KOMPAS.com - Timnas U-23 Indonesia masih tertahan di peringkat ketiga klasemen Grup A cabang sepak bola Asian Games 2018 , di bawah Palestina dan Hong Kong.
Timnas U-23 Indonesia mengoleksi enam poin berkat kemenangan telak 3-0 atas Laos pada pertandingan ketiga Grup A di Stadion Patriot, Jumat (17/8/2018).
Indonesia menang berkat brace Beto Goncalves dan gol Ricky Fajrin. Namun, kemenangan ini belum mengerek posisi Hansamu Yama dkk.
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Indonesia masih tertahan di peringkat ketiga klasemen Grup A. Pasukan Luis Milla berada di bawah Palestina (8 poin) dan Hong Kong (7 poin).
DOK. WIKIPEDIA Klasemen Grup A cabang sepak bola putra Asian Games 2018 per 17 Agustus 2018.
Dari seluruh kontestan Grup A, baru Palestina yang telah merampungkan empat pertandingan. Empat tim lain masih menyisakan laga pamungkas pada Senin (20/8/2018).
Indonesia akan berhadapan dengan Hong Kong pada laga pamungkas. Kemenangan pada laga tersebut akan memastikan Indonesia lolos sebagai juara grup.
Andaipun seri, Indonesia masih punya peluang lolos sebagai salah satu dari empat peringkat ketiga terbaik. Hanya, lawan mereka akan lebih sulit pada babak 16 besar.
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Jika menjadi juara Grup A, Timnas U-23 Indonesia akan berhadapan dengan salah satu tim peringkat ketiga terbaik dari Grup C, D, atau E.
Akan tetapi, jika Indonesia finis di posisi ketiga grup dan memastikan lolos ke babak 16 besar, akan berhadapan dengan juara Grup C. Saat ini, China berada di puncak klasemen Grup C, disusul Suriah dan Uni Emirat Arab.
Bola.com, Bandung - Timnas Malaysia U-23 meraih kemenangan 2-1 atas Korea Selatan pada laga lanjutan Grup E cabang olahraga Asian Games 2018 , di Stadion Si Jalak Harupat, Kabupaten Bandung, Jumat (17/8/2018) malam WIB.
Malaysia mampu unggul dua gol pada paruh pertama. Sepasang gol tim asuhan Ong Kim Swee itu disarangkan Muhammad Safawi bin Rasid pada menit ke-5 dan 45+1.
Tertinggal dua gol, timnas Korea Selatan mencoba bangkit dan memasukkan Son Heung-min pada menit ke-57. Son masuk menggantikan Kim Jung-min.
Akan tetapi, Korea Selatan hanya mampu membalas satu gol lewat aksi Hwang Ui-jo pada menit ke-87. Sampai laga usai, skor 2-1 untuk kemenangan timnas Malaysia tetap bertahan.
Hasil ini membuat Malaysia bercokol di puncak Grup E dengan nilai enam dari dua laga. Mereka unggul tiga poin atas Korea Selatan yang turun ke posisi kedua.
Torehan tersebut juga membuat skuat Harimau Muda berhak melenggang ke-16 besar cabor sepak bola Asian Games 2018. Nantinya, mereka bakal menghadapi runner-up Grup D yang saat ini dihuni Jepang.
Pada pertandingan terakhir Grup E Asian Games 2018 , timnas Malaysia U-23 akan menantang Bahrain di Stadion Wibawa Mukti, Cikarang pada 20 Agustus 2018. Sementara itu, Korea Selatan menghadapi Kyrgyzstan di Stadion Si Jalak Harupat. Gol Salto Stefano Lilipaly ke Gawang Chinese Taipei
August 17, 2018 08:29 IST
India's 572 athletes hope to return home from the Asiad with an overflowing treasure chest of medals.
All eyes in India will be on Indonesia this coming fortnight as the island nation hosts the Asian Games from August 18 to September 2.
India's 572 athletes hope to return home from the Asiad with an overflowing treasure chest of medals.
Four years ago, in Incheon, South Korea, India won 57 medals: 11 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze medals.
Check out India's medal hopefuls at the 2018 Asian Games:
Athletics
IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in London. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF
India will win more medals in track and field events at this Asian Games than in 2014, says Athletics Federation of India President Adille Sumariwalla.
Indian athletes will hope to better the 2010 Asiad haul of 12 medals including 5 gold.
In 2014, India won 13 medals, but only two of those medals were gold.
The star shining brightest is Neeraj Chopra.
The Haryana lad won a historic gold for India in the Javelin with a throw of 86.47 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Neeraj has been consistent in his performances, and his best of 87.43 would be enough to win him a medal at the Asiad.
IMAGE: Hima Das. Photograph: PTI
Another big medal hope is Hima Das.
The 18 year old created history last month by becoming the first Indian to win a track gold at a Junior World Championship.
Her 51.46 seconds in the women's 400 metres won her gold in Tampere, Finland. Hima's personal best is 51.13 seconds. That run would have been enough to win gold in Incheon where Kemi Adekoya won in 51.59 seconds.
Muhammed Anas was only the third Indian to qualify for the final of a track event at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
He set the National record with a time of 45.31 seconds, missed the bronze by a whisker, finishing fourth. Hopefully, he returns with a medal from Indonesia.
