PR Sreejesh returns but Sardar Singh dropped from India's CWG hockey squad
The Indian team are in Pool B along with Pakistan, Malaysia, Wales, England and will begin their campaign on April 7 against Pakistan.
Mar 13, 2018, 12:27 PM IST
Hope to do well in All England Championships, Commonwealth Games: PV Sindhu
Badminton ace PV Sindhu Sunday said that she aimed for the top spot in the sport and expressed hope that she would do well in the forthcoming All England Badminton Championships and the Commonwealth Games.
Mar 04, 2018, 18:57 PM IST
Naman Tanwar stuns Sumit Sangwan in 91kg trial to strengthen case for CWG selection
Tanwar, who took to boxing for weight management, got the better of his decorated rival in the trial held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.
Mar 01, 2018, 17:08 PM IST
India's CWG-bound athletes to get Rs 50 lakh insurance cover
All the 227 Indian athletes who will take part in the coming Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, will get a Rs 50 lakh insurance cover, it was announced on Monday.
Feb 26, 2018, 21:50 PM IST
Indian hockey team trying to improve defence in the circle
Defender Rupinder Pal Singh on Monday said that the Indian hockey team is trying its best not to repeat the defensive mistakes they committed in the four-nation invitational hockey tournament in New Zealand.
Feb 26, 2018, 20:57 PM IST
Will try to keep shooting in Commonwealth Games, assures IOA
Concerned over the possibility that shooting may be scrapped from the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG), Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) secretary general Rajeev Mehta on Monday said he will strive to ensure that the sport is retained in the quadrennial multi-discipline event.
Feb 26, 2018, 17:15 PM IST
The saree conundrum at Commonwealth Games: It's comfort over convention for quite a few
The tradition of saree will make way for the "comfort" of blazers and trousers for India's women athletes at this year's Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and quite a lot of them are happy with the departure from convention.
Feb 25, 2018, 16:08 PM IST
Australia great Mark Knowles to quit international hockey after CWG 2018
Australia's talismanic captain Mark Knowles on Friday announced that he will retire from international hockey after the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast this April.
Feb 23, 2018, 17:21 PM IST
Indian boxing's weight-loss: No 64kg, 81kg male boxers at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
India will not be fielding male boxers in the 64kg and 81kg categories, along with a couple of women's divisions, in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, the trials for which would be held by the end of this month.
Feb 21, 2018, 20:03 PM IST
Nicholas Bett boost for Kenya in CWG as former world champion makes an impressive comeback
Kenya's 25-year-old sprinter, who was also the first athlete from the country to win a sprint gold in 2015 Beijing world championships, announced his return to full fitness with a magnificent run at the national trials clocking 49.14 seconds.
Feb 18, 2018, 09:59 AM IST
Wales name 11-year-old Anna Hursey in Commonwealth Games squad
Last year, aged 10, Hursey became the youngest player to represent Wales’ senior table tennis team when she helped her country beat Kosovo in the European Championship qualifier.
Jan 24, 2018, 17:29 PM IST
Sushil Kumar accuses Parveen Rana of biting him during CWG trials, after supporters clash
Things took an ugly turn when Rana, after losing to Sushil in the semifinal clash, claimed that the decorated wrestler's supporters beat him and his elder brother "for daring to take the ring" against him.
Dec 29, 2017, 17:35 PM IST
Watch: A scuffle broke out between rival camps after wrestler Sushil Kumar qualified for CWG 2018
Two-time Olympic medal-winning wrestler Sushil Kumar on Friday qualified for the 2018 Commonwealth Games but what happened afterwards at the KD Jadhav Stadium in the national capital left many red-faced.
Dec 29, 2017, 17:00 PM IST
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar fit but coach Bishweshwar Nandi will take CWG call in March
Although Nandi has not completely ruled Dipa out of the 2018 Gold Coast event, to be held in April, he feels the Asian Games in August would be a more "realistic target".
Dec 09, 2017, 18:31 PM IST
CWG scam: Manmohan Singh PMO passed the buck, says PAC
In the wake of the CAG report, the PAC has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to launch fresh probe into cases of alleged corruption that were closed by the agency.
Apr 10, 2017, 10:42 AM IST
CWG-related graft case: Court accepts CBI's closure report
A special court has accepted the CBI's closure report in a corruption case pertaining to alleged irregularities in construction of new sports facility block and renovation of Talkatora Stadium.
Dec 24, 2015, 17:49 PM IST
Court summons Ministry of Sports for files relating to CWG
A special court conducting trial in the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG)-related corruption case in which Suresh Kalmadi and others are accused today directed Sports Ministry to produce some files pertaining to electronic scoring system used during the mega sporting event held here.
Oct 19, 2015, 20:23 PM IST
