GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA: Today, Monday 9 April, Swiss watchmaker, Longines, honoured nine athletes from Australia, England, Scotland, Canada and India and celebrated three world records and eight Commonwealth Games records in a special Longines Records Ceremony. WORLD RECORD BREAKERS Cycling Track; Men’s 4000m Team Pursuit; Leigh Howard, Kelland O’Brien, Alex Porter and Sam Welsford; Australia; 3:49.804 Cycling Track; […]
On 4-15 April 2018, over 6,600 athletes and team officials from 71 nations and territories will converge on the Gold Coast for the the largest 12-day sporting and cultural event. Be a part of the biggest multi-sport event in Australia. For our listeners, there are still tickets available in athletics, weightlifting, boxing, badminton, table tennis, squash, shooting and more. […]
Indian shooters Mehuli Ghosh and Apurvi Chandela bagged silver and bronze respectively in the women’s 10m Air Rifle event at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Monday. Ghosh lost to eventual champions Martina Lindsay of Singapore in the shoot-off after both were tied at a CWG record score of 247.2 in the final. In the […]
India’s Manish Kaushik and Gaurav Solanki entered the quarter-finals of their respective weight categories in the men’s boxing competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Monday. Kaushik beat off a strong initial challenge before getting the better of Michael Alexander of Trinidad and Tobago in the round of 16 stage of the lightweight (60 […]
Indian weightlifter Pardeep Singh took silver in the men’s 105 kilogram category at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Monday. Pardeep lifted 152 kg in snatch and 200 kg in clean and jerk to register a total of 352 kg. Sanele Mao of Samoa won gold with a total of 360 kg. He lifted […]
Team India is up for another huge day at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games tomorrow, with the athletes aiming for the final medal events in a number of sports. The finalised list of athletes in the badminton team, table tennis team and squash singles semi-final and final events tomorrow will be decided tonight, so […]
Cricket Australia has provided the following update in relation to charges against article 2.3.5 of the CA Code of Conduct against Steve Smith, Cameron Bancroft and David Warner. Smith, Bancroft and Warner have officially advised Cricket Australia they have accepted the charges and sanctions, and no hearings will be required. Speaking on the matter, Cricket […]
The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games have well and truly kicked off, with India taking in multiple events throughout the day. Tonight, high medal contenders Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal will take to the squash courts in their first preliminary singles games of the Games. Chinappa faces off against Papua New Guinea’s Lynette Vai, while […]
Gururaja bagged the first medal for India at the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games with silver in the men’s 56 kilogram category here on Thursday. Gururaja had a best attempt of 111 kg in the snatch and 138 kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 249 kg. Izhar Ahmed of Malaysia […]
World No.2 Kidambi Srikanth and former World No.1 Saina Nehwal led the Indian shuttlers off to a winning start at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games outclassing Sri Lanka 5-0 in the Mixed Team A event at the Carrara Sports Arena here on Thursday. Srikanth beat Sri Lanka’s Niluka Karunaratne 21-16, 21-10 in straight games to […]
