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Nishiyama and Ono Give Japan Kata Double on Karate's Opening Day
Karate opened its Asian Games programme in Nagoya with golds shared across five nations, headlined by home favourite Kakeru Nishiyama in the men's individual kata. In kumite, Kazakhstan's Zholaman Bigabyl won the men's -55kg title, Kuwait's Abdullah Shaaban took -60kg gold, and Uzbekistan's Abdul Vakhkhob Rashidov won -67kg. In the women's divisions, Kazakhstan's Sofya Berultseva won +68kg, China's Li Gong and Qiaoqiao Li won -61kg and -68kg respectively. In kata, Japan completed a home double as Nishiyama won the men's individual title and Maho Ono won the women's, both ahead of Hong Kong medallists in each event.
China Take Five of Eight Canoe Sprint Golds as Korea and Uzbekistan Share the Rest
China won five of the eight canoe sprint golds decided over the first two days of finals at the Asian Games. South Korea took two and Uzbekistan one. China's golds. Shengyue Wu and Bowen Ji won the men's canoe double 500m. Ji then won the men's canoe single 500m. Shimeng Yu and Mengdie Yin won the women's kayak double 500m. Mengya Sun and Yanan Ma won the women's canoe double 500m. China also won the women's kayak four 500m. Korea and Uzbekistan. South Korea won the men's kayak four 500m. Gwang Hee Cho and Hyobin Kim won the men's kayak double 500m for Korea as well. Uzbekistan's Shohsanam Sherzodova won the women's canoe single 200m, ahead of China's Changwen Shuai and Indonesia's Herlin Aprilin Lali. Other medals. Uzbekistan took silver in the men's canoe double (Artur Guliev and Vladlen Denisov), the men's canoe single (Denisov), the women's kayak four and the women's canoe double (Sherzodova and Nilufar Zokirova). Kazakhstan's Sergey and Timofey Yemelyanov won men's canoe double bronze. Japan took silver in the men's kayak double and bronze in the men's kayak four. Iran, Chinese Taipei and Vietnam also won bronze medals.
Georgia and Northern Ireland Held to Goalless Draws in Group B2
Georgia held Ukraine to a goalless draw in Tbilisi, and Northern Ireland were frustrated by a 0-0 stalemate with Hungary in Belfast, as both Group B2 fixtures on matchday two finished level. In Tbilisi, Georgia had the better of the chances, outshooting Ukraine 13-7, with Giorgi Chakvetadze forcing a save from goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin and Saba Goglichidze heading over from the resulting corner. Trubin, named man of the match, also denied Khvicha Kvaratskhelia late on to preserve the point, which leaves Georgia on one from two matches and Ukraine unbeaten on four points after their opening win over Hungary. At Windsor Park, Northern Ireland started the brighter side, with Patrick Kelly twice going close, once seeing a close-range effort loop onto the crossbar, while goalkeeper Balazs Toth also denied Jamie Donley's header early in the second half. Hungary improved as the game went on but could not find a breakthrough either, with Isaac Price denied late on. The result leaves Michael O'Neill's side on four points from two games, having beaten Georgia in their opener.
Mancini Gets First Win as Italy Thrash Turkiye 4-1 After Belgium Defeat
Italy bounced back from their opening 2-0 defeat to Belgium with a dominant 4-1 win away to Turkiye in Bursa, handing Roberto Mancini his first win since returning as head coach and moving the Azzurri onto three points in Group A1. Mancini made eight changes from the Belgium loss, and his new-look side struck early through Alessandro Bastoni , who fired in from a corner in the ninth minute. Davide Frattesi doubled the lead following a Michael Kayode effort that was only parried, before Kayode himself capped a fine debut with Italy's third just before half-time, finishing off another slick passing move. Baris Alper Yilmaz pulled one back for the hosts early in the second half, but Pio Esposito restored Italy's three-goal cushion soon after, heading in a rebound from a Sandro Tonali effort that struck the post. Turkiye remain without a point after two matches, while Italy move level with Belgium on three points, three behind leaders France, who beat Belgium 1-0 on the same night.
