As the Indian contingent ends their campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, the player's glorified nation's name with an impressive medal count. Team India won medals in each of the six events and spectacularly bagged a total of 61 medals. The total tally included 22 gold, 16 silver, and 23 bronze. This places India fourth out of 43 countries that have won medals at the Commonwealth Games, but it was the team's lowest medal tally since 2006. India finished fourth out of four teams, behind Australia (178), England (176), and Canada (92), losing out on the 101 medals it won
On Monday, PV Sindhu and young Gun Lakshya Sen excelled in the singles badminton competition as India swept the gold medals for the first time at the Commonwealth Games. A convincing straight-game win over Canada's Michelle Li added yet another gold to India's supporting icon Sindhu's bulging collection. Against the world number 13 at the NEC arena in front of a packed crowd, India's world number seven won 21-15, 21-12. Later in the day, ranked 10th Lakshya Sen came from behind to defeat giant-killing Ng Tze Yong. The 20-year-old beat the world number 42 from Malaysia through 19-21, 21-
It is raining medals for India at the on-going 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and the latest Indian sportspersons to win a medal at the event is boxer Nikhat Zareen. Zareen clinched the gold medal for India in the women’s 50kg light flyweight by winning her final bout comprehensively. Nikhat won three of her bouts at Birmingham 2022 5-0 and one via RSC (referee stops contest). In the final bout, she got the better of Gold Coast silver medalist, Ireland’s Carly McNaul. Earlier, Careen has won a gold medal at the 2011 AIBA Women's Youth & Junior World Boxing Cham
On Sunday, India wins the mixed doubles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Indian table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal defined age to team up with young Sreeja Akula as they comfortably beat Javen Choong and Karen Lyne of Malaysia 11-4, 9-11, 11-15, 11-6. Barring a blip in the second game, Sharath and Akula pair was in complete control of the tie increasing the nation's gold collection. In the earlier men's doubles final, Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan lost to Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford from England and settled for silver. Meanwhile, the same day, Indian boxer Sagar Ahlawat c
On Wednesday, Daniil Medvedev made a triumphant return in Mexico beating Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata 6-4,6-3. Medvedev won the opening set with the first break of the contest. This was Medvedev’s first match in six weeks at the ATP hard court tournament in Los Cabos, Mexico. The world number one player created a landmark for his career with the 250th match win of the reigning US Open Champion’s career. To this, he said, “Someone told me this a few days ago, otherwise I would have not known. That’s nice, a milestone in a way.” He further added that he aims for more victori
Para-powerlifter Sudhir won the men's heavyweight final at the Commonwealth Games 2022, giving India its sixth gold medal. Sudhir gathered 134.5 points and broke the Games record by lifting 212kg in his second attempt after lifting 208kg during his first attempt. Sudhir attempted to lift 217kg during his third lift, a personal best, but was unsuccessful. It was a high point for India's para powerlifters, who had a rather disappointing day. Sakina Khatun and Manpreet Kaur failed to take the podium in the women's lightweight division earlier in the day. Sudhir hails from a farmer's family
India won two gold and three silver medals at the Commonwealth Games 2022. The nation's second gold medal of the day was won by the men's table tennis team. India defeated Singapore 3-1 in the final with to G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai's ruthless performance, winning both of their singles and doubles matches. In fact, since the sport's introduction in Manchester in 2002, this is India's sixth gold in the competition. India earned its maiden team gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and four years later, it replicated the feat on Gold Coast. Meanwhile, India settles for silv
Young weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga on Sunday claimed the second gold medal for India at Commonwealth Games 2022 by lifting a record-breaking 300 Kg in the men's 67kg category. The first yellow medal was claimed by Olympic medalist and champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu. In the snatch category, Lalrinnunga had achieved a record-breaking 140 kg lift and 160 kg in the Clean and Jerk category, which together gave him a lift of 300 kg, a record at the Commonwealth Games. In the snatch category, he aimed to improve his record by going for 143 kg in his final attempt, but couldn't succeed.
After beating Colombia 1-0 in Bucaramanga on Sunday, Brazil won their fourth consecutive Copa America Femenina title with Debinha's penalty in the first half. In the penalty spot, the forward sent Catalina Perez the wrong way after being fouled by Manuela Vanegas. Brazil becomes the eighth nation to win the tournament in nine years, with Pia Sundhage lifting the trophy. She led her team to victory by scoring 20 goals in six games without conceding a goal. La Canarinha had to cope with throngs of Colombian supporters who crowded the field and chanted "Yes, we can," supported by coffee fa
Ace weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu bagged the first yellow medal in the 18th appearance at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022. Opening the account for India, on the second day, Chanu claimed gold by lifting a total 201Kg in the women's 49Kg weightlifting event. Along with Chanu, athletes, including Sanket Sagar (Silver), Bindyarani Devi (Silver), and Gururaja (Bronze) have also brought India glory. Due to Chanu's brilliant performance in the snatch round, she only needed to complete her first attempt in the clean and jerk round, which she did beautifully by lifting 105Kg. After the Gold