Commonwealth Games 2018

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Rahul Aware wins Gold in men’s 57kg freestyle

Indian wrestler Rahul Aware defeated Steven Takahashi of Canada 3-1 in men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling final.

Apr 12, 2018, 13:56 PM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Babita Kumari settles for Silver in women's freestyle 53kg final

Taking India's medal hopes forward, Indian wrestler Babita Kumari on Thursday settled for a Silver in women's 53-kilogram wrestling competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast on Thursday. Babita Kumari lost to Canada's Diana Weicker.

Apr 12, 2018, 12:54 PM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: After eight competitors from Cameroon, five more athletes reported missing

Gold Coast organisers confirmed reports that athletes from Rwanda and Uganda were thought to have gone missing.

Apr 12, 2018, 12:30 PM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Shuttlers Sindhu, Ruthvika in quarters of women's singles

Rio silver medallist Sindhu whipped past local girl Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen 2-0 (21-15, 21-9) in straight games to enter the quarters.

Apr 12, 2018, 12:24 PM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy in quarter-finals of men's singles

Star Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and H.S.Prannoy sailed into the quarter-finals of men's singles with easy wins in their respective round of 16 encounters at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Thursday.

Apr 12, 2018, 12:18 PM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Vikram Malhotra-Ramit Tandon advance in men's doubles squash

India's Vikram Malhotra and Ramit Tandon entered the round of 16 of squash men's doubles after receiving a walkover from Sierra Leone's Ernest Jombla and Yusif Mansaray.

Apr 12, 2018, 11:58 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Paddlers Manika, Mouma in singles quarters; Madhurika ousted

Manika thrashed local girl Tracy Feng 4-1 (11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7) to reach the last eight of the competition.

Apr 12, 2018, 11:53 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Shooter Tejaswini Sawant takes silver in women's 50m Rifle Prone

Shooter Tejaswini Sawant notched up a score of 618.9 points to bag a Silver - fifth for India - at the 2018 Gold Coast CWG events.

Apr 12, 2018, 11:12 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Doping probe keeps three locals away, no positive tests

ASADA chief David Sharpe said a preventative task force funded to the tune of millions of dollars by the Australian government had conducted tests on 2,600 local athletes and 500 from overseas.

Apr 12, 2018, 10:58 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Shooter Neeraj Kumar shines in men`s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol

Neeraj piled up a total of 291 points to claim the pole position ahead of England`s Sam Gowin who registered 287.

Apr 12, 2018, 10:28 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Indian mixed doubles shuttlers enter quarters

Ashwini and Satwik took just 25 minutes to thrash Canadian duo of Kristen Tsai and Nyl Yakura 21-10, 21-7 in their round of 16 encounter at the Carrara Sports Arena here.

Apr 12, 2018, 09:59 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Arpinder Singh, Rakesh Babu enter triple jump final

Indian athletes Arpinder Singh and AV Rakesh Babu entered the final of the men's Triple Jump competition at the 2018 Gold Coast CW Games.

Apr 12, 2018, 09:53 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018: Wrestler Babita Kumari enters final, assures medal for India

Babita Kumari shook off a strong start by the Nigerian to clinch a 3-1 win.

Apr 12, 2018, 09:33 AM IST

CWG 2018: Para paddlers Vaishnavi Sutar, Maitreyee Sarkar fail to reach semis

While Maitreyee managed to win just one of her three group stage matches, Vaishnavi failed to notch a single win to finish at the bottom of her group.

Apr 12, 2018, 09:22 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018: Wrestlers Sushil Kumar, Rahul Aware reach finals, assure India of more medals

Wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Rahul Aware reached finals in their respective freestyle wrestling competition at the Gold Coast on Thursday, assuring more medals for India.

Apr 12, 2018, 08:00 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018: Wrestler Rahul Aware advances by overpowering George Ramm of England

Rahul Aware powered his way to an 11-0 lead over the English wrestler early in the second round which prompted the judges to award him the bout.

Apr 12, 2018, 07:39 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018: Maharashtra government announces huge cash rewards for medal winners

The Maharashtra government has announced huge cash rewards for all the sportspersons from the state who have bagged medals at the ongoing Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Apr 12, 2018, 07:28 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Sutirtha Mukherjee, Pooja Sahasrabudhe advance in women's doubles Table Tennis

The Indian combination did not face too much trouble from their Welsh counterparts as they scripted a 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6 victory.

Apr 12, 2018, 07:23 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Purnima finishes 2nd in heats of 100m hurdles of Heptathlon

Purnima registered a personal best time of 13.56 seconds to finish behind Elizabeth Dadzie of Ghana who recorded 13.49.

Apr 12, 2018, 07:16 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2018: Wrestler Babita Kumari beats Bose Samuel of Nigeria in the Freestyle 53-kilogram Nordic category

Babita shook off a strong start by the Nigerian to clinch a 3-1 win.

Apr 12, 2018, 07:09 AM IST