Commonwealth Games : India wins 15th gold

Friday, October 8, 2010 5:55

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 [...]

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Commonwealth Games : Wrestler Geeta wins 14th gold for India

Thursday, October 7, 2010 13:00

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 [...]

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Commonwealth Games : Somdev and Sania Mirza entered into the quarter finals

Thursday, October 7, 2010 7:13

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 [...]

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Commonwealth Games : Vijay, Gurpreet crack Gold in pairs 25m rapid fire pistol!

Thursday, October 7, 2010 6:45

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 [...]

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The schedule of events in Commonwealth Games on Thurday, Oct 7

Thursday, October 7, 2010 5:02

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: [...]

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CWG Badminton : Jwala, Ashwini win gold for India

Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:15

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

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

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

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

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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