Sport Events in October 2002
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Oct 7
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Anju B. George wins the women's long jump in the Asian Games at Busan.
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India's kabaddi men's team clinches gold medal in the Asian Games.
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Oct 8
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Bahadur Singh and K.M. Beenamol win gold medals in the shot put and 800m events respectively at the Asian Games.
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Oct 11
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Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi win the doubles title in the Asian Games.
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China wins the gold medal in the women's hockey event of the Asian Games.
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Oct 12
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Korea wins men's hockey gold in the Asian Games.
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Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand wins the tennis event of the Asian Games.
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Oct 13
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Middle and long distance runner Sunita Rani of India tests positive for a banned at the Asian Games.
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Oct 15
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Taufiq Hidayat of Indonesia wins the badminton event of the Asian Games at Busan.
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Oct 18
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Sachin Tendulkar after his knock of 43 against West Indies at MA Chidambaram Stadium becomes the first batsman in history to aggregate 20,000 runs in both forms of the game in international cricket.
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Oct 20
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India wraps the three-match Test series 2-0 against West Indies in India.
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Viswanathan Anand of India and Xu Yuhua of China win the men's and women's crowns in the World Cup chess championship at Hyderabad.
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Oct 22
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Australia thrashes Pakistan 3-0 in the Test series held at neutral venues— Sharjah (2) and Colombo.
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Events 2002 |