Ravaged but resolute H S Prannoy focussed on increasing speed ahead of Paris Olympics
Delhi hosted the first Asian Games in 1951, and the ninth edition in 1982. In 2010, the national capital had hosted the Commonwealth Games.
She began the clean and jerk with a confident 110kg lift, leading the Indian coaches to increase her second attempt by six kilograms.
Pakistan women's cricket team captain Bismah Maroof's infant daughter, Fatima, has been denied accreditation to access the Commonwealth Games Village in Birmingham
Star paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal and World champion boxer Nikhat Zareen have been named India's flagbearers for the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday.
Alex Yee gave England a golden start to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Friday, staging a dramatic late charge to win the men's sprint triathlon.
Australia start favourites against India but Radha doesn't see it that way.
From firewood to barbells, no burden is too heavy for India's Mirabai
Sindhu saw off Sim 21-13, 12-21, 21-14 in a 59-minute women's singles second-round match to register her third win over the Korean world number 34.
40-year-old Sharath showed that age was just a number.
The host for the 2010 Games will be named on November 13 in Jamaica.
'We both are really working hard, and, of course there are many things on which we are focussing right now, on and off the table.'
Condemning homophobia, India's first openly gay athlete Dutee Chand has called for the LGBT+ people to be allowed to live without "fear of persecution or death".
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty gained a place to achieve a career-best ranking
Mahesh Vijapurkar urges Indian sportspersons to stand up and show contempt for the poor standards that appear the benchmark of the Commonwealth Games.
Lovlina Borgohain is aware that fierce competition awaits her at the Paris Olympics but the ace Indian boxer is quietly confident of snaring a second successive Games medal, having found considerable success in her new category, which is also closer to her natural body weight.
Putting an end to the rumours, ANI quoted Dutee's manager saying: "They both attended Dutee's sister's wedding."
The Games begin in Jakarta and Palembang in less than 10 days but the Indian contingent is yet to be known officially.
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 3, Monday, July 29, 2024:
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.
Gurusaidutt will be stepping on a new journey as a coach.
PV Sindhu stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Olympic Games' women's singles competition
Satwik-Chirag eyeing "great things" at Paris Olympics after cracking service variation challenge
Images from the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, on Thursday.
Sen has a 4-2 head-to-head record against his final opponent Li Shi Feng, the reigning All-England champion. Sen had defeated him recently at the Thailand Open.
Bhavina Patel wins gold in women's singles classes 3-5 category
IOA president P T Usha on Sunday slammed the revolting executive council members, saying they 'seem more focused on self-serving power play and monetary gain'
'Technically we are as good as anyone else,' said IOA secretary general Randhir Singh.
In T20Is, Australia are on 299 rating points, stretching their lead over second-placed England from 14 to 18 rating points.
Ganguly was also effusive in his praise for young pacer Renuka Singh.
Ghosal recovered from a defeat in the second set to see off Scotland's Greg Lobbon 11-5, 8-11,11-7 11-3
Eyeing a third Olympic medal, ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will now move her base from Hyderabad to Bengaluru to train under the legendary Prakash Padukone in the build-up to the Paris Games.
Sehwag mistakenly retweeted the video, only to delete it after the goof-up was brought to his notice.
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.
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.
India thus finished a fantastic badminton campaign with three gold, one silver and two bronze.
Sreeshankar said featuring consistently at top international events, like the Diamond Leagues, will be his focus going forward.
Sports Ministry asks IOA to allow Lovlina's coach into CWG Village: Sources
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The former world champion ended with a total lift of 201kg (88kg+113kg), which is far from her personal best.
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