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CWG: Badminton, hockey, TT teams make winning starts; Thapa, Nataraj excel

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 at the Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games Day 1 Highlights: Sharath Kamal and Anahat Singh shine

Apart from cricket team, Indian shuttlers will be facing Pakistan in the Mixed Team event. Indian peddlers will be in action too. Women will face South Africa and Fiji. Men face Barbados and Singapore

Commonwealth Games 2022: All eyes on Sindhu and Srikanth for badminton

India are the world champion in men's team competition having won their maiden Thomas Cup title a few months back and Sindhu is also in top form and won the Singapore Open earlier this month.

Champion at 19, Ashwini Ponnappa ready for another splash at CWG

Gearing up for her fourth Commonwealth Games, India's doubles exponent Ashwini Ponnappa is now a different player from the 19-year-old who claimed a historic women's doubles gold on debut

CWG 2022: India's gold medal prospects at Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Here is a list of players and teams that could be prospective gold medal winners for India in the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022, which begin on July 28, 2022, in Birmingham, England

Commonwealth Games 2022: India's Day 1 schedule for Birmingham showdown

The likes of Squash stars Sourav Ghoshal and Josahana Chinappa and promising medal winners like the Indian Table Tennis team, Boxer Shiva Thapa and Indian Badminton team will all be in action on Day 1

CWG: Focus on Sindhu but doubles key to India retaining mixed team gold

Star shuttlers, including P V Sindhu, will chase individual gold medals but doubles would also under the spotlight as India would aim to retain the mixed team title and continue their consistent run

PV Sindhu thanks PM Modi for his wishes on her Singapore Open title win

Indian ace shuttler and Olympic medalist PV Sindhu thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his wishes after she clinched her maiden Singapore Open title

P V Sindhu beats China's Wang Yi; clinches her maiden Singapore Open title

The final scoreline read 21-9 11-21 21-15 in the Indian's favour

Singapore Open 2022: P V Sindhu, Prannoy H S advance to quarter-finals

Playing on court 1, Sindhu won her match 19-21, 21-19, 21-18. She got off a bad start, losing the first game closely

Malaysia Masters 2022: HS Prannoy loses in semis, India's campaign over

He squandered a one-game advantage to go down 21-17 9-21 17-21 against NG Ka Long after battling for an hour and four minutes at the Axiata Arena here.

Sindhu glides into Malaysia Masters QFs after defeating China's Zhang Yi

Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu cruised to the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters with a facile straight-game win over China's Zhang Yi Man here on Thursday.

Malaysia Masters: PV Sindhu moves to second round, Saina bows out

The seventh-seeded Sindhu took close to an hour to knock out China's He Bing Jiao 21-13 17-21 21-15 and move to the second round.

P V Sindhu, H S Prannoy advance to quarterfinals in Malaysia Open

The world No. 7 dispatched her Thai opponent 19-21 21-9 21-14 in a 57-minute second round clash at the Axiata Arena

Women's badminton: P V Sindhu wins, Saina Nehwal loses in Malaysia Open

Sindhu, seeded seventh, set up a clash with Phittayaporn Chaiwan, a 21-year-old from Thailand, who held the number one ranking in world junior ranking

Indonesia Open 2022: World no 1 Viktor Axelsen, Tai Tzu Ying enter finals

Men's world number one Viktor Axelsen saw off Lee Zii Jia in a dramatic semi-final to enter the summit clash of Indonesia Open 2022

P V Sindhu, Lakshya Sen eye consistency as focus shifts to Indonesia Open

Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu and rising star Lakshya Sen will seek consistency as they lead the Indian charge at the Indonesia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament beginning here on Tuesday

Thomas Cup to Deaflympics: The push to sport from non-cricket leagues

We are basking in the afterglow of a week of Indian sporting prowess: A Thomas Cup victory, a World Championship gold medal, multiple medals in the Deaflympics and in archery

Error-prone Sindhu loses in Thailand Open semifinals to China's Chen Yu Fei

A profligate P V Sindhu faltered in the semifinals of the Thailand Open, going down in straight games to Olympic champion and world number four Chen Yu Fei of China here on Saturday.

PV Sindhu out of Thailand Open after losing to Chen Yu Fei in semifinals

Star India shuttler PV Sindhu made an exit from Thailand Open after going down in straight games to Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei in the semifinals