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The "killer instinct" was nowhere to be seen when Australia put the Indian women's cricket team under the pump but the country's shuttlers and paddlers steamrolled their hapless rivals on the opening day of Commonwealth Games competition. (Twitter/Olympic Khel)

Commonwealth Games 2022, Day 1 Highlights: India start well in TT, badminton & hockey, lose in cricket

July 30, 2022 02:24 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022, Day 1 Schedule, Highlights: Ace boxer Shiva Thapa outclassed Pakistan's Suleman Baloch in the first round of the 63.5kg category while India expectedly made mincemeat of Pakistan in a lop-sided 5-0 win in the mixed team badminton event.

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Ahead of CWG, Olympic diving champion Tom Daley speaks out against homophobia across Commonwealth

July 29, 2022 11:13 IST

In an upcoming documentary, Daley travels to some of the most homophobic countries in the Commonwealth to shed light on the discrimination faced by the LGBTQ+ community.

Indian women T20 team during their training session at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, ahead of Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK. (PTI)

Commonwealth Games, and Olympics, can help cricket add the ‘World’ in its World CupsSubscriber Only

July 29, 2022 10:15 IST

Multi-sport events seem perfect testing grounds for adding to the game’s diversity before increasing team slots for World Cups and qualifiers

CWG 2022, Day 1 schedule: India vs Australia in T20 cricket, India vs Pakistan in badminton

July 29, 2022 08:33 IST

On the first day of the Games (July 29), Indian athletes will take part in mixed team badminton prelims, women’s cricket, women’s hockey, round 1 & 2 rounds of men’s as well as women’s table tennis and the triathlon.

Fireworks explode during the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony at the Alexander stadium in Birmingham, England. (AP)

From Charlie Chaplin to Duran Duran, Birmingham parades its best at Commonwealth Games opening ceremonySubscriber Only

July 29, 2022 12:32 IST

CWG opening ceremony reflects on real-world issues while alluding to the chequered history of the host city

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5 accidents, 2 surgeries, metal rods in wrist and leg: Pragnya Mohan battles all odds to lead Indian team in its CWG triathlon debutSubscriber Only

July 29, 2022 14:23 IST

Pragnya, a CA, has overcome unique challenges to become India's best triathlete: roads that are unsuitable to ride a bike at elite speeds, open waters that are polluted and crocodile infested and no coaches.

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CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Highlights: Spectacular opening ceremony concludes, Team India march out in style

July 29, 2022 03:24 IST

CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Highlights: Latest updates as Birmingham 2022 begins.

Coach Vijay Sharma has stayed away from his family, trained as a weightlifter in abysmal conditions, & introduced advanced coaching methods, which produced an Olympic medallist, Mirabai Chanu, and promises to fetch India '11-12 medals' at the Commonwealth Games. (Photo: ddsportschannel/Twitter)

From training under a tin roof to churning out champion lifters, coach Sharma carries weight on his shouldersSubscriber Only

July 29, 2022 09:01 IST

Coach Vijay Sharma has sacrificed family life to produce champions like Mirabai Chanu, as he targets a dozen medals at CWG.

CWG buzz & a Lankan voice: ‘Winning tough, surviving tougher’Subscriber Only

July 27, 2022 09:30 IST

So as Birmingham gamely plods along with its pre-committed hosting duties, the next two weeks will throw up their fair share of “aww” moments, lending themselves to wholesome GIFs and fluttering pink emoji hearts on digital screens.

World Championships: India’s best ever showing in track and field but Neeraj Chopra the only shining starSubscriber Only

July 27, 2022 15:26 IST

Neeraj Chopra’s historic silver medal and six athletes reaching the finals make Oregon India’s best outing at the World Championships. Here are a few highs and lows from the Indian camp witnessed at the event.

A boy jumps to give a high five to the Commonwealth Games mascot, Perry the Bull, in Birmingham. (AP Photo)

Amid sweat and chaos, Birmingham offers Commonwealth Games balm to UK and beyondSubscriber Only

July 27, 2022 15:26 IST

Away from the fuel and food crisis back home, Sri Lanka weightlifter says: 'Winning medals is tough, but surviving is tougher'

‘Sindhu can play upto 40 years even – if she wants’: Strength and conditioning trainer Srikanth VarmaSubscriber Only

July 28, 2022 15:31 IST

Star shuttler is a rare talent but it’s strength & conditioning trainer Varma who keeps her fighting fit & injury-free.

