Top seeds Telangana had to dig their heels in to edge out Maharashtra 3-2 in the semifinals of the Badminton Mixed Team Championship in the 36th National Games here at the PDDU Stadium on Sunday. They will now face the HS Prannoy-led Kerala team, which got the better of hosts Gujarat 3-1, in the summit…
You can easily empathise with Siddharth Pardeshi when he wishes for greater all-round attention to the sport that he so loves, Diving. A couple of years ago, he was in the news as one of the athletes who were stuck overseas during the Covid-19 induced Lockdown. He was in the FINA Development Centre in Kazan,…
Astha Choudhury (Assam) claimed the honour of becoming the first swimmer to break a record as the National Games Aquatics competition commenced at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex here on Sunday. She clocked 1:03.91 in the 100m Butterfly heats to take the Games record from Richa Mishra, who set it at 1:04.41 in Ranchi in…
‘I don’t put limits on myself. I just work hard and wherever God takes me, I go,’ says Amlan Amlan Borgohain has a simple philosophy when it comes to running. Don’t think too much about conditions or anything. Just run fast. The 23-year-old from Assam did just that to stop the clock at 10.38s at…
Badminton star HS Prannoy showed he means business as he marked his return to court after a month’s break with a 21-11, 21-9 demolition of Orijit Chaliha to star in Kerala’s 3-1 victory over Assam in the National Games Mixed Team quarterfinals here on Saturday. “It is a nice feeling to be back on court….
Uttar Pradesh’s Abhishek Pal and Parul Chaudhary completed a unique double at the National Games here on Saturday, winning the Men’s and Women’s 5,000m gold for their state. Parul Chaudhary was delighted with her performance but Abhishek Pal was a slightly disappointed man even though he beat the stiff challenge of Services’ Karit Kumar and…
The women’s 49kg weightlifting competition unfolded on expected lines in the 36th National Games, with a tactical battle between Mirabai Chanu and Sanjita Chanu at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on Friday. In the end, Mirabai walked away with the gold with a total lift of 191 kgs (Snatch 84kg, Clean & Jerk 107 kgs)…
Gujarat’s ace shooter Elavenil Valarivan gave the hosts their fourth gold even as several favourites, including Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, pathbreaking fencer Bhavani Devi and wrestler Divya Kakaran, lived up to their top billing and pocketed gold medals in their respective events in the 36th National Games here on Friday. The athletics arena…
Tamil Nadu & Karnataka are top two seeds in men team while Ankita Raina led Gujarat & Maharashtra are top two in women team. 2022 National Games Men Team The tennis action at the national games is all set to start from tomorrow. We will have the team events tomorrow. In the men section…
Top-seeded pair exits and six others follow suit in mixed doubles In the mixed doubles event that set the ball rolling on the third day of the 36th National Games competition at the Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Indoor Stadium here today, only three seeded pairs survived to enter the quarterfinals. In the women’s doubles, however, Sreeja Akula…
The experienced team from West Bengal defeated defending Champions Maharashtra in Women Team National Games This was always on cards when two top team from India were in the final to fight for the Gold Medal. While West Bengal showed great skills and game plan on their way to the final, Maharashtra team did just…
How has India progressed in CWG without its pep event Shooting and the way going forward? India finished the CWG with 22 gold, 16 silver, and 23 bronze which fewer than the 2018 CWG but without Shooting India has performed well and finished 4th behind Canada and pipped NZ on the final day. So…
सुधीर ने पैरा पावरलिफ्टिंग के पुरुषों के हैवीवेट फाइनल में स्वर्ण पदक जीता और भारत के लिए स्वर्ण पदक के साथ दिन का अंत हुआ। उनसे पहले, मुरली श्रीशंकर ने पुरुषों की लंबी कूद में 8.08 मीटर की सर्वश्रेष्ठ छलांग के साथ भारत के लिए ऐतिहासिक रजत पदक जीता। श्रीशंकर की उपलब्धि इसलिये भी बडी…
हॉकी राष्ट्रमंडल भारत ने पुरुषों की हॉकी में कनाडा को 8-0 से हराकर ग्रुप बी में शीर्ष स्थान हासिल किया। बॉक्सिंग मेन्स ओवर 54 किग्रा- 57 किग्रा (फेदरवेट) क्वार्टरफाइनल: हुसामुद्दीन ने 3-2 से जीत के साथ पदक की पुष्टि की भारतीय महिला हॉकी टीम ने कनाडा को 3-2 से हराकर सेमीफाइनल में प्रवेश किया। जूडो…
