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Birmingham: India’s Murali Sreeshankar clinched the silver medal in the Men’s Long Jump final with a mark of 8.08m at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Thursday. Sreeshankar won the historic silver with a distance of 8.08m in the Men’s Long Jump, becoming the first Indian male athlete to win a Commonwealth Games […]

Birmingham: Para-powerlifter Sudhir clinched the gold medal in the Men’s Heavyweight final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 with the best weight of 212kg on Thursday. Sudhir won India’s first gold in Para-Powerlifting at Commonwealth Games. He defeated Nigeria’s Ikechukwu Obichukwu (133.6 points) by 0.9 points as his final score read a Games record 134.5 […]

Hyderabad: Ashoka, Samrat, Francis Bacon, White Roses, Divine Destiny and Advance Guard impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Archangels (AA Vikrant) 48, handy. Silver Lining (Afroz Khan) 47.5, moved easy. 800m: Galwan (Kiran Naidu) 1-0, 600/46, handy. Flamingo Fame (RB) 1-2, 600/46, moved well. Trump […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Tejaswani Shankar after he became the first Indian to win a high jump medal in Commonwealth Games. Prime Minister further lauded Tejaswin Shankar and said he created “history”. “Tejaswin Shankar creates history. He wins our first high jump medal in the CWG. Congratulations to him for […]

Birmingham: Indian weightlifter Gurdeep Singh bagged the bronze medal in the men’s 109-plus kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 with a combined weight of 390kg on Wednesday. In the Snatch category, he failed to lift 167kg in his first attempt. In the second attempt of the category, he swiftly lifted 167kg. In the […]

Birmingham: Till about a few days back, high jumper Tejaswin Shankar was not sure whether he would be able to participate in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. On Wednesday, he was standing on the podium at the Alexander Stadium here, with a bronze medal around his neck and a smile of satisfaction on his lips […]

Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen assured herself and India a medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games after she stormed into the semifinals of the women’s light flyweight boxing with an impressive 5-0 win over Wales’ Helen in the quarterfinals, here on Wednesday. Nikhat, for whom it will be the first medal at the CWG, was aggressive […]

Athletics and Para Athletics Women’s Hammer Throw: Qualifying round – Sarita Singh, Manja Bala – 2.30 PM Women’s 200m – Round 1 – Heat 2 – Hima Das – 3.30 PM Men’s Long Jump Final – Muhammed Anees Yahiya, Murali Sreeshankar – 12.12 AM (on Friday) Boxing 48kg-51kg flyweight – quarterfinal 2 – Amit Panghal– […]

Birmingham: Indian Judoka Tulika Maan claimed the silver medal in the final of the women’s +78 kg category after suffering a defeat against Scotland’s Sarah Adlington at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Wednesday. Playing at the Coventry Arena Judo Mat 2, the Indian Judoka faced tough competition from her opponent while she […]

Birmingham: Saurav Ghosal created history on Wednesday as he won India’s first ever singles medal in squash at the Commonwealth Games here. Displaying excellent form in the men’s singles bronze medal match, Ghosal humbled former world number one James Willstrop of England 11-6 11-1 11-4. Ghosal, 35, took the first game quite comfortably against home […]

Hyderabad: Rashmmi Rathore, the first shot gun shooter from Telangana and a gold and silver medallist in the mixed team and women’s team in 2017 at the Asian Championships, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, started her second innings after a gap of a couple of years to her professional shooting. The 39-year-old shooter says age is […]

Hyderabad: St. Joseph’s Public School, King Koti U-14 and U-19 girls teams bagged top honours in the CISCE Regional Sports and Games Throw Ball Tournament held at the International School , Shaikpet , Hyderabad on Tuesday. The U-19 team defeated Gitanjali School, Begumpet 15-11, 15-12 in the final. Meanwhile, the U-14 team downed Timpany School, […]

