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CWG: Para Swimmer Kiran finishes 7th in S9 100m backstroke
Indian woman para-swimmer Kiran Tak finished seventh in the women's S9 100m backstroke final of the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Friday.
BCCI to have 36 IPL Fan Parks nationwide this year: Official
The Board of Control for Cricket in India plans to make its 'fan park' concept bigger and better to reach out to more cricket lovers across maximum regions nationwide, a senior official said here today. The IPL Fan Parks, started in 2015, are built in specifically selected open arenas and stadiums throughout the country to provide a stadium-like experience to the residents of the cities that do not host IPL matches. Giant screens are set up at these venues for public screening of the IPL matches over the weekends, and fans can attend free of cost with special arrangements being made to make it women and child-friendly. The BCCI has shortlisted 36 cities across 19 states for the concept's fourth edition, Anant Datar, representative of BCCI for Fan Parks, said today. "In Gujarat, Rajkot, Surat and Nadiad are three cities selected to have IPL Fan Parks," he informed. "BCCI's main objective is to reach out to fans and cover maximum regions. We have selected only those cities
Chinappa advances to quarters as Pallikal, Malhotra exit
Joshna Chinappa today advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles even as compatriots Dipikal Pallikal and Vikram Malhotra crashed out of the Commonwealth Games here today. Chinappa took a little less than half hour to crush Australia's Tamika Saxby 3-0. World No 14 Chinappa dominated proceedings from the beginning cruising past Saxby, who never looked in contention, for a 11-3, 11-6, 11-2 win. She will now face the winner of the third round match between Sivasangari Subramaniam and Joelle King. Meanwhile, Pallikal lost to higher-ranked Alison Waters of England 3-0. Pallikal, seeded ninth struggled against Water losing in straight games 11-3, 11-6, 11-2. Earlier, Malhotra lost to Nick Mathew of England 1-3 ending India's men's singles campaign. The Englishman looked in control from the beginning, wrapping up the first game in nine minutes. The Indian fought back levelling scores a game later before he was outclassed in the next two game by the higher ranked ...
Bhavkaran, Aman, Rajesh to represent India at MercedesTrophy World Final
Indian golfers Bhavkaran Singh of Chandigarh, Aman Sawhney of Gurugram and Rajesh Natarajan of Mumbai booked their spots to represent the country in the World Finals of the MercedesTrophy scheduled to be held in Stuttgart, Germany in October. Playing at the National Finals of the 18th India edition of the tournament at Pune's Oxford Golf Resort, Bhavkaran in handicap CAT A (1-9) won with a score of 41 points in his category. Aman carded a score of 35 points in CAT B (10-17) to book the second spot while Rajesh playing in CAT C (18-24) scored 44 points to complete the troika of India qualifiers. Bhavkaran made the trip to Pune after becoming one of six National Final qualifiers from the Chandigarh leg of the tournament, which was played at the Panchkula Golf Club earlier this year. Aman qualify from Gurugram's Classic Golf and Country resort while Rajesh made it from BPGC in Mumbai. A total of 45 qualifiers and one wild card entry from across 12 cities participated in the National ...
India's quest for men's hockey gold begins with clash against Pakistan (Preview)
India's mens hockey team will begin its campaign at the XXI Commonwealth Games with a pulsating Pool B clash against arch-rivals Pakistan here on Saturday.
Davis Cup: India trail 0-2 to China on first day
After shock defeats of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal on the opening day of the Davis Cup second round against China here on Friday, the Indian team was pushed towards defeat at the zonal level for the first time in five years.
CWG: Indian cyclists disappoint on 2nd day (Third Lead)
Indian cyclists disappointed on the second day of the 21st Commonwealth Games as all of them failed to advance to the medal rounds in the prestigious meet here on Friday.
'Windies' Pak tour for T20I was humiliating experience'
Veteran commentator Fazeer Mohammed has said that the West Indies' tour of Pakistan, where they were thrashed 3-0 in the T20I series, was nothing but a humiliating experience for the Caribbean side.Windies came into the series in absence of their senior players. Veteran players like Chris Gayle, Jason Holder and Evin Lewis along with the T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite pulled out of the tournament.Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin and Samuel Badree were the most experienced players who featured in the series."With the very greatest respect and regard for the good people of Pakistan delighting over the return of official international cricket to Karachi and the manner in which they annihilated the West Indies, those three T20 Internationals were, from a Caribbean perspective, nothing but a humiliating experience," Pak Passion quoted Fazeer as saying.The margin of the defeats - 143 runs, 83 runs and by eight wickets with more than three overs to spare - were depressingly one-sided, he ...
South African paceman Steyn joins Hampshire
South African pace bowler Dale Steyn has signed for Hampshire as he bids to return to fitness following a heel injury that forced him to miss the recent Test series against Australia. The 34-year-old will join the county in June and train ahead of South Africas tour of Sri Lanka, which starts in July. The plan is that he will return as the countys overseas player for the final weeks of the season. During the training stint in June, Steyn will fill in for compatriot Hashim Amla, who will be with Hampshire for the first three months of the season, for a one-day match and a four-day first-class game. Steyn has 419 Test wickets, just two behind Shaun Pollocks South African record. "Dale is one of the best bowlers in the world and is extremely motivated to get going after a frustrating period on the sidelines," said Hampshire director of cricket Giles White. "It seems a great fit for both parties -- we hope that we can help him get back to his best and we look forward to welcoming him to ..
