Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 4 Highlights: Medals for India in weightlifting, judo; tally rises to nine

The men's table-tennis semi-finals are still on and India currently have a 2-0 lead over their opposition Nigeria. 

The pair of G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai won the first match, Sharath Kamal won the second. 

The third is also a single's clash between Sathiyan and Omotayo. Sathiyan had won the opening game 11-8. His opponent bounced back in the second winning it 11-4. The third was won by the Indian, who closed it 11-6 and secures a 11-8 win in the fourth game. 

With this, India advance to the finals of the men's table tennis event. They beat Nigeria 3-0. 

Swimming, men’s 50m Backstroke - Final: Srihari Nataraj finishes 5th. He had finished 7th in 100m. 

Swmming, Men’s 50m Freestyle S7 - Final: Suyash and Niranjan finish 5th & 7th.

Sharath Kamal beats Nigeria's Quadri Aruna in the second match of the men's table tennis semi-finals. He wins the fourth game 15-13. 

He had opened the match with a 11-9 win in the first game, but the Nigerian bounced back in the second. 

The score of the match reads: 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 15-13 

With this India have taken a 2-0 lead

Ashish Kumar Chaudhary beats Travis Tapatuetoa 5-0 after unanimous decision in the round of 16 bout in men's 80kg boxing.

Harjinder Kaur wins a bronze medal in women's weightlifting 71kg. She lifted a total weight of 212kg (93 in snatch and 119 in clean and jerk). 

Canada's Alexis Ashworth with a total weight of 214kg to win silver, while England's Sarah Davies wins gold by lifting a total weight of 229kg. 

Sharath Achanta Kamal secures Game 1 of the singles match against Nigeria's Quadri Aruna. He closes it 11-9.

However, the Nigerian bounces back and wins the second game 11-7. 

Sharath secures the third game 11-8.

The superb show by Indian weightlifters continues. Harjinder Kaur lifts 116kg in her second attempt in the clean and jerk round. 

Her third attempt is even better as she lifts 119kg in her final attempt. Her total is 212kg both snatch and clean and jerk combined.

Harjinder Kaur lifts 113kg cleanly in her first attempt in the clean and jerk round. 

The pair of Harmeet Desai and G Sathiyan stