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...
Ahead of the 11th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL), Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) experienced seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar reckons that to lay their hands on the silverware, the team needs to look out for the "little things" which can make them champions. The 28-year-old leading India bowler said the team needs to do "things correctly" ...
It was a good start for India in squash as Harinderpal Sandhu and Vikram Malhotra notched up comfortable wins against their respective opponents in the men's singles round-of-64 matches at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. Sandhu, a former national champion, defeated Cameron Stafford of Cayman Islands 3-1 to qualify for the rou...
Indian paddlers opened their Commonwealth Games campaign on a winning note with the men's team thrashing Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 while the women also completed a 3-0 clean sweep of Sri Lanka here on Thursday. Amalraj Anthony opened India's win with a 11-5, 3-11, 11-2, 14-12 win over Dexter St. Louis in the first men's singles tie before Sa...
India were defeated 2-3 by lowly Wales on the first day of the women's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. This is the first time that World No.10 India have lost to Wales -- who are placed 26th in the world rankings -- in a major tournament. Lisa Daley (7th minute) scored a field goal to hand Wales an early l...
Werder Bremen's head coach Florian Kohfeldt has penned a contract extension ahead of schedule with the German club. The 35-year-old coach has been rewarded for securing Bremen's top-flight status and leading the "Green-Whites" out of the relegation zone after taking over in October 2017, reports Xinhua news agency. "He has led the team out of a di...
