The Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale assured India of another medal in Tennis after reaching the semifinals of the mixed doubles event. The second-seed pair of Bopanna and Bhosale, overcame the eighth seeds, Zhibek Kulambayeva and Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3. Bopanna, who won the Gold in men's doubles at the last Asian Games in Jakarta, will be hoping to add another to his cabinet, this time in the mixed doubles category. Earlier in the day, the Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan assured India of a silver medal after qualifying for the final in the men's doubles event.

After a successful day 5 at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, India will be looking to add more medals to their tally on September 29, with several medal events taking place in shooting, athletics, squash and tennis. Day 6 of the Asian Games will also mark the start of athletics events and India will have 11 athletes participating across several events all through the day. While Sandeep Kumar and Vikash Singh will feature in the men's 20km race walk final, Priyanka Goswami will be part of the women's event, with both events starting at 4:30 am IST. India will also have other participants in other medal events later in the day - Rachna Kumari and Tanya Chaudhary in Women's Hammer Throw, and Kiran Baliyan and Manpreet Kaur in Women's Shot Put. In Shooting, India have won 13 medals already at the Asian Games but they will have the opportunity to add to their medal rush on day 6. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran will feature for India in the men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions while Esha Singh, Divya TS and Palak will take part in the women's 10m Air Pistol events. In squash, India are assured of bronze in both men's and women's team events, but the colour of the medal can change depending on how they fare in the semifinals on Friday. In tennis too, Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan will play the gold medal match in men's doubles. Check out the full schedule for India on day 6 of Asian Games - September 29 Golf4:00 am: Anirban Lahiri (T9), SSP Chawrasia (T19), Shubhankar Sharma (T22), Khalin Joshi (T31) in Men's Individual and Team events, Round 24:00 am: Aditi Ashok (T2), Pranavi Sharath (T17) Avani Prashanth (T21) in Women's Individual and Team events, Round 2 Athletics4:30 am: Sandeep Kumar, Vikash Singh in Men's 20km race walk4:40 am: Priyanka Goswami in Women's 20km race walk4:30 pm onwards: Aishwarya Mishra (Heat 1), Himanshi Malik (Heat 3) in Women's 400m4:55 pm onwards: Muhammad Anas Yahiya (Heat 1), Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi (Heat 2) in Men's 400m4:40 pm: Rachna Kumari, Tanya Chaudhary in Women's Hammer Throw6:15 pm: Kiran Baliyan, Manpreet Kaur in Women's Shot Put Shooting6:30 am onwards: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, Akhil Sheoran in Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual and Team events6:30 am onwards: Esha Singh, Divya TS, Palak in Women's 10m Air Pistol Individual and Team events Badminton6:30 am onwards: India vs Thailand, Women's Team Quarterfinal5:00 pm onwards: India vs Nepal, Men's Team Quarterfinal Bridge6:30 am onwards: Men's and Mixed team Round Robin11:00 am onwards: Women's team Round Robin Squash8:30 am onwards: India vs Hong Kong, Women's Team Semifinal2:00 pm onwards: India vs TBD, Men's Team Semifinal Table Tennis9:00 am: Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar vs Yong Quek/Yew En Koen Pang (Singapore), Men's Doubles Round of 169:35 am: Achanta Sharath Kamal/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran vs Fan Zhendong/Chuqin Wang (China), Men's Doubles Round of 161:30 pm: Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale vs Miyuu Kihara/Miwa Harimoto (Japan), Women's Doubles Round of 162:05 pm: Sutirtha Mukerjee/Ayhika Mukherjee vs Wanwisa Aueawieiyaothin/Jinnipa Sawettabut (Thailan), Women's Doubles Round of 16 Tennis10 am onwards: Men's Doubles final (to be confirmed)10 am onwards: Mixed Doubles semifinal (to be confirmed) Boxing12:00 pm: Parveen Hooda vs Zichun Xu (China), Women's 57kg Round of 161:45 pm: Lakshya Chahar vs Omurbek Uulu Bekzhigit, Men's 80kg Round of 16TBD: Nikhat Zareen. Women's 50kg quarterfinal Chess12:30 pm: Men's and Women's Team Round 1 Cycling12:06 pm onwards: David Beckham, Men's Keirin (Heat 2), Esow Alben (Heat 3) ESports11:30 am: India vs Kyrgyzstan, DOTA2 Group A Match12:30 pm: India vs Philippines, DOTA2 Group A Match Handball3:30 pm: India vs China, Women's Group B match Hockey4:00 pm: India vs Malaysia, Women's Pool A match 3x3 Basketball5:20 pm: India vs China, Men's Pool C match Basketball5:30 pm: India vs Mongolia, Women's Group A match Also read: Indian tennis pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan reach men's doubles final

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka was found not guilty of raping a woman he met on a dating site during the south Asian team's tour of Australia last November. Judge Sarah Huggett acquitted the 32-year-old player as he sat at Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on Thursday listening to the decision. Huggett found that the alleged victim, who cannot be legally named, was an intelligent witness who did not deliberately give false evidence about the use of a condom but was motivated by a desire to paint the cricketer in an unfavorable light. “I find that the evidence regarding the complaint far from supports the complainant. Rather it undermines the reliability of her evidence,” she said. Gunathilaka and the woman met for drinks at a bar before having pizza together in downtown Sydney and catching a ferry to the woman's home in the city's eastern suburbs. The woman accused him of various acts of aggression and violence. Police initially brought four charges against the 32-year-old, who was arrested at a city hotel just hours before Sri Lankan team was due to fly out home on November 6. Prosecutors later dropped three of those charges. Gunathilaka maintained his innocence, pleading not guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent. During the judge-alone trial, defense lawyers attacked the credibility of the woman, claiming her story shifted over time and that she edited her version of events to paint Gunathilaka as an aggressive person. Gunathilaka was on bail during the trial, but was unable to play international cricket or return to his hometown of Colombo in Sri Lanka. He traveled to Australia with Sri Lanka's ICC T20 World Cup squad last year, but only played in the team's first game before being ruled out of the tournament with a hamstring injury.