Olise's Late Wondergoal Gives France 1-0 Win at Belgium, Six Points From Two
Substitute Michael Olise scored a stunning late winner as France beat Belgium 1-0 in Brussels to make it two wins from two under Zinedine Zidane , moving Les Bleus top of Nations League Group A1 with six points. France dominated with 65 percent possession and 18 shots, with Desire Doue hitting the crossbar inside 12 minutes and Lucas Da Cunha striking the post after the break, while Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens made several key saves to keep the hosts in it. The breakthrough finally came in the 88th minute, when Rayan Cherki led a fast break and picked out Olise, who drove a left-footed effort from outside the box into the bottom corner. Zidane made nine changes from his side's opening win over Turkiye, with only goalkeeper Mike Maignan and defender Maxence Lacroix retaining their places, and did so without captain Kylian Mbappe , who returned to Real Madrid for treatment after injuring his left knee in that match. Belgium, under new head coach Mark van Bommel , drop to second on three points, level with Italy, who beat Turkiye 4-1 on the same night.
Asian Games Medal Table: China Lead With 132 Golds, Japan Second on 172 Medals
China leads the Asian Games medal table by a wide margin after Monday's finals in Nagoya, with 132 golds , 53 silvers and 45 bronzes for a total of 230 medals. Japan is second on 41 golds, but leads every country in silvers (68) and bronzes (63), for 172 medals in total. South Korea is third with 21 golds and 91 medals, followed by Uzbekistan (12 golds, 42 medals). Three countries are level on nine golds. Kazakhstan is fifth with 13 silvers and 23 bronzes, 45 medals in all. Thailand is sixth with 29 medals, and Bahrain is seventh with 14 medals, eight of its nine golds coming in athletics. Iran (8 golds), North Korea (7), Malaysia (6) and Hong Kong (5) complete the top 11. India is 12th with four golds, 20 silvers and 21 bronzes. Its 45 medals match Kazakhstan's and are more than Thailand's, Iran's and Malaysia's. Chinese Taipei has three golds but 34 medals, and Vietnam has one gold but 17 bronzes among its 19 medals. The table does not yet include cricket medals.
Japan Sweep BMX Racing Golds Through Asuma Nakai and Sae Hatakeyama
Japan won both BMX racing golds at the Asian Games, with Asuma Nakai taking the men's title and Sae Hatakeyama the women's on home soil. In the men's final, Nakai won gold and his teammate Hyoga Kiuchi took silver, giving Japan a 1-2 finish. China's Haochao Lin took bronze. In the women's race, Hatakeyama won gold ahead of China's Wanyi Liao in silver. Indonesia's Jasmine Azzahra Setyobudi took bronze. The wins add to a strong Games for the hosts. Japan sits second in the medal table with 41 golds and 172 medals in total, and has won more silvers (68) and bronzes (63) than any other country. The racing golds follow the freestyle BMX park titles, which Japan and China shared.
Japan, Qatar and China Win Athletics Golds on Asian Games Day 9
Athletics at the Asian Games in Nagoya produced golds for Japan , China , Qatar , Sri Lanka , Bahrain and the UAE on Monday, with China taking both 4x100m relays. Track. Japan's Kazuto Iizawa won the men's 1500m in 3:36.35, with teammate Nagiya Mori taking bronze. Japan also won the 3000m steeplechase through Ryuji Miura in 8:17.36, with Ryoma Aoki taking silver and Qatar's Zakaria Elahlaami bronze. Qatar's Bassem Hemeida won the men's 400m hurdles in 47.82, ahead of Japan's Taiju Goto . In the women's 400m hurdles, the UAE's Mariam Kareem took gold, with Kazakhstan's Adelina Zems in second. Relays. China won the men's 4x100m in 38.17, ahead of Chinese Taipei and South Korea. The Chinese women then won their 4x100m in 42.96, with Thailand taking silver and Japan bronze. Field. China's Yuhao Shi won the men's long jump with 8.17m, with Uzbekistan's Anvar Anvarov taking bronze. China's Bin Feng won the women's discus, and her teammate Zhichao Jiang took silver, with Thailand's Subenrat Insaeng third. Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage won the javelin and Bahrain's Winfred Yavi won the women's 5000m. The athletics programme finishes on Tuesday with nine more finals.
