India Confirms First-Ever Medal In Lawn Bowls At CWG 2022, To Play South Africa In Finals
India defeated New Zealand 16-13 in the semifinals of the Women's Fours event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham to secure their first ever Lawn Bowls medal on August 1. With a comeback win in the semis, Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third), and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip) secured the final position. They… read-more
Tags: Commonwealth Games 2022, India, lawn bowls, New Zealand, semi-finals
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Indian Women's Cricket Captain Breaks MS Dhoni's Record, Wins 42nd T20 Match: CWG 2022
India won against arch-rivals Pakistan at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, UK. The women's cricket team's member Harmanpreet Kaur broke a massive record of former Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoni in the T20 format, as she led the 42nd Indian team to victory and become the youngest successful… read-more
Tags: Commonwealth Games 2022, Cricket, India V/S Pakistan, MS DHONI, Harmanpreet Kaur
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PM Modi Hails Achinta Sheuli For Gold, Shares Video Of Interaction With Him
PM Narendra Modi hailed Achinta Sheuli, who bagged a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022. The athlete secured a gold medal in the men's 73 kg weightlifting event, on July 31. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said, "I had interacted with Achinta. We have discussed the support he received from his mother and brother. I hope he gets time to watch a film now that a medal has been won."
Tags: PM Narendra Modi, sports, Achinta Sheuli, Indian contingent, Commonwealth Games 2022
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Indian Badminton Team Advances To Quarter-Finals Of Commonwealth Games 2022, Defeats Australia 4-1
Indian badminton team advanced to the quarter-finals of Commonwealth Games 2022 after defeating Australia 4-1 in their mixed team event on July 30. Srikanth Kidambi, PV Sindhu, Sumeeth Reddy, and Chirag Shetty put India up 3-0 over Australia. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand of India were defeated by Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen and Gronya Somerville.… read-more
Tags: Srikanth kidambi, Commonwealth Games 2022, Badminton, Quarterfinals, Australia
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Sanket Sargar, 1st Indian Athlete To Win Medal At CWG 2022, Bags Silver In Men's 55kg Weightlifting Event
Maharashtra's Sanket Sargar made history by being the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 on July 30. In Birmingham, the 21-year-old earned silver in the men's 55kg weightlifting category with a total of 248kg (113kg in snatch, 135kg in clean and jerk). Sanket Sargar injured his elbow while attempting to… read-more
Tags: Commonwealth Games 2022, India, Weightlifter, Sanket Sargar, Silver Medal
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Indian Men's Hockey Team To Commence CWG 2022 With Match Against Ghana
The Indian Men's Hockey Team will open their game at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games versus Ghana on July 31. The two teams will compete in Pool B for their first win of the campaign. India is in Pool B of the event, with Canada, England, Ghana, and Wales. The match will commence at 2030 hours IST on Sony Ten 3, Sony Six, and the… read-more
Tags: Hockey, Commonwealth Games 2022, Indian Men's Hockey Team, Ghana, Birmingham
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Sachin Tendulkar Extends Best Wishes To Women's Cricket Team At Commonwealth Games
The Father of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar extended best wishes to the women's cricket team, participating in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Tendulkar tweeted, "Wonderful to see cricket back in the Commonwealth Games. Hope this takes our beautiful game to newer audiences. Best wishes to @BCCIWomen’… read-more
Tags: Commonwealth Games 2022, Sachin Tendulkar, Cricket, Women's Cricket Team, National
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Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 1: Women's Cricket, Hockey & Badminton In Schedule
Day one of the Commonwealth Games 2022 is a power-packed event for the women's cricket team against Australia. In addition, the women's hockey team will face Ghana and the mixed badminton team would also be in action in the evening schedule. Moreover, in boxing, Shiva Thapa, Sumit Kundu, Ashish Kumara and Rohit Tokas have their bouts lined up today, a big one for the Indian contingent at the event,
Tags: Commonwealth Games 2022, Hockey, Badminton, events, Women's Cricket, Indian contingent
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Commonwealth Games 2022 Officially Proclaimed Open In Birmingham
The 22nd Commonwealth Games began with a magnificent opening ceremony at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium on July 28. Humanity, Destiny, and Equality are the three principles that the games promote through their three colors of red, yellow, and blue. India will be represented by 215 athletes competing in 141 events in 19 sports… read-more
Tags: Commonwealth Games 2022, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Excluding Shooting From Commonwealth Games Will Impact India's Medals: Jaspal Rana
Removing shooting from the Commonwealth Games 2022 will hurt India's winning chances, said 2002 gold medalist Japal Rana. Rued about the exclusion of shooting in CWG, Rana said, "It was not a priority sport for the organisers so they have excluded it. They have removed it so as to impact India’s medals tally. That is how they can manipulate the tally count". CWG is beginning on July 28-August 8.
Tags: Jaspal Rana, Shooting, sports, Commonwealth Games 2022, indian
Courtesy: The Free Press Journal