कॉमनवेल्थ गेम्स 2022 बर्मिंघम भारत ने जोड़े चार मेडल सबसे पहले, महिला लॉन बॉल्स टीम ने ‘फोर्स’ फाइनल जीतकर खेल में देश का पहला पदक जीता। फिर, पुरुषों की टेबल टेनिस टीम ने फाइनल में सिंगापुर को हराकर भारत का पांचवां स्वर्ण पदक जीता। क्षण भर बाद, विकास ठाकुर ने पुरुषों के 96 किलोग्राम भारोत्तोलन…
लॉन बाउल्स भारतीय लॉन बाउल्स महिला चौके टीम ने फाइनल के लिए क्वालीफाइंग करते हुये इतिहास रच दिया। रूपा रानी तिर्की, लवली चौबे, पिंकी और नयनमोनी सैकिया की भारतीय टीम ने 15 राउंड के बाद न्यूजीलैंड को 16-13 से हराया। फाइनल में भारत का सामना दक्षिण अफ्रीका से होगा। स्क्वाश राष्ट्रमंडल सौरव घोषाल ने स्कॉटलैंड…
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the action packed day for Indias at the games today. If you are looking for the schedule then click here We again start with Lawn Bowls but a lot of action starts from 1:30 pm and a potential Gold Medal as well Let the action begin for today….
The Defending Champions won both the tie in straight games on Day One of TT Team competition On expected lines the Indian women team stormed past the their opponents from South Africa & Fiji in no time to put their one foot in the Quarterfinals. With the kind of squad India possess in the Commonwealth…
Teenager showed no nerves in her first match at the CWG, moved into the Rd32 in Women Singles. The much talked about Anahat Singh who made her way into the Indian team for the commonwealth games had lot of people waiting to see how she performs. She came she conquered and with a smile on…
Indian mixed team studded with stars broke no sweat in defeating Pakistan in first group match in Badminton CWG 2022 When you have PV Sindhu, Srikanth Kidambi, Lakshya Sen & Chirag/Satwik at the Commonwealth level it makes for a deadly team. Indian team who had won gold in the mixed team event in the last…
Amidst an action packed day for Indians, one man kept the Indian fans waiting late past midnight. Srihari Nataraj who had qualified for the Tokyo Games last year showed immense competitive spirit as he raced two times in the day with good timings to mark his entry into the Finals of the 100m Backstroke Men…
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the much awaited Commonwealth Games which started yesterday with the opening ceremony. After the postponement of the Asian Games, CWG became much more important event for many athletes in an otherwise cramped schedule. India has send the allocated quota of 210 athletes at the game which includes 106…
Wrestling is the Sport which has given India third highest number of medals at Commonwealth Games with 102 medals including 43 Golds. Written by | Sanjay Kr Verma Only shooting and weightlifting have done better than wrestling. In fact, wrestling has given us the first medal in the history of the Games way back in…
Can Judo help India bridge the void created by no Shooting at the Games CWG2022 Judo is being contested for the 4th time in the Commonwealth Games and India overall have won 5 silver and 3 bronze medals with the 2014 edition being the best with 2 silver and 2 bronze. This year 6 Judokas…
Here you will find the latest updated schedule for Indian events at the #Birmingham2022 CWG22 games. The games will be broadcasted on SonyLiv. India has send more than 200 athletes to compete at the games. Day9 Schedule | IST Timings | 6 Aug TT | Reeth/Sreeja v Wales | Women Doubles | Rd16 | 2:00pm…
Weightlifting has been India’s strong event at CWG with 125 medals which includes 43 Golds. Weightlifting was introduced in the Commonwealth Games in 1950 and since then has been held in all the editions. But the women were allowed to contest only from the 2002 edition. Weightlifting has been one of India’s primary medal-winning…
Gujarat will host the National Game for first time from 27 September to 10 October. Initially planned in Goa, the national games has been postponed for last six years. The games were to be held in November 2016. After two delays in 2018 and 2019 due to the state’s inability to create adequate infrastructure,…
Tejaswin Shankar the High Jump NR holder who Qualified for the CWG was omitted from initial squad. A trial which took place for the World Championships Oregon Relay race replacement runner opened the door for Tejaswin. Arokia Rajiv who ran the 400m couple of days back to prove his fitness for boarding the plane…