Hyderabad: Ashwa Bravo cought the eye when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Wednesday morning. SAND: 600m: Bedford (P Sai Kumar) 47, handy. Beauty On Parade (AA Vikrant) 46, moved well. Silver Arrow (Madhu Babu) 47, handy. Muaser (RB) 47.5, moved easy. 800m: Akido (Apprentice) 1-1, 600/47, handy. Pinatubo (Mohith Singh) […]

Birmingham: India’s top women’s singles player and the favourite for the women’s singles gold medal here, PV Sindhu has called on the players to turn their attention to individual events after their defeat to Malaysia in the Mixed Team competition at the Commonwealth Games here. Though Sindhu won her women’s singles match, Kidambi Srikanth in men’s […]

Birmingham: PV Sindhu was the only one to win her match while former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth suffered defeat as India went down to Malaysia 1-3 in the final of the mixed team competition to settle for silver in the 2022 Commonwealth Games here. The Indian contingent had reached Birmingham as defending champions in […]

Athletics Women:Shot Put final – Manpreet Kaur: 12.35 am Boxing Women (Quarterfinals) 45kg-48 kg –Nitu Ganghas: 4.45 pm 48-50 kg –Nikhat Zahreen: 11.15 pm 66-70 kg –Lovlina Borgohain: 12.45 am Men (Quarterfinals) 54-57 kg –Hussam Uddin Mohammed: 5.45 pm 75-80 kg –Ashish Kumar: 2.00 am Cricket Women’s T20 – India versus Barbados: 10.30 pm Hockey: […]

Bhubaneswar: A ten-man India U20 booked their slot in the final of the SAFF U20 Championship after defeating Maldives 1-0 in their last league match played at the Kalinga Stadium here on Tuesday. India, who finished on 9 points will take on Bangladesh U20 in the final which is slated on August 5. In a […]

Mamallapuram: Young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh caused a biggest upset of the Round 5 at the 44th Chess Olympiad by defeating former World Championship Challenger Alexei Shirov as India B shocked Spain by 2.5-1.5 score in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. Exhibiting a brilliant gameplay, Gukesh not only extended his unbeaten run at the prestigious […]

Birmingham: Harmeet Desai raised his game in the decisive singles as the Indian men’s table tennis team retained its Commonwealth Games gold medal after a close fight against Singapore here on Tuesday. World no. 121 Harmeet outsmarted 133rd-ranked Zhe Yu Clarence Chew 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 in the third singles to ensure India’s third gold men’s […]

Birmingham: Indian heavyweight lifter Vikas Thakur added yet another Commonwealth Games medal to his kitty, winning a silver in the men’s 96kg here on Tuesday. The seasoned Thakur lifted a total of 346kg (155kg+191kg) to finish second and claim his third CWG medal across three editions. It was Thakur’s second silver, having finished second in […]

Birmingham: The Indian women’s fours team of Lovely Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia and Rupa Tirkey scripted history by winning the gold medal in lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games 2022, here on Tuesday. The Indian team beat South Africa 17-10 in the final to win gold at Victoria Park in Royal Leamington Spa. It was […]

New Delhi: As part of the opening day of Ultimate Kho Kho Season 1, Mumbai Khiladis and Gujarat Giants will be battling it out, followed by Telugu Yoddhas taking on Chennai Quick Guns on August 14. The schedule for the inaugural season of the league was released on Tuesday. Ultimate Kho Kho is promoted by […]

Birmingham: National record holder Murali Sreeshankar topped the men’s long jump qualification round to storm into the finals along with Muhammed Anees Yahiya, who qualified as eighth best, at the Commonwealth Games here on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Sreeshankar, a gold medal contender, was the lone athlete to breach the automatic qualification mark of 8m, with […]

New Delhi: The schedule of the 2022 Asia Cup has been announced with Sri Lanka taking on Afghanistan in the tournament opener on August 27 in Dubai, which will be followed by the high-profile clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on the next day. The schedule for the 15th edition of the Asian tournament was […]