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New Zealand's Melie Kerr tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of CWG 2022

New Zealand women's team WHITE FERNS's all-rounder Melie Kerr has tested positive for COVID-19 and currently is in isolation.Kerr produced a positive Rapid Antigen Test and will undergo a period of hotel isolation before re-joining the team as per the New Zealand Cricket website.Kerr is the only player from the tour party to test positive, while the rest of the group will continue to be monitored and tested, as required.The WHITE FERNS have another week of training at Millfield School, including two practice matches against England A, before transferring to Birmingham for the 2022 Commonwealth Games at the end of July.There's a new look to New Zealand's squad for next month's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with four uncapped players set to earn their international debuts.With the recent retirements of Amy Satterthwaite and Katey Martin and the likes of Lea Tahuhu, Frankie Mackay and Leigh Kasperek still on the outer, the Kiwis have included four new players in their 15-player ...

IOA declares 322-strong Indian contingent for Birmingham Commonwealth Games

The India contingent will look to improve upon its Gold Coast 2018 CWG performance, where it finished third behind traditional powerhouses Australia and England.

Young Indian weightlifter Achinta Sheuli is set for debut at CWG 2022

At the SAI centre NSNIS Patiala, Achinta Sheuli can be seen constantly hustling and making his calm nature do the talking at every training session. The Bengal weightlifter has his priorities in place

Will try our level best to win hockey gold in CWG 2022: Harmanpreet Singh

India men's hockey team vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh believes the team's performance in the tough FIH Pro League matches will hold the side in good stead in the Commonwealth Games 2022, Birmingham.

We will work on bettering our performance at CWG 2022: Navneet Kaur

The FIH World Cup did not go as expected for the Indian women's hockey team but striker Navneet Kaur said the side will look to better its performance at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.

CWG: Indian athletes to stay at 5 'villages', cricketers' stay separate

The CWG bound Indian athletes and officials will be staying at five different "Villages" with women's cricket team being put up in a separate facility in the Birmingham city centre.

Harmanpreet to lead Indian women's cricket team in Commonwealth Games

Batter Harmanpreet Kaur will lead a 16-member Indian team in the maiden women's T20 cricket competition at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham starting on July 28, the BCCI announced on Monday.

Indian women's cricket team has great chance to claim medal at CWG: Mithali

Women's cricket will make its debut in the Birmingham CWG after a men's tournament was held at the 1998 edition in Kuala Lumpur.

Govt clears pre-CWG camp in Ireland for male and female boxing teams

The government has approved an international training camp for the Commonwealth Games-bound Indian men and women's boxing teams in the Republic of Ireland from July 10 to 24.

CWG 2022: India sends full strength hockey squad, and it really makes sense

It was decided earlier by Hockey India that a second-string team would be sent for Commonwealth Games since the gap between Asian Games, the qualifying event for Paris Olympics 2024 and CWG was short

A sedate ringside view

Mr Khanna's narrative is easy to read and as simply structured as the notes he must have written as an IAS officer

2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton arrives in India

The Queen's Baton for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth arrived in the national capital on Monday

India withdraw hockey teams from Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

The Commonwealth Games are scheduled for July 28 to Aug. 8, with the Asian Games in Hangzhou starting on Sept. 10.

Hockey India withdraws from 2022 Birmingham CWG due to Covid concerns

India on Tuesday pulled out of next year's Birmingham Commonwealth Games' hockey competition, citing COVID-19 concerns and UK's discriminatory quarantine rules for travellers from the country. Hockey India President Gyanandro Ningombam communicated the federation's decision to Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra. Hockey India reasoned that there is only a 32-day window available between Birmingham Games (July 28-August 8) and the Hangzhou Asian Games (September 10-25) and it can't risk sending its players to the UK which has been one of the worst affected countries by the coronavirus pandemic. "You will appreciate that the Asian games is the Continental qualification event for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and keeping the priority of the Asian Games in mind, Hockey India can not risk any members of the Indian teams contracting COVID-19 during the Commonwealth Games," Ningombam wrote. The UK recently refused to recognise India's COVID-19 vaccination certificate

2022 Commonwealth archery, shooting in India cancelled due to Covid threat

The inaugural edition of the Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships, which was set to be held in Chandigarh next year has been cancelled, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has announced

CWG 2022 in Birmingham: Schedule for women's T20 cricket announced

The 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Organising Committee announced that the debuting women's T20 competition will be held between July 29 and August 7

ICC announces qualification process for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

For the first time in the history of the Games, women's cricket will be a part of the Commonwealth Games

Eoin Morgan feels cricket's T10 format can become part of Olympics

Morgan also believes that the format will allow many matches to be played in a short span of time

India to host Commonwealth shooting, archery events in January 2022

The medals from the two events will be counted in the final tally of the Birmingham Games

The decade of glory and scandals that ended with a new Hindu India story

If Costa-Gavras, Greek-French director, were asked to make a film about Indian politics in the last ten years, he would have the time of his life