Punia is planning to skip the trials for the World Championships on August 25 and 26 and instead wants to train at a foreign location to prepare for the Asian Games
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty earned India's first-ever badminton gold medal at the Asian Games
Chopra was delighted to win on his comeback from a groin injury
Sindhu had won a gold in the mixed team event at the CWG in 2018, but a medal in singles has eluded her since her Games debut.
World champion Nikhat Zareen is keen to use the experience gained in the recently-concluded global event to qualify for the 2024 Olympics.
'Family members asked me not to come empty-handed, I am sure they'd be happy'
Sports Ministry asks IOA to allow Lovlina's coach into CWG Village: Sources
Olympian Deepak Punia skipped the national trials, in Patiala on Saturday.
Lakshya Sen outsmarted reigning World champion Loh Kean Yew as India displayed its might to blank Singapore 3-0 and enter the mixed team badminton final at the Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, on Monday.
He may have missed out on a gold medal by the thinnest of margins, but the ever-smiling Murali Shreeshankar, who won a historic silver medal in men's long jump at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday, says this is just the beginning; he is hungry for more success.
A multi-billion dollar broadcast market, the game's most powerful board's positive intent and a perfect pitch by the global body based on a three-fold 'U-P-L' principle ensured cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Her father, who is also into farming, had to shut his grocery shop for the day.
The 21-year-old from Maharashtra lifted a total of 248kg (113 snatch, 135 clean & jerk) to secure the medal.
Nikhat was at her aggressive best as she landed a flurry of combination punches on her opponent.
The FIH Women's Nations Cup is an important fixture in the international calendar as the champions of this tournament will be promoted to the FIH Women's Pro League 2023-2024 season.
Pakistan women's cricket team captain Bismah Maroof's infant daughter, Fatima, has been denied accreditation to access the Commonwealth Games Village in Birmingham
The star goalkeeper said Indian women's hockey has grown by leaps and bounds, offering financial independence to its players.
Sindhu took 38 minutes to prevail over her recent nemesis from Indonesia 21-19, 21-15
Prannoy reached the World Championships on previous two occassions.
The Indian boxing team, which landed in Birmingham on Monday, wasted no time as they immediately started their practice for the mega-event.
The core of the team remains the same with HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in good form and the Indian team would hope the rub of the green also goes their way when it begins campaign on Thursday.
Last week, the court had refused to grant any interim relief to the petitioning players and said in the meantime, if a reserved category player is being maintained, the petitioners' names should be considered.
Sreeshankar said featuring consistently at top international events, like the Diamond Leagues, will be his focus going forward.
HS Prannoy said continuous experimentation has been the key to his "special" season as he reached his second final of the year at the Australian Open Super 500 tournament in Sydney.
'Earlier we had set some limitations for us. But now, Indians are capable of doing something magical'
In the upcoming German Open, Lakshya Sen will spearhead India's challenge at the Super 300 tournament.
The principles are a departure from Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter that stipulates "no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas".
Ghosal and Pallikal hardly broke a sweat as they prevailed 11-8, 11-4 over the Australians
Down 0-2, the Indians showed great fighting spirit as the doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty and PV Sindhu levelled the scores after reverses in the first two matches.
India thus finished a fantastic badminton campaign with three gold, one silver and two bronze.
India's schedule on Day 4 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on August 1, Monday.
Nataraj clocked 25.52 seconds to qualify for his second consecutive semifinals of the Games.
Lakshya Sen, returning from a break, suffered a first round exit, while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand entered the pre-quarters of the Asia Badminton Championship.
India's fancied shuttlers didn't break a sweat on way to completing a 5-0 sweep of Pakistan in their mixed team campaign opener at the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday.
The former world champion ended with a total lift of 201kg (88kg+113kg), which is far from her personal best.
Tejaswin will however focus on Asian Games 2023, which will be held from Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8.
The IBA Women's World Boxing Championships is scheduled to be held from May 6 to 21 in Istanbul, Turkey while the 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2022 Asian Games will begin on July 28 and September 10 respectively.
Lanning feels the sport will be included someday in the future.
'We have chosen an experienced side for the Commonwealth Games and the players believe they have a good shot at a medal'
India's women cricketers did not play for 12 months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mandhana, however, has no issues with the busier schedule that she is having to deal with.
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