Rumesh Pathirage Wins Javelin Gold for Sri Lanka With 88.55m Final Throw
Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage won the men's javelin at the Asian Games in Nagoya with a throw of 88.55m on his final attempt. It is Sri Lanka's only gold so far in the medal table. Pathirage took the lead with 88.33m on his fourth throw and then improved it with his last one to close out the title. India's Yashvir Singh took silver with a personal best of 85.72m, and his teammate Rohit Yadav took bronze with 84.35m. The 23-year-old came to Nagoya as the favourite. He had won all but one of the competitions he entered this year and is one of only four throwers in history to have passed 92m in a single year. He has said he wants to go after Arshad Nadeem's Asian record of 92.97m. The winning mark today is just short of the 88.88m that won gold at Hangzhou. The javelin final was one of several athletics finals held on Monday. Japan, China and Qatar also took golds on the track and in the field.
Winfred Yavi Wins 5000m to Complete Distance Treble for Bahrain
Winfred Yavi won the women's 5000m at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Monday, taking her third gold of the Games and completing a distance treble for Bahrain . She won in 15:10.18 . Japan's Nozomi Tanaka took silver, the same colour she won behind Yavi in the 10,000m. India's Parul Chaudhary took bronze, her second medal in two days after her steeplechase bronze on Sunday. Yavi opened her Games with 10,000m gold on September 25, winning in 32:39.18. Two days later she won the 3000m steeplechase in an Asian Games record of 9:04.36 . The 5000m completes the set. At the previous Games in Hangzhou she won the 1500m and the steeplechase. Her wins are a big part of Bahrain's medal haul. Eight of the country's nine golds so far have come in athletics, and the team sits seventh in the medal table with nine golds and 14 medals in total. Yavi also won the 2024 Paris Olympic gold in the steeplechase.
China Sweep Japan for Record 10th Asian Games Women's Volleyball Title
China swept hosts Japan 25-19, 25-20, 25-23 in the women's volleyball final at the Asian Games. It is their third straight Asian Games gold and a record-extending 10th title in the event. China controlled the first two sets. Japan made its strongest push in the third. China held on to close it out 25-23. The final came a day after a five-set semi-final win over Thailand . Thailand took the first set 25-23. China levelled with a 25-21 second set and led after a 25-11 third, before Thailand forced a decider. The match carried extra weight. Thailand had beaten China in the Asian Championship final just 22 days earlier. That win gave Thailand its first-ever Olympic berth in women's volleyball, for Los Angeles 2028. It also denied China a direct berth. Japan reached the final with a 3-0 semi-final win over South Korea (25-20, 25-22, 25-16). Thailand won bronze after their semi-final loss.
Esha Singh Wins 25m Pistol Silver After Shoot-Off Loss to China's Xiao Jiaruixuan
India's Esha Singh won silver in the women's 25m pistol at the Asian Games. She lost the gold to China's Xiao Jiaruixuan in a shoot-off in Nagoya. Esha had a tough route to the medal round. She qualified for the final in eighth place with a score of 580-22x . She then needed several shoot-offs to stay in contention. She started the final with five hits from five shots. Xiao pulled ahead with consecutive perfect series. The two finished level after the regular final and went to a shoot-off for gold. Xiao hit three targets. Esha hit two. North Korea's Kim Hyon Suk took bronze. Esha is the world No. 1 in the event and holds the senior world record of 43 hits , set at the Munich World Cup in May. She also won team gold and individual silver in this event at Hangzhou. The individual medal came after a disappointing team final. India's trio of Manu Bhaker , Esha and Rahi Sarnobat finished fifth with 1727-56x. Manu missed the individual final too. She ended 11th in qualification on 579-18x. China won the team gold. South Korea took silver and Chinese Taipei took bronze.
