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Cricketer Rishabh Pant named as Uttarakhand’s brand ambassador

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday named cricketer Rishabh Pant as the brand ambassador of the state. The wicketkeeper-batter was born in Roorkee in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district. Naming Rishabh…
CWG 2022: Sreeja Akula receives grand welcome at Hyderabad airport

Hyderabad: Table Tennis gold medal winner Sreeja Akula, who won the mixed doubles gold medal with Achanta Sharath Kamal in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, on Wednesday received a grand welcome at the…

CWG 2022: PV Sindhu receives warm welcome at Hyderabad airport

Hyderabad: Indian Badminton players PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Chirag Shetty, following their scintillating performance at the Commonwealth Games (CWG), were welcomed by supporters and family members with bouquets at the Hyderabad…
British and Western media maintain power through Commonwealth Games

The 2022 edition of the Commonwealth Games has just concluded. For India it was a satisfactory exercise as our country finished fourth on the medal table. There were excellent performances from Indian newcomers and India…
CWG 2022: PV Sindhu bags first-ever Commonwealth Games singles gold

Birmingham: Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu clinched India’s first gold medal in Badminton at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 and the first women’s singles CWG gold medal of her career by defeating…
India is serious contender in current Chess Olympiad

Chess became a craze aft Celebrated Bengali Director Satyajit Ray’s movie ‘Shatranj ki Khiladi’ created a big buzz in 1977. But the recent Netflix release ” Queen’s Gambit” took it to a…
Watch: Row over waiving of KCR’s photo as Nikhat Zareen bags gold

Hyderabad: Telangana Sports Authority Chairman A. Venkateshwar Reddy waived a picture of state CM K Chandrasekhar Rao with the Indian flag when Nikhat Zareen was winning a gold medal at the Commonwealth…

CWG 2022: Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem wins javelin gold with 90-metre throw

Birmingham: Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem on Sunday became the first javelin thrower from the sub-continent to cross the 90 metre mark to win the gold medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games here.…
CWG 2022: World champion Nikhat Zareen wins gold for India

Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen clinched the gold medal for India in the women’s 50kg light flyweight division at the 2022 Commonwealth Games by winning the final bout comprehensively, here on Sunday.…
HI writes to FIH on clock fiasco; wants regulations to be amended

New Delhi: Miffed with the ‘timekeeping’ fiasco that rocked the Commonwealth Games, an angry Hockey India has asked the world body (FIH) to immediately amend the regulations and take strict action against…
IND v WI: Pandya captains in fifth T20I as India win toss, elect to bat first

Lauderhill: All-rounder Hardik Pandya has stepped in to captain in place of Rohit Sharma as India won the toss and elected to bat first against West Indies at Central Broward Park Stadium…
India wins historic gold and silver in men’s triple long jump

Birmingham: Eldhose Paul led India’s historic 1-2 finish in men’s triple jump at the Commonwealth Games as he won a rare gold medal in track and field events and was followed by…
CWG 2022: After 16 years, Indian women’s hockey team wins bronze

Birmingham: The Indian women’s hockey team beat defending champions New Zealand 2-1 in the shootout to win the bronze medal and finish its campaign at the Commonwealth Games on a high note…
Boxers Nikhat, Amit Panghal storm into finals

Birmingham: Reigning world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen stormed into the final of women’s 48kg after outclassing England’s Stubley Alfia Savannah, her exploits overshadowing even Amit Panghal’s display in men’s 51kg at the…
CWG 2022: Bajrang, Sakshi, and Deepak bags gold for India

Birmingham: Olympic bronze medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik came up with authoritative wins and upcoming star Deepak Punia added a third gold to the country’s Commonwealth Games tally as India asserted…