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Gold Coast, April 11 See you in Birmingham. Eleven-year-old Welsh table tennis prodigy Anna Hursey bowed out of the Commonwealth Games women’s singles event on Tuesday but not before confirming her precocious talent. Hursey took just 17 minutes to win her first singles match, but then lost in the secondRead More
Brisbane, April 10 With one hand in her pocket and the other on the trigger, Heena Sidhu, who is also a qualified dentist, today won India’s third gold medal in shooting at the 21st Commonwealth Games, going about her task with the clinical precision of a surgeon. It turned outRead More
New Delhi, April 10 The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Tuesday shifted the 50-over Asia Cup from India to United Arab Emirates as the BCCI could not procure permission from the Central government to host Pakistan. The tournament will now be held from September 13-28 in Dubai and Abu DhabiRead More
Gold Coast, April 10 Veteran Manoj Kumar (69kg) assured himself the second Commonwealth Games medal of his career as five Indian boxers entered the semifinals of the mega-event with contrasting victories in the quarterfinals here today. The debutant quartet of Amit Panghal (49kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg), Naman Tanwar (91kg) andRead More
Gold Coast, April 10 Para-powerlifter Sachin Chaudhary won India’s first medal in Para-sports at the Commonwealth Games, claiming a bronze medal in the men’s heavyweight final, here today. In a 10-man final, Chaudhary finished with a combined effort of 181 kg at the Carrara Sports Arena 1 to bag theRead More
Gold Coast, April 10 India qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s hockey tournament after defeating Malaysia 2-1 in a Pool B match at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Tuesday. Harmanpreet Singh (3rd, 44th minutes) converted a couple of penalty corner while the experienced Faizal Saari (16th) reducedRead More
Gold Coast, April 9 Young Mehuli Ghosh settled for the silver medal after forcing a shoot-off in the women’s 10m air rifle event with a perfect final shot of 10.9, while Apurvi Chandela secured bronze in the Commonwealth Games here on Monday. The 17-year Ghosh shot an excellent 10.9 toRead More
Gold Coast, April 9 Indian weightlifter Pardeep Singh (105kg) came agonisingly close to a gold but eventually settled for a silver after a close contest with Samoa’s Sanele Mao in the Commonwelth Games here on Monday. Singh, the reigning Commonwealth Championships gold-medallist, lifted a total of 352kg (152kg+200kg) to claimRead More
Gold Coast, April 9 India swept the table tennis team events of the Commonwealth Games as the men matched the women to seal a memorable gold with an emphatic 3-0 win over Nigeria in the final on Monday. It is the first time since the racket sport’s induction into theRead More
Gold Coast, April 9 The legendary but on the wane Lee Chong Wei was one of the casualties as a rampaging Indian mixed badminton team claimed its maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal, thrashing three-time defending champions Malaysia in the final here on Monday. The pair of Satwik Rankireddy and AshwiniRead More
