Seasoned kabaddi player Pawan Sehrawat replaced Tajinderpal Singh Toor as India's flag-bearer for the Asian Games opening ceremony in Nagoya on Saturday.

The revised payments will be Rs 60,000, Rs 50,000, Rs 40,000 and Rs 35,000 per day as per grades A, B, C and D.

The Indian men's side delivered a 3-1 victory over an all-Grandmaster team from Italy, with Nihal Sarin coming good yet again and reigning world champion D Gukesh returning to winning ways at the 46th Chess Olympiad.

The BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia on Friday offered no clear answers on the future of selection committee chief Ajit Agarkar but did say that "15 days is a long time in the world of cricket."

The stakes are incredibly high, and so are the expectations from herself, as India's transformed squash star Anahat Singh returns to the Asian Games stage.

India Under-19 rode a blistering late assault from Anvay Dravid and a fluent half-century from Yashbardhan Chauhan to set up a seven-run win over Australia U-19 in a rain-truncated first Youth ODI.

Sumit Nagal had his chances, particularly in the second set, but failed to capitalise as Hyeon Chung prevailed 6-4 4-6 7-5 to give Korea a 2-0 lead

Winning an elusive women's boxing gold will be the main target for the India squad at the Asian Games, with head coach Santiago Nieva drawing confidence from the team's record breaking performance at the Commonwealth Games.

India's Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza is just a win away from securing a historic medal for the country in Teqball after marching into the women's singles semifinals at the Asian Games at Nagoya, Japan on Friday.

The member units of the BCCI entrusted the office-bearers to take a call on whether to give chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar an extension or find his replacement during the Annual General Meeting.

India should breach the 300-run mark soon in T20 cricket considering the special talent the team possesses, its head coach Gautam Gambhir has said.

The ceremony, which was scheduled to commence at 1:30pm Japan time at Garden Pier, close to the container-style lodging for the athletes, initially began with a 20-minute delay.

Former badminton coach Vimal Kumar believes India can better the tally of three medals which they won in the previous Asian Games, but for that, he says the singles players should overcome their inconsistencies and deliver in key matches in Japan.

Opener Shafali Verma's all-round brilliance and left-arm spinner Shree Charani's devastating spell powered defending gold-medallists India into the Asian Games women's cricket semifinals with a dominant eight-wicket win over an inexperienced Japan on Friday.

The Indian men's team, the defending champions, made an average start as world champion D Gukesh slipped below 2700 in live ratings after the first two rounds of the 46th Chess Olympiad.

Manu Bhaker made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics by becoming the first athlete from independent India to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games.

Gautam Gambhir cautioned against rushing Pandya back to international cricket. The injury-prone all-rounder will have to prove his match fitness in the A series against Australia next month at Puducherry.

India have been drawn alongside Bahrain, Cameroon, Grenada, Laos and Senegal in Group K of the inaugural FIFA U15 World Cup.

Bangladesh entered the semifinals without even stepping on to the field, while Pakistan had to toil hard against unfancied Thailand in a low-scoring thriller before booking their last-four spot.

The Indian men's hockey team wants to put behind the recent World Cup disappointment, chief coach Craig Fulton said.

Fresh from their record-extending Asia Cup triumph, defending champions India will begin their Asian Games title defence as overwhelming favourites against hosts Japan in the women's quarterfinals in Nagoya on Friday.

The grant of associate membership to Cricket Association of Andaman and Nicobar Islands would be among the matters on the agenda when the Indian cricket board holds its 95th Annual General Meeting.

Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak has learnt to live with injuries and the long road back to competition after those setbacks, but the frustrating cycle has done little to dampen her spirits as she chases a maiden Asian Games medal in her fourth appearance.

The T20 match was called off without even the toss taking place at the Karogi Sports Park in Aichi prefecture's Nisshin city.