News for 'commonwealth games day'

Beyond bragging: Tejaswin Shankar's story of records, medals

Beyond bragging: Tejaswin Shankar's story of records, medals

Rediff.com4 Oct 2023

I can brag about decathlon as now I have the national record: Tejaswin Shankar at his jovial best

Silver medallist Bindyarani worried about family in riots-hit Manipur

Silver medallist Bindyarani worried about family in riots-hit Manipur

Rediff.com6 May 2023

Bindyarani Devi wondered if the news of her silver medal-winning effort at the Asian Championships 2023 had reached her parents, in violence-hit Manipur.

This cricketer counselled Sardar, advised him to forget criticism

This cricketer counselled Sardar, advised him to forget criticism

Rediff.com15 Sep 2018

Sachin Tendulkar inspired me to make comeback after CWG snub, says Sardar

Manu Bhaker named India's flag-bearer at Youth Olympic Games

Manu Bhaker named India's flag-bearer at Youth Olympic Games

Rediff.com1 Oct 2018

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra made the announcement during the send-off ceremony in New Delhi on Monday.

Asian Athletic C'ship: Sreeshankar wins silver, qualifies for 2024 Olympics

Asian Athletic C'ship: Sreeshankar wins silver, qualifies for 2024 Olympics

Rediff.com15 Jul 2023

Star Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar on Saturday qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after winning a silver medal in the Asian Athletics Championships.

AFI to include high jumper Tejaswin in CWG contingent

AFI to include high jumper Tejaswin in CWG contingent

Rediff.com7 Jul 2022

Last three weeks have been sleepless roller coaster: Tejaswin after CWG inclusion

Wrestlers write to PM Modi, IOA: 'Biased, unjustified, against right of equality'

Wrestlers write to PM Modi, IOA: 'Biased, unjustified, against right of equality'

Rediff.com13 Jul 2023

Several women wrestlers wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the IOA and the ad-hoc panel running the WFI, requesting "fair trials" for Asian Games.

Wrestlers continue protest for justice against WFI president

Wrestlers continue protest for justice against WFI president

Rediff.com23 Apr 2023

Top Indian wrestlers have returned to Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to continue their protest

Khel Ratna an 'added responsibility' for TT star Manika

Khel Ratna an 'added responsibility' for TT star Manika

Rediff.com22 Aug 2020

Table tennis player Manika Batra, who will be conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award this year, said that the accolade would spur her to bring more laurels for the country.

PIX: Ingebrigtsen wins 5,000m; Moraa takes 800m gold

PIX: Ingebrigtsen wins 5,000m; Moraa takes 800m gold

Rediff.com28 Aug 2023

Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway raced to victory in the 5,000 metres on the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Sunday.

First Look: The mettle to win

First Look: The mettle to win

Rediff.com6 Mar 2006

Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games organisers unveiled the medals to be awarded

How Sivalingam battled pain to snatch another C'wealth gold

How Sivalingam battled pain to snatch another C'wealth gold

Rediff.com7 Apr 2018

Defending champion Sathish Sivalingam (77kg) claimed India's third gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, emerging triumphant despite having given up podium hopes after his injured thighs made even routine things like sitting painful.

Analysis: Record gold haul by Indian wrestlers

Analysis: Record gold haul by Indian wrestlers

Rediff.com11 Oct 2010

It turned out to be a record haul for India when Sushil Kumar clinched the gold in wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in Delhi, on Sunday.

Tejaswin breaches Asiad qualifying mark, triple jumper Akhilesh breaks his shin bone

Tejaswin breaches Asiad qualifying mark, triple jumper Akhilesh breaks his shin bone

Rediff.com17 Jun 2023

'I had calculated that I have to run below 4 minute 40 seconds in the 1500m if I have to qualify for the Asian Games. I achieved that not because I was capable of but because of my co-competitors. Each one of them said that they have to push this guy (Shankar) to finish on time. One guy was running with me all the time in the race only to push me ahead.'

Sreejesh ready for memorable CWG swansong

Sreejesh ready for memorable CWG swansong

Rediff.com26 Jul 2022

Sreejesh believes goalkeepers are like vintage wine, which gets better with age

Gowda wins discuss throw, gives India first athletics gold

Gowda wins discuss throw, gives India first athletics gold

Rediff.com1 Aug 2014

Vikas Gowda gave its first athletics gold medal of the 20th Commonwealth Games by winning the men's discuss throw on Thursday.

Will these teenage shooting sensations pass the Asiad test?

Will these teenage shooting sensations pass the Asiad test?

Rediff.com18 Aug 2018

Teenage prodigies Anish Bhanwala, Manu Bhaker and Elavenil Valarivan will carry India's medal hopes in shooting at the Asian Games, beginning in

Long jumper Sreeshankar finishes 3rd in Diamond League

Long jumper Sreeshankar finishes 3rd in Diamond League

Rediff.com10 Jun 2023

Murali Sreeshankar is the only third Indian to finish in the top-three of a Diamond League after Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and former discus thrower Vikas Gowda.

Manavjit fails as Indian shooters disappoint on Day 2 at Worlds

Manavjit fails as Indian shooters disappoint on Day 2 at Worlds

Rediff.com10 Sep 2014

India's shooters failed to impress on the third day of competitions in the 51st Shooting World Championship as trap ace Manavjit Singh Sandhu missed out on a final berth by a whisker while Rahi Sarnabot and Anisa Sayyed disappointed in women's 25 metres pistol, in Granada.

