Lakshya Sen is aware that his Olympic qualification is still in choppy waters but said he has been working on his "variations" and "deceptions" during the off-season to regain his world's top-10 position and seal his Paris Games berth.
'I will be running for timing in Asian Games. The training I had, I hope to record my personal best and win the race.'
India's schedule on Saturday, August 6, Day 8 of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
India's hurdlers Jyothi Yarraji and Nithya Ramraj advanced to the women's 100m hurdles final, while ace long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and Jeswin Aldrin also sailed through.
A sensational run over the last two weeks has given wings to Ashwini Ponnappa's Olympics dreams, and the ace Indian shuttler now wants to continue her fine run in the upcoming bigger tournaments to stay on course for a trip to Paris.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika Batra progressed to the women's singles quarter-finals but veterans Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan crashed out.
India's golden generation of squash ready for one last dance at Asian Games
Britain's Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill is pregnant and will miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July, she said on Friday.
El-Sisi welcomed Modi, who is on a two-day state visit to Egypt, at the Presidential Palace where the two leaders were closeted for one-on-one meeting after which the two sides signed a memorandum of understandng.
Grandmaster and former World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship after settling for a quick draw with Arghyadip Das in the ninth and final round in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
There was romance at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome with the engagement of two Scottish cyclists on Sunday.
The events on Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4 and Day 5 of the Games were well captured and here we document all the action from Day 6, in pictures...
There is no rivalry with Neeraj Chopra, insists Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem
Loved and loathed in equal measure, the drone of the vuvuzela will resonate in India for the first time at the Commonwealth Games in October.
'Big cricketers can win the World Cup but if a big player gets an opportunity to claim an Olympic medal they will definitely work towards'
Asian Games selections were biased, made to feel unworthy in national camp, claims Panghal
Aiyar, who appeared to make a doomsday prophecy on the success of the October 3-14 games going by the state of preparedness, also said that anyone who is patronising the Games cannot be anything but "evil".
HS Prannoy climbed up two spots to achieve a career-best world number seven
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty gained a place to achieve a career-best ranking
Another deadline for completion of projects at the venues for Commonwealth Games will be missed with Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy saying there will be delay by a "couple" of days beyond August 31.
India's schedule on Day 2 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday.
It's going to be a hell of journey, says Sindhu welcoming new coach Hafiz Hashim
The Indian Railways will be the lead partner for Commonwealth Games. Special trains will run during the Commonwealth Games.
'On September 29, 2023, three persons- all from areas outside Scotland-deliberately disrupted a planned interaction organised by the Gurudwara Committee for the community, the High Commissioner and the Consul General of India. This interaction was to discuss community and consular issues,' the High Commission of India, London said in a statement on Saturday.
About a month after it was thrown open for bookings, the Games Travel Office (GTO) of the Commonwealth Games does not seem to be generating much response from tourists.
Reliance Industries on Wednesday said it has commissioned the country's first one-megawatt solar plant to power a stadium to be used in the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
India's schedule on Monday, August 8, Day 11 of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
'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.'
Incidentally, all three pugilists are currently embroiled in court case with the BFI over selection for the Asian 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.
Sindhu, Sen look to regain lost touch in Canada Open
'We feel empowered to perform for India'
Dutee Chand experienced the shock of her life when she was told by a doctor in November 2021 that level 1 cancer has attacked her body
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, who is returning from an ankle injury, begins her campaign against former World Champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the first round of Malaysia Open.
England may pull out of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in Delhi, due to security reasons, as security advisors fear that the British players and athletes may be targeted by Pakistani militants during the event.
Kabir Khan's next venture, Chandu Champion, is based on a true story and stars Kartik Aaryan.
Indian athletes' schedule for Thursday, August 4, at the Commonwealth Games.
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.
'I am privileged to have represented India for more than two decades and earning my 300th international cap is truly a special memory for me.'
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