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Birmingham: World champions Australia beat India by nine runs in a thriller to win the gold medal in the women’s cricket event at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. Batting first, Australia scored 161 for 8 in 20 overs with Beth Mooney scoring 61 off 41 balls while Renuka Singh taking 2 for 25. In reply, […]

Birmingham: India’s Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal won the mixed doubles bronze medal in squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, here on Sunday. Dipika and Saurav defeated Australian duo Donna Lobban and Cameron Pilley 2-0 (11-8, 11-4) in the bronze medal match at the University of Birmingham Hockey & Squash Centre. Up against the […]

Lauderhill: Shreyas Iyer roared back to form with a stroke-filled 64 while the spinners picked up all the 10 wickets as India recorded yet another one-sided 88-run victory over West Indies to wrap up the five-match T20 International series by a comprehensive 4-1 margin here. It was Iyer’s half-century and useful contributions from Deepak Hooda […]

Birmingham: Indian men’s doubles duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran bagged the silver medal in the men’s doubles final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday. The Indian duo clinched the silver medal after losing to Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford of England 11-8, 8-11, 3-11, 11-7, 4-11. The ace […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao congratulated Telangana boxer Nikhat Zareen on winning gold medal in women’s boxing final at the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. He expressed happiness over her win and wished that she continues her winning streak. In a statement, the Chief Minister stated that Nikhat Zareen’s win, had once again brought […]

Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen clinched the gold medal for India in the women’s 50kg light flyweight division at the 2022 Commonwealth Games by winning the final bout comprehensively, here on Sunday. The 26-year-old Indian defeated Northern Ireland’s Carly McNaul, a silver medallist from Gold Coast 2018, by unanimous decision. Nikhat won three of her […]

By Praharsha Majeti Chennai: Md Samrul Zubar of team ‘Race’ists’ Hyderabad won the Race-2 of Stock upto 165cc category of the Madras International Circuit, hosted by MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship in Chennai on Sunday. Zubair had to start the race from the 21st position followed by a crash in Race-1. He […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad sailors Lahri Komaravelly and Vaishnavi Veeravamsham clinched bronze in the National Ranking Regatta held in the Krishna Raja Sagara Reservoir, Mysore. The 12-year-old, Lahri, braced herself while the wind speeds dropped to less than five knots and moved faster than other sailors to clinch a bronze medal against the top sailors. Lahari finished […]

Birmingham: Skipper Savita Punia led from the front with a spectacular display as the Indian women’s hockey team overcame the stopwatch controversy to beat New Zealand 2-1 in shootout and win the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday. This is the team’s first medal at CWG in 16 years. Leading 1-0, India conceded […]

Hyderabad: The RH Sequeira-trained Smashing Blue holds an edge over others to win the Mica Emperor Plate 1200 metres, a handicap for horses rated 80 and above (Horses rated 60 and above are also eligible), the feature event of the races to be held here on Monday. No false rails. The first race starts at […]

Hyderabad: PS Chouhan guided the Neil Darashah-trained Artemis Ignacia to victory in the K Mahipathi Rao Memorial Golconda Juvenile Million 1400 metres, the feature event of the races at the Malakpet Racecourse, here on Sunday. RESULTS: 1.Ambitious Star (1), Costello (2), Silk (3), Exclusive Spark (4). W-Rs.-41, SHP-Rs. 27, P-Rs.16, 10, 17, THP-Rs. 56, SHW-Rs.35 […]

Hyderabad: The Sensation and Lifes Song pleased when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Sunday morning. SAND: 800m: Gregor Clegane (Aneel) & Sound Echo (Kuldeep Singh) 58, 600/44, former handy and maintains form. 1000m: The Sensation (Abhay Singh) 1-14, 800/59, 600/44, retains form. Dr Dee Dee (K Aneel) 1-16, 800/1-0, 600/45, […]

