Saina conquers Sindhu- wins Commonwealth gold, Kidambi Srikanth earns silver
Saina Nehwal defeated compatriot PV Sindhu in straight games to win the women's singles title in the Badminton competition. Saina had a 21-18, 23-21 victory in the final to claim her second individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. The vastly-experienced Saina took her overall head-to-head record against Sindhu to 4-1. Newly-crowned World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth settled for a silver...
Day 10: New Zealand won their first Women’s Hockey gold; Neeraj Chopra gives golden Javelin moment
NEW ZEALAND DOWNED AUSTRALIA IN WOMEN’S HOCKEY The New Zealand women's hockey team won their first Commonwealth Games gold medal by defeating defending champions Australia by 4-1. This ended Australia's run of three successive Commonwealth Games gold medals in women's hockey. England won the bronze by defeating India by 6-0. INDIA ON A ROLL India claimed medals in Boxing, Wrestling, Javelin Throw and Shooting. India’s most decorated...
Manika Batra wins historic singles gold in Table Tennis; paddlers deliver 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
India's next superstar, Manika Batra, created history by becoming the first Indian woman Table Tennis player to win a singles gold at the Commonwealth Games. Manika defeated Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7) in a one-sided final. On the way to the final, she won a hard-fought battle against multiple Olympic medallist, Feng Tianwei 4-3 (12-10,...
Formidable show by Indian wrestlers- Vinesh Phogat, Sumit Malik win gold, bronze by Sakshi Malik, Somveer Kadian
The Indian wrestlers continued their good form in international events by winning four medals today at the Commonwealth Games 2018. The cousin of the Phogat sisters, Vinesh Phogat kept the family traadition of winning gold at the CWG by winning in the Women's 50kg Freestyle title. Vinesh outdid Canada’s Jessica Macdonald with a 13-3 scoreline to defend her gold...
Javelin gold by Neeraj Chopra and Shooting glory by Sanjeev Rajput add to India’s golden run
Young Javelin thrower of India, Neeraj Chopra registered his season best effort of 86.47 meters in Men's Javelin to win the gold at the Commonwealth Games 2018. He became the first Indian to win a medal in Javelin Throw at the Commonwealth Games. Chopra had a first throw of 85.50 meters that put him into gold medal position. He had...
Journey continues for Mery Kom as she bags her 1st CWG gold; 8 other Boxing medals follow
Magnificient Mery won gold medal in Women's 45-48kg category at the Commonwealth Games by defeating Northern Ireland's Kristina O'Hara 5-0. The 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, five-time world champion, 2014 Asian Games gold medallist and five-time Asian champion dominated the title clash as all five judges awarded the 35-year-old identical 30-27 scores. In the men’s 52kg, boxer Gaurav Solanki defeated Brendan...
Day 9: India’s 15-year old Shooting sensation Anish Bhanwala was the star of the day
DIAMANTO EVRIPIDOU RHYTHMICALLY WINS IT FOR CYPRUS Rhythmic gymnast Diamanto Evripidou brought her haul to a total of six medals for Cyprus. Apart from winning individual all-around and team gold medals, she also won gold in the hoop and ball, silver in the ribbon and bronze in the clubs. TOM DALEY GETS HIS 5TH CWG GOLD Englishman Tom Daley got his 5th...
Gold won by wrestler Bajrang Punia, 2 silver and 1 bronze follow in Wrestling
The grapplers of India had again made India proud. On day 9th of the Commonwealth Games, the wrestlers accumulated a total of 4 medals with 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. Bajrang Punia delivered gold in the Men's Freestyle 65kg category by defeating Kane Charig of Wales 10-0 in just over two minutes. Bajrang had stormed into the final...
15-year old shooter Anish Bhanwala wins gold; Tejaswini Sawant gives another gold
15-year old shooting sensation Anish Bhanwala won the coveted Commonwealth gold in his Games debut in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. Australia’s Sergei Evglevski claimed the silver with 28, while the bronze medal went to Sam Gowin (17) of England. Anish shot a Games record score of 30 to win the finals and become the youngest Indian gold medallist at...
Day 8: Canada, Australia win first Beach Volleyball contest; Sushil Kumar makes hat-trick of CWG medals
FIRST BEACH VOLLEYBALL MEDAL AWARDED Australia and Canada won the first Men’s and Women’s Beach Volleyball medal in Commonwealth Games history. In the Men’s section Australians Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann overcame a 12-9 deficit in the third set to defeat Canada's Samuel Pedlow and Sam Schachter in the gold medal match. However, in the Women’s section, Canada had an...