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India beat Malta in a tense tie-break in Bowls Women's Pairs event to begin their Glasgow Commonwealth Games campaign on a winning note here on Thursday. The Indian pair of Rupa Rani Tirkey (lead) and Pinki (skip) won the first set 7-1 but lost the second 3-4 as the section B round one match went to the tie-break. The Indians held their nerve to win the tie-break with Pinki settling the issue in her final bowl.
Animesh Kujur isn't losing sleep over surrendering the tag of India's fastest man to Gurindervir Singh. Instead, the national record-holder in the 200m wants his performances at the upcoming Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to do the talking. After Gurindervir's historic sub-10.10 run rewrote the men's 100m national record in Odisha earlier this year, Kujur has inevitably been asked about reclaiming the crown. But the Odisha sprinter has chosen to park that conversation for now. "Just waiting for Asian Games," Kujur told PTI when asked about regaining India's fastest-man tag. When pressed further, he smiled and added: "Yeah, just wait till the Asian Games. Then we'll talk again." The calm response is characteristic of the 22-year-old, who has steadily emerged as one of India's brightest sprinting prospects under British coach Martin Owens. The athlete-coach partnership began during the Under-23 National Championships after Kujur, impressed by the progress of Reliance Foundation
Two wheelchair-bound women of indomitable spirit -- one with spinal cord injury after a fall from a tree and another an amputee above knee after a bus accident in childhood -- are aiming something no Indian has ever done in sport, winning a medal for the country in the upcoming Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Minakshi Jadhav of Maharashtra and Ritu Chanu of Manipur are among the Indian quartet competing in the 3x3 wheelchair basketball event in the Glasgow Games beginning on Thursday. The other two members are Reena Gupta from Maharashtra and Laxmi Rayannavar from Karnataka. The 3x3 wheelchair basketball event, which was introduced in the 2022 CWG in Birmingham, has three players on the field at a particular time. One player is used as substitute during the match which has a duration of 10 minutes. The Indian team qualified for the CWG through the 2025 IWBF (International Wheelchair Basketball Federation) Asia-Oceania Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. "I was a normal girl at a villag
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Saturday stepped in to ensure that Commonwealth Games-bound para cyclist Lisha Das will have a female support staff member accompanying her in Glasgow after the 16-year-old raised concerns. Lisha, the youngest athlete in India's contingent and the lone para-track cyclist to qualify for the Games, had expressed concern after neither her personal coach nor a female support staff member was initially assigned to accompany her. The Commonwealth Games begin in Glasgow on Thursday. PTI had highlighted the issue on Monday. "As soon as we were made aware of this issue, we took cognisance and made arrangements for the female physiotherapist whom Lisha had requested to accompany her at the Games," India's Chef de Mission Rohit Rajpal, who is also Executive Committee member of the IOA, told PTI. "The safety, well-being and dignity of every athlete are non-negotiable. We remain fully committed to providing all our athletes with a safe, respectful and ...
India's top 400m runners believe the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will offer sterner competition than the Asian Games later this year, making it an ideal proving ground ahead of the continental showpiece. The scaled-down Commonwealth Games begins on July 23, nearly two months before the Asian Games, and India will field a 32-member athletics squad. Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi, who will be competing in the men's 400m and mixed 4x400m relay at the CWG, said the quality of competition in Glasgow, particularly with athletes from Australia and England in the fray, would push Indian runners to raise their standards. "Commonwealth Games is hard, it's tough if we don't work. I won't say it's impossible, I will say it is possible (to win a medal) if we work out well. Nothing is easy, whether it is Asian Games or Commonwealth Games since these are big competitions. "It is an ocean out there and I need a chance to prove myself so I will take it as an opportunity and then try to pus
Ahead of his second Commonwealth Games appearance, Indian javelin throw ace Neeraj Chopra is sweating it out at his training base in Switzerland and is likely to head directly to Glasgow for the multi-sporting event starting on July 23. Chopra had won a gold in the 2018 CWG in Gold Coast but missed the 2022 edition in Birmingham due to an injury. He will be competing for his second major event of the year in Glasgow after the fourth place finish in Doha Diamond League in June with a throw of 85.69m. The men's javelin throw qualifying round of the Glasgow CWG will be held on July 30, with the final slated for the next day. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) had left it to Chopra whether to compete at any event before the CWG and it is more or less certain that he will head directly to Glasgow from his current training base in Bienne (Biel). The two-time Olympic medallist Indian shared the glimpses of his training in Switzerland on his Instagram. He had also caught up with Swiss
British King Charles III will attend the opening ceremony of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on July 23 along with Queen Camilla to inaugurate the scaled-down multi-sport event, the organisers said on Friday. Charles III will read out the message he had placed into the King's Baton on Commonwealth Day on March 10, 2025 at Buckingham Palace, marking the official opening of the Games which will continue till August 2. "Their Majesties The King and Queen will attend the Opening Ceremony of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on Thursday 23rd July, at The Hydro in Glasgow," the Commonwealth Sport said in a statement. "During the Ceremony, The King will read aloud the message he placed into the King's Baton on Commonwealth Day, 10th March 2025, at Buckingham Palace, when he launched the Relay with Sir Chris Hoy as its first Baton bearer. The reading of the message by His Majesty will mark the moment that Glasgow 2026 is officially declared open." The 23rd Commonwealth Games will see
Competing in his final season, ace Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash has a simple goal for his last hurrah at the Commonwealth Games -- a podium finish and a personal best performance. After taking a break post the Paris Olympics due to a "burnout", Sajan returned to swimming last year. He qualified for the Commonwealth Games, starting from July 23 in Glasgow and the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in September, breaching the qualification time in the men's 200m butterfly set by the Swimming Federation of India earlier this year. "A medal will be nice, swimming a personal best time will be nice. I've put in all the work. I'm aiming for a 1:56 or a 1:55s," the soft-spoken butterfly specialist told PTI. For Sajan, though, success in Glasgow will not be measured solely by the colour of the medal. "But giving my best effort is the most important thing here I just want to do the process right and give my best effort now. What people will see the time, or the medal. But for me to be happy inside, I
Seventeen sports will feature at the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, which is set to be staged at around 60 per cent lower cost than previous editions as part of the Commonwealth Sport's revamped hosting model, CEO Katie Sadleir said on Monday. The 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, scheduled to begin next month, will be a scaled-down edition featuring 10 able-bodied and six para sports in an effort to deliver a more cost-effective event. However, the programme will expand significantly for the 2030 Games in Ahmedabad. "We will be going back up to a programme of 17 sports in Ahmedabad," Sadleir said in a virtual media briefing. "And we're currently working with the Indian Olympic Committee and the Government of India to work through that programme. So, it will go back up," she added. Glasgow stepped in to host the 2026 Games after the Australian state of Victoria withdrew in July 2023 because of escalating costs and budget concerns. As part of its 'Games Reset' principles, ..