With the Indian shooting team gunning for nothing but gold in the ongoing Asian Games 2023, the 10m Air Pistol team event saw the trio of Arjun Singh, Sarabjot Singh, and Shiva Narwal clinch gold on September 28. The first gold medal of Day 5 for India increased their tally to 6 gold medals in the tournament. Speaking to the press after their triumph, Arjun & Shiva expressed their happiness on winning an all-important gold in the nation's quest for a hundred medals this time round. Also Read: Asian Games 2023: Shooters Arjun Singh Cheema, Sarabjot Singh and Shiva Narwal strike gold in 10m Air Pistol team event

South Africa suffered a setback on Thursday as their ODI skipper Temba Bavuma returned home from India due to personal reasons ahead of the side's two warm-up games of the ICC ODI Cricket World Cup 2023. The Proteas are scheduled to take on Afghanistan and New Zealand in their first and second warm-up games on September 29 and October 2 respectively. As per an update on South Africa cricket's social media handles, Bavuma has returned to South Africa due to personal reasons. T20I captain Aiden Markram will be leading the side in the two warm-up clashes in absence of Bavuma, who is likely to rejoin the team ahead of their opening game. South Africa opens their World Cup campaign against Sri Lanka in New Delhi on October 7. South Africa ODI World Cup squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams.

Indian batter Shikhar Dhawan, known for his social media banter, playfully teased former teammate Cheteshwar Pujara in light of the upcoming Irani Trophy. Pujara, gearing up for the tournament, shared a video on Instagram showcasing his batting practice before Saurashtra's match against Rest of India. In response, Dhawan humorously commented, “Bhai bas kar youngster ko bhi khelne de ab. Irani se Tere liye Naani Trophy ho gayi hai." Pujara, who wasn't selected for the Indian squad in the West Indies tour, displayed remarkable form for Sussex in county cricket; he also scored a century recently against Somerset. Having played 103 Tests, Pujara's last appearance for India was in the WTC Final against Australia at the Oval in June, where he scored a total of 41 runs during the team's loss. Also read: IND vs AUS 3rd ODI - Glenn Maxwell stars as Australia beat India by 66 runs

Manika Batra stormed into women's singles Table Tennis pre-quarterfinals after defeating Nabita Shrestha of Nepal 11-5, 11-4, 11-3, 11-2. She will take on Suthasini Sawettabut of Thailand next. However, Sreeja Akula lost 4-0 against Songgyong Pyon of People's Republic of Korea and was knocked out from the women's singles round of 32. The pair of Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula lost their Round of 16 bout against the Thailand pair of Phakpoom Sanguansin and Orawan Paranang 11-4, 11-6, 12-10. Manika too had a disappointing outing in mixed doubles. After winning the first two games, she and her partner Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost the next three games to miss out on a quarter-finals spot. With that, India's challenge in TT mixed doubles came to an end.

3 Indian shuttlers took little over an hour overall to win their singles matches as India thrashed Mongolia 3-0 to advance to badminton women's team event quarterfinals at Asian Games 2023 on Thursday. PV Sindhu set the tone early on with a 21-2, 21-3 win in the 1st Group stage clash. Ashmita Chaliha finished with an identical scoreline of 21-2, 21-3 and made it 2-0 for India. Anupama Upadhaya won her singles match 21-0, 21-2 as India cruised to a 3-0 victory. There was no need for the doubles matches. In the quarters, India will take on Thailand, which has 3 of the top 20 shuttlers.

Roshibina Devi, who won a silver medal in women's 60kg category Wushu, felt sad about not winning gold in Asian Games 2023. However, she was still happy with her second-place finish. 'I am a little sad as I couldn't win gold for India but I managed to win silver and it also makes me happy.' Roshibina went on to dedicate the medal to the Manipur people. 'I dedicate this medal to my Manipur people who are fighting for Manipur and protecting my homeland.' 'I will be better prepared next time and will try and win gold,' Roshibina concluded.

Shooters Arjun Singh Cheema, Sarabjot Singh and Shiva Narwal struck gold in 10m Air Pistol team event on Thursday at Asian Games 2023. Interestingly, India pipped hosts China by just one point to finish at the top of the podium. The Indian trio's aggregate score of 1734 was just one better than Chinese team, which settled for the silver medal, while Vietnam, with a score of 1730, bagged the bronze. India had a slow start after Shiva Narwal scored 92 out of 100 in the first round. But India staged a brilliant recovery. Both Sarabjot and Shiva needed to shoot 10 to win gold and they did it in style.