North Korea Win Seven of 11 Weightlifting Golds as China Take Three
North Korea has dominated weightlifting at the Asian Games. They have won seven of the 11 golds decided so far. China has three and Indonesia has one. North Korea's golds. Ri Song-gum won the women's 49kg with a world record. Hyon Gyong Kang won the women's 53kg. Kwang Ok Oh won the women's 57kg. Myong Jin Pak won the men's 65kg. Won Ju Ri won the men's 70kg with a 349kg total, made up of a 151kg snatch and a 198kg clean and jerk. Kuk Hyang Song won the women's 69kg. Kwang Ryol Ro won the men's 85kg. China's golds. Yang Yang won the men's 60kg. Liuyue Yang won the women's 61kg. Renxiu He won the women's 77kg. Silver and bronze. North Korea's Un Chol Pang took silver at 60kg and Jin Hae Pak took silver at 61kg. China's Yueji He won silver at 65kg. Chinese Taipei won silver at 69kg through Wen-huei Chen. Kazakhstan took silver at 77kg and 85kg through Ayanat Zhumagali and Alexey Churkin. Thailand's Suratwadee Yodsarn won silver at 57kg. Japan's Masanori Miyamoto took silver at 70kg. Bronze medals went to Thailand's Theerapong Silachai (60kg), Vietnam's Minh Tri Tran (65kg), Chinese Taipei's Guan-ling Chen (57kg) and Hsing-chun Kuo (61kg), the Philippines' Albert Ian Delos Santos (70kg), Bahrain's Ingrid Grueso (69kg), Iran's Reihaneh Karimi (77kg) and China's Shunnan Chen (85kg).
Rahmat Erwin Abdullah Wins 75kg Weightlifting Gold by 1kg for Indonesia
Indonesia's Rahmat Erwin Abdullah won the men's 75kg weightlifting gold at the Asian Games by just 1kg . He lifted a total of 366kg at the Nagoya City Trade and Industry Center. Abdullah snatched 160kg. He then finished with a 206kg clean and jerk. Thailand's Weeraphon Wichuma took silver with 365kg, made up of a 160kg snatch and a 205kg clean and jerk. The gold was decided on the last lifts. Wichuma landed 205kg to go top on 365kg. Abdullah then took 206kg on his second clean and jerk attempt. That gave him the title. North Korea's Ri Chong-song failed twice at 202kg and had to settle for bronze with 357kg. It was Indonesia's second gold of the Games. The first came in the men's team badminton final against China. Abdullah is a two-time world champion at 73kg.
Uzbekistan Win Kurash Golds Through Agojonova and Bakhtiyorov
Uzbekistan won gold in both kurash finals recorded so far at the Asian Games. They took the women's -57kg and men's +90kg titles. In the women's -57kg final, Ibodatkhon Agojonova won gold for Uzbekistan. Chinese Taipei's Wan-ting Lee took silver. Japan's Natsumi Kuroki and Chinese Taipei's Pin-chun Wang shared bronze. In the men's +90kg final, Shokhrukhkhon Bakhtiyorov won gold for Uzbekistan. Tajikistan's Shakarmamad Mirmamadov took silver. Uzbekistan's Bekmurod Oltiboev and Thailand's Kunathip Yea-On shared bronze.
Sibei Sun and Rimu Nakamura Win Freestyle BMX Park Golds for China and Japan
China and Japan shared the two freestyle BMX park golds at the Asian Games. China won the women's title. Japan won the men's. In the women's park final, China's Sibei Sun took gold. Japan's Miharu Ozawa won silver. Sun's teammate Jiaqi Sun took bronze. In the men's park final, Japan's Rimu Nakamura won gold and his teammate Kaede Ozawa took silver. China's Xiaolong Sha finished third.