India at CWG: Lifters continue medal-winning run; shuttlers, boxers unbeaten
There was no stopping the Indian weightlifting juggernaut with Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather adding a gold and bronze to the team's tally, while the shuttlers and boxers continued to be unbeaten on the second day of the 21st Commonwealth Games here today. If Mirabai Chanu was the toast of the nation yesterday, it was the turn of Sanjita Chanu to hog the limelight today, claiming a gold and a Games' snatch record in the 53kg category. The diminutive Manipuri lifted a total of 192kg (84kg+108kg) to claim the gold and broke down in tears on the podium. Ensuring that the men also had a share in the day's exploits, Lather became the youngest Indian weightlifter to claim a CWG medal with his bronze in the 69kg category. While Lather had luck on his side as his nearest rival fouled the all-important final clean and jerk lift, Chanu had her fortitude to thank as she claimed her second successive CWG gold despite nursing a nagging back problem here. The contrast couldn't have been more ...
Sanjita's gold, Lather's bronze ensure another weightlifters' day in CWG
One lamented the records that went unbroken in a gold-winning performance, while the other couldn't believe his luck in managing a podium finish on debut -- Indian weightlifting had two contrasting medallists to celebrate on day 2 of the Commonwealth Games here today. Sanjita Chanu claimed the women's 53kg category gold, breaking the snatch record in the process, but was sad about not breaking the clean and jerk mark for the Games. On the other hand, an 18-year-old Deepak Lather became the youngest Indian weightlifter to claim a CWG medal with his bronze in the men's 69kg category. The buoyant teenager from Haryana couldn't help but laugh at how lucky he got when his nearest rival fouled his last two clean and jerk attempts to finish fourth. While Lather had luck on his side, Chanu had her fortitude to thank as she claimed her second successive CWG gold despite nursing a nagging back problem here. The dimunutive Manipuri lifted a total of 192kg (84kg+108kg) to claim the gold ahead of .
Olympic champion Puig reaches Monterrey Open quarters
Puerto Rican Olympic champion Monica Puig defeated Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele 6-4 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Open on the WTA Tour.
CWG: Indian eves beat England in lawn bowls
India finally had something to cheer in the lawn bowls event as the women's Fours Sectional Play team comprising Farzana Khan, Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey and Nayanmoni Saikia beat England 21-9 at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Friday.
IPL 2018 starts with clash of titans (Preview)
Defending champions Mumbai Indians and and two-time winners Chennai Super Kings, the most successful teams of the Indian Premier League (IPL), will begin the 11th edition of the Twenty20 cricket tournament with a mouthwatering clash at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday.
CWG: Indian cyclists continue to disappoint
Indian cyclists Deborah Deborah and Aleena Reji lost in the quarter-finals of the women's sprint event of the 21st Commonwealth Games at the Anna Meares Velodrome here on Friday.
CWG: Boxers Amit, Naman ease into quarters
Indian boxers Amit Phangal and Naman Tanwar registered convincing victories to enter the quarter-finals of the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Friday.
CWG: India thrash Malaysia in women's hockey
India thrashed Malaysia 4-1 in a Group A match of the women's hockey competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Friday.
PM Modi hails weightlifters Sanjita Chanu, Deepak Lather for CWG heroics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday heaped praises on weightlifters Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather after the two made the country proud by clinching gold and bronze, respectively, at the ongoing 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.On the second day of the Games, Sanjita handed India its second gold medal by outshining in the women's 53 kg category event.Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Modi congratulated Chanu for picking up gold before adding that the entire nation was overjoyed by his exemplary performance."A second Gold for India! Congratulations to K Sanjita Chanu on winning the Gold Medal in the Women's 53 kg weightlifting event. The nation is overjoyed by this exemplary performance," he tweeted.Prime Minister Modi then extended his greetings to Lather, who bagged a bronze medal in the men's 69 kg category.He wrote, "Our weightlifters are in superb form! My young friend Deepak Lather wins a Bronze in the Men's 69 kg category. Congratulations to this youngster ...
CWG 2018: India thrash Scotland 5-0 to reach badminton mixed-team quarters
The star-studded Indian badminton team continued their exceptional performance on the second day of the 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as they crushed Scotland 5-0 to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Mixed Team event here at the Carrara Stadium here on Friday.London Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal gave her country a perfect start by clinching a comfortable 21-14, 21-12 win over Julie Macpherson in a one-sided women's singles clash that lasted 35 minutes.Kidambi Srikanth, who has been in menacing form from a quite a long time now, did justice to his world number two ranking as he empowered India to a 2-0 lead by sweeping aside Kieran Merrilees 21-18, 21-2 in the men's singles event that lasted more than a half an hour.The Indian pairs of N. Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty then emerged winners in their respective doubles to help India clinch victory.In the women's doubles event, Reddy and Ponnappa eased past the
Boxing: Amit, Naman enter CWG quarters
Indian boxers Amit Panghal (49kg) and Naman Tanwar (91kg) today advanced to the quarterfinals after notching up comprehensive wins in their opening bouts of the Commonwealth Games here. Tanwar defeated Tanzania's Haruna Mhando in a lopsided unanimous verdict to make the last-eight stage in the afternoon session. In the evening session, Amit got the better of Ghana's Tetteh Sulemanu in another one-sided bout that ended in judges ruling unanimously in the Indian's favour. The 19-year-old Tanwar, making his debut at the Games, is a bronze-medallist from the World Youth Championships. He had defeated reigning Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan in the trials to make the squad. Amit, on the other hand, is chasing a third successive international gold medal, having claimed top finishes at the India Open and the Strandja Memorial Tournament before comeing here. Earlier, 2010 CWG gold-medallist Manoj Kumar had won his opening bout to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the welterweight 69kg ...