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Australian city Victoria cancels hosting 2026 Commonwealth Games due to lack of funds

Jul 18, 2023, at 02:59 pm

The 2026 Commonwealth Games are in doubt after the Australian city of Victoria withdrew its plans to host the event on 'financial' ground.

Commonwealth Games gold medalist Nayanmoni Saikia appointed as DSP

Sep 04, 2022, at 04:09 am

Guwahati: Assam government Saturday appointed Commonwealth Games 2022 gold medalist Nayanmoni Saikia as a Deputy Superintendent of Police.

CWG Birmingham: India's gold dream in hockey ends, Australia thrash Men in Blue 7-0

Aug 09, 2022, at 12:51 am

Birmingham: Dominant performance by Australia ended India's gold medal dream at the Commonwealth Games 2022, as they beat the Manpreet Singh-led team 7-0 in the Final on Monday.

CWG: Veteran paddler Sharath Kamal bags men's singles gold

Aug 09, 2022, at 12:35 am

Birmingham: Veteran Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal won the gold medal in the men’s singles table tennis at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Monday.

Satwik-Chirag pair wins maiden men's doubles title

Aug 09, 2022, at 12:18 am

Birmingham: India's star badminton duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Monday clinched the maiden men's doubles title at the Commonwealth Games and completed the hat-trick of gold on the final day of the quadrennial event.

CWG: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran bags TT men's singles bronze

Aug 08, 2022, at 11:40 pm

Birmingham: Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins men's singles bronze medal after beating Paul Drinkhall of England 4-3 at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.

Indian badminton sensation Lakshya Sen clinches men's single title at CWG

Aug 08, 2022, at 10:57 pm

Birmingham: India's young badminton sensation Lakshya Sen clinched the men's singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Monday with a come-from-behind win over Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong.

Indian icon Kidambi Srikanth clinches CWG men's badminton singles bronze

Aug 08, 2022, at 03:38 pm

Birmingham: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth finished with a bronze after defeating Singapore's Jia Heng Teh in straight sets in the men's CWG badminton singles here on Sunday.

India defeated by 9 runs in CWG final against Australia, settle for silver

Aug 08, 2022, at 03:22 pm

Birmingham: A billion hearts broke as India failed to grab yet another gold medal after they lost in the women's CWG T20 finals to Australia, who clinched the medal rush by 9 runs here on Sunday.

India's reigning World Champion Nikhat Zareen grabs CWG gold

Aug 08, 2022, at 01:07 am

Birmingham: Reigning World Champion Nikhat Zareen clinched the gold medal in the ongoing CWG as she defeated Northern Ireland's Carly MC Naul  in the women's 50 kg event on Sunday.

CWG Birmingham: Nitu Ghanghas, Amit Panghal grab gold medals

Aug 07, 2022, at 11:10 pm

Birmingham: India is witnessing a gold rush in the ongoing Birmingham CWG as  Boxer Nitu Ghanghas displayed a strong show to beat  England's Demie-Jade Resztan in the final of the women's minimumweight category to grab the yellow medal on Sunday.

CWG: Eldhose Paul clinches gold, Abdulla Aboobacker grabs silver in men's triple jump event

Aug 07, 2022, at 10:45 pm

Birmingham: India created history in the men's triple jump event as the gold and silver medals were clinched by the athletes here on Sunday.

CWG 2022: India wins bronze in Women's Hockey beating New Zealand 2-1 in penalty shootout

Aug 07, 2022, at 09:46 pm

Birmingham: Indian women's hockey team Sunday won the bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022, defeating New Zealand by 2-1 in the penalty shootout.

Vinesh Phogat wins India's 5th gold in wrestling

Aug 07, 2022, at 04:38 am

Birmingham: India's star wrestler Vinesh Phogat Saturday bagged the gold in wrestling in women's freestyle 53kg Nordic in the Commonwealth Games beating Sri Lanka's Chamodya Keshani Maduravalage Don.

CWG: Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins gold; India's 4th in wrestling

Aug 07, 2022, at 03:59 am

Birmingham: Ravi Kumar Dahiya Saturday won a major gold medal as he defeated Nigeria's Ebikewenimo Welson in the final of the men's 57kg final by technical superiority.