China Win Artistic Swimming Duet and Mixed Team Golds, Japan Take Both Silvers
China won both artistic swimming golds at the Asian Games. They took the duet and the mixed team event. Japan won silver and Kazakhstan won bronze in both. In the duet, Yanjun Lin and Huiyan Xu won gold for China. Japan's Moe Higa and Tomoka Sato took silver. Kazakhstan's Nargiza Bolatova and Yasmin Tuyakova took bronze. China then won the mixed team final. The podium was the same as in the duet: China first, Japan second and Kazakhstan third.
South Korea Win Women's Handball Gold, Hosts Japan Take Silver
South Korea won the women's handball gold at the Asian Games. Japan took silver and China finished with bronze. Japan, the hosts, had to settle for second place on home soil.
Boonson Completes Sprint Double, Yan Ziyi Sets Javelin Games Record on Athletics Day 8
Day 8 of Asian Games athletics in Nagoya gave out golds to Thailand , China , Japan , Singapore , Bahrain and Chinese Taipei . Here is how the non-Indian finals went. Sprints and hurdles. Thailand's Puripol Boonson won the men's 200m. He had already won the 100m, so he leaves with the sprint double. China's Yuanjiang Chen won the men's 110m hurdles. Japan's Rachid Muratake took silver and the Philippines' John Tolentino took bronze. Singapore's Shanti Pereira won the women's 200m after taking silver in the 100m. Japan went 1-2 in the women's 100m hurdles through Mako Fukube and Hitomi Nakajima . Field and combined events. China's Ziyi Yan won the women's javelin with a Games record of 70.46m . Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi took silver with 62.70m. China's Yingying Huang won the women's long jump by 2cm over India's Ancy Sojan. Chinese Taipei's Fu Chao-hsuan won the men's high jump on countback. Japan's Yuma Maruyama won the men's decathlon. Distance. Bahrain's Winfred Yavi won the women's 3000m steeplechase in an Asian Games record 9:04.36. It is her second gold of these Games after the 10,000m. Also decided. Japan's Yuri Tanaka won the women's heptathlon, with teammate Nanaka Kajiki taking silver and Kazakhstan's Alina Chistyakova bronze. In the women's marathon race walk, China took gold and silver, with Li Ma second. Japan's Yukiko Umeno won bronze.
Parul Chaudhary Sets National Record for Steeplechase Bronze as Tejaswin, Harita Also Medal
India added three more athletics bronze medals on Day 8 at the Asian Games. Parul Chaudhary won the women's 3000m steeplechase with a national record . Tejaswin Shankar took decathlon bronze. Harita Bhadra won bronze in a photo finish in the women's 200m. Parul clocked 9:08.67 . That beat her own national mark of 9:12.46 by 3.79 seconds. She stayed with the leaders for most of the race. Bahrain's Winfred Yavi then pulled away on the last lap and won in an Asian Games record of 9:04.36 . Kazakhstan's Norah Jeruto Tanui took silver in 9:06.82. India's Ankita finished fourth in a personal best 9:19.24. It is Parul's third Asian Games medal. Tejaswin finished the 10-event decathlon with 7,934 points . He briefly led the competition on the way. Japan's Yuma Maruyama won gold and China's Xinghua Chen took silver. Harita ran 23.20 in the 200m final. She edged the fourth-placed runner by just 0.01 seconds. Singapore's Shanti Pereira won gold, and China's Yujie Chen took silver. Pereira had earlier taken silver in the 100m. Together with the two silvers from the high jump and long jump, India's athletics tally at these Games reached 13 medals . That is six silver and seven bronze.
