India ends CWG campaign with 66 medals
With Saina Nehwal's gold medal in badminton, India finished third on the medals tally at the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, on Sunday. India have breached their medal tally from Glasgow. In Glasgow in 2014, India had won 64 medals –...
CWG Updates: Saina beats Sindhu to win GOLD!
Saina Nehwal beat Pusarla Sindhu 21-18, 23-21 to win the women’s singles badminton gold at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. In an engrossing final between two champions, it was senior who drew on all her experience to emerge triumphant and take...
CWG 2018: Manika Batra storms to TT singles gold
Manika Batra won the women's singles table tennis gold medal as she outclassed Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0 in the title clash, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Saturday. Batra romped home with a convincing 11-7, 11-6, 11-2,...
CWG 2018: Sanjeev Rajput claims gold in 50m rifle 3 positions
Sanjeev Rajput won the gold medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event with a games record at the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Brisbane, on Saturday, swelling the Indian shooting team's tally in the mega event. The 37-year-old Rajput shot...
Neeraj Chopra wins India’s first track and field gold at CWG
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 14: Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra of India celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Mens Javelinduring athletics on day 10 of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Stadium on April 14,...
CWG updates: Boxer Gaurav Solanki wins gold, silver for Manish
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 10: Aqeel Ahmed of Scotland and Amit of India compete in the Men's 46-49kg Quarterfinal Boxing on day six of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Oxenford Studios on April 10, 2018 on...
Mary Kom Wins Gold in Women’s Boxing at CWG 2018
Gold Coast: MC Mary Kom on Saturday defeated Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’Hara 5-0 and won gold in women’s 45-48 kg category at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. This is Mary Kom’s first CWG medal and boxing’s...
CWG updates: India’s mixed TT pairs beaten in semis
India had two pair in the mixed doubles semi-final, but both failed to make it to the gold medal round at the Commonwealth Gams on Saturday. In the first semi-final, Achanta Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das were beaten by Ning Gao...
CWG 20178: Heena Sidhu Bags Gold Medal in 25m Pistol Event
Gold Coast: Heenu Sidhu bagged a Gold medal in the 25 metre women pistol contest in the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. She shot a total of 38 to take the summit spot in the podium over Galiabovitch (35)...
CWG 2018: Bajrang Punia wins GOLD, silver for Pooja Dhanda
Bajrang Punia won gold medal in men's 65kg freestyle wrestling on Friday. It was a dominant performance by the Indian. He won by reaching ten technical points first against Wales' Charig Kane. Pooja Dhanda lost 7-5 to Nigeria's Odunayo Adekuoroye in the...
CWG 2018: Tejaswini Sawant Shoots Gold in 50m Rifle 3; Anjum Moudgil Bags Silver
Indian shooters Tejaswini Sawant and Anjum Moudgil have bagged gold and silver, respectively in 50m rifle 3 positions finals at Commonwealth Games 2018 being held at Australia’s Gold Coast. With the achievement, India’s medal tally has increased to 33 (Gold...
CWG Updates: Anish Bhanwala strikes GOLD
World No 1 Kidambi Srikanth entered the semi-finals with a 21-15, 21-12 win over Singapore's Ryan Ng Zin in the men's singles match on Friday. Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponappa progressed to the semi-finals of the women's doubles event after defeating...
CWG 2018: Shooter Tejaswini Sawant Clinches Gold in 50m Rifle 3; Anjum Moudgil Bags Silver
India shooter Tejaswini Sawant won silver medal in women's 50m Rifle Prone final in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Thursday. Tejaswini 102.1, 102.4, 103.3, 102.8, 103.7, 104.6 for a cumulative score of 618.9 over six series in...
CWG 2018: India Women’s Hockey Team Fail to Enter Final
Gold Coast: The Indian eves on Thursday failed to enter the final in the Commonwealth Games 2018 after a disappointing performance which saw them lose 0-1 against Australia in the semi-final match of the women hockey semi-final here. Australia, will...
CWG 2018: Sushil Kumar wins gold in men’s freestyle 74 kg category
Goad Coast: Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Thursday won a gold in men’s freestyle 74 kilogram category men’s wrestling competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2018 here on Thursday. Sushil overpowered Johannes Botha of South Africa by technical superiority in...
Commonwealth Games 2018: Rahul Aware Clinches Gold in 57 kg Freestyle Wrestling
Wrestler Rahul Aware clinched gold for India in men’s freestyle 57-kilogram category at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2018. Rahul Aware defeated Canada’s Steven Takahashi 15-7 in the final. Aware appeared in his first CWG in the men’s 57-kilogram category and...
Commonwealth Games 2018: Babita settles for silver at CWG
Defending champion Babita Phogat (53kg) settled for a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games after being out-manoeuvred by Canada's Diana Weicker in the summit clash here today. Babita, who claimed a silver in the 2010 edition before a gold in Glasgow,...
CWG: Wrestlers Sushil Kumar, Rahul Aware in final
Double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar made sure of a medal at the Commonwealth Games after a fluent victory over Connor Evans of Australia in the men's 74 kg wrestling semi-finals on Thursday. It was another easy outing for the Glasgow Games...
Commonwealth games 2018: Mitharval Wins Bronze in 50m Pistol
Shooter Om Prakash Mitharval won bronze in 50m Pistol Men’s Finals for India on Wednesday at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Australia’s Gold Coast. He registered a score of 201.1 in the final. On the other hand, Jitu Rai finished...
Protesters throw shoes during CSK-KKR game
File Pic Chennai: In an unsavoury incident, a couple of miscreants were today detained by the police for hurling a shoe at India international Ravindra Jadeja during an IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. The incident happened...
Commonwealth Game 2018: Heena Sidhu wins GOLD!
Heena Sidhu won gold in the women’s 25 metre Pistol, staving off a stiff challenge from Australia’s Elina Galiabovitch in the final at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. Alia Sazana Azahari of Malaysia won bronze. The Indian ace hit the bull’s eye...