Magnificent Mandhana's 79 helps India to Asian Games cricket gold
NAGOYA: Smriti Mandhana’s whirlwind 79 helped India crush Sri Lanka by 147 runs and win a second consecutive women’s cricket gold at the Asian Games on Tuesday.
Singapore's Tiffany Teo became the first athlete from her country to win a gold medal at the 20th Asian Games. She achieved this feat in the women's 60kg traditional mixed martial arts (MMA) category, defeating Uzbekistan's Khilola Sobirova in the final at the Nagoya City Inae Sports Center. Teo's victory marked the first Asian Games to include MMA, which is one of six new sports debuting at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games.
Earlier in the Games, Teo had won against Iran's Arezou Salimighalehtaki and India's Suchika Tariyal.
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