India's 4x400 metres team -- Anas, Rajiv, Kunhu Mohammed, Jithu Baby, Jeevan K S and Santosh Kumar -- are serious medal contenders.
In the women's 4x400 metres relay, India are the defending champions. M R Poovamma, Priyanka Pawar, Tintu Lukka (who will not run this Asiad) and Mandeep Kaur clinched gold four years ago with a Games record timing. India will again be strong favourites for a podium finish.
Also, let's not forget Seema Poonia, a gold medallist at the 2014 Asian Games. Seema has a best of 61.09m in the discus and won a silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Archery
IMAGE: Abhishek Verma is India's top compound archer. Photograph: Archery World/Twitter
India has consistently done well in compound archery.
Abhishek Verma, who won silver in the men's individual event at the Incheon Games, will look to improve the colour of his medal in Jakarta.
In the compound mixed team event, introduced for the first time at this Games, Verma and his partner Jyothi Surekha have bagged bronze medals in Berlin and should fancy their chances.
The women's compound team, ranked No 1 in the world, features the experienced Deb and V Jyothi Surekha -- both members of the 2014 bronze-winning team -- and Muskan Kirar and Madhumita Kumari. A good bet for another medal in this category.
Badminton
IMAGE: P V Sindhu in action. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI
In Incheon, the Indian women's team won bronze and will hope to win gold this time.
The Indian hopes centre on P V Sindhu, coming to the Asian Games off a silver medal performance at the World Championships.
Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal will also be keen to win her maiden singles medal at an Asian Games.
K Srikanth, H S Prannoy and B Sai Praneeth will need o play extraordinarily well to achieve podium finishes.
Boxing
IMAGE: Vikas Krishan Yadav. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters
At the 2010 Asiad, Indian boxers won 9 medals, including two gold.
Vikas Krishan Yadav will spearhead the Indian challenge in Indonesia. The Haryana lad won gold at the 2010 Asian Games followed by a bronze at Incheon. He is in good form: At this year's Commonwealth Games, he won gold.
Hockey
IMAGE: Indian hockey Cptain P R Sreejesh (second from right) Rupinder Pal Singh (right), Sunil Sowmarpet Vitalacharya (second from left) and Manpreet Singh seen before they flew to Indonesia. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
Nothing less than gold is expected from the men's team although there will be fierce competition from Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.
'Gold medal,' former India captain Sardar Singh told reporters when asked about the team's prospects in Indonesia. 'I'll be absolutely disappointed if it's anything else.'
Kabaddi
IMAGE: The Indian kabbadi team celebrates after winning gold at the South Asian Games in Guwahati. Photograph: PTI
India have won the Kabaddi gold at every Asiad since the sport was included at Beijing in 1990. Kabaddi was added to the women's draw four years ago where India bagged gold. Expect them to come back with gold again, both men and women.
Shooting
IMAGE: Manu Bhaker, right, and Heena Sidhu with their medals after winning gold and silver in the women's 10 metre Air Pistol at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Eddie Safarik/Reuters
India's chances of winning medals in shooting at the 2018 Asian Games were severely dented after the organisers trimmed the shooting events by doing away with team events and dropping traditional Asiad events like the rifle 50m prone (men and women), 50m pistol, 25m centre fire pistol and 25m standard pistol.
The decision to reduce the number of shooting events follows the Commonwealth Games organisers not including the sport in the 2022 edition.
This year, with the team competition scrapped, India will find it difficult to take on the giants of the sport -- China, Korea and Japan.
India had a lukewarm performance at the 2014 Games in Incheon, with only Jitu Rai winning gold in the 50m pistol event.
The men's 25m centre-fire pistol team won silver. Indian shooters won seven bronze medals, including four in team events.
Indian hopes will ride on Manu Bhaker who won gold in the women's 10 m air pistol event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Heena Sidhu has also been among the medals, winning gold in the women's 25-metre air pistol event and silver in the women's 10-metre air pistol event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Table Tennis
IMAGE: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra won bronze in the mixed doubles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images
Manika Batra singlehandedly led the Indian team to a coveted gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She will once again carry a billion hopes of a medal from table tennis.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran bagged a team gold, a men's doubles silver (with Achanta Sharath Kamal) and a mixed doubles bronze (Manika Batra) at this year's Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
India's highest-ranked table tennis player has now turned his focus to the Asian Games. 'With this confidence I think we can win a medal in the Asian Games,' Sathiyan said.
Squash
IMAGE: Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
India won a record four medals in Incheon including a men's team gold.
Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal will led the campaign in which India is expected to win medals in all four categories.
Wrestling
IMAGE: Bajrang Punia won gold in the men's freestyle 65 kg at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images
Two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar will hope to win gold at the Asian Games.
Bajrang Punia is another gold medal contender in the 65kg freestyle category. In his last seven tournament outings, Punia finished on the podium on all seven occasions, of which five were right on top.
Rowing and Sailing
IMAGE: Dattu Bhokanal in action in the rowing men's singles sculls. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
The 34-member rowing squad is the third largest contingent from India and are confident about their medal chances.
Dattu Baban Bhokanal, who won silver at the 2015 Asian Championships, and Swaran Singh hope to win gold.
