Gold Coast Day 1: World Champion Sally Pearson pulls out; Mirabai Chanu gives India the first gold
WITHDRAWAL OF SALLY PEARSON Australia’s 100m hurdles World Champion, Sally Pearson, has officially withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games 2018 due to an Achilles injury. Pearson stated that her Achilles injury came back while training at the Athletes’ Village two days ago. The Olympic, two-time world and dual Commonwealth Games hurdles gold medallist made the announcement in front of the media. FLORA...
First gold for India in CWG 2018- lifter Mirabai Chanu wins in 48kg Women’s Weightlifting
Mirabai Chanu was in full form as she grabbed gold in the Women’s 48kg category Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast. Chanu finished with a new Games Record of 196 to win the first gold for India. Chanu, who claimed a silver at the 2014 Glasgow Games, was always a medal prospect for India as her...
India get first medal of CWG 2018- Gururaja win silver in Men’s 56kg Weightlifting
Karnataka's Gururaja Poojary gave India the first medal of 2018 Commonwealth Games by winning silver in the Men's 56kg Weightlifting. The 26-year old, however, missed the gold medal as he twice failed to lift 138kg in the Clean and Jerk category. In the third attempt, he successfully lifted it and finished with a total of 249 points. “After I failed...
Commonwealth Games Opening lit up Gold Coast promising ‘no barriers, no borders, no divisions’
“Welcome to the oldest living culture on earth”- with this begins the Opening Ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games. It focuses on the changes in the earth over 65 million years. As the land masses separate and the oceans grow we see our first mention of the Gold Coast icon, Migaloo, the white whale. The island is spotlighted musically by...
Commonwealth Games: the rich history that is fighting for its existence
It’s time for the Commonwealth Games again. The 21st edition of the Games will start from 4th April 2018 at Gold Coast in Australia where athletes from 71 participating nations will fight for excellence and sporting glory. GOLD COAST 2018 Gold Coast has been selected in the bid for hosting the Games mainly because the city already has 80 percent of...
As a captain and player, Gautam Dagar leads Indian Rugby to its forward march
It was the occasion of Asian 5 Nation Tournament at Lahore in Pakistan. The Indian boys were ready to leave for their tour after their selection camp in Amritsar. But with a heavy jolt, the news came that 10 out of 23 boys were denied visa as they were serving the Indian army. The 13 left, were in shock...
Indians ready for Gold Coast; settle in Commonwealth village amidst doping probe
The Indian contingent comprising of 218 athletes arrived at the Gold Coast Commonwealth village to participate in the Games that begin on April 4 and will go on till April 15, 2018. The 218-member contingent includes a 31-member athletics team. The Indian athletes will camp and train at Super Sports Center in the Gold Coast till March 25 before...
From Mumbai suburbs to Bangkok and US; its Pickleball really going global
It was not just another Sunday in one of the extreme suburbs in Mumbai; but it was the Pickleball day at Global City in Virar. The Mumbai Pickleball Association organized a training camp in Club One of Global City with the sole motive to promote the game and to increase its reach to various corners of urban Mumbai. Uday Dhonde,...
National Para Badminton Championships- para shuttlers lit up Sunbeam School at Varanasi
The 2nd National Para Badminton Championship was successfully organised by Uttar Pradesh Para Badminton Association under the aegis of Para Badminton Association at Sunbeam School in Varanasi from 23rd-25th March, 2018. The championship had around 200 participants from across India under six different categories- Wheelchair 1 (WH 1), Wheelchair 2 (WH 2), Standing Lower 2 (SL 3), Standing Lower...
“In Wheelchair Basketball, every player is unique because of his unique functional ability”…..Varun Ahlwat
Around 1945-46, after World War II, injured army men of the USA found for themselves a mode of rehabilitation. They played Basketball on wheelchairs to keep themselves motivated and positive. Most of the war servicemen who were treated in Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals in Birmingham (CA) and Framingham (MA), as well as at the Corona Naval Station (CA), played against their...