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CWG 2022: Beyond shooting, India finds 61 reasons to cheer in Birmingham

The athletes showed that India can look beyond Shooting. India, with 61 medals including 22 gold at Birmingham 2022 surprised all by winning in events where not even the ardent fans believed it could

Commonwealth Games 2022 medal tally: India finishes at 4th spot in CWG

India finishes their campaign at 4th spot with 61 medals. While India Men's Hockey team lost to Australia, PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Chirag Shetty-Sairaj Satwik Rankireddy bags gold for India.

Commonwealth Games: Brands cheer as spotlight turns to non-cricket stars

Reliance, JSW, and Adani are among a growing list of names backing the contingent at Birmingham; some sponsorships will extend into Asian Games and Paris Olympics 2024

CWG 2022 Day-2 Highlights: Chanu clinches gold; Bindyarani gets silver

Commonwealth Games 2022 Highlights Day 2: Mirabai Chanu extended her lead by lifting 88kg in the women's weightlifting finals. Bindyarani Devi, Gururaja Poojary, Sanket Sargar also clinched medals.

PM Modi congratulates Mirabai Chanu, says her success inspires Indians

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on winning a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, and said her success inspires several Indians

Mirabai Chanu wins 49-kg title, bags India's first gold medal in CWG 2022

Mirabai Chanu bossed the 49kg field as expected to defend her Commonwealth Games title and give India the first gold medal of the Birmingham edition here on Saturday. The Olympic silver medallist aggregated a total of 201kg (88kg + 113kg) to stamp her authority in the competition and achieve a Commonwealth Games record in the process. The silver went to Mauritius' Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa (172kg) and bronze to Canada's Hannah Kaminski (171 kg). In a remarkable performance, Chanu smashed the Commonwealth (Commonwealth Championships and CWG) and Games record in snatch. She obliterated the Games record in clean and jerk as well as total lift. An overwhelming favourite in her weight category, the 27-year-old Chanu set a rather low starting weight for 80kg in snatch and 105 in clean and jerk before changing her first attempt to 84kg. Going into the competition, she had a personal best of 88kg and 119kg, a world record in clean and jerk, totalling 207kg. Her nearest rival in the

Commonwealth Games 2022: Sindhu to Chanu, a look at India's medal hopes

Indian athletes vouch for ability of Commonwealth Games to change lives, even as its legacy struggles to find relevance

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

CWG 2022: 10 Indian stars to watch out for at Birmingham Commonwealth Games

In absence of the shooters, here are the top ten individual sportspersons from India who are going to be the showstoppers at Birmingham 2022. The list obviously includes Neeraj Chopra

Newsmakers: Neeraj Chopra to Harnaaz Sandhu, who all made headlines in 2021

High achievers in the corporate world; a media potboiler we could do without; and heartfelt goodbyes. 2021 had it all, but a year of renewal and hope was summed up best by olympic glory for the ages

Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina have put Northeast on global map, says Anurag Thakur

Anurag Thakur lavished praise on Olympic medallists Lovlina Borgohain and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu for their performances in the 2020 Tokyo Games

Amrutanjan Healthcare ropes in Mirabai, Punia as brand ambassadors

Chanu and Punia will endorse the company's portfolio of advanced body pain management products

Amit Shah felicitates Olympics medalist Mirabai Chanu in Delhi

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday felicitated Tokyo Olympics Silver medalist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu at the 51st Foundation Day celebration of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR & D).The sportsperson was appointed as Additional Superintendent of Police (Sports) in the police department by the Manipur government earlier in July after her outstanding show at the Games.Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Intelligence Bureau Director Arvind Kumar were present at the event held at BPR & D Headquarters in New Delhi.Chanu had opened India's medals tally on Saturday as she bagged a Silver in the Women's 49kg category at Tokyo International Forum.She lifted a total of 202 kg (87kg in snatch and 115kg in clean and jerk) during her four successful attempts across the competition that was held between July 23 and August 8 this year.

Olympic medalist Mirabai Chanu to be face of Adidas 'Stay in Play' campaign

German footwear and accessories major Adidas on Wednesday said it has roped in Tokyo Olympic Silver-medalist Mirabai Chanu as the face of its ''Stay in Play'' campaign

After Olympics, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu eyes Asian Games medal

Olympic silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu on Tuesday said her next target is to win a medal at the 2022 Asian Games and she also aims to change the colour of her medal to gold at Paris

Neeraj Chopra, Sindhu highlight Olympic contingent at I-Day celebrations

Thirty-two Olympic winners along with two officials of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) are attending the 75th Independence Day celebrations at Red Fort on Sunday.

Olympic effect: Mirabai already seeing heightened interest in weightlifting

Mirabai Chanu has observed a heightened interest in the power sport since her silver medal-winning feat at the Olympics and expects more women to compete at the highest level in the near future.

Mirabai Chanu's is the story of Manipur, a state steeped in sports

Grounded in Manipur's strong sporting culture, its talented sportspersons, however, head out of the state for want of resources

Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu promised free movie tickets for life

A multiplex chain has now announced that it will celebrate Mirabai's historic win by giving her free tickets to watch as many movies as she wishes during her lifetime

Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu gets rousing welcome in Imphal

Chanu has also been a former world champion and a Commonwealth Games gold-medallist.