Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Aug 8 (IANS) Vice President of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), Datu Sudarsono Osman, also the national team manager, has proposed a moment of silence before their friendly match with Tajikistan Friday in memory of those who died on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled international […]
If you take away 2010 New Delhi, the benchmark for India at the Commonwealth Games has been 2002 Manchester when they crossed the 50-medal mark for the first time by ending up with 69 medals, 30 of them gold. Before the Indians left for Glasgow, the expectations were pegged at somewhere between Manchester tally and […]
Kabaddi, an indigenous contact sport in India, is witnessing a resurgence, thanks to big-time commercial sponsorship and prime-time TV patronage. Riding on the IPL-style hockey and football leagues, kabaddi has come up with not one but two leagues to complement each other. For long kabaddi has been dismissed as an indigenous rustic sport not strictly fit to be an Olympic […]
Glasgow, Aug 2 (IANS) Indian discus thrower Seema Punia won the silver medal with her season’s best performance while her compatriot and defending champion Krishna Poonia finished a disappointing fifth at the Commonwealth Games here Friday. It was the second medal for India from track and field, a day after men’s discus thrower Vikas Gowda won […]
Glasgow, Aug 2 (IANS) Former world champion L. Sarita Devi and her state-mate L. Devendro Singh came out with stupendous performances in their respective bouts to enter the Commonwealth Games boxing finals after Pinki Jangra had lost her semi-final and settled for the bronze medal at the SECC Hall here Friday. Mozambique’s Maria Machongua was no […]
Glasgow, Aug 2 (IANS) Indian athlete Sahana Nagaraj came out with a disappointing performance to finish eighth in the women’s high jump final at the Commonwealth Games here Friday. The gold went to Australia’s Eleanor Patterson with a season’s best jump of 1.94 metres while England’s Isobel Pooley took the silver with a personal best leap […]
Glasgow, Aug 2 (IANS) Indian discus thrower Seema Punia won the silver medal while her compatriot and defending champion Krishna Poonia finished a disappointing fifth in the 2014 Commonwealth Games at the Hampden Park Stadium here Friday. The gold went to 2009 World Champion Dani Samuels of Australia and England’s Jade Lally took the bronze.
Glasgow, July 31 (IANS) Indian artistic gymnast Dipa Karmakar clinched the women’s vault bronze in the final of the Commonwealth Games here Thursday. England’s Claudia Fragapane won the gold with an average score of 14.633 while Canada’s Elsabeth Black took home the silver with 14.433 at the SSE Hydro. Agartala-born Dipa got the bronze with an […]
Glasgow, July 31 (IANS) Indian road cyclists Arvind Panwar and Sombir finished 28th and 37th in the men’s individual time trial of the Commonwealth Games here Thursday. The gold was won by England’s Alex Dowsett, who completed the trial in 47 minutes and 41.78 seconds while Australia’s Rohan Dennis finished second to take the silver in […]
Glasgow, July 31 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap, R.M.V. Gurusaidutt and P.C. Thulasi won their respective Round of 16 matches to enter the quarter-finals of the Commonwealth Games here Thursday. Men’s singles second seed Kashyap needed only 24 minutes to move past Australia’s Jeff Tho 21-7, 21-8 while fifth seed Gurusaidutt beat Andrew D’Souza 21-13, 21-9 […]