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India’s women’s hockey team completed the group stage unbeaten with a commanding 7-0 victory over Singapore, underlining their status as one of the tournament’s leading contenders. The result sends the defending champions into a semifinal against Korea, while China will face hosts Japan in the other last-four clash.
Prime Minister extends congratulations to Indian table tennis duo Manush Shah and Diya Chitale for winning a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event at the Asian Games. This achievement not only highlights India's competitive presence on the international stage but also invigorates the nation's sporting spirit.
Defending champions India booked their place in the semifinals of the Asian Games men's hockey competition with a hard-fought 2-0 win over hosts Japan in Pool A on Saturday. Abhishek and captain Harmanpreet Singh scored the goals, but India's wasteful penalty-corner conversion rate will be a concern for coach Craig Fulton ahead of the knockout stage.
India's campaign at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games accelerated over the weekend with a landmark gold in women's cricket, a silver in the men's marathon and another kabaddi title, lifting the country to 11th on the medals table with 28 medals. Strong performances also came in squash, shooting, athletics, table tennis, wushu and weightlifting, underscoring one of India's most varied multi-sport hauls in recent Asian Games history.
Fresh off his World Cup Final triumph, Dhiraj Bommadevara delivered a statement performance at the Asian Games, setting a new men's recurve qualification record with 698 points to top the standings in Okazaki City. India also secured strong team positions across recurve and compound events, with Chikitha Taniparthi leading the women's compound field and the country finishing second in both men's recurve and women's compound team qualifications.
Saina Nehwal says the proposed 3x15 scoring system in badminton could lengthen careers and suit players like P.V. Sindhu, but she cautioned that the shift toward power and speed may also raise injury risks. The former world No. 1 also used the conversation to call for greater recognition of winners from non-cricket sports in India.
The United States announced a new implementation plan in New York to advance small modular reactor deployments abroad, building on a trilateral memorandum of cooperation signed earlier this year with Japan and South Korea. The initiative was paired with a separate industry framework linking U.S., Japanese, Korean and Polish firms to accelerate BWRX-300 reactor deployment across Europe, in a move Washington says aligns energy security with nuclear safety and nonproliferation goals.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's first formal trip to Washington in 11 years ended with ceremony, symbolism and a short extension of the U.S.-China trade truce, but few substantive breakthroughs. The visit projected calm for markets and politics, even as major disputes over trade, technology and global security were left largely untouched.
Investors trying to increase their exposure to artificial intelligence may need to look beyond broad emerging-market funds and toward China, according to Matthews Asia portfolio manager Andrew Mattock. He argues that standard EM products leave out a meaningful share of the AI opportunity, while China-focused strategies offer more direct access to the companies driving the theme.
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