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Vandana Katariya scored a brace as the Indian women's hockey team defeated Wales 3-1 to record its second successive win in Pool A at the Commonwealth Games. India scored all their three goals from penalty corners with Vandana finding the net twice, while Gurjit Kaur fired in a fierce drag-flick on Saturday.

Sometimes standing in long, unmoving queues can also have its benefits. And when it’s akin to a graveyard shift, all the better.

India women's table tennis team was knocked out of the Commonwealth Games 2022 after suffering a 2-3 defeat against Malaysia in the quarterfinals on Saturday. The Indian duo of Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula fought hard against Malaysia's Karen Lyne and Li Sian Alice Chang in the first match of the women's quarterfinal tie to give India an opening group lead.

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (70kg) cruised to the quarterfinals of the women's light middleweight category with an easy 5-0 win against Ariana Nicholson at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

Chanu lifted a whopping 29 kg more than the second-placed Marie Hanitra Ranaivosoa of Mauritius. Mirabai lifted a total of 201 kg to bag gold in the women's 49kg category– 88 kg in snatch and 113 kg in clean and jerk – to create a new CWG record as well as her own personal best.

Senior opener KL Rahul has been left out of the India squad which will travel to Zimbabwe for an ODI series next month after aggravating his hamstring injury, a development which could potentially jeopardise his T20 World Cup chances. It is understood that Rahul hasn't yet recovered despite undergoing a successful sports hernia surgery for lower abdominal injury. His hamstring also remains sore.

Mirabai Chanu bossed the 49kg field as expected to defend her Commonwealth Games title and give India the first gold medal of the Birmingham edition on Saturday.

Randa Seder, an eight-year girl from Palestine can’t be missed in the sea of participants at the ongoing Chess Olympiad. With photo requests from players and spectators the moment she arrived for her game on Saturday, Randa already feels like a celebrity. “Yes, I like it,” said Randa, the youngest player in the competition.

After suffering defeat in their first match against Australia, the Indian women's cricket team will lock horns against Pakistan in their Group A match at the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Sunday.

Condemning homophobia, India's first openly gay athlete Dutee Chand has called for the LGBT+ people to be allowed to live without "fear of persecution or death".

Senior opener KL Rahul has been left out of the India squad which will travel to Zimbabwe for an ODI series next month after aggravating his hamstring injury, a development which could potentially jeopardise his T20 World Cup chances.

Shraddha Sharma says 'Call me Shraddha Rani Sharma. That's how I go by now'. Ms Sharma has been quite off the radar, disappeared so to say. The time was right to catch up with her for a conversation.

A grenade that exploded during a match at Afghanistan's main cricket stadium killed two spectators, police said Saturday, a day after the blast. At the time of the explosion, hundreds of people were at the domestic T20 league match at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium.

After clinching a bronze medal in weightlifting, weightlifter Gururaja Poojary dedicated his medal to his wife. Indian weightlifter Gururaja won a bronze medal with a combined lift of 269kg in the Men's 61 kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday.

In search of an elusive Commonwealth Games gold, the Indian men's hockey team will look to start its campaign on a rousing note against lowly Ghana in its opening Pool B match on Sunday.

India's ace squash players Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal advanced to the round of 16 after easy wins in their respective women's and men's singles matches at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. Both Chinnappa and Ghosal, who are searching for the elusive CWG gold medal in singles, registered identical 3-0 victories in the round of 32 matches.

Victor Kiplangat took a wrong turn about a mile from the finish but still managed to give Uganda their first-ever Commonwealth Games marathon gold in Birmingham on Saturday.

One of TV’s longest running comedy shows, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, completed 14 years on July 28. To celebrate the special occasion, the cast and crew of the show cut a cake on the sets and were seen posing for fun pictures with each other. Present were Dilip Joshi, Munmun Dutta, Mandar Chandwadkar, Shyam Pathak, Amit Bhatt and producer Asit Kumarr Modi among others.

A misleading video involving India sprinter Hima Das created a flutter on Saturday, and had, among others, former cricketer Virender Sehwag, entangled in its web of misinformation.

Novak Djokovic said he is preparing for the US Open as if he will be allowed to compete at the hardcourt major, despite his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Caroline Garcia followed up her win over world number one Iga Swiatek with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Jasmine Paolini on Saturday to book a place in the final of the WTA event in Warsaw.

Adam Peaty was quickest in qualifying for the 100m breaststroke semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday in his first race since recovering from a foot injury.

Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary clinched a bronze medal in the men's 61kg category at the Commonwealth Games, adding to India's tally on Saturday.

It was difficult for Sanket Mahadev Sargar to look beyond weightlifters in Sangli, whenever he held his grandfather's hand and walked with him to the Digvijay Vyayamshala. Watching his seniors lift, Sanket couldn't control the lure for that bar with weights at both ends. On Saturday, the 21-year-old did that on the biggest stage he has performed on so far in his blossoming career. If it wasn't for the 'cruel' nature of sports raising its head, Sanket would have won gold. But the 55kg competition... Читать дальше...

Indian boxer Mohammad Hussamuddin cruised into the pre-quarterfinals of the men's featherweight (57kg) category of the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.