CWG: Smriti Mandhana's winning performance takes India to gold medal match

Aug 07, 2022, at 03:46 am

Birmingham/UNI: The Indian women’s cricket team defeated host England by four runs in the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games on Saturday to enter the women's T20 final and assured a medal.

CWG: Nikhat Zareen storms into final in light flyweight category; assures India a medal

Aug 07, 2022, at 03:01 am

Birmingham: Current world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen stormed into the finals of the women's 50kg light flyweight category on Saturday at the Commonwealth Games.

CWG: India men's four team wins silver in lawn bowls

Aug 07, 2022, at 02:45 am

Birmingham/UNI: The Indian men's fours team won the silver medal in lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

CWG: Indian steeplechaser Sable wins 3000m steeplechase silver with NR

Aug 06, 2022, at 11:24 pm

Birmingham: The Indian steeplechaser Avinash Sable set a new national record to win the silver medal in the men’s 3000m steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

Birmingham CWG: Priyanka Goswami clinches silver in 10km Race Walk

Aug 06, 2022, at 10:42 pm

Birmingham: Tokyo Olympian Priyanka Goswami bagged the silver in the Women's 10,000m Race Walk at the Commonwealth Games with a national record timing Saturday.

India sees hat-trick of gold medals in wrestling as Bajrang Puniya, Sakshi Malik, Deepak Puniya triumph at CWG

Aug 06, 2022, at 05:56 am

Birmingham/IBNS: In a spectacular sporting display by Indian wrestlers Friday,  Bajrang Punia gave the country its first gold medal in wrestling at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022, only to be followed by Sakshi Malik in the women's 62kg category and Deepak Puniya in men's 86kg category sealing a hat-trick of golds in the sports.

CWG '22: Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik seal two golds medals for India in wrestling

Aug 06, 2022, at 05:02 am

Birmingham/IBNS: It is a glorious day for Indian sports with Bajrang Punia giving the country its first gold medal in wrestling at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022, only to be followed by Sakshi Malik in the women's 62kg category to add a second yellow medal in the sport

CWG Hockey: India women beat Canada 3-2, enter semifinal

Aug 04, 2022, at 01:38 am

Birmingham/UNI: Indian women's hockey team played a high-octane match and booked a place in the semifinal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after defeating Canada 3-2 on Wednesday in the last pool A match.

CWG 2022: Himachal's town celebrates Vikas Thakur's silver in weightlifting

Aug 03, 2022, at 11:00 pm

Hamirpur/UNI:  Mass jubilation took place in Patnaun village of Hamirpur district after Vikas Thakur won his third successive Commonwealth Games medal in weightlifting.

Vikas Thakur completes hattrick of CWG medal with a silver in men's 96kg weightlifting

Aug 03, 2022, at 04:36 am

Birmingham/IBNS/UNI: Indian weightlifter Vikas Thakur on Tuesday completed the hat-trick of Commonwealth Games medals after clinching the silver in the men's 96kg event with a lift of 346 kg.

Indian men's TT team defend Commonwealth title to win gold in Birmingham

Aug 03, 2022, at 03:17 am

Birmingham/IBNS: The Indian men's table tennis team on Tuesday beat Singapore 3-1 to win gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Mirabai Chanu shares video of her mother celebrating her CWG gold medal victory, check out

Aug 01, 2022, at 12:56 am

Birmingham:  Indian weightlifting icon Mirabai Chanu on Sunday left the nation happy by posting a video on Instagram where her mother could be seen dancing to celebrate her daughter's gold medal victory in the ongoing Commonwealth Games.

CWG Birmingham: Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins gold medal

Jul 31, 2022, at 10:15 pm

Birmingham: Indian weightlifters continued their golden run in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games as Jeremy Lalrinnunga clinched the yellow medal in the men's 67kg category on Sunday.

India's Bindyarani Devi wins silver in women's 55 kg weightlifting at CWG 2022

Jul 31, 2022, at 04:25 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India's Bindyarani Devi won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games 2022 taking the country's medal count to four on Saturday. 

CWG Birmingham: Indian weightlifting icon Mirabai Chanu lifts gold medal

Jul 31, 2022, at 04:40 am

Birmingham: Indian weightlifting icon Mirabai Chanu won the first gold for the country in the ongoing Commonwealth Games by clinching the top medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting final.