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Winning medal at CWG means a lot to me: Heena Sidhu
Few days after picking gold and silver each in the ongoing edition of the 21st Commonwealth Games, star Indian shooter Heena Sidhu on Saturday said that winning a medal in such 'important event' means a lot to her.Seasoned campaigner Heena Sidhu first clinched silver in the women's 10m Air Pistol category before adding it with a gold in women's 25m air pistol event.While Sidhu bagged silver with a total effort of 234 in the finals, she took away the gold medal after breaking the Commonwealth Games record with a score of 38 points in the 25m category in the Games.Reflecting on the same, Sidhu told ANI that she is really satisfied with her performance in the prestigious quadrennial event, adding that she is now looking forward to replicate the performance in the World Championship."I am very happy with my performance. Commonwealth Games is an important event and winning a medal there means a lot to me. I will now look forward to Asian Games and then World Championship. For me, World ...
Saina, Sindhu set up all-Indian singles final, Srikanth too enters final at CWG
India's badminton queens PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal set up the much-anticipated women's singles summit clash at the Commonwealth Games after winning their respective semifinals in contrasting fashion here today. The 22-year-old Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, who had missed the mixed team competition due to an ankle sprain, knocked out defending champion Michelle Li 21-18 21-8 in just 26 minutes while former World No. 1 Saina had to dig deep to struggle past 2014 silver medallist Kristy Gilmour 21-14 18-21 21-17 in 68 minutes. Sindhu said: "I was more consistent. Even though the first set was close, in the second set I took a huge lead and I finished strong. It was good for me that I finished it in two sets rather than prolonging the match." With the two star shuttlers reaching the final, India are assured of gold and silver in the women's singles. Newly-crowned World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth also progressed to the final of the men's singles after defeating 2010 Commonwealth Games ...
CWG: Ashwini-Rankireddy lose mixed doubles bronze medal match
India's Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwik Rankireddy lost the badminton mixed doubles bronze medal match at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Saturday.
CWG: Indian men's hockey team loses bronze medal playoff
India's men's hockey team lost 1-2 to England in the bronze medal playoff at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
IPL-2018: RCB look to stretch winning momentum against Royals (Preview)
High on confidence after registering a win against Kings XI Punjab, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will look for their second win in three Indian Premier League (IPL) ties when they take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) here on Sunday.
Manika Batra stuns World No. 4 again to win historic singles gold in TT
A marauding Manika Batra created history by becoming the first Indian woman table tennis player to win a singles gold at the Commonwealth Games while Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan went down fighting in the men's doubles to settle for silver, here today. World No. 58 Batra's dream run in the quadrennial event continued as she blanked 50th-ranked Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7) in a one-sided final. However, it was the semifinal win over World No. 4 Feng Tianwei that meant more for the 22-year-old. The Delhi-based paddler showed that her crucial victory against multiple Olympic medallist Feng in the team final was no fluke as she edged out the mighty Singaporean 4-3 (12-10, 5-11, 11-8, 5-11, 5-11, 11-9, 13-11) in the semifinals. The Indian foxed Feng for the second time in a row with smart use of her pimpled rubber for both defense and offense. Batra showed remarkable composure and maturity to overcome a 2-3 deficit in a high-pressure final. "This is my first ...
Neeraj wins historic javelin gold at CWG, Johnson sets national record in 1500m
Neeraj Chopra today scripted history by becoming the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games with a season's best effort of 86.47m in the final while Jinson Johnson smashed the long-standing 1500m national record while finishing fifth in the finals here. However, there was heartbreak for the men's 4x400m relay team and 2014 Glasgow medallist triple jumper Arpinder Singh who missed the podium this time. The 20-year-old Neeraj, a former junior world champion, had made the final after achieving the qualifying mark in his very first throw yesterday and today again, he was leaps ahead of the field with his very first throw. "It is a very important medal for me, I wanted to touch my personal best but I missed it by a centimetere. In my desperation for that, I tried so hard that I tumbled over in my last two attempts. But I am very happy and I have lot of competitions this year to achieve the personal best," Neeraj said after his triumph. Neeraj was the .
CWG: Sharath-Sathiyan clinch silver in men's doubles TT
India paddlers Achanta Sharath and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan lost their men's doubles gold medal match at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Men's hockey team to return empty-handed, lose bronze play-off to Eng
Indian men's hockey team finished a disappointing fourth at the Commonwealth Games as it struggled to breach a stout England defence to lose the bronze medal match 1-2 here today. England avenged their 3-4 loss to India in the group stage as Sam Ward (7th minute, 43rd minute) struck twice for the winners while Varun Kumar (27th) was the lone goal scorer for India. India had won silver medals in the previous two editions, ending runners-up to Australia on both occasion. India captain Manpreet Singh was naturally very upset with the outcome. "We came here for a medal, but we didn't achieve that. We played really bad this tournament and I really don't feel like going anywhere tonight. We are so disappointed, we did not expect this will be the result of this tour," Manpreet said. "We need to improve on many things, such as taking every chance, because every match we had chances in the first two minutes, but we always missed." Coach Sjoerd Marijne was also disappointed. "In our close ...
CWG'18 boxing: Vikas Krishan bags gold
Indian boxer Vikas Krishan picked a gold medal in men's 75 kg category here, during the ongoing 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games, on Saturday.Krishan beat Cameroonian boxer Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue 5-0 to bag India's 25th gold.Meanwhile, Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal had to settle for a silver medal in the squash mixed doubles event.After storming into the finals on Friday, Ghosal and Pallikal suffered a straight-game loss today at the hands of Australia's Cameron Pilley and Donna Urquhart.The duo suffered a disappointing 8-11 10-11 loss in a total of 29 minutes.Earlier in the day, Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore met with boxing medalists from Commonwealth Games, which included Gaurav Solanki, Manish Kaushik, Mary Kom, among others.At present, India's medal tally reads twenty-five gold, sixteen silver and eighteen bronze.India currently ranks third in the medal tally with the 59 medals. Australia and England are leading with 184 and 121 ...
