Gold Coast CWG medal tally after Day 1 competitions
Gold Coast, April 5 (IANS) The following is the top-10 positions in the medal tally after the Day 1 of the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Thursday. The list is in…
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CWG: Lifters Mirabai Chanu, Gururaja strike medals; gymnasts delight, women’s hockey team shocked
Gold Coast, April 5 (IANS) Weightlifters S. Mirabai Chanu and Gururaja sparkled to deliver a gold and a silver, respectively, for India, while the table tennis teams and the badminton teams advanced to the knockouts…
Artistic gymnastics: Yogeshwar, Rakesh in finals
Gold Coast, April 5 (IANS) Yogeshwar Singh qualified for the men’s artistic gymnastics individual all-round final, while Rakesh Patra topped the rings apparatus qualifying competition in the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. Yogeshwar finished…
CWG: Indian Basketball teams lose on opening day
Gold Coast, April 5 (IANS) Cameroon made an astonishing comeback to outplay India 96-87 in men’s preliminary round Pool B basketball match while Indian eves also suffered a loss 57-66 to Jamaica in the opening…
CWG: Swimmers Khade, Nataraj disappoint in semis
Gold Coast (Australia), April 5 (IANS) India’s Virdhawal Khade and Srihari Nataraj disappointed with eighth place finishes in the men’s 50 metre butterfly event and 100 metre backstroke event semi-final 2, respectively, of the 21st…
CWG: Mirabai Chanu, Gururaja sparkle with gold, silver
Gold Coast, April 5 (IANS) Weightlifters S. Mirabai Chanu and Gururaja sparkled to deliver a gold and a silver, respectively, for India on the opening day of the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games here…
CWG: Mixed day for India in squash events
Gold Coast, April 5 (IANS) It was a mixed day for India in the squash events as Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal and Vikram Malhotra advanced to the round-of-16 while Saurav Ghoshal and Harinder Pal Sandhu…
CWG: Boxer Manoj Kumar advances to Round of 16 in men’s 69kg
Gold Coast (Australia), April 5 (IANS) Star boxer Manoj Kumar advanced to the round of 16 in men’s boxing 69 kilogram category after convincingly thrashing Osita Umeh of Nigeria 5-0 by unanimous verdict at the…
CWG: Indian eves lose to Jamaica in basketball
Gold Coast, April 5 (IANS) Jamaica defeated Indian eves 66-57 in a preliminary round Pool B match of the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. Right from the word start, India never looked in the contention…
CWG: Indian TT teams move into knockouts
Gold Coast, April 5 (IANS) India’s men’s and women’s table tennis teams topped their respective groups to advance to the knockout stages at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. While the men’s team defeated…
Chanu bolsters status as next icon of Indian weightlifting
By Ajeyo Basu New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) India’s star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu proved to be a class apart from the rest of the field in the women’s 48 kilogram category at the Commonwealth Games…
Commonwealth Games: Indian cyclists disappoint in qualifiers
Gold Coast (Australia), April 5 (IANS) Indian cyclists finished on a disappointing note in all three qualifying events which they participated at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. In the men’s Team Sprint qualifying, the…
Commonwealth Games: Indian cyclists flunk 4,000m women’s Team Pursuit qualifiers
Gold Coast (Australia), April 5 (IANS) The Indian women’s cycling team failed to qualify in the track 4,000 metre Team Pursuit event at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. The India team with Deborah Herold,…
Lifter Mirabai Chanu wins gold in women’s 48 kg category at CWG
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Commonwealth Games: Sandhu, Malhotra advance in squash events
Gold Coast, April 5 (IANS) It was a good start for India in squash as Harinderpal Sandhu and Vikram Malhotra notched up comfortable wins against their respective opponents in the men’s singles round-of-64 matches at…
Commonwealth Games: India paddlers shine in first round
Gold Coast (Australia), April 5 (IANS) Indian paddlers opened their Commonwealth Games campaign on a winning note with the men’s team thrashing Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 while the women also completed a 3-0 clean sweep…
Commonwealth Games: Wales shock India in women’s hockey
Gold Coast (Australia), April 5 (IANS) India were defeated 2-3 by lowly Wales on the first day of the women’s hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. This is the first time that…
Ghana to probe visa scandal at Commonwealth Games in Australia
Accra, April 5 (IANS) Ghana’s sports ministry is launching a probe into media reports of visa racketeering scandal that has hit the country’s participation at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Australia, Pius Enam Hadzide, deputy…
Commonwealth Games: Swimmer Khade advances to men’s 50m butterfly semis
Gold Coast (Australia), April 5 (IANS) India’s Virdhawal Khade advanced to the semi-finals in the mens 50 metre butterfly event of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Optus Aquatic Centre here on Thursday. Khade,…
Commonwealth Games: Srikanth, Saina give India winning start in Mixed Team badminton
Gold Coast (Australia), April 5 (IANS) World No.2 Kidambi Srikanth and former World No.1 Saina Nehwal led the Indian shuttlers off to a winning start at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games outclassing Sri Lanka 5-0…