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CWG: Ashwini-Sikki lose in badminton women's doubles semis
India's Ashwini Ponnappa and N.Sikki Reddy squandered a fine start to eventually lose their badminton women's doubles semi-final to Malaysia's Mei Kuan Chow and Vivian Hoo at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
CWG: Sanjeev shoots gold in men's 50m Rifle 3
India's Sanjeev Rajput clinched the gold medal in men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Boxer Solanki wins CWG title, Kaushik gets silver
Indian boxer Gaurav Solanki won the gold medal in the men's flyweight (52 kilogram) category at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Saina, Srikanth enter finals at CWG
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and newly-crowned world no 1 Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the finals of the women's and men's singles events respectively in the badminton competition of the 21st Commonwealth Games here today. Saina, who had clinched the gold in 2010 Delhi Games but missed the 2014 Games due to injuries, staved off a challenge from Scotland's Kristy Gilmour, a silver at Glasgow four years ago, 21-14 18-21 21-17 in 68 minutes. She will play either compatriot P V Sindhu or defending champion Michelle Li of Canada. Srikanth, playing on court 1, saw off 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Rajiv Ouseph of England 21-10 21-17 in just over half an hour contest. He will face the winner of the match between HS Prannoy and Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei. Earlier, Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost 21-17 15-21 4-21 to Malaysian combo of Mei Kuan Chow and Vivian Hoo in women's doubles. The duo will now play for the bronze medal against local hopes Setyana ...
Sanjeev Rajput claims gold in 50m rifle 3 positions
Sanjeev Rajput won the gold medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event with a games record at the 21st Commonwealth Games here today, swelling the Indian shooting team's tally in the mega event. The 37-year-old Rajput shot 454.5 to bag the top prize after topping the qualification stage with 1180 points at the Belmont Shooting Centre. Chain Singh, the other Indian shooter in the fray, finished fifth with 419.1. In the qualification, Rajput scored 391 in kneeling, 399 in prone and 390 in standing, while Chain Singh, who was placed second, shot 389 398 and 379 for a cumulative score of 1166 . In prone Rajput shot three 100s and a 99. Canada's Grzegorz Sych clinched the silver medal with 448.4, while Dean Bale of England bagged the bronze with 441.2. Rajput has previously won a silver in the same event at the 2014 Glasgow Games and was a bronze medal winner in the 2006 edition of the Games held in Melbourne. This is first gold medal in CWG and third overall in these Games.
CWG: Shuttlers Satwik-Chirag reaches men's doubles final
India's Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty thrashed Sri Lanka's Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Goonethilleka 21-18, 21-10 in straight games to enter the badminton men's doubles final at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
CWG: Manika storms into TT women's singles final
India's Manika Batra came through in a tight encounter to make her way through to the final of women's singles table tennis competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Wrestler Sumit claims 125kg gold at CWG
Indian wrestler Sumit Malik claimed the gold medal in the men's freestyle 125 kg after his opponent Nigeria's Sinivie Boltic was ruled out of the final due to an injury at the 21st Commonwealth Games, here today. Sumit defeated Pakistan's Tayab Raza 10-4 in a dramatic bout. It turned out to be an pulsating contest as Sumit was leading early on but Raza came back to reduce the deficit to 2-3 after attacking the Indian's legs. However, Sumit didn't allow his rival to dominate as he displayed incredible athleticism, hopping around the mat to avoid stepping outside the bound after Raza once again had grabbed his leg. The Indian counterattacked and eventually won comfortably with a big margin. Earlier, Sumit made an incredible comeback to win this bout against Korey Jarvis of Canada. Lagging 0-2 initially, the Indian turned it around to make it 3-2 before drawing level at 3-3. In the dying moments, Sumit flipped Jarvis to win 6-4 in the end. Among others, Rio Olympic bronze medallist ...
CWG: Wrestler Sumit remains in medal contention (Lead, Correcting Story)
Indian wrestler Sumit remained in contention for a place on the podium in the men's 125 kilogram freestyle category with a win over Tayab Raza of Pakistan at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
CWG: Wrestler Somveer loses in quarters
Indian wrestler Somveer crashed out of the men's 86 kilogram freestyle competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) after losing to Pakistan's Muhammed Inam here on Saturday.
England humiliate India 6-0 to take bronze in women's hockey
Indian women hockey team suffered a humiliating 0-6 defeat in the bronze medal match against England to finish fourth at the Commonwealth Games, here today. India could convert none of the five penalty corners and their defence line-up cracked under pressure in the final quarter to go out of the tournament on an embarrassing note. India had beaten England 2-1 in Pool matches but was outclassed today. It is now third straight time that Indian women's hockey team will return empty-handed from the Games as the last time it stood on podium was in 2006 when it won a silver. Sophie Gray stood out with her stellar show as she steered her side to win with her three field goals while Laura Unsworth, Hollie Pearne-Webb and captain Alexandra Danson struck a goal each in England's commendable victory. Navneet Kaur earned India's first penalty corner in the eighth minute. However, it resulted in causing injury to Vandana Kataria as Gurjit Kaur's furious hit rebounded off England custodian's pads ..
