'Playing for India was my dream and when I get tired, I always remind myself of this. That's where the smile is from.'
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
This time, India may win as many as 17 medals at the Games.
England's Sarah Davies won the gold medal with a total of 229 kgs, while Canada's Alexis Ashworth bagged the silver with 214.
It all started to go from bad to worse when controversial former All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel, whose third term in office ended in December 2020, stayed in office citing a pending Supreme Court case.
The 21-year-old from Maharashtra lifted a total of 248kg (113 snatch, 135 clean & jerk) to secure the medal.
The protesting wrestlers on Sunday accused the media of supporting Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh more than the players.
Chanu ended India's over two-decade-long wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics.
Mirabai managed to lift 87kg in snatch and in 'clean and jerk' her best effort was a lift of 113kg
Rahul would like to make full use of the game time he gets as an opener during the three games against Zimbabwe
The Sports Ministry dropped para-sports coach Satyanarayana from the list of this year's Dronacharya awardees due to a criminal case pending against him, but made no changes to the names recommended for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
India has just 28 Olympic medals to its credit since making a debut back in 1900.
Chanu had confessed that the 90kg lift had become somewhat of a mental block last year, ahead of the CWG.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) left its door ajar for corrupt officials on Sunday, sidestepping a directive from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bar tainted officials from contesting its elections.
She began the clean and jerk with a confident 110kg lift, leading the Indian coaches to increase her second attempt by six kilograms.
Gurdeep Singh rounded off India's weightlifting campaign with a bronze medal in the 109+kg event at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.
Indian shooters ruled the roost for the fourth successive day as they made a clean sweep of all the six gold medals on offer in the 12th South Asian Games, in Guwahati, on Saturday.
An Olympic medal finally around her neck, star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Saturday said she can finally take a break at home without worrying about training after managing just five trips to her place in Manipur in the last five years.
Clearly disappointed with her show, the national federation chief said that the lifter competed with an injury to her knee.
India, who have already sealed a semi-final berth, ended the round-robin stage of the five-nation tournament at the top of the standings with 10 points, ahead of Korea (6), Japan (5), Pakistan (2) and hosts Bangladesh (0).
India have finished as the best-performing nation in the sport in the 1990, 2002, and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
The matter came up for discussion during their wide-ranging dialogue that was aimed at expanding overall ties.
Mercedes-AMG driver Arjun Maini made history during the first race of the 2021 DTM Championship's season finale when he claimed second place at the Norisring race circuit, becoming the first Indian to stand on the DTM podium.
Indian badminton team created history on Sunday as they lifted the Thomas Cup trophy for the very first time.
'I cannot describe it in words. It was my dream.'
An effort of 305kg helped Lalrinnunga bag the gold medal in the men's 67kg category
Jhilli lifted 69kg in the snatch and followed that up by 88kg in clean jerk for a total of 157kg to finish on top of the podium
Was hoping against hope something would happen and it did: Harjinder Kaur
Kerala's election discourse operates surreptitiously. Its explicit face focuses on important national and local issues. At the same time, it seeks to secure apt communal equations to ensure votes, notes Shyam G Menon.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Malaysia's Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad grabbed the gold medal with a Games record lift of 285kg (127+158). Morea Baru of Papua New Guinea bagged the silver with a total lift of 273kg (121+152).
Samoa's Don Opeloge 381kg (171kg+210kg) bettered his 2018 silver by clinching gold with a record-breaking performance.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
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Shraddha Shukla, a Class IX student will cover the distance in just 10 days.
On winning his third CWG medal on Tuesday, Vikas Thakur paid tribute to his idol by doing the 'thigh-five' celebration. 'The Punjabi thapi (thigh-five) was tribute to Sidhu Moose Wala.'
'Why do I have this feeling... why India could not pick their XI in last two years. It's a very strange thing to me that your squad is not settled. Who is your No. 4, where will Virat (Kohli) play 3, 4 or 5?'
Head coach Thomas Dennerby was a witness to the 'incident' and it was he, who immediately informed the AIFF.