Birmingham: Eldhose Paul led India’s historic 1-2 finish in men’s triple jump at the Commonwealth Games as he won a rare gold medal in track and field events and was followed by fellow Kerala athlete Abdulla Aboobacker here on Sunday. Paul produced his best effort of 17.03m in his third attempt while Aboobacker was not […]

Birmingham: Indian boxer Amit Panghal captured another boxing gold for the country after defeating England’s Kiaran Macdonald in the final of 48-51 kg (Flyweight) at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Sunday. Panghal was extremely dominant in the match and won it by 5-0. He won it on basis of points. In the […]

Chennai: Hyderabad racer Jayanth Prathipati of team Gusto Racing India won the Stock 301-400cc category race in the Madras International Circuit hosted by MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship in Chennai on Saturday. Jayanth with all his experience conquered the race with fastest lap timing of 2:02:963 and won the race with sheer […]

Birmingham: Indian boxer Rohit Tokas clinched the bronze medal in the Men’s 67kg Welterweight category after losing to Zambia’s Stephen Zimba at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 on Saturday. Tokas won India’s third boxing medal of the day, with Jaismine Lamboria and Mohammad Hussamuddin winning the first two. The 29-year-old was involved in a thrilling […]

Birmingham: India’s para table tennis player Bahvina Patel won the gold medal after defeating Ifechukwude Christiana Ikpeoyi of Nigeria in the women’s singles – Classes 4-5 here at The NEC Hall 3 at the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Saturday. Patel dominated Ikpeoyi in straight sets by 3-0 ( 12-10, 11-2, 11-9). Bahvina Patel dominated throughout […]

Birmingham: Indian men’s hockey team reached the final of the Commonwealth Games 2022 with a 3-2 win over South Africa in the semi-final match in Birmingham on Saturday. Abhishek (20′), Mandeep Singh (28′), and Jugraj Singh (58′) scored the goals for India. Ryan Julius (33′) and Mustapha Cassiem (59′) scored the goals for South Africa. […]

Birmingham: Indian pugilist Mohammed Hussamuddin claimed the bronze medal in the Men’s 57kg Featherweight category at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 on Saturday. The 28-year-old suffered a 4-1 defeat against Ghana’s Joseph Commey men’s featherweight category semi-finals bout. With this medal, he became India’s 13 bronze medallist at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Hussamuddin also won […]

Birmingham: Indian wrestler Pooja Sihag clinch the bronze medal in the Women’s Freestyle 76kg category final after delivering a dominant performance against Australia’s Naomi de Bruine in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022. She defeated de Bruine at the Coventry Arena Wrestling Mat B to clinch the 11th medal for India in wrestling this Games. Pooja […]

Birmingham: Indian wrestler Deepak Nehra clinched the bronze medal in the Men’s Freestyle 97kg category final after defeating Tayab Raza of Pakistan in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 on Saturday. Nehra sealed a 10-2 win via victory by points against Tayab Raza in the bronze medal match. It was six out of six for Indian […]

Birmingham: Indian wrestler Naveen won the gold medal in the Men’s Freestyle 74kg category final after defeating Pakistan’s Muhammad Sharif Tahir in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022. He defeated Muhammad Sharif Tahir at the Coventry Arena Wrestling Mat B on Saturday. Naveen sealed 9-0 victory by points against Tahir in the gold medal match and […]

Birmingham: Putting aside the mental and physical struggles that pegged her back, an intimidating Vinesh Phogat pounced on her rivals to complete a hat-trick of CWG gold medals while Ravi Dahiya too went unchallenged in his gold-winning show, here on Saturday. Vinesh became the first Indian woman wrestler to win three consecutive Commonwealth Games gold […]

Hyderabad: Suryanshu bagged top honours in four categories at the Senior Inter-District Aquatic Championship and selection trials held at the GMC Balayogi swimming pool, Hyderabad on Saturday. Suryanshu clocked 24.80sec and 26.55sec in 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly events respectively to clinch gold. He also won the yellow metal in 50m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke […]