Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India win five medals, progress in men's football after 1-1 draw with Myanmar

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That brings us to the end of our coverage of Day 1 (the official Day 1 that is) of the 19th Asian Games, with the Indian contingent getting their campaign off to an auspicious start with five medals to their name, including three silver.

Here's hoping India get another handful of medals tomorrow, including a gold.

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Before we go, we leave you with India's ranking on the Asian Games 2023 medal table

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SWIMMING

— Srihari Nataraj finishes sixth in men’s 100m backstroke with a timing of 54.48s

— India (Dhinidi Desinghu, Maana Patel, Janhvi Choudhary and Shivangi Sarma) finish seventh in women’s 4x100m relay with a timing of 3:54:66

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TABLE TENNIS

Achanta Sharath Kamal fails to recreate his magic from the Kazakhstan encounter earlier today, losing the do-or-die contest against Oh Junsung after Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lose their respective encounters.

With that, South Korea knock India in the men’s quarter-finals.

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FOOTBALL

FT  IND 1-1 MYA: The referee blows the whistle one final time today as the India vs Myanmar Group A contest ends in a stalemate.

The draw ensures the Blue Tigers are through to the next round!

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FOOTBALL

74’ IND 1-1 MYA: Myanmar equalise, thanks to a header by Yan Kyaw! Myanmar though, need another goal if they are to enter the knockouts as a draw won’t suffice for them!

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FOOTBALL

46’ IND 1-0 MYA: Play resumes at the Xiaoshan Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, with Myanmar hoping to mount a strong fightback in the second half and go level with the Indians.

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FOOTBALL

HALFTIME IND 1-0 MYA: India hold on to the slender lead after striker Sunil Chhetri successfully scores from the spot. Can the Blue Tigers preserve their lead heading into the remainder of the contest? Stay tuned to find out.

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FOOTBALL

24’ GOAL! Sunil Chhetri successfully converts a penalty as the Blue Tigers seize the lead in the must-win clash against Myanmar with the game not even touching the half-hour mark!

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FOOTBALL

India are up against Myanmar in their final Group A fixture in men’s football. They had suffered a 5-1 drubbing against hosts China in their opening game, but bounced back with a 1-0 win against Bangladesh thanks to a Sunil Chhetri penalty.

It’s a do-or-die game for the Blue Tigers today if they are to reach the knockouts for the first time since 2010. 

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BOXING

Nikhat Zareen punches her way through to the next round!

The Hyderabadi pugilist is declared winner by a unanimous 5-0 verdict in her 50kg bout against Vietnam's Nguyen, and she moves to the Round of 16.

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BOXING

Nikhat Zareen is the next Indian in action today, and the pugilist is up against Vietnam’s Thi Tam Nguyen in the women’s 50kg preliminaries at the HZ Gymnasium.

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RUGBY

India women are hammered 45-0 by Japan! Not quite their day.

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CHESS

Koneru Humpy, D. Harika, Arjun Erigaisi and Vidit Gujarathi make a winning start by clinching their opening-round fixtures.

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TENNIS

Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan reach men's doubles round of 16.

The Indian pair beats Nepal’s Abhishek Bastola and Pradip Khadka 6-2, 6-3 in 58 minutes to progress to the next round.

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FOOTBALL

India 0-1 Thailand

Indian women's football team goes down fighting to bow out of the Asian Games. Thailand were the higher-ranked side and started strongly but India created a lot of opportunities on the counter-attack but could convert them. Parichat Thongrong scored the winner for Thailand in the 51st minute.

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FENCING

India’s Taniksha Khatri goes down to Hong Kong’s Man Wai Vivian Kong 7-15 in the quarter-finals.

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CRICKET

Indian women's cricket team will face Sri Lanka in the final. The Lankans defeated Pakistan by six wickets in the other semi-final.

After restricting Pakistan to 75/9, Sri Lanka chased down the target in 16.3 overs

Earlier, India had beaten Bangladesh by four wickets to reach the final.

15:03 (IST)

FOOTBALL

India 0-1 Thailand (75')

Indian women keep getting better with every minute. Anju Tamang had a goal ruled out for offside and the Thai goalkeeper produced a brilliant save to avoid an own goal. 15 minutes left.

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FOOTBALL

India 0-1 Thailand

Parichat Thongrong scores in the 51st minute to give Thailand a lead against Indian women. A defeat means elimination for India.

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FOOTBALL

India 0-0 Thailand

It has been tough going for India so far but the match remains goalless going into the half-time break Thailand have failed to convert their chances and India have been reduced to a counter-attacking unit.

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FOOTBALL

India 0-0 Thailand

25' Dangmei Grace shoots it over the bar but Indian women were very close to finding the opener. Thailand are dominating the proceeding but India have had their chances.

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FOOTBALL

Indian women's last group match against Thailand is underway and the scoreline after 11' minutes is 0-0. India lost the last match to Chinese Taipei 2-1 and must beat Thailand to have any chance of progressing to the next round.

Here's the lineup.

Here's how the #BlueTigresses