Indian boxers Amit Phangal and Naman Tanwar registered convincing victories to enter the quarter-finals of the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Friday. Amit outplayed Tetteh Sulemanu of Ghana 5-0 in the men's light flyweight (49 kilogram) while Naman thrashed Tanzania's Haruna Mhando 5-0 in Heavyweight (91 kg) division in Round-of-16 actions at Oxenford ...
India finally had something to cheer in the lawn bowls event as the women's Fours Sectional Play team comprising Farzana Khan, Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey and Nayanmoni Saikia beat England 21-9 at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Friday. But it was disappointment for the men's Pairs Sectional Play team, who lost to Scotland 12-17 in a round 3 m...
Indian cyclists disappointed on the second day of the 21st Commonwealth Games as all of them failed to advance to the medal rounds in the prestigious meet here on Friday. Sahil Kumar, Ranjit Singh and Sanuraj Sanandaraj failed to qualify for the next round in the men's cycling keirin first round heats. They finished fourth, fifth and fourth respectivel...
Tianjin, April 6 After shock defeats of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal on the opening day of the Davis Cup second round against China here on Friday, the Indian team was pushed towards defeat at the zonal level for the first time in five years. Ramanathan lost the first singles 6-7(4) 4-6 to China's Yibing Wu, failing to lead the team in the ...
India's mens hockey team will begin its campaign at the XXI Commonwealth Games with a pulsating Pool B clash against arch-rivals Pakistan here on Saturday. For the Manpreet Singh-led Indian team, 2018 is an important year, filled with multiple high-profile tournaments, with the CWG being the first target of the year. India h...
India's campaign in men's singles squash event at the Commonwealth Games came to an end after Vikram Malhotra lost 1-3 to England's Nick Matthew in a Round-of-16 match at the Oxenford Studios here on Friday. The higher-ranked Nick dominated the opening game 11-6 that lasted for nine minutes before Vikram pulled back the second game 11-8 in 10 mi...
India thrashed Malaysia 4-1 in a Group A match of the women's hockey competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Friday. Gurjit Kaur (6th, 39th minutes), Rani (56th) and Lalremsiami (59th) scored for India. Rashid Nuraini (38th) reduced the margin for Malaysia. This is the first victory of the campaign for India who now have three p...
Indian cyclists finished on a disappointing note in all three qualifying events which they participated at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. In the men's Team Sprint qualifying, the trio of Ranjit Singh, Sahil Kumar and Sanuraj Sanandaraj finished at the penultimate seventh spot with an overall timing of 46.174 seconds. New...
The Indian women's cycling team failed to qualify in the track 4,000 metre Team Pursuit event at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. The India team with Deborah Herold, Amritha Reghunath, Sonali Chanu, Aleena Reji and Monorama Devi finished fifth in 5:05.668 seconds. Australia and New Zealand will fight for ...
Mirabai Chanu won the first gold for India at the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games with a power packed performance in the women's 48 kilogram category here on Thursday. The Manipuri powerhouse left the competition far behind by setting Games records in the snatch, clean and jerk as well as the total. She registered 86 kg in the snatch and 110...
