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 Commonwealth Games history defeating their Singaporean opponents in straight sets 21-16, 21-19.

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 go, claimed silver 53 seconds adrift.

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 Singapore’s No. 1 Gao Ning (SIN) 4-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 13-11.

With the the pressure on the top seeds Zi Yang rose to the challenge to level the tie by beating Paul Drinkhall 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-1.

The tie swung in Singapore’s favour when Ma Liang beat veteran Andrew Baggeley 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6.

Gao then sparked celebrations among the small Singapore contingent in the crowd when he secured the title with a 9-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-7 victory over Drinkhall

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 shooting.

Sania Mirza would be playing the women’s single final against an Australian player. At the same time, Somdev Devvarman would be playing his final match against another Australian in the Men’s Single.

CWG 2010 Medals Tally | Delhi Commonwealth Games

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 gold medals going into Friday’s competition, added the pairs 50m rifle 3-position gold to his kitty with Imran Hasan Khan, with a Games record to add to the feat.

It was the country’s 16th gold after women archers Deepika Kumari, Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi Laishram fetched India their 15th title and more medals were primed to be plucked by the Indians during the day.

India’s highest gold medal tally, 30, was in Manchester in 2002 while four years later at Melbourne the country’s athletes scooped up 22.

CWG 2010 Medals Tally | Delhi Commonwealth Games

India has won another gold medal in Commonwealth Games on Friday, Oct 8. India added its 15th gold to the medal tally by winning gold in women’s archery event.

India women’s team won the gold in archery recurve event. India grabbed the yellow metal in a nail biting final against England. Indian team scored 207 points against England’s 206.

With this win India narrowed its gap against Australia who leads in medal tally with 33 gold, 19 silver and 18 bronze. India has 15 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze.

Wrestler Geeta won the first women’s wrestling gold for India in the 55kg freestyle event to increase the hosts’ gold tally to 14 in the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.

Geeta beat Emily Bensted of Australia in the final. Lovina Edward of Nigeria won the bronze in the event.

Indian pairs of Gurpreet Singh-Omkar Singh and Vijay Kumar-Gurpreet Singh clinched two gold medals on Thursday, taking India’s gold medal tally in the Commonwealth Games to 13.

Ronjan Sodhi won silver in the individual double trap event.

Wrestler Geeta won the 14th gold for India in the 55 kg freestyle category.

Earlier, Vijay Kumar and Gurpreet Singh won the 25m rapid fire pistol pairs event while Gurpreet Singh and Omkar Singh 10m air pistol event in the Day 4 of the competition.

Kumar and Gurpreet together fired 1162 to bag the top prize, ahead of Malaysia’s Amir Hasan Hasli Izwan and Adzha Hafiz (1142) and Australian bronze medal winning duo of Bruce Quick and David Chapman (1125) at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range here.

Kumar shot 294 in stage 1 and 293 in stage 2, while Gurpreet fired 282 in the first and 293 in the second stage.

But world champion Tejaswini Sawant and Lajja Gausami fell by the wayside in the 50m rifle 3 position singles on Day 4 of the competition.

In women’s 50m rifle 3 position, Gausami finished a lowly sixth after Tejaswini failed to qualify for the finals.

Indian tennis star Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirza have now entered into the quarter-finals of the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2010.

At the same time, another Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna was crashed out of the Men’s Singles competition yesterday. Bopanna lost 2-6, 6-7 in the second round against Australian Peter Luczak.

Somdev will now take on the winner of the match between Scotland’s Colin Fleming and Rubin Statham of New Zealand.

Sania Mirza defeated Cook Island’s Brittany Teei 6-0,6-2 in a Women’s Singles second round match.

India’s Gurpreet Singh and Vijay Kumar bagged 12th gold for India when they won in the 25 metre pistol pairs of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.

Earlier, India started the day with a bronze medal when the women’s team of of Bhagyabati Chanu, Jhano Handah and Gagandeep Kaur compound archery team beat Malaysia.

Later in the day, Indian athletes will vie for a lot of medals at the Delhi Games where women’s wrestling makes its debut with events in 48 kg, 55 kg, 63 kg and 72 kg freestyle and Greco-Roman styles.

After having scooped up a bagful of medals, including several golds, the Indian shooters are all set to boost the country’s medals kitty further.

On Thursday, Oct 7 thirty-five gold medals, including one in para sports, will be decided. There will be finals in the following events:

*Athletics (7 finals)
*Archery (2 finals)
*Swimming (7 finals)
*Cycling (4 finals)
*Gymnastics Artistic (5 finals)
*Shooting (4 finals)
*Weightlifting (2 finals)
*Wrestling (4 finals)

Following is the schedule of events in Commonwealth Games on Thurday, Oct 7.

* Aquatics: SW: Dr SPM Swimming Complex
Men: 100m Freestyle, 400m Individual Medley
Women: 100m Freestyle (Para Sport), 100m Butterfly, 800m Freestyle
Swimming Synchronised:
Women: Solo-Free Routine, Duet-Free Routine

*Archery: Yamuna Sports Complex
Men: Compound Team Bronze, Compound Team Finals
Women: Compound Team Bronze, Compound Team Finals

*Athletics: JN Stadium
Men’s Shot put final
Women’s hammer throw final
Women’s 100 m final
Men’s 100 m final

*Badminton: Siri Fort Sports Complex
Mixed Team Event Quarter Finals
Mixed Team Event Semi Finals

* Boxing: Talkatora Indoor Stadium
Men: Light Flyweight (49 kg),
Bantam weight (56 kg),
Light welterweight (64 kg),
Middleweight (75 kg)

*Cycling TR: IG Sports Complex
Men: Sprint 5-8, 4000m Team Pursuit, Sprint Heats
Women: 10 km Scratch Race, Sprint 5-8, Sprint Heats

*Gymnastic (Artistic): IG Sports Complex
Men: Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings
Women: Vault, Uneven Bars

* Hockey: Major Dhyan Chand Stadium
Men: Canada v England, India v Australia
Women: Scotland v Trinidad, Malaysia v Wales

*Lawn bowls: JN Sports Complex
Men: Pairs Rounds, Triples Rounds
Women: Pairs Rounds, Triples Rounds

*Netball: Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Women: New Zealand v England, Trinidad v India, Australia v Jamaica, Barbados v PNG

*Shooting PI: Dr kami Singh Shooting Range
Double Trap men
25m rapid fire pistol men pairs
50m rifle 3 position women
10m air pistol men pairs

*Squash: Siri Fort Sports Complex
Men: Singles Semi Finals
Women: Singles Semi Finals

*Table Tennis: Yamuna Sports Complex

*Tennis: RK Khanna Tennis stadium
Mixed Team Event Quarter Finals
Mixed Team Event Semi Finals

*Weightlifting: JN Sports Complex
Men: 77 Kg Finals
Women: 63 kg Finals

*Wrestling: IG Sports Complex
Women: Freestyle 48kg, 55kg, 63kg, 72kg.