Shooters bag two more gold, Sania a silver, but India drop to third (Roundup)NEW DELHI - Indian shooters won two more gold medals and an unexpected bronze came from the 20 km walk at the Commonwealth Games here Saturday but there was heartbreak as tennis star Sania Mirza could manage only a silver on the sixth day of the competitions. CWG Medals Tally, Day SixNEW DELHI - Medals tally at the Commonwealth Games Saturday. Australia continued to be atop the leaderboard while England overtook India to claim the second position. CWG Badminton: Kashyap advances to second roundNEW DELHI - India’s Parupalli Kashyap defeated Michael Stewart Browlee of Falkland Islands 21-8, 21-3 to move into the second round of men’s singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games here Saturday. CWG athletics: Harminer springs a surprise, bags bronze (Roundup)NEW DELHI - India’s Harminder Singh sprang a pleasant surprise bagging a bronze in the 20-km walk as four Games records tumbled with Kenya and Australia sharing two gold medals each in track and field events at the Commonwealth Games athletics here Saturday. Kavita Raut: A poor village girl’s journey to sporting gloryNEW DELHI - It has been an arduous journey for long distance runner Kavita Raut, a poor tribal girl from Maharashtra, who got into serious athletics nine years ago, and says she is thankful to her coach for having switched her to 10,000 metres that saw her winning a historic bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games. CWG results: Day SixNEW DELHI - The following are results on the sixth day of the Commonwealth Games here Saturday. Moths at R.K. Khanna tennis complex trouble playersNEW DELHI - The floodlights might have been the high point at the refurbished R.K Khanna tennis complex, but they also attract a swarm of insects which are giving a tough time to the spectators and the players alike. CWG Tennis: Sania settles for silver, Paes-Bhupathi get bronze (Second Lead)NEW DELHI - Indias Sania Mirza staved off four match points but could not stop Australian Anastasia Rodionova from taking the gold by clinching the decisive tie-breaker 3-6, 6-2, 6-7 (3) in the womens singles final at the Commonwealth Games tennis competition here Saturday. CWG boxing: Suranjoy, Akhil, Amandeep storms into semisNEW DELHI - Indian boxers Amandeep Singh, Akhil Kumar and Suranjoy Singh moved into the semi-finals in the Commonwealth Games while Dinesh Kumar lost in his quarterfinal match here Saturday. CWG women’s hockey: League matches points tableNEW DELHI - Following is the final league table on conclusion of the preliminary round matches in the womens hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday (Read under: Matches Played, Won, Drawn, Lost, Goals For, Goals Against, Goal-Difference, Points): CWG men’s hockey: India tied with Pak on points (Roundup)NEW DELHI - India cruised past Scotland 4-0 for their second win in three pool A matches of the mens hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here Saturday and are tied with Pakistan, whom they take on Sunday, on points. Muralitharan to quit international cricket after World Cup 2011CHENNAI - Sri Lankan spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan said on Saturday he would retire from the international cricket after the World Cup 2011. India maintains slender edge from England for second place in CWGNEW DELHI - India maintained a slender edge for the second position in the ongoing XIX Commonwealth Games with 58 medals; 24 Gold, 17 Silver, 17 Silver medals on the sixth day. After CWG bronze, Harminder aims for Asian Games goldNEW DELHI - At a loss for words after having won a surprise bronze in the men’s 20km walk, India’s long distance runner Harminder Singh Saturday said he would now aim for the gold in the Asian Games next month. CWG tennis: Paes, Bhupathi win doubles bronzeNEW DELHI - India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won 6-3, 7-6 against compatriots Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna to win the bronze medal in the men’s doubles tennis competition of the Commonwealth Games here Saturday. CWG schedule: Day SevenNEW DELHI - Following is the schedule of the Commonwealth Games events for Sunday. Cricket: India happy to restrict Aussies on day oneBANGALORE - A confident India were more than happy to restrict the Australian run machine to 285 for five on day one of the second and final Test at the M. Chinnaswamy cricket stadium here Saturday. New