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India is expected to win dozens of medals at the Birmingham CWG. But how does the level of competition weigh up against the Asian Games?

July 26, 2022 08:49 IST

With the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games being limited-field events, one needs to assess the level of competition in various sports at the two events for the sake of perspective.

The story goes that Batra’s then coach Sandeep Gupta asked her to start playing with long-pimpled rubber on one side of her bat. He felt that this would elevate her game further. And it did just that. (File)

CWG 2022: Road to medal goes through long pimpleSubscriber Only

July 28, 2022 15:33 IST

CWG 2022: India’s top paddler Manika uses unique rubber, but her doubles partners have to make adjustments if they want to land on podium.

Cricket returns to the CWG for the first time at Birmingham 2022 since that maiden appearance in Kuala Lumpur 1998. (File)

A haircut with Steve Waugh, watching Tendulkar patiently wait in line at the cafeteria, and other memories from CWG ’98Subscriber Only

July 28, 2022 15:34 IST

Campbell, the Zimbabwean player, Aminul, former Bangladesh captain, and the two Indians Khuraysia and Khoda share how starstruck cricketers were by other athletes at the games village in Kuala Lumpur.

Ferdinand Omanyala, left, of Kenya, runs in a heat of the men's 100-meter run at the World Athletics Championships Friday, July 15, 2022, in Eugene, Ore.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

CWG 2022: Kenya is known as a distance-running giant, but Ferdinand Omanyala, the fastest African ever, is showing they can excel at sprints tooSubscriber Only

August 4, 2022 15:03 IST

A sprinter from Kenya at the highest echelons of the event is still a novelty for a country which has dominated middle- and long-distance running for years at the Olympic Games and World Championships.

‘I wanted to quit’: Novak Djokovic considered retirement in mid-2010

May 1, 2020 17:31 IST

After winning the 2008 Australian Open, Novak Djokovic felt like he was under constant pressure which was not making him "feel the joy" of playing tennis.

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Inclusion of women’s cricket in CWG is fantastic news: Jacques Kallis

June 29, 2019 15:39 IST

Women's cricket is set to be part of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games after the Commonwealth Games Federation nominated its inclusion in the 2022 edition.

‘Surprised’ CGF says November meeting with IOA crucial

IOA cannot take unilateral decision to pull out of 2022 CWG, must consult govt: Kiren Rijiju

June 25, 2019 20:44 IST

The decision is a big blow to India which had won as many as 16 shooting medals out of a total haul off 66 in the 2018 Gold Coast CWG and the IOA said it is mulling to withdraw from the 2022 event.

Australia says some Commonwealth Games athletes seeking new visas

May 16, 2018 16:01 IST

The temporary visas which allowed accredited athletes and officials to travel to Australia for the April 4-15 event on the Gold Coast expired Tuesday at midnight.

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Asian Games will be tougher than Commonwealth Games, says Neeraj Chopra

May 20, 2018 16:38 IST

Neeraj Chopra is now aiming to grab another yellow metal at the upcoming Asian Games, which he admitted will be tougher than the Gold Coast CWG.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the medal winners of the Commonwealth Games 2018, in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo / PIB (PTI4_30_2018_000085B)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates CWG 2018 medal winners

April 30, 2018 21:29 IST

The Prime Minister congratulated all the medal winners and complimented those who could not win medals, but had performed creditably.

PM Narendra Modi hails female athletes for good performance at Commonwealth Games in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address

April 29, 2018 12:32 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi commended Indian athletes for their effort in Gold Coast that resulted in 66 medals won including 26 golds.

Gold Coast: Gold medalist India's Vinesh Phogat poses for pictures during the medal ceremony of WFS50kg wrestling Nordic at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia on Saturday. PTI Photo by Manvender Vashist (PTI4_14_2018_000079A)

Haryana cancels ceremony for Commonwealth Games medallistsSubscriber Only

April 26, 2018 09:13 IST

This happened a day after some of the state’s CWG winners such as Vinesh Phogat threatened a boycott over a proposed cut in prize money.

Men's javelin gold medalist India's Neeraj Chopra waves on the podium at Carrara Stadium during the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Haryana government cancels award function for CWG 2018 medallists after prize money furore

April 25, 2018 19:48 IST

The function was to be held in Panchkula on Thursday but athletes such as Vinesh Phogat, Neeraj Chopra and boxer Manoj Kumar had refused to attend it.