Swapna Barman's claim to fame before landing in Jakarta was as the athlete with 12 toes but the 21-year-old will return home having forged a new identity after winning India's first Asian Games gold in the heptathlon.
India clinched three medals in sailing with Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar clinching silver in the 49er FX Women's event and Harshita Tomar claiming bronze in the Open Laser 4.7 at the 18th Asian Games on Friday.
Joshna Chinappa upstaged eight-time world champion Nicol David as the Indian women's squash team outplayed defending champions Malaysia 2-0 to enter its second successive Asian Games final on Friday. The Indian team is now assured of at least a silver and is likely to face Hong Kong in the final.
Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) settled for a bronze medal in the Asian Games after he was declared medically unfit to fight his semifinal bout due to a cut on his left eyelid sustained earlier in the event.
It was a tale of valour from a 20-year-old Surrey boy which stopped India from running away to a position of absolute strength on the first day of the fourth Test here on Thursday.
A confident Indian women's hockey team will be desperate to end a long 36-year wait when it takes on Japan in the gold medal clash of the Asian Games. India also have medal interests in squash and boxing on Friday.
Roger Federer says his favorite drinks are cold water and a sparkling glass of champagne. Both could be on tap at the US Open: Federer needed a few swigs of water on another steamy day at the Open and he played like a former champion set to uncork a celebratory bottle of bubbly.
The 19-year-old, who clinched a historic a silver medal for India in the martial-art sport of Kurash (52 kg), wanted to fulfill her late father’s wish
The Indian athletics contingent ended its Asian Games campaign with a best ever show since 1978 with Jinson Johnson and the women's 4x400 relay team providing a golden touch on the last day of the athletics competitions on Thursday.
The ace badminton guru said World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying has a psychological advantage on the Indian players because she has been beating them regularly.
The pitch had no part to play in the dismissals of the England batsmen as it was tremendous bowling by the Indian seamers that got the batsmen out, writes Gavaskar.
Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic made it harder than it had to be, but rediscovered his poise in time to pull off a four-set victory over Tennys Sandgren at the US Open on Thursday.
Cristiano Ronaldo is going back to Manchester United and Paul Pogba will return to Juventus after the storied teams were drawn together at the Champions League group stage on Thursday.
All it took was two rounds at the US Open for the top two seeded women to leave the draw, with No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki following No. 1 Simona Halep on the way out.
England seem in absolute awe of this Indian pace attack. They just don’t have answers when it comes to dealing with India’s fast bowlers, and adding an extra twist to this sense of mystery is Jasprit Bumrah.
Jinson Johnson was a disappointed man after winning the silver medal in his pet event, the men’s 800m final, but he knew all was not lost. He had one more chance to go for the maximum, and he did.
India won five medals on Day 12, all of which came from the track and field arena. The haul took India's medal tally to 59 medals on Thursday, which included 13 gold, 21 silver and 25 bronze.
The seasoned Jinson Johnson and the women's 4x400m relay team were the joint stars with their golden show on the final day of the track-and-field competition in which India signed off 7 gold, 10 silver and 2 bronze medals, the country's best show since 1978.
Though disappointed with another loss in the final, PV Sindhu said that she is learning from her mistakes and is keen to comeback stronger.
Defending champions India were knocked out of the Asian Games gold medal contention and denied a direct entry into the 2020 Olympics, with Malaysia again proving to be their Achilles heel in the men's hockey semifinals.
Defending champion Seema Punia settled for a bronze in the women's discus throw event in the Asian Games on Thursday.
Having broken a 20-year-old jinx, a confident Indian women's hockey team will be desperate to end a long 36-year wait when it takes on Japan in the gold medal clash of the Asian Games on Friday.