Unnati Sharma, in white, competes against Australia’s Saya Middleton during women’s 63kg semifinal Judo match at the 23rd Commonwealth Games (CWG), in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI Photo) India’s Unnati Sharma won the bronze medal in the women’s 63kg judo event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Sunday, defeating South Africa’s Skye Knoester by ippon in…
India’s Sakshi Chaudhary continued the country’s golden run in boxing by defeating England’s Ruby White to claim the women’s 51kg gold medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Saturday. The Indian boxer delivered another composed performance, defeating the home favourite by unanimous decision to hand India its third boxing gold medal of the day. Sakshi…
Growing up in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Fatima Zahra had few female boxing role models in her own country. She found one across the border in India’s MC Mary Kom, whose journey inspired her to take up the sport and eventually become Pakistan’s first female Commonwealth Games boxing medallist.The 22-year-old from Sargodha in Pakistan’s Punjab province…
India’s Jaismine Lamboria celebrates after winning the women’s 57kg boxing final. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Just weeks before stepping into the ring at the Commonwealth Games, Jaismine Lamboria was fighting a battle far away from the spotlight.The reigning 57kg world champion was confined to a hospital bed, battling an unknown illness that threatened to derail…
File Pic: UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, left, talks to FIFA president Gianni Infantino. (AP Photo) Gianni Infantino’s ambitious plan to reshape FIFA’s commercial future has suffered a major setback, but the battle for control of global football politics may have only just begun.After FIFA was forced to abandon its proposal to create a $20 billion…
Ajinkya Rahane‘s career will always leave Indian cricket wondering what might have been.On paper, his numbers are respectable rather than extraordinary: an average of 38.46 across 85 Tests, 5,077 runs, twelve hundreds, twenty-six fifties. For most cricketers that would count as an outstanding career. For Rahane it somehow feels short of the mark. The figures…
CWG 2026: Jaismine Lamboria (Image: ANI) India’s Jaismine Lamboria clinched the women’s 57kg boxing gold medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, defeating Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh by a unanimous 5-0 decision in the final.The reigning world champion produced a composed and clinical display against the defending Commonwealth Games champion to secure India’s seventh gold medal…
India’s Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo) Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated several of India’s medal winners at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Saturday, praising their performances in posts on X after another productive day for the Indian contingent.India’s biggest attraction of the day came in the men’s javelin throw final, where double Olympic medallist…
Alzarri Joseph and Daren Sammy (Agency Image) West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph has responded to head coach Daren Sammy’s comments regarding his absence from the ongoing home Test series against Pakistan, insisting that the public narrative surrounding his decision lacked important context.When Cricket West Indies announced the squad for the two-match series, the board…
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 10 Live: India enjoyed a memorable day at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with medals, historic achievements and a clean sweep in the boxing semi-finals highlighting another successful outing for the contingent. Leading the charge was Neeraj Chopra, who returned to the Commonwealth Games podium with a silver medal in…