Zealand’s rugby coach wants team to knit togetherNEW DELHI - New Zealand rugby coach Gordon Tietjens said on Saturday that the players are need to knit together as a team in the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. CWG women’s hockey: India fail to reach medal roundNEW DELHI - Indian women failed to make it to the medal round of the Commonwealth Games hockey competition as they lost out to South Africa on goal difference, though they beat them 3-1 here Saturday. Shooters bag two more gold, Sania a silver; India regain second place (Night Lead)NEW DELHI - Indian shooters won two more gold medals and an unexpected bronze came from the 20 km walk at the Commonwealth Games here Saturday but there was heartbreak as tennis star Sania Mirza could manage only a silver on the sixth day of the competitions. Rahul Gandhi adds colour at wrestling venueNEW DELHI - The presence of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi made the sporting environment more exciting and colourful at the K.D. Yadav Wrestling Stadium in the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here Saturday. CWG Tennis: Sania goes down fighting in singles finalNEW DELHI - India’s Sania Mirza saved four match points but fell short in the decisive final set tie-breaker to lose a nail-biting women’s singles tennis final Thumbs up for India only after Games: FennellNEW DELHI - Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell doesn’t want to jump the gun, he wants to wait till the Delhi Games are over before giving India the thumbs-up. Harminder Singh wins Commonwealth Games bronze in men’s 20-kilometres walkNEW DELHI - Indian athlete Harminder Singh won a bronze medal in men’s 20-kilometres walk event in the ongoing XIX Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. DD apologises for Malawi commentsNEW DELHI - India’s public broadcaster Doordarshan has apologized for comments made on Malawi during the opening ceremony on DD Sports channel and underlined that these remarks about the southeast African country were “unintentional.” CWG shooting: Men get two more gold, women bronze (Roundup)NEW DELHI - Indian shooters continued to add to the medal haul on the sixth day of the Commonwealth Games competitions with the men winning two more gold and women picking up a bronze Saturday. CWG Wrestling: Indian men win two more goldNEW DELHI - Yogeshwar Dutt and Narsingh Yadav muscled their way to fetch India two more gold from the wrestling arena at the Commonwealth Games at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here Saturday. Cash rewards for Kavita RautMUMBAI - Two cash rewards were Saturday announced for Maharashtra lass Kavita Raut, who bagged an athletics bronze medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Wrestlers clinch two more Gold medals for India at C’wealth GamesNEW DELHI - Indian wrestlers continued their dominance even on the sixth day of the ongoing XIX Commonwealth Games, as Narsingh Yadav and Yogeshwar Dutt won two more Gold medals in the free style wrestling competition held here on Saturday evening. CWG tennis: Sania goes down to Rodionova in singles finalNEW DELHI - India’s Sania Mirza lost to top-seeded Anastasia Rodionova of Australia 3-6, 6-2, 6-7 (3) in the women’s singles final at the Commonwealth Games here Saturday. Sunday’s Indo-Pak hockey tie a selloutNEW DELHI - India take on traditional rivals Pakistan in a men’s hockey match of the Commonwealth Games here Sunday and a sellout crowd is expected at the 12,000-seat Major Dhyan Chand Stadium. Gagan Narang: A world champ in the makingNEW DELHI - Gagan Narang had taken to shooting as a pastime, not in pursuit of excellence. Now, after winning four golds at the Commonwealth Games and with at least two more expected, he is well on his way to be the world’s best. India restrict Australia to 285/5 in Bangalore TestBANGALORE - India did well to restrict a defiant Australia to 285 for five wickets at the end of day one in the second and final cricket Test at the M. Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium here Saturday. CWG fever grips Deepika Padukone (Games Sidelights)NEW DELHI - Guess who is tweeting on Commonwealth Games? None other than Bollywood heartthrob Deepika Padukone. CWG: India surpasses Melbourne medal haulNEW DELHI - India Saturday surpassed its Melbourne Commonwealth Games medal haul of 50 with 54 medals at the Games it is hosting for the first time. |
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