CWG'18 : Manika Batra strikes gold, Harmeet, Sanil take bronze in TT
Indian table tennis team continued their winning show in the ongoing 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games, with 'Golden Girl' Manika Batra claiming her maiden women's singles title here on Saturday.The 22-year-old dominated throughout the match as she clinched straight games 11-7, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7 victory over Singapore's Meingyu Yu in the women's singles final.With this, Manika also became the first Indian woman to bag two gold medals in table tennis at Commonwealth Games.Moreover, this was Batra's third medal at Gold Coast. She had earlier defeated Singaporean player Yihan Zhou 11-7, 11-4, 11-7, to guide India to glory.She then went on to win silver alongside Mouma Das in women's doubles on Friday.Meanwhile, Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shankar Shetty defeated Singaporean players Yew En Koen Pang and Shao Feng Ethan Poh 11-5, 11-6, 12-10 to win the bronze medal in men's doubles.At present, India's medal tally reads twenty-five gold, sixteen silver and eighteen bronze.India currently ...
Former Maharashtra captain Bhalekar no more
Former Maharashtra Ranji Trophy team captain Raju Bhalekar, who played as a middle-order batsman for more than a dozen years, died in Pune today, according to information received here. He was 66 and is survived by wife, a son and US-based daughter. Bhalekar, a stylish batsman who amassed 3,877 runs in 74 First Class games averaging just under 40 with a highest of 207 not out, had undergone a heart bypass surgery last week. He died of multiple organ failure, it was learnt. The former cricketer started his First Class career in the early 1970s and played till mid-1980s. In all, he struck seven hundreds. Bhalekar also played in eleven 50-over domestic games.
CWG: Harmeet-Sanil clinch bronze in men's doubles TT
India's Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shankar Shetty bagged the bronze medal in the men's doubles table tennis competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Neeraj wins historic javelin throw gold at CWG, heartbreak in other events
Neeraj Chopra today scripted history by becoming the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games with a season's best effort of 86.47m in the final but there was heartbreak for the men's relay team and triple jumper Arpinder Singh here. The 20-year-old Neeraj, a former junior world champion, had made the final after achieving the qualifying mark in his very first throw yesterday and today again, he was leaps ahead of the field with his very first throw. "It is a very important medal for me, I wanted to touch my personal best but I missed it by a centimetere. In my desperation for that, I tried so hard that I tumbled over in my last two attempts. But I am very happy and I have lot of competitions this year to achieve the personal best," Neeraj said after his triumph. Neeraj was the favourite for gold here after his 85.94m throw during the Federation Cup National Championships last month. The CWG field had been depleted after 2016 Olympics ...
Mary Kom to be India's flagbearer at CWG closing ceremony
Indian boxing legend M C Mary Kom, who claimed a gold medal on debut at the Commonwealth Games, will be India's flagbearer at the event's closing ceremony here tomorrow. The 35-year-old five-time world champion, who is also an Olympic bronze-medallist, claimed her maiden CWG gold after beating Northern Ireland's Kristina O'Hara in the light flyweight (48kg) final today. "This is the first time I will be India's flag-bearer in an event like this. I don't know if I deserve it but I am certainly very proud of it," Mary Kom told PTI. The five-time Asian champion has claimed three gold medals in the last five months, starting with the Asian Championships in Vietnam. The boxer also cleared the air on the wrong spelling of her name being used by the organisers. Her name has ben spelt Mery instead of Mary. "Actually it is Mary but because my passport has the spelling Mery, the organisers have gone with that spelling. I will be getting it corrected once I am done with the Games and back in ...
CWG: Shuttler Prannoy loses in men's singles bronze medal match
Indian shuttler H.S. Prannoy lost to England's Rajiv Ouseph in the men's singles bronze medal match at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Saturday.
CWG: Boxer Vikas clinches gold medal in 75kg
Indian boxer Vikas Krishan defeated Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue of Cameroon in the 75kg category final at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Saturday.
Mary Kom, 2 others claim gold; boxers shine in CWG
The legend of M C Mary Kom grew bigger as she became the first Indian woman boxer to claim a Commonwealth Games gold and was joined by Gaurav Solanki (52kg) and Vikas Krishan (75kg) in the top-finishers' group for India's best ever haul at the mega-event here today. Settling for silver medals were Amit Panghal (49kg) and Manish Kaushik (60kg) after losing closely-contested bouts here. India will be going back with eight boxing medals from the current edition, one more than their previous best at the 2010 Delhi Games. The star of the day was without a shred of doubt Mary Kom (48kg) -- a 35-year-old five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist. She was competing in her debut Commonwealth Games, also perhaps her last, and made it a memorable one with yet another dominating performance to claim an unanimous verdict of 5-0 over Northern Ireland's Kristina O'Hara in the final. "I am so glad to have made history again, it is a special feeling to win something that is a milestone ...
Indian men's hockey team loses bronze medal playoff
India's men's hockey team lost 1-2 to England in the bronze medal playoff at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
CWG: Dipika-Saurav pocket silver in squash mixed doubles
India's Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal settled for a silver after going down against Australia's Donna Urquhart and Cameron Pilley in the summit clash of the mixed doubles squash competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.