Mary is the first female boxer in boxing history to have captured six world titles. The five-time Asian champion was the first female boxer from India to take home a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games.
Israel, which geographically belongs to the Asian continent, does not compete in the Asian Games but has continued to do so in the European Championships since 1990
China reportedly censored a photograph of two Chinese hurdlers embracing after a race because their lane numbers formed an accidental reference to the Tiananmen massacre
Swapna Barman, India's star heptathlete who had won the 2018 Asian Games Gold, finished fourth with 5708 points. She lost the bronze medal by just 4 points. China’s Zheng Ninali claimed the gold medal with a season-best score of 6149 while Uzbekistan’s Ekaterina Voronina placed second with 6056 points.
The Indian women's cricket team etched their names in history, as the Women in Blue defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs to earn the first-ever Cricket Gold medal at the Asian Games
The heartwrenching story of Madras Regiment para long jumper Someshwar Rao, is a testament to the indomitable spirit of a soldier who faces adversity head-on, refusing to give up