India hope to shift spotlight on medals at humdrum CWG

India hope to shift spotlight on medals at humdrum CWG

Rediff.com3 Apr 2018

Indian contingent would be aiming to make it all good with strong medal-winning performances when the acutely-low-on-buzz Commonwealth Games start

PHOTOS: Telangana CM felicitates CWG medal winners Nehwal, Sindhu

PHOTOS: Telangana CM felicitates CWG medal winners Nehwal, Sindhu

Rediff.com21 Apr 2018

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, on Saturday, felicitated 2018 Commonwealth Games medallists Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu among others at Pragathi Bhavan.

Sindhu in Thailand Open quarters; Kashyap, Prannoy exit

Sindhu in Thailand Open quarters; Kashyap, Prannoy exit

Rediff.com12 Jul 2018

Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu was the only bright spot on a dismal day for Indian badminton as she progressed to the quarter-finals with a straight-game win at the US $350,000 Thailand Open World Super 500 tournament in Bangkok on Thursday.

PIX: Men's hockey team visits National War Memorial

PIX: Men's hockey team visits National War Memorial

Rediff.com12 Aug 2022

The India men's hockey team post their victorious return from Commonwealth Games 2022 visited the National War Memorial in New Delhi on Thursday, to express their gratitude to the brave martyred soldiers of the nation.

Satwik-Chirag keep gold medal hopes alive; Prannoy bags bronze

Satwik-Chirag keep gold medal hopes alive; Prannoy bags bronze

Rediff.com6 Oct 2023

H S Prannoy signed off with a bronze -- India's first medal in men's singles at the Asian Games in 41 years,.

'Her success will inspire many'

'Her success will inspire many'

Rediff.com25 Mar 2023

Goof-up at World Championships: Russian anthem played incorrectly.

India gold-silver in women's 10m rifle

India gold-silver in women's 10m rifle

Rediff.com20 Mar 2006

Tejaswini Sawant and Avneet Kaur Sidhu scored 500.6 points and 500.2 respectively to equal the Commonwealth Games' record.

Delhi: Omicron recovered patient under '14-day observation' at home

Delhi: Omicron recovered patient under '14-day observation' at home

Rediff.com22 Dec 2021

The 27-year-old Rohini resident, who had tested Covid positive after returning to Delhi from Dubai, said, even after the home isolation restrictions are lifted, 'I have been told that I will be under 14-day observation at home, and doctors will check on me intermittently'.

Indian shooters hit gold

Indian shooters hit gold

Rediff.com17 Mar 2006

India's shooters struck it rich at the Commonwealth Games on Friday morning, winning three gold medals and a silver.

Boxing Worlds: Jaismine, Shashi advance, Shruti bows out

Boxing Worlds: Jaismine, Shashi advance, Shruti bows out

Rediff.com18 Mar 2023

In the ongoing Women's World Championship, Jaismine Lamboria clinched her opening bout on Friday.

Doordarshan's big plans for Yoga Day event

Doordarshan's big plans for Yoga Day event

Rediff.com14 Jun 2015

Doordarshan would be deploying more than 20 hi-definition cameras for the coverage of the event on June 21.

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 4

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 4

Rediff.com7 Apr 2018

Check out India's schedule on Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Sunday.

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 3

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 3

Rediff.com6 Apr 2018

Check out India's schedule on Day 3 of Commonwealth Games.

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 2

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 2

Rediff.com5 Apr 2018

Check out India's schedule on Day 2 of Commonwealth Games.

India's shooters draw blank for second day running

India's shooters draw blank for second day running

Rediff.com25 Jul 2021

Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar finished a lowly 26th and 32nd respectively in the men's 10 metres Air Rifle event of the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday

Stunning PIX: World Aquatics Championships 2023

Stunning PIX: World Aquatics Championships 2023

Rediff.com27 Jul 2023

Australia's Kyle Chalmers set a blistering pace towards the end to win gold in the blue riband men's 100 metres freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships.

I will compete with myself at CWG: Mirabai Chanu

I will compete with myself at CWG: Mirabai Chanu

Rediff.com26 Jun 2022

Mirabai Chanu will enter Birmingham, as title favourite.

England stun Australia in swim relay

England stun Australia in swim relay

Rediff.com18 Mar 2006

England captured two more swimming gold medals, the second coming with a stunning men's relay upset of Australia.

You are my new hero: Gavaskar tells Lakshya Sen

You are my new hero: Gavaskar tells Lakshya Sen

Rediff.com3 Feb 2023

Badminton and cricket are two of his favourite sports. He was here with us for about an hour, Vimal Kumar said.

CWG: Australia hammer India 4-0 to clinch hockey gold

CWG: Australia hammer India 4-0 to clinch hockey gold

Rediff.com3 Aug 2014

Chris Ciriello struck a hat-trick as Australia humiliated India 4-0 to clinch the gold medal of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow National Hockey Centre on Sunday.

Biggest challenge for me is to maintain my fitness: Srikanth

Biggest challenge for me is to maintain my fitness: Srikanth

Rediff.com17 Jun 2018

The defence of four Super Series titles this season is not bothering Kidambi Srikanth as the ace shuttler is focussed on staying injury-free and winning a gold medal at the upcoming Asian Games.