Injured Neymar eyeing early return for PSG
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) forward Neymar has said he will be back playing "in a bit more than a month" as he recovers from foot surgery.
Mary Kom claims gold on CWG debut
The legend of M C Mary Kom (48kg) grew larger as she added the Commonwealth Games gold to her packed medal cabinet, thrashing Northern Ireland's Kristina O'Hara in the final here today. The 35-year-old five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist was competing in her debut Commonwealh Games, also perhaps her last, and made it a memorable one with yet another dominating performance to claim an unanimous verdict of 5-0. The 22-year-old O'Hara, who works as a carer at a nursing home when she is not trading punches in the ring, lacked the finesse to counter the experienced Indian and failed to take advantage of her longer reach. Mary Kom struck her at will, her right hooks being especially telling. By the second round, Mary Kom seemed to be thoroughly enjoying herself in the ring against her timid rival. Mary Kom had claimed the Asian Championships gold five months ago, before ensnaring the top honours at the India Open in January. She had won a silver medal at the ...
Shooters Rajput, Chain enter CWG final
Indian shooters Sanjeev Rajput and Chain Singh took the top two spots in the qualification stage of the men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Saturday.
Satwik-Chirag enter finals at CWG
Young Indian doubles pair of Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty is just one step away from a historic gold medal as they reached the finals of the men's doubles event at 21st Commonwealth Games' badminton competition here today. Satwik and Chirag outclassed Sri Lanka's Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Goonethilleka 21-18 21-10 in 30 minutes to become the first Indian men's doubles pair to enter the men's doubles finals in Commonwealth Games. Assured of at least a silver, Satwik and Chirag will be the first Indian pair to win a men's doubles medal at the Commonwealth Games. Satwik and Chirag will now face either top seed Malaysian combo of V Shem Goh and Tan Wee Kiong or England's Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge in the finals tomorrow. At 17 and 20 respectively, Satwik and Chirag form a formidable pair that has proved its mettle in international badminton, often punching above their weight, only to fall short of podium finishes. It was the Tata Open India International Challenge win that ...
CWG: Indians paddlers lose in mixed doubles semis
India will not have representation in the mixed doubles table tennis final at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) with both their pairs going down in their respective semi-finals here on Saturday.
CWG: Sharath-Mouma lose in TT semis
The Indian pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das went down to Singapore's Gao Ning and Yu Mengyu in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles table tennis tournament at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Saturday.
IPL 2018: RCB defeats Kings XI Punjab by 4 wickets
Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Kings XI Punjab by four wickets in the Indian Premier League Match at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bengaluru on Friday.AB de Villiers (57) and Quinton de Kock (45) helped Royal Challengers Bangalore to defeat the target in 19.3 overs as Washington Sundar hit the winning runs.Opener Brendon McCullum was daunted with a target of 156 runs who was bowled out at a duck in the very first over. Skipper Virat Kohli also was wasted first three over and managed to make only 21 runs after being bowled out in the fifth over.Later de Villers and Quinton de Kock forged a crucial 54-run partnership for the third wicket before Villers was bowled out by Ravichandran Ashwin in the 12th over.Later at a very crucial 19th over South African player Andrew Tye was dismissed after contributing two boundaries and four sixes.Soon Mandeep got run out in the same over. Though with the strong performance displayed by De Villers, in the beginning, RCB was able to smoothly manage a
IPL: de Villiers stars as Bangalore beat Kings XI Punjab
AB de Villiers' (57) brilliant knock helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kings XI Punjab by four wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Friday.
Umesh, de Villiers star in RCB's 4-wkt win over KXIP
Star South African batsman A B de Villiers struck a half century with a late flurry of sixes as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kings XI Punjab by four wickets to notch up their first win in the IPL-11 here today. De Villiers (57 off 40 balls) played anchor after the early departure of captain Virat Kohli (21) before he opened up his arms towards the end for some lusty blows as the RCB chased down the target of 156 with three balls to spare. This was after the RCB bowlers, led by pacer Umesh Yafav who took three wickets in an over, had shot out the KXIP for 155 after being sent into bat. De Villiers hit two fours and four sixes in his knock. He was out in the 18th over but by then he has taken the match to the threshold of victory with RCB needing just 10 runs from 1.5 overs. Mandeep Singh contributed 22 down the order while Washingotn Sundar (9 not out) hit the winning runs -- four -- as RCB reached 159 for 6 in 19.3 overs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB had lost to Kolkata Knight ..