The reigning world champion duo of Chen Meng and Wang Yidi gasped in surprise seeing the backhand return of Ayhika Mukherjee, who, in part, engineered India's biggest triumph of the Asian Games thus far.
Saina Nehwal's chances of defending her title at the Commonwealth Games looks bleak as she has decided to skip the selection trials for the upcoming multi-sport events.
Legendary athlete P T Usha expressed hope that her student Tintu Luka would win gold medal in the 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this year.
Indian athletics chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair said the athletes were prepared for the Hangzhou Asian Games but the postponement should lesson their workload this season.
The mystery surrounding the Indian high commission e-mail, which triggered the corruption storm that has engulfed the Commonwealth Games, is getting more intriguing as the official who originally received it has refused to confirm or deny its authenticity.The e-mail, sent by an IHC protocol official Raju Sebastian, recommended various service providers for the London launch of the Queen's Baton Relay. It was made public by CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi.
Diya Chitale and Manush Shah had also sought the HC's intervention in the matter.
The 54-page document tabled in Parliament detailed how the Modi-government pull the economy from being counted among the most fragile-five in the world to being the fasted growing and the most attractive investment destination.
Set to return after an injury-induced break, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu is aware the road to Paris will be "challenging" and she needs to be "smarter" in her pursuit of coveted gold medal in the French capital.
Harmanpreet Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored a brace each as the Indian men's hockey team produced a completely dominating performance to rout Canada 8-0 in their third match at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday.
The Baton, which will stay in India for two days on October 12 and 13, will not, however, be taken in a relay by sportspersons, as is done normally, following IOA's decision to curtail the events here as there will not be adeqaute security arrangements in view of the Dussehra festival.
Zareen was no match for her young opponent as she dominated the bout from start to finish
The Indians attacked the Wales citadel continuously from the word go but they failed to find the finishing touches.
14-year-old squash player Anahat Singh was too good for Jada Ross of St Vincent and the Grenadines in an 11-5, 11-2, 11-0 victory in the Round of 64 women's singles competition in Birmingham on Friday.
Medals tally of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Indian mixed doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa shocked Commonwealth Games silver medallists England's Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the $ 1 million China Open
Jeremy shared an interesting story behind the tattoo he wears on his left arm.
The Centre on Tuesday admitted in the Rajya Sabha that diversion of funds meant for the welfare of Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes to Commonwealth Games projects by the Delhi government was 'wrong' and efforts would be made to bring them back to the SC/ST Fund. "In my view, using Rs 678.91 crore out of the Schedule Caste Sub Plan to contribute for CWG appears to be wrong," Home Minister P Chidambaram said.
The 27-year-old said the Indian team's immediate focus is the FIH Hockey Pro League beginning next month.
The protesting wrestlers will not face any sort of vendetta politics and they will get the required support from the new federation, outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said on Thursday after the panel backed by him emerged victorious in the keenly-followed elections.
In the ongoing Women's World Championship, Jaismine Lamboria clinched her opening bout on Friday.
Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal settled for silver medal in the mixed doubles squash event of the Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, on Saturday, becoming the first Indian pair to achieve the feat in the sporting extravaganza.
World champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won India's first gold medal on Day 1 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Thursday.
The sources said the CBI raids started early in the morning and are focussed on four companies, which had acted as the Indian arm for the same number of international firms. The contracts were bagged by consortium of foreign and Indian firms.
India's champion athletes returned to a rousing reception when they landed home on Tuesday after their spectacular showing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The Indian duo lost 7-11, 4-11 to King and Coll and missed out on a spot in the final of the event.
Star Indian sprinter Hima Das qualified for the women's 200m semi-finals after winning her heat with a timing of 23.42s at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday.
India thus finished a fantastic badminton campaign with three gold, one silver and two bronze.
Olympic medal-winning wrestler Sakshi Malik does not endorse the Indian Olympic Association's call for a boycott of the 2022 Commonwealth Games but at the same time feels that dropping shooting from the event's roster is "wrong on the athletes."
The abundance of talent is complemented by a confident approach which the likes of Manu Bhaker, Mehuli Ghosh, Anish Bhanwala and Anjum Moudgil will display at the Games.
India has reversed its decision to pull out its hockey teams from next year's Birmingham Commonwealth Games and will compete in the multi-sport quadrennial event 'if they qualify', a Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) official said on Saturday.
This was the third title for the Indian duo -- they had clinched the Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 and Nantes International Challenge this year.
Singh lifted a total of 322kg and also set a national record in snatch (147kg) on Sunday.
A 'White Paper' versus 'Black Paper' battle erupted on Thursday as the Centre and the Congress unveiled documents and crossed swords over the handling of the Indian economy during the nearly 10 years of the BJP-led NDA rule and the previous 10-year tenure of the Congress-led UPA government.
India's top shuttler P V Sindhu is targetting peak form during the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games this year to ensure that she clinches the two titles missing from her cabinet.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the preparations for the Commonwealth Games, saying even if he mops the floor, the sports facilities will not be ready in time. Observing that the preparations were in a 'mess', Modi also taunted the CWG organisers, telling them that any government body in Ahmedabad would have ensured that all the stadia were ready before the commencement of the mega sporting event on October 3.
Apart from Mirabai, the four other Indian lifters were placed in groups C and D, failing to finish even in the top 20 at the Worlds, earlier this month.
Here are the Indian Super Moms' at the Hangzhou Asian Games beginning on September 23.
A complaint has been lodged at the Barasat women's police station in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, where the 24-year-old Arjuna awardee has been booked under the IPC sections for rape, criminal conspiracy, causing miscarriage without the woman's consent and cheating, the police said.