With 7 Golds, 7 Silvers & 11 Bronze Medal. India stand third after England & Malaysia in Badminton History of CWG Here we look at how has been India’s performance across different editions. 1966 Jamaica CWG Games Badminton was first held at the CWG in 1966 and since then has been held in all the…
Here you can find the list of participants for the CWG 2022 from India. So far the teams for Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Wrestling, Hockey, Swimming, TT, Triathlon, Weightlifting & Wrestling has been annonced. Here are the teams. Athletics Men: Avinash Sable (3000m steeplechase), Murali Sreeshankar, Muhammed Anees (long jump), Praveen Chitravel, Abdulla Aboobacker. Eldhose Paul (all…
Singapore has won the highest number of gold medals across all editions with 22 followed by England, India and Nigeria. Commonwealth Games are being held since 1930 but Table Tennis was first introduced in the year 2002. Since then it has been played regularly at all the games and is in its 6th edition…
Indian Mixed team is in Group A along with Australia, Sri Lanka & Australia CWG 2022 Star – studded Indian team will be up against a relatively easy competition in the mixed team event, as they are scheduled to play against low ranked teams like Pakistan, Sri lanka and Australia. None of these teams have…
Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj to lead Indian swimming campaign at the Birmingham Games Swimming events will be held from 29th July to 3rd August. Apart from the star duo of Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj, Kushagra Rawat and Advait Page will make their debuts at the quadrennial event. The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) had…
Asian Games postponement has triggered this move as now a full strength Hockey Squad Indian Team will be now taking part in the Birmingham CWG games. The men hockey team led by Manpreet Singh has all the big names like P R Sreejesh, Harmanpreet Singh, Lalit Upadhyay and Nilakanta Sharma Indian men returned medal-less at…
Athletics federation of India has announced the squad for the Commonwealth Games scheduled in Birmingham 2022. Aishwarya B who had a phenomenal run at the recent National Interstate will be participating in both Long Jump and Triple Jump. India is not fielding any team in 4×400 women relay but have listed athletes for 4×100 which…
Experienced Player Ayhika Mukherjee & Sutirtha Mukherjee miss out Amid of a lot of controversy around the squad selection for the CWG 2022 Table Tennis squad the selectors named a team which is on expected lines going by the recent performances. The women squad is subject to clearance from the Sports Authority of India…
Hosts Jain University maintained their position on top of the medals table while Lovely Professional University took huge strides at the end of Day 8 of the Khelo India University Games 2021 in Bengaluru on Saturday. Jain University with 27 medals – 16 gold, six silver and five bronze – are on top of the…
Day Two Update from KIUG 2022 Swimmers Siva Sridhar and Srihari Nataraj led the charge for host Jain University, clinching three gold medals in record times, in the Khelo India University Games. Volleyball SRM University men’s and women’s teams entered their respective summit clashes with contrasting wins. The men’s outfit fought hard to defeat MG…
The Day one update for KIUG 2022 [mailerlite_form form_id=1] Komal Kohar of Maharshi Dayanand University won the women’s 45kg weightlifting gold medal in the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) on Sunday. Komal set a new KIUG record with a combined lift of 160kg (snatch 70kg, clean and jerk 90kg). Source | Khel Now The results:…
BAI selected a 10-member team for the Birmingham Games through a gruelling Selection Trials. A Star studded team was selected for the CWG 2022 by the Badminton Association of India, the team includes big names like Srikanth Kidambi, Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu & Lakshya-Chirag. At the games there will be Six medals up for…
Asian Games 2022 The Nineteenth edition of Asian Games will take place from September 10 to September 25, 2022, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. This will be the third time mainland China will be hosting the event with previous occasions being Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. There will be five co-host cities. The multi-sporting event will…
