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Indian Table Tennis team scripted history after the Women’s team won the first ever gold medal at the Commonwealth Games with a 3-1 victory over Singapore in the final. The team of Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Madhurika Patkar, Pooja Sahashrabudhe and Sutirtha Mukherjee gave India much joy to celebrate. India’s …

India entered the final of Mixed Team Badminton event defeating Singapore 3-1. In the first Mixed Doubles match played by Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa, India had a comfortable win against Yong Kai Terry Hee and Jia Ying Crystal Wong by 22-20, 21-18. The next Singles match was also an …

16-year old shooting sensation Manu Bhaker of India won the coveted gold in 10m Air Pistol at the Commonwealth Games 2018. Veteran Hena Sidhu bagged the silver in the same event. Bhaker achieved a Games Record with 240.9 points while Heena battled elimination early in the final and shot brilliantly …

Bronze medallist of Glasgow 2014, Punam Yadav, changed the medal colour by winning gold in Women’s 69kg Weightlfting category at Gold Coast 2018. Punam defeated her closest rival Sarah Davies of England with a total of 222kg lift. Punam finished her Snatch with 100kg weight with three successful attempts of …

The weightlifters of India are shining at Gold Coast. The fourth gold medal for India in Weightlifting was won by Ragala Venkat Rahul in the Men’s 85kg event. He lifted a total weight of 338kg -151kg in Snatch and 187kg in Clean and Jerk to give India the 6th medal …

Sathish Shivalingam continued India’s gold rush in Weightlfting at the Commonwealth Games 2018.  Sathish defended his Glasgow 2014 gold in Men’s 77kg by winning this year’s medal with a total of 317kg. Sathish clearly had edge over other competitors as he finished at the top position after the Snatch. He …

18-year old weightlifting sensation Deepak Lather won bronze in 69kg category in his debut year in Commonwealth Games. With this India won 4 medals in Weightlifting- Mirabai Chanu and Sanjita Chanu won gold and Gururaja Poojary won silver. Deepak Lather began the competition with 132 kg in Snatch and completed …

Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu, the 24-year Manipuri girl, gave India the second gold after she won in the Women’s 53kg Weightlifting at Commonwealth Games 2018. Sanjita Chanu’s success came following that of another Manipuri girl, Mirabai Chanu who won gold in 48kg in the opening day of the Games. India’s another …

Mirabai Chanu was in full form as she grabbed gold in the Women’s 48kg category Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast. Chanu finished with a new Games Record of 196 to win the first gold for India.   Chanu, who claimed a silver at the 2014 Glasgow …

Karnataka’s Gururaja Poojary gave India the first medal of 2018 Commonwealth Games by winning silver in the Men’s 56kg Weightlifting. The 26-year old, however, missed the gold medal as he twice failed to lift 138kg in the Clean and Jerk category. In the third attempt, he successfully lifted it and …