Saina Nehwal decides to skip selection trials for CWG, Asian GamesThe 32-year-old Hisar-born shuttler, a two-time CWG gold medallist and 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist, has informed the Badminton As...
12 Apr, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi asks people to give priority to sports, fitness-related activitiesPrime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the Hockey legend Dhyan Chand, whose birth anniversary is commemorated as National Sports Day.
29 Aug, 2018, 10.40 AM IST
Railway minister approves new sportspersons promotion policyIn a statement here, the railway ministry said sportspersons, who have made two appearances in Olympics or won medals in Asian Games or Com...
02 Aug, 2018, 04.11 PM IST
CWG 2018: With 26 Gold medals, India records third best performance everIn fact, it has very rarely happened that India has exceeded expectations at multi-discipline competitions and Gold Coast 2018 in that sens...
16 Apr, 2018, 08.26 AM IST
Neeraj wins historic javelin gold at CWG, Johnson sets national record in 1500mThe 20-year-old former junior world champion had made the final after achieving the qualifying mark in his very first throw yesterday and t...
14 Apr, 2018, 06.12 PM IST
Priyanka Chopra praises Mary Kom on CWG victory, says she will always be her championThe 35-year-old actor took to Twitter to congratulate the boxer.
14 Apr, 2018, 05.22 PM IST
Vinesh Phogat, Sumit claim gold; Sakshi settles for bronze on last day of CWG wrestlingAdding another bronze to the count today was Somveer, in the 86kg category. India signed off their wrestling campaign at the Games with fiv...
14 Apr, 2018, 05.11 PM IST
Mary Kom, Gaurav Solanki claim gold on Commonwealth Games debutSettling for silver medals were Amit Panghal (49kg) and Manish Kaushik (60kg) after losing closely-contested bouts here.
14 Apr, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
K T Irfan, Rakesh Babu sent home from CWG for breach of No Needle PolicyRakesh Babu and Irfan Kolothum Thodi are with immediate effect not permitted to participate in the Games, said the Commonwealth Games Feder...
13 Apr, 2018, 09.14 AM IST
Tejaswini Sawant bags silver in women's 50m rifle proneOn achieving her sixth medal at her third Commonwealth Games, she said, "It is very nice. I'm very, very happy."
12 Apr, 2018, 06.21 PM IST
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shreyasi Singh claims gold to swell India's medals tallyShreyasi shot 96 in the finals and beat Australia's Emma Cox 2 shots to 1 in the shoot-off at Belmont Shooting Centre.
11 Apr, 2018, 11.43 AM IST
Shooter Mehuli Ghosh bags silver, Apurvi Chandela gets bronze at CWGGhosh lost to eventual champions Martina Lindsay of Singapore in the shoot-off after both were tied at a CWG record score of 247.2 in the f...
09 Apr, 2018, 12.17 PM IST
Manika Batra leads India to historic women Table Tennis gold at Commonwealth GamesIt was mother of all upsets as prior to this final, the Singapore women's team had never lost in the Commonwealth Games since the sport was...
08 Apr, 2018, 06.46 PM IST
CWG 2018: Weightlifting gold rush continues, Punam Yadav claims 5th for IndiaYadav, a bronze-medallist from the 2014 Glasgow edition, lifted 222kg (110kg+122kg) to claim gold ahead of England's Sarah Davies, who fins...
08 Apr, 2018, 10.15 AM IST
Teenager Deepak becomes youngest Indian weightlifter to win medal at CWGThe 18-year-old from Haryana lifted a total of 295kg (136kg+159kg) to finish third after his nearest rival, Vaipava Loane, fouled his last ...
06 Apr, 2018, 12.59 PM IST
Commonwealth Games 2018: Indians feel the sting as 'Syringegate' turns uglyThe Indian athletes have been cornered by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency to give their samples on their arrival at the Athletes’ ...
03 Apr, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
Women athletes ditch sarees, to wear blazer and trouser at CWGDecision taken after consulting representatives who gave their opinion on what would be more comfortable and practical during the opening c...
20 Feb, 2018, 05.14 PM IST