Archive for October, 2010

CWG Badminton : Jwala, Ashwini win gold for India

Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:15 No Comments

India, which is trying to retain the second place in the XIXth Commonwealth Games, had a good start on Thursday with Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa winning the 37th gold for the country in women’s badminton doubles final.
The Indian won the first ever gold medal in the women’s doubles badminton event for India in [...]

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Kenyan John Kelai won the men’s marathon

Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:01 No Comments

Kenyan John Kelai won the men’s marathon on the final day of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi today.
Kelai, who became only the second Kenyan to win a Commonwealth marathon title, recorded a time of two hours 14 minutes and 35 seconds.
Australian Michael Shelley, who caught Kenyan Amos Tirop Matui with around a mile to [...]

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Commonwealth Games : Singapore won their first men’s table tennis team gold

Sunday, October 10, 2010 6:24 No Comments

Singapore won their first men’s table tennis team gold at a Commonwealth Games with a hard-fought 3-1 win over England on Saturday.
The come-from-behind victory followed on from Singapore women’s team’s success in the gold medal match on Friday.
England made a fine start when 17-year-old Liam Pitchford came back from two sets down to beat [...]

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Commonwealth Games : India lose second position at medal tally

Saturday, October 9, 2010 5:24 No Comments

The Indians have lost their second spot at the medal tally list, as England have managed to clinch 77 medals altogether.
In the gold medal rush, India is in neck-to-neck fight with English. India is looking to increase the gold lead. In today’s game 2 gold medals are expected in tennis and 3 more in [...]

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Commonwealth Games : Vijay Kumar clinches 17th gold for India

Friday, October 8, 2010 9:30 No Comments

Rifle shooting ace Gagan Narang picked up his third gold medal, and second individual, in the Commonwealth Games while the women’s archery team grabbed their first as India widened the lead over England in the race for the second spot on Friday. Narang, who had won the men’s 10m air rifle pairs and individual [...]

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