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With less than six months to go for the London Olympics, Indian pugilists led by Commonwealth Games gold medallist Paramjeet Samota will participate in the International Boxing Tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan to get the necessary exposure ahead of the marquee event. more...
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa etched their names in history books on Friday when they became the first Indian pair to ensure a medal at the World Badminton Championships. The Commonwealth Games more...
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Ashish Kumar was introduced to Gymnastics at a tender age of four when his brother observed him somersaulting with near accuracy in the comforts of his bed room. more...
Fortunes ebbed and flowed but Indian shooters, led by the mercurial Gagan Narang, experienced more highs than lows in a year that saw them clinch a record 30 medals in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. more...
: After a reasonabl successful jaunt at the Commonwealth Games, Indian weightlifters will be expected to bag a rich haul at the Asian Games too. India had bagged eight medals, including two gold, a more...
: The Indian weightlifting team expected a tally of at least 10 medals at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, but could manage eight with just a cou- ple of gold. National coach Ha more...
Kolkata, October 24 (PTI) Limba Ram, head coach of theIndian archery team, today said Lenin Cherukuri contributedsignificantly to their Commonwealth Games silver medal triumphin the men's compound section. more...
Having bagged a bronze medalin the Commonwealth Games, upcoming shuttler Parupalli Kashyaphas an ambitious goal now to win a medal in the Olympics to beheld in London in 2012. more...
Having bagged a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games, upcoming shuttler Parupalli Kashyap has an ambitious goal now to win a medal in the Olympics to be held in London in 2012."After the experience in the Commonwealth Games, I want to qualify for the London Olympics (in 2012). more...
Hyderabad, Oct 20 (PTI) Having bagged a bronze medalinthe Commonwealth Games, Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap hasnow set his sights on a medal in the 2012 Olympics in London. more...
Hard punches exchanged during the Commonwealth Games, it was time for the boxers to take a break and set their sights on the next big event coming up -- the Asian Games in Guangzhou next month. Tho more...
Indian boxers packed a powerful punch in the Commonwealth Games with an unprecedented medal haul but replicating the performance in next month`s Asian Games would be tough as they have got very little time for rest and recovery. more...
India`s top shuttlers, including Saina Nehwal, today said their success at the Commonwealth Games would not put them under pressure to perform at upcoming Asian Games in China. more...
Philem Dipak Singh New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) India completed an unprecedentedsuccess in athletics events in the Commonwealth Games here asthey collected one gold and four bronze today to take theirmedal count to 12. more...
"It was unfortunate that we lost the gold by a whisker. They did well till the half way mark, but later found it difficult to cope up with the wind," said national coach Sunny Thomas. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who has learned boxing, Friday turned up at the Talkatora Stadium to watch India's Olympic bronze medal winner Vijender Singh's bout at the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) He has himself learnt boxing froma Dronacharya awardee and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi todayshowed his love for the sport by turning up to watch theopening Commonwealth Games bout of Olympic bronze medallistand world number one Vijender Singh here at the TalkatoraStadium. more...
Egged on by a capacity crowd at the Talkatora Stadium, Jai dominated the proceedings to notch up an easy 11-1 triumph after getting a bye in the first round. more...
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): India will look to strengthen its position in the medals tally on the second day of the Commonwealth Games as 28 gold medals are up for grabs today with the most interesting battle between Olympian gold winner Abhinav Bindra and World Champion Gagan Narang, who will be gunning for gold in the 10 m air rifles (Singles). more...
OLYMPIC GOLD medalist Abhinav Bindra and world champion Gagan Narang did maximum amount of justice on the hopes which were put upon them. The ace shooters on Tuesday […] more...
Indian shooters Abhinav Bindra and Gangan Narang fired in unison and shot a Games record 1193 in men's 10m air rifle event to give the country its first gold medal in the 19th Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang Tuesday gave India the first gold of the 19th Commonwealth Games by winning the men's 10 metre air rifle pairs event, breaking their own Games record. more...
: The Commonwealth Games are all about cama- raderie in a competitive atmos- phere. On Monday, the Indians, renowned for their hospitality, endeared themselves to the strong Australian contingent by e more...
The first half of Monday at the Yamuna Sports Complex was rather smooth for India's women table tennis team. They began their cam- paign at the Commonwealth Games with a convincing 3-0 win against Sri more...
Indian men have never won a medal in the Commonwealth Games since hockey was introduced in 1998 at Kuala Lumpur, where, incidentally, they registered their best performance -- a fourth-place finish. more...
With the likes of Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang, Samaresh Jung and Tejaswini Sawant, Indian shooters will be looking to better their Melbourne performance. more...
Expectations from Indian shooters are on an all-time high and keeping that in mind, national coach Sunny Thomas has issued a gag order to help them concentrate better ahead of the Commonwealth Games. more...
With all the hype surrounding the athletes taking part in the Commonwealth Games (CWG), there is a girl who is perhaps too shy to boast of her achievement although her choice of sport is not among the more...
Gayathri Govindraj's on the last leg of her training before she goes to New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games (CWG). The 20-year-old is just back from Bangalore, where she went to attend the national coaching camp but left halfway as she wanted to train with her own coach. "My coach understands me best and knows how to help me train," says the Chennai girl, who will be competing in the triple jump and 100 metre hurdles. She is also one of the youngest athletes at the CWG. more...
