India’s Commonwealth Games weightlifting quota has been cut from 16 to 11 following multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations. Consequently, injured weightlifter Dilbagh Singh was dropped from the Mirabai Chanu-led squad, marking another major setback for Indian weightlifting amidst recurring doping sanctions
Table tennis, squash and triathlon have also been axed in a bid to limit the cost and streamline logistics given that only four venues will host the entire showpiece
Birmingham: Bindyarani Devi won India a fourth medal on a successful day at the Commonwealth Games weightlifting arena in Birmingham, bagging a silver medal in the Women’s 55 kg weight class. The 22-year-old from Manipur lifted a total weight of 202 kg with a superb attempt of 116 kg in her final turn in clean […]
Birmingham: The men’s and women’s table tennis teams, the star-studded badminton line-up and the women’s hockey team won their respective first-round matches as did boxer Shiv Thapa as India made a good start at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. There was some more success for the country as backstroke swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualified for […]
Hyderabad: While Nizamabad boxer Nikhat Zareen recently hogged the limelight by becoming the world champion in the 52kg category, another boxer from the same district Mohammad Hussamuddin made it a memorable day by clinching a berth in the Indian team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. The Nizamabad boxer Hussamuddin, who won a bronze medal in […]
Hyderabad: At a time when she is supposed to be busy training for next month’s Commonwealth Games, Telangana gymnast Budda Aruna Reddy is forced to fight a battle of the mat. The Hyderabad gymnast, who scripted history as the first Indian to win a World Cup medal with a bronze in Melbourne in 2018, alleged […]
New Delhi: After winning a gold medal in the Women’s World Boxing Championship in Turkey, Indian pugilist Nikhat Zareen has urged the parents to change their mentality towards a girl child and support them in whatever they want to do in their lives. “There are still some people in the society who feel sad when […]
New Delhi: Stars such as Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya will not get direct entries into the final of their respective categories when the national federation holds selection trials for Commonwealth Games and Asian Games owing to the unrest among upcoming grapplers during the recent Asian Championship trials. During the trials for the Mongolia event, […]
