Bridge

World Bridge Championships: India's senior bridge team wins first-ever bronze medal

The senior Indian bridge team comprising captain Dipak Poddar, Jitendra Solani, Subhash Dhakras, Ramamurthy Sridharan, Subrata Saha and Sukamal Das, won the bronze medal, a media release issued here said on Monday

Top-ranked player Geir Helgemo suspended by World Bridge Foundation after testing positive for synthetic testosterone in drug test

The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and abides by World Anti-Doping Agency rules

Communities in China and South Asia fight for greater say over river management, but will officials listen?

By forming cross border networks, civil society groups in China and South Asia hope to exert greater influence over government decisions, but will officials listen?

Asian Games 2018: Indian bridge champions yet to receive team blazers from IOA

They won a gold and couple of bronze medals at the just concluded Asian Games but Indian bridge contingent continue to be the victims of the official apathy from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), who are yet to provide them with team blazers.

Asian Games 2018: With Asiad done and dusted, it's time to take sigh of relief, rest, and reflect on everything that went by

Now is for rest and relief. Now is for reflection. Now is the time to revisit the compelling image of the closing ceremony: a thousand volunteers of all ages, shapes and sizes, sprinting towards our athletes, rubbing shoulders with the best our continent has to offer.

Asian Games 2018: Pranab Bardhan, Shibnath Sarkar bust myths around bridge and raise sport’s profile with gold

Welcome to bridge at the Asian Games 2018. There are no athlete buses waiting outside the venue, only really fancy cars. In retrospect, it is not surprising; the hall in which the bridge event is being conducted has a normal toilet, a VIP toilet and a super VIP toilet. There are millionaires at play here.

Asian Games 2018: Hope youngsters take up bridge after Jakarta success, says Indian team's non-playing captain Debasish Ray

The incident happened some years back and it's still vivid in the memory of Asian Games gold medallist bridge player Pranab Bardhan.

Asian Games 2018: Bridge not same as gambling, tougher than chess, say gold medallists Pranab Bardhan, Shibhnath Sarkar

India's Asian Games gold medal winners in bridge on Saturday said that their sport should not be treated as gambling for it involves skills and not luck.

Asian Games 2018: Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar combine to win gold in men's bridge pair event

The 60-year-old Pranab and 56-year-old Shibhnath finished at the top after scoring 384 points in the finals.

Asian Games 2018: From pencak silat to eSports, a look at fascinating new and 'not-so-new' events in Jakarta

Ranging from the good old-fashioned club card game 'Bridge' to the Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat, Asian Games 2018 has several new events on offer.