Sarvesh Kushare and Ancy Sojan Miss Gold by Whisker to Win Athletics Silvers
India's Sarvesh Kushare and Ancy Sojan both won silver on Day 8 of Asian Games athletics in Nagoya. Both led their finals for long stretches. Both lost gold by the smallest of margins. In the men's high jump, Kushare cleared 2.25m . He had been flawless through 2.22m, clearing every height at the first attempt. He needed a second attempt at 2.25m. Chinese Taipei's Fu Chao-hsuan cleared the same height first time. Both men then failed three times at 2.28m. Fu took gold on countback. Kushare arrived in Nagoya after a Commonwealth Games silver earlier this year. In the women's long jump, Ancy jumped 6.53m on her fifth attempt and held top spot for most of the final. China's Huang Yingying then produced 6.55m on her last jump. That was just 2cm better. It is Ancy's second successive Asian Games silver. Her national record stands at 6.88m. India's Shaili Singh held a podium place for much of the final too. China's Tan Mengyi jumped 6.46m in the last round to push her to fourth. Shaili's best was 6.42m.
South Korea Beat Japan 3-1 for Fifth Straight Asian Games Baseball Gold
South Korea beat hosts Japan 3-1 in the men's baseball final at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium. It is their fifth straight Asian Games gold . Korea led after the second inning. Japan levelled in the seventh after two singles off starter Gwak Been . Gwak was superb otherwise. He threw 6 1/3 innings , allowed one run and struck out nine . The game turned in the eighth. Kim Do-yeong hit a go-ahead RBI infield single. Moon Bo-gyeong then added an insurance run with a single. Relievers Jo Byeong-hyeon and Park Yeong-hyun closed out the win. Korea finished with 12 hits and 15 strikeouts as a staff. The win was also revenge. Japan had beaten Korea 5-0 in the Super Round two days earlier. This is Korea's seventh Asian Games baseball title overall. The streak started at Guangzhou 2010 and ran through Incheon 2014, Jakarta-Palembang 2018 and Hangzhou 2022. Chinese Taipei took bronze. China finished fourth.
Austria Beat Kosovo 3-1 to Go Top of Nations League Group B3
Austria beat Kosovo 3-1 at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna to make it two wins from two in Nations League B Group 3, ending Kosovo's perfect start in the first meeting between the two nations. Kosovo had the first chance, with Vedat Muriqi blazing over from inside the box after six minutes, but Austria took control. In the 23rd minute, Romano Schmid clipped a free-kick from 30 yards into the box and David Affengruber headed home. Just before half-time, Patrick Wimmer raced through and squared for Junior Adamu to tap into an empty net in first-half stoppage time. Substitute Carney Chukwuemeka made it 3-0 in the 61st minute, following up after Kosovo goalkeeper Arijanet Muric parried a low cross. Kosovo pulled one back in the 83rd minute, when Edon Zhegrova scored from the penalty spot after Affengruber fouled Valmir Matoshi. Austria, who beat Israel 3-1 in their opener, are unbeaten in 16 home games and top the group on six points, while Kosovo, who beat Ireland 1-0 on Thursday, have three. Ireland, who beat Israel 3-0 the same day, are also on three points, with Kosovo ahead on head-to-head. The two sides meet again in the reverse fixture next Sunday.
Ireland Beat Israel 3-0 in Debrecen With Three First-Half Goals
Republic of Ireland beat Israel 3-0 in Debrecen, Hungary, scoring all three goals inside the first 25 minutes to pick up their first points of the Nations League Group B3 campaign, in a fixture that had been in doubt in the days beforehand. Troy Parrott opened the scoring in the 13th minute, finishing low after a cutback from James Abankwah, for his 12th international goal. Adam Idah doubled the lead within minutes, converting after being played in by Jack Moylan , who then scored the third himself in the 25th minute with a low finish into the far corner, his first competitive international goal. Caoimhin Kelleher made several saves in the second half, including from Dor Peretz and Eliel Peretz, to preserve the clean sheet. The match went ahead after Ireland's players voted to play, though reserve goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu chose to boycott both fixtures against Israel, citing his personal beliefs about the conflict in Gaza. The Irish team wore black armbands in recognition of what the team called all lives lost in the conflict, bowed their heads during the Israeli anthem, and there were no handshakes or pennant exchanges before or after the game. Israel played their home fixture in Debrecen in front of a limited crowd. Ireland, who lost 1-0 in Kosovo on Thursday, host Austria in Dublin next Thursday, while Israel return to Debrecen to face Kosovo.