It will be a different experience altogether for Indian gymnasts when they perform in front of the home crowd and perhaps the biggest ever challenge. more...
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) After being stranded at the airport for hours, there was more misery in store for the Indian shooters Monday as they found the quality of pellets supplied to them by the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) not up to the mark. more...
New Delhi, Sep 25 (PTI) The shoddy state of the Games'Village stood exposed today when the Indian boxing teamchecked in at their residential block there only to finddefending Commonwealth Games gold medallist Akhil Kumar's bedcollapsing. more...
Indian athletes continued to trickle in at the Commonwealth Games Village with the 10-member boxing team led by Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh checking in at its residential block for the event. more...
The Indian recurve archery teams (men and women) go into the Delhi Commonwealth Games as favourites, more so because world powerhouse South Korea can't be part of the competition.But ironically, I more...
he last time the Indian national anthem was played during the medal ceremony of a badminton event in the 1982 Commonwealth Games, current sensation Saina Nehwal was not even born, and her mentor and n more...
ollowing a successful run at the Pan Pacific Championships in California, Swimming Canada announced a 27-member strong squad for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. World record holder Annamay Pierse more...
Ottawa, Sep 17 (PTI) Women's 200m breaststroke worldrecord holder Annamay Pierse will lead a 27-member strongCanadian swimming squad for the October 3-14 CommonwealthGames in India. more...
Ottawa, Sep 17 (IANS) Two-time men's national Champion Shahier Razik and three-time women's Open national champion Alana Miller will lead the Canadian squash team in the Delhi Commonwealth Games Oct 3-14. more...
New Delhi, Sept.16 (ANI): Table Tennis Canada and Commonwealth Games Canada has named the team for the XIXth Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi from October 3-14. more...
I: Aiming to break its jinx in the Commonwealth Games, Indian men's hockey team is under- taking special lecture sessions on psychology from Kargil war hero and Vir Chakra awardee Colonel Lalit Rai. more...
Aiming to break its medal jinx in the upcoming Commonwealth Games, Indian men`s hockey team is undertaking special lecture sessions on psychology from Kargil war hero and Vir Chakra awardee Colonel Lalit Rai. more...
India have been underachievers in squash in the Commonwealth Games, with nothing to show for their efforts.But come October 4, the nation- al contingent will be striving hard to change the scenari more...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) Ace shuttlers Saina Nehwal andChetan Anand will spearhead Indian challenge in the badmintonevent of the Commonwealth Games to be held here from October 3to 14. more...
On a day when the Indian shooting team was announced for the Commonwealth Games, it emerged that none of the marksmen who underwent tri- als at Pune and Delhi for the quadrennial games were test- ed f more...
The National Rifle Association of India's selection committee may have taken the right decision to not consider Athens Olympic Games silver- medallist, double-trap shooter RVS Rathore, for the Commonw more...
Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra will spearhead the Indian shooting challenge in both the Commonwealth and Asian Games along with other top marksmen such as Gagan Narang and Manavjit Singh Sandhu. more...
Defending champion Achanta Sharath Kamal will lead India's table tennis cam- paign in the Commonwealth Games beginning October 3.Table Tennis Federation of India announced a 10-member squad for th more...
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Arjuna Award winner rifleman Sanjeev Rajput were axed from the shooting squad for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. more...
Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore will not part be a part of the Indian shooting team at the Commonwealth Games as he stands disqualified for selection after missing the trials. more...
Defending champion Achanta Sharath Kamal will spearhead Indian challenge in table tennis in the Commonwealth Games to be held from October 3-14. more...
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Defending champion AchantaSharath Kamal will spearhead Indian challenge in table tennisin the Commonwealth Games to be held here from October 3-14. more...
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Rajpal Singh was today namedcaptain of the 16-member hockey squad, announced by HockeyIndia, for the October Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A 16-member Indian hockey squad for the Commonwealth Games was announced Monday. Rajpal Singh will lead the team for the Oct 3-14 event. more...
It's been almost two decades since Dola Banerjee won her first medal at the national level, as a sub-junior.Still going strong at 30, this is the fourth generation of archers she now competes with more...
Mangal Singh Champia, India's lone male archer at the Beijing Olympics, failed to qualify for the men's recurve team for the Commonwealth Games (CWG). This is for the first time since 2007 that Cha more...
India will be fielding a 10-member contingent for the Commonwealth Games squash competition, Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) said here Monday. more...
Chennai, Aug 23 (IANS) India will be fielding a 10-member contingent for the Commonwealth Games squash competition, Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) said here Monday. more...
If you thought breath analysers were only meant for catching drunk drivers, think again. And if you thought alcohol could never be a performance-enhancer for sportspersons, you are horribly wrong! For the first time during the Delhi Commonwealth Games, besides inebriated motorists, archers will be more...
Patiala, Aug. 17 -- The Commonwealth Games will be weightlifter Soniya Chanu's first major multi-discipline event, and the lifter from Manipur is leaving no stone unturned to make the opportunity count in front of her home crowd. more...
The Commonwealth Games will be weightlifter Soniya Chanu's first major multi-discipline event, and the lifter from Manipur is leaving no stone unturned to make the opportunity count in front of her ho more...