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Asian multi-sport event
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
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Sunil Kumar defeated the Philippines’ Callum Johnston Roberts 9-0 to win bronze in the Greco-Roman 87kg category, while India added golds in shooting and archery at Aichi-Nagoya
Just a day after his birthday, beating all odds, wrestler Sunil Kumar, who comes from a farmer’s family in Dabarpur village of Gannaur in Sonepat district, brought laurels to the country.
Sunil Kumar wins second Asian Games wrestling medal (bronze) for India; Nisha Dahiya exits early on opening day.