India’s Gulveer Singh crosses the finish line to win the silver medal in the men’s 10,000 meters final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Indian long-distance runner Gulveer Singh scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win a medal in the men’s 10,000m at the Commonwealth…
Harjinder Kaur wins silver (Image: X) India’s Harjinder Kaur continued the country’s impressive run in weightlifting by winning the silver medal in the women’s 69kg event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. The 28-year-old produced a composed performance, finishing with a combined total of 227kg after lifting 101kg in the snatch and 126kg in…
Glasgow: India’s Nirupama Devi (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) India’s Nirupama Devi saw her Commonwealth Games medal hopes come to a heartbreaking end after she failed to register a total in the women’s 63kg weightlifting event on Tuesday. The Commonwealth Championships silver medalist looked good in contention after the snatch but suffered a dramatic collapse in the…
Sarvesh Kushare and Tejaswin Shankar during the CWG 2026 high jump final in Glasgow. NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankar’s own Commonwealth Games campaign ended in heartbreak, but the Indian jumper has ensured that his disappointment will not stop a teammate from making history.The national record holder, forced out of the men’s high jump competition by a…
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 6 Live Updates: A day after enjoying their most successful outing of these Commonwealth Games, India returns to action with renewed confidence and multiple medal opportunities in multiple disciplines. Monday belonged to the Indian contingent, which bagged six medals, highlighted by Sharmila Dhankar’s historic gold in the women’s F57 shot put…
Sharmila Dhankar (ANI Photo) New Delhi: For Sharmila Dhankar, every pull carries the weight of a rebuilt life. From growing up in poverty in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district and surviving domestic abuse in his first marriage to selling the family home to support his sporting dream, the 40-year-old para shot putter has turned adversity into ambition…
Muthupandi Raja (ANI Photo) Chennai: The silver medal that Tamil Nadu weightlifter Muthupandi Raja won on Sunday probably belonged to his parents as much as to him. His years of miserable work as daily wage earners gave his son the opportunity to pursue a dream that found his defining moment in Glasgow. The medal was…
Rishikanta Singh Chanambam (right) with his family in Imphal and (pic right) after winning silver in Glasgow on Sunday. As Rishikanta Singh Chanambam stepped onto the platform for the men’s 60kg weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Sunday, his biggest supporters gathered around a mobile phone more than 7,000 km away in…
Sajan Prakash. (AP Photo) India enjoyed its best day in this edition of the Commonwealth Games on Monday, winning six medals to take its overall tally to 10. The Indian contingent will look to carry the momentum into Tuesday (July 28) with several medal hopefuls and crucial knockout competitions lined up in weightlifting, boxing, athletics…
Glasgow: India’s Tejas Shirse, second left, St Lucia’s Khailan Vitalis, left, and others compete in the men’s 110m hurdles round 1 (PTI Photo) Indian heavyweights literally carry the weight of expectations in Glasgow. After Mirabai Chanu’s gold and Rishikanta Singh’s silver, Muthupandi Raja, Gyaneshwari Yadav and Bindyarani Devi added two silvers and a bronze to…
Gurindervir Singh (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) NEW DELHI: India’s fastest man Gurindervir Singh entered the Commonwealth Games carrying the weight of expectation after rewriting the national record earlier this year. Instead, his campaign came to an abrupt end in the men’s 100m, with a hamstring injury emerging as the key reason for his disappointing outing.The 25-year-old…
India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo) The debate around Virat Kohli and Rohit SharmaThe ODI future refuses to die down despite both continuing to deliver for India. While neither head coach Gautam Gambhir nor chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar has publicly committed to his participation in the 2027 World Cup, keeping alive the…
Sharmila Dhankar, India’s first para-athletics gold medalist India enjoyed a memorable Day 5 at the Commonwealth Games as Sharmila Dhankar won a historic gold, Sarvesh Kushare, Valluri Ajaya Babu and Gyaneshwari Yadav claimed silver medals, while Shilpa K. Shyla and Bindyarani Devi added bronze medals. The six-medal haul took India’s overall tally to 10 and…
NEW DELHI: India on Monday enjoyed one of its best days at the Commonwealth Games with six medals overall, with Sharmila Dhankar making history after becoming the country’s first para-athletics gold medallist. On Day 5 of the event, she won the women’s F57 shot put title with a season-long throw of 9.81m, ending India’s 20-year…
Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat Muhammad with his gold medal alongside India’s Valluri Ajaya Babu with his silver medal, left, and England’s Chris Murray with his bronze medal, right. (AP) India’s fast-rising weightlifter Valluri Ajaya Babu won the silver medal in the men’s 79kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, adding another medal to India’s tally…
Sarvesh Anil Kushare poses after winning the silver medal in the men’s high jump final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo) Sarvesh Kushare became the first Indian to win a silver medal in men’s high jump at the Commonwealth Games after finishing second in Glasgow on Monday.The 31-year-old…
India’s Devi Bindyarani Sorokhibam competes in the women’s 58 kilogram weightlifting category during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo) India’s weightlifting contingent added another Commonwealth Games medal on Sunday as Bindyarani Devi won bronze in the women’s 58kg final.It was India’s fifth weightlifting medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games…
Gyaneshwari Yadav during the women’s weightlifting 53kg Snatch during the fourth day of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP) India’s weightlifting contingent added another Commonwealth Games medal on Sunday as Gyaneshwari Yadav won silver in the women’s 53kg final.It was India’s fourth weightlifting medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games…
Glasgow: India’s Gurindervir Singh competes in men’s 100m round 1 heat 4 athletics at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) India’s Gurindervir Singh suffered an early exit from the 2026 Commonwealth Games after failing to qualify for the men’s 100m semi-final. The 25-year-old clocked 10.39 seconds in his heat, finishing 28th…
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 5 Live Updates: India enjoyed their best day of the Commonwealth Games 2026 on Sunday, collecting one gold and two silver medals to take their overall tally to four. Weightlifting once again proved the country’s biggest strength, while the boxing contingent continued its strong run and the men’s swimming relay team…
Mirabai Chanu (ANI Photo) There’s a gold-winning show and then there’s the Mirabai Chanu way to do it The Tokyo Olympics silver medalist made it look like child’s play as she completed a treble of Commonwealth Games gold medals in Glasgow on Sunday. In her first attempt in the women’s 48 kg clean and jerk…
Sarvesh Kushare (left) and Tejas Shirse Tejas Shirse will look to open India’s medal tally in athletics as the track and field events begin at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Monday. Shirse had broken the men’s 110m hurdles national record with a time of 13.27s during the Indian Athletics Series in Ludhiana last month, and…
India’s Commonwealth Games swimming campaign continues on Monday (IANS) India will have another action-packed day at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Monday, July 27 (Day 5), with athletes competing in athletics, swimming, weightlifting, boxing, lawn bowls and wheelchair basketball. After a successful Day 4 that saw India add more medals to their tally, the focus…
INDIA AT 2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES India enjoyed its most successful day to date at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Sunday, collecting one gold and two silver medals to take its overall tally to four medals, while the boxers continued their impressive run and the men’s swimming relay team reached another Commonwealth final.Olympic silver medalist Mirabai…
Mirabai Chanu (ANI Photo) Mirabai Chanu continued her dominance at the Commonwealth Games by winning her third consecutive gold medal in the women’s 48kg event at Glasgow 2026. The win also gave India its first gold medal of the Games. After his victory, Chanu thanked his supporters and reflected on the special milestone of winning…
Mirabai Chanu won her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s 48kg event in Glasgow on Sunday, setting new Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records despite revealing she had not eaten or drunk water for days to make weight.The 31-year-old from Manipur lifted 85 kg in the snatch and 105 kg in the clean…
INDIA AT 2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES India enjoyed its most successful day to date at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Sunday, collecting one gold and two silver medals to take its overall tally to four medals, while the boxers continued their impressive run and the men’s swimming relay team reached another Commonwealth final.Olympic silver medalist Mirabai…
Glasgow: India’s Raja Muthupandi secures a silver medal during the men’s 65kg final at the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)(PTI07_27_2026_000017B) Raja Muthupandi won the silver medal in the men’s 65kg event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, adding another podium to India’s strong start in the sport.The 26-year-old lifted 126kg…
Glasgow: India’s Jadumani Singh Mandengbam, right, after defeating Pakistan’s Sumama Rehman during the men’s 55kg boxing round of 16 at the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)(PTI07_27_2026_000003A) India’s Jadumani Singh Mandengbam produced another assured performance at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, defeating Pakistan’s Sumama Rehman by unanimous decision to book his place in…