Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year twice in a row.
World Championship medallist Amit Panghal and Sachin Siwach struck gold at the 75th Strandja Memorial tournament.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday made a historic visit to the former war zone of Jaffna to "shine a light on the chilling events" during the last phase of the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, hours after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa cautioned against turning the Commonwealth into a "punitive and judgemental body".
It was double delight for the hosts in the men's 61kg junior event as Sankar Lapung clinched the bronze medal with a best effort of 256kg (114kg+142kg).
Gao Ning was India's nemesis as Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal and his compatriots went down to Singapore 1-3 and finished runners-up in the men's team event of the 18th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship in Glasgow on Saturday. The Indian team, which put up brilliant efforts to notch seven consecutive wins and enter the final, failed to live up to expectations when it mattered most.
India's women shuttlers assured themselves of a maiden Badminton Asia Team Championships medal by cruising to a 3-0 win over Hong Kong in the quarter-finals.
Tennis ace Rohan Bopanna, hockey great P R Sreejesh and table tennis legend Sharath Kamal, are gearing up for one last hurrah at the Asian Games, starting in Hangzhou, from September 23.
With over 3,000 species of plants, 26 interconnected lakes and the 250-year-old Great Banyan Tree -- the largest in the world -- the Indian Botanic Garden is a veritable treasure, discovers Payal Singh Mohanka.
India's impressive show at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships continued as their medals tally swelled to 33, including 15 gold, on the second day of the competition at Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday.
What India projected at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, says Sheela Bhatt, was a huge Indian mela in all its old shades.
With Pakistan's possible suspension from the grouping expected to dominate the Commonwealth Heads of Government meet, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left Delhi on Thursday for Kampala where hot issues like climate change, human rights and terrorism will also be on the agenda.
P V Sindhu sought the help of the legendary Prakash Padukone and trained at his academy in Bengaluru last week.
The NRI industrialist said New Delhi has excellent infrastructure and had successfully hosted the Asian Games in 1982.
Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Chairman Suresh Kalmadi said he was happy with the progress made in the Games Village as it got ready to welcome the first of the 7000 athletes and team officials who will reside there during the Commonwealth Games.
The papayas from Mumbai were too squishy, the chef raced through the streets of Goa in a police jeep to look for fruit ripened just right only to have security personnel puncture many a hole through them... a new book recalls in detail the struggle to procure and plate perfect papayas for Indira Gandhi during a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in 1983.
Another triumphant story was written in Indian badminton as Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty romped to a stunning comeback win.
Sanjay Singh, the Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist, on Wednesday exuded confidence of sweeping the much-delayed Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections, saying the fraternity knows who would be beneficial for the sport and who could inflict damage to it.
Sports Ministry confirms Satwik, Chirag for Khel Ratna, Shami and 25 others for Arjuna award
The opening ceremony of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, on October 3, will have a spiritual touch. Azaan, Vedic and Buddhist chants will be played in the background as performers, wearing costumes depicting different aspects of the pluralist character of India, present the theme song Swagatan in different Indian languages.
Faced with problems of non-cooperation and lackadaisical approach from some of the departments, the Central Vigilance Commission may inspect Commonwealth Games venues and the OC office to gather papers and possible vital evidence to further its probe.
Secret papers have revealed that senior officials in the Thatcher government were not worried about a boycott by African and Caribbean nations that made the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh appear as a white-only event.
India were unfortunate to miss a medal in men's 100kg where Avtar Singh sustained an injury and conceded his quarter-final and repechage matches.
Annu Rani continued her disappointing form this season with an effort of 57.74m in the women's javelin throw event.
Prem Chand Lochab's election to secretary general's post is in violation of WFI's constitution and he is now preventing the growth of wrestling in the country by demanding a postponement of the junior Nationals, said Darshan Lal, who had lost to him in the recent polls, on Saturday.
In mixed doubles, K Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto prevailed 21-18, 21-14 over Macau's Leong Iok Chong and Weng Chi NG to make a winning start.
The champion pugilist won India's only gold at the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships in Liverpool, as the team ended up with a commendable tally of one gold, two silver and six bronze medals.
It was a good beginning for the Indian paddlers in the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, as both the women's and men's team advanced to the second round of the tournament with minimum fuss in New Delhi.
Legendary American athlete Michael Johnson joined the chorus of renowned sports persoanlities who have criticised the preparation of the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi by saying they were "doomed from the start".
Welsh world and Olympic champion Geraint Thomas, Isle of Man rider Peter Kennaugh and the England pair of Ben Swift and Ian Stannard, said they were opting out of the Games as they feared for their health after reading reports about the dengue outbreak and the "filthy" conditions at the Games Village.
Sensing the urgency to ensure that the Commonwealth Games are held in New Delhi on schedule from October 3 to 14 and to remove the clouds of uncertainty over the Games, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has intervened in the matter
Sindhu reminisces about life-changing past seven years, her maiden Olympic medal ahead of WC
Australia's Ryan Napoleon has been suspended from swimming for three months following a positive test for a banned substance after he was given the wrong asthma inhaler, Swimming Australia said on Thursday.
Disappointed with the controversy-ridden build-up for this year's Commonwealth Games, Indian golfer Jyoti Randhawa on Friday said the shoddy preparation for the quadrennial sporting extravaganza is nothing short of a national "shame".
In the men's doubles, Indian duo of Manav Vikash Thakkar and Manush Utpalbhai Shah defeated Mohamed Shaffan Ismail and Moosa Munsif Ahmed of the Maldives 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-2) to enter the round of 16.
Allegations of corruption in construction and procurement need to be investigated and all those responsible brought to book.
The labour shortage for the Games is about 20 per cent, according to Rakesh Mehta, chief secretary of the Delhi city government. He told Business Standard several projects are suffering due to this problem.
The government has asked central PSUs to sponsor the Commonwealth Games even as state-owned firms, including the Railways, have already committed Rs 200 crore (rs 2 billion) for a "good cause".
A makeover for the national capital is something that is no longer just an idea. With less than four years left for the Commonwealth Games, the state government hopes to give it a completely new look by then.
Speaking at the soft launch of the Commonwealth Games Village on Wednesday, organizing committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi said Delhi is ready to host the athletes for the October 3-14 extravaganza.
Lakshya Sen, who won both his matches to play his part in the silver medal-winning effort in men's team event, too dropped one spot to world number 15. Kidambi Srikanth gained a spot to 20th.
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