Gold Coast: Indian star Saina Nehwal defeated compatriot P.V. Sindhu in straight games to win the women’s singles title in the badminton competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games today. Saina displayed some superb form to clinch a 21-18, 23-21 victory in the final. SILVER Indian badminton player World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth takes home silver…
Manika Batra created history by becoming the first Indian woman table tennis player to win a singles gold at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. World No. 58 Manika’s dream run in the quadrennial event continued as she blanked 50th-ranked Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7) in a one-sided final. However, it was…
Jason Roy smashed an unbeaten 91 as Delhi Daredevils defeated hosts Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in a last-ball thriller in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mumbai yesterday. Opener Roy made the mockery of a listless Mumbai Indians bowling attack as he hammered six fours and as many sixes in his 53 ball knock…
Bengaluru: Star South African batsman AB de Villiers struck a half-century with a late flurry of sixes as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by four wickets to notch up their first win in the IPL-11 yesterday. De Villiers (57 off 40 balls) played anchor after the early departure of captain Virat…
Gold Coast: Mary Kom gave India a rollicking start in Day 10 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Gold Coast, Australia, by winning gold in the women’s 45-48kg boxing category. India’s legendary boxer, who was making her CWG debut, beat Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’Hara in the final by an unanimous decision to add a…
International Athlete Arjun Devaiah inaugurated the three-day district-level Badminton tournament organised by Kodava Samaja Cultural and Sports Club in association with Mysuru District Badminton Association (MDBA) at University of Mysore (UoM) Indoor Badminton Court here this morning. Recalling his journey, Devaiah said that he took to sports at a rather late age of 21 years….
Gold Coast: Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala, 15, became India’s youngest ever gold medallist in the Common Wealth Games (CWG). The other two shooters Tejaswini Sawant and Anjum Moudgil have won gold and silver respectively in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions at the 21st Commonwealth Games. Tejaswini registered a new Games record 457.9 points to…
Hyderabad: It was one of the best matches in IPL history for neutral fans to cherish, as Billy Stanlake hit the final ball for four to seal a dramatic one-wicket victory for Sunrisers Hyderabad over Mumbai Indians. The last wicket pair of 23-year-old Australian bowler Stanlake along with partner Deepak Hooda (32 not out) steered…
Veteran Indian star Sushil Kumar won gold in the men’s 74 kilogram category in the wrestling competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) today. Sushil overpowered Johannes Botha of South Africa by technical superiority in the final. Another Indian wrestler Rahul Aware also won gold in the men’s 57 kilogram category by defeating Steven Takahashi…
India dominated the range and the ring as Shreyasi Singh’s double trap gold shored up the medal tally while the entire men’s Indian boxing contingent made the semifinals to be assured of podium finishes in an unprecedented performance on day seven of the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Wednesday. On the overall medal tally,…
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