindhu is looking increasingly tense.

We're heading into the decider now, can the ace Indian shuttler snatch a win?

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

It's much tighter in the second game. Nitchaon Jindapol has raised her game.

Sindhu is struggling to build momentum, the second game stands tied at 12-12 at the moment.

Table Tennis

Indian women's team loses 0-3 against China. No surprises there.

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

PV Sindhu wins the first game 21-11 against Thailand's Nitchaon Jindapol.

The Indian looks well on course to join her compatriot Saina Nehwal in the semis.

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

PV Sindhu is in control against Thailand's Nitchaon Jindapol, she leads 11-7 in the first game.

Badminton - Women Singles Quarter-final

After Saina Nehwal, it's PV Sindhu's turn to take the court. She takes on Thailand's N Jindapol.

Meanwhile, Saina completes her individual set of medals as she is now assured of one in the ongoing Asian Games 2018:

Finally.@NSaina completes the set of individual medals. Olympic Bronze, World Championship Silver and a Bronze, CWG Golds and now the Asiad individual medal @@WIONews pic.twitter.com/6GeyMWqSh7

— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) August 26, 2018

Shooting

With India's campaign in this discipline ends, here is a summary of India at shooting at the 2018 Asian Games:

End of Shooting Events | India finish with 9 medals in Shooting (2 Gold, 4 Silver & 3 Silver) #AsianGames pic.twitter.com/61Woie0QJU

— India@AsianGames2018 (@India_AllSports) August 26, 2018

Shooting - Men Skeet event

Both Sheeraz Sheikh and Angad Vir Singh fail to qualify for the final. While Sheeraz finishes 13th with 120 points, Angad is at the 14th spot with 119 points.

Archery - Compound Women's Team Event

The Indian team of Muskan, Madhumita and Jyoti storm into the final with 225-222 win over Chinese Taipei. 

India will face South Korea in the gold medal clash on August 28, Tuesday.

Badminton - women's singles

After Saina Nehwal's spectacular win on Sunday, she will take on World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan in the semi-final tomorrow. 

STAT ALERT: India's Saina has lost her last 9 matches against Tai Tzu Ying. 

Badminton

Saina Nehwal's progression to the women's singles semi-final means India will have a medal in that category for the very first time.

Volleyball - Men's Classification 1-12 Round

India tried to mount a comeback, but Japan was simply too strong and wins 3-1.

India assured another medal

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

Saina Nehwal defeats Thailand's Intanon Ratchanok 21-18 21-16 to qualify for the semis. This means she's guaranteed at least a bronze.

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

After taking the first game against Intanon Ratchanok, Saina Nehwal is leading 11-9 in the second.

Another medal coming for India!

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

Saina Nehwal wins the first game 21-18! Wow!

Intanon Ratchanok was leading comfortably, but the seasoned Indian stormed back, taking on a more offensive stance.

The rallies have been long, though, Will Saina have enough in the tank?

Archery

India has defeated hosts Indonesia and qualified for the semi-finals in the women's compound team event.

Badminton - Women's Singles Quarter-final

Saina Nehwal is scripting a phenomenal comeback.

After being down 3-11 halfway through the first game, she has leveled things up at 17-17.

Volleyball - Men's Group Match

India wins the third set 25-23 after losing the first two by similar margins.

Can India mount a stunning comeback to win this best-of-five set match?

MEDAL ALERT

Equestrian

The Indian team wins the silver medal in the Eventing Team event.

Badminton - Women's Singles

Saina Nehwal is in trouble in her quarter-final against Ratchanok Intanon. The Indian trails 3-11 in the first game.

MEDAL ALERT

Equestrian

Fouaad Mirza wins a silver medal in the eventing individual event. India gets its first individual equestrian medal since the 1982 Asian Games.

Shooting

India's Rashmi Rathore and Ganemat Sekhon finish 12th and 10th respectively, fail to qualify for the finals.

Volleyball - Men's Team Qualification

India has lost the first two sets against Japan 23-25 22-25 in the best-of-five set match.

Handball - Men's Group Match

And it's all over. Chinese Taipei has defeated India 35-31.

It was a thrilling encounter, with both teams giving it their all.

Volleyball - Men's Group Match

The Indian team is currently taking on Japan.

Handball - Men's Group Match

It's going right down to the wire!

India trail Chinese Taipei 31-34 with less than two minutes to go.

Chinese Taipei has managed to maintain a slender lead right through the match.

Can India mount a comeback here?

Handball - Men's Group Match

India is making a strong comeback in the second half, they trail Chinse Taipei by just one goal 21-22.

There are about 16 minutes still to play, can India keep up the momentum?

Canoe - Men's TBR 500m

Disappointing result for the Indian team as they fail to qualify for the final after finishing fifth in the semis.

Handball

The Chinese Taipei men's team is keeping a stronghold on their lead in the second half. They are 18-15 ahead in their group match against India.

Handall

The Indian men's team trails Chinese Taipei 12-15 at halftime in their group match.

It's a closely contested encounter, with the Chinese Taipei playing a rough game.

Canoe - Men's TBR 500

India qualifies for the final after finishing second in the repechage.

Handball

The Indian men's team is currently playing against Chines Taipei. They trail 6-11 in the first half.

Sepak Takraw

India loses 0-2 against Malaysia to suffer its second defeat in Men's Rugu.

Archery

India has beaten Qatar in Archery as well.

Rajat Chauhan, Aman Saini and Abhishek Verma help the Indian men's compound team win 4-0.

Table Tennis

Mouma Das, Ayhika Mukherjee & Sutirtha Mukherjee help the Indian team defeat Qatar 3-0 in their first group match.

Athetics - Women's 400m Hurdles

Good news for Indian fans as Jauna Murmu has qualified for the final too. She was earlier declared disqualified but that turned out to be a glitch. Murmu joins Anu Raghavan in the final. Fine effort by the women.

Athletics - Women's 400m Hurdles

India's Anu Raghavan finishes third to earn qualification. A superb run by her even as Bahrain's Oluwakemi Adekoya sets a new Asian Games record to finish first with a timing of 54.87.

Canoe

India head into repechage after coming fifth in their men's TBR 500M.

Athletics - Women's 400m Hurdles

India's Jauna Murmu comes fourth in the Round 1, Heat 1.

Running in Lane 3, she was last for the better part of the race but almost clinched the third position with a late surge.

Table Tennis

Right, it's time for Table Tennis to make its debut at the 2018 Asian Games.

India's time for the Indian women's team to take on Qatar. Mouma Das has defeated Ali Maha in straight games.

Here's what India's gold-medallist had to say after his triumph on Saturday:

Asian Games: Want to win as many medals as I can, while my father is alive,' said Tejinder before winning shot put gold

Hello everyone and welcome to live updates from Day 8 of the 2018 Asian Games.

Indian shooters Rashmi Rathore and Ganemat Sekhon are currently in action in the women’s skeet qualifications.