Asia Cup 2022: K.L Rahul comes in support of Kohli, opens up on his own injury comeback Ahead of the beginning of their Asia Cup 2022 campaign, India vice-captain K.L Rahul on Friday came out in support of premier batter Virat Kohli, saying that the criticism from the outside has not bothered the former Indian […]
India’s badminton ace PV Sindhu won her maiden singles gold at the Commonwealth Games defeating Michelle Li of Canada 21-15, 21-13 on the last day of the quadrennial event in Birmingham on Monday. The 27-year-old two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu, who was unsuccessful in the previous two attempts, settling for silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games […]
The placing of two satellites in a wrong orbit, resulting in their total loss, by the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) brand new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) on Sunday has raised several questions. The about Rs 56 crore SSLV rocket with a capacity to carry satellites weighing 500kg or less is meant for […]
The Indian men’s hockey team defeated Wales 4-1 in its final preliminary league match here on Thursday, making it to the semifinals and maintaining their chances of topping the group on goal difference. Drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh struck a hat-trick — two goals off penalty corners and one off a stroke, while Gurjant Singh added […]
Birmingham, Aug 1 The Indians could not have picked anyone better than skip Rupa Rani Tirkey to play the last bowl in the Women’s Fours semifinal against New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games lawn bowl competition here on Monday. They were trailing 13-12 going into the 15th and final end and had to score at […]
Birmingham, Judoka Shushila Devi Likmabam clinched India’s seventh medal, and the first outside weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham after losing to Michaela Whitebooi of South Africa in the women’s 48kg final in Judo. This is her second medal at the Commonwealth Games after she won silver at the Glasgow in 2014. Vijay […]
Birmingham, July 30 Indian weightlifter Sanket Mahadev Sargar on Saturday won a silver medal in men’s 55kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 21-year-old, hailing from Sangli in Maharashtra, managed a total lift of 248kg (113kg in snatch and 135 kg in clean & jerk) to open India’s account in the ongoing […]
Birmingham, July 30 Indian boxer Mohamed Hassamuddin started his campaign in the 2022 Commonwealth Games here on a winning note, beating Amzolele Dyeyi of South Africa in their men’s featherweight (54kg-57kg) division bout at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) on Saturday. In their Round of 32 bout, Hassamuddin won a unanimous decision on points, beating […]
Birmingham, July 30 For over a year, weightlifter Gururaja Poojary did not go to his home in Udupi district in Karnataka, instead deciding to stay at the national camp in Patiala, preparing for his entry into a new weight division, shifting to an Olympic weight category for the Paris Olympics in 2024. The 27-year-old Junior […]
Birmingham, July 29 (IANS) Before the start of India’s first Group A match against Australia in the women’s T20 event of 2022 Commonwealth Games, pacer Renuka Thakur had just three wickets from five bowling chances in T20I cricket. Then it all changed very quickly for her on a sunny Friday at Edgbaston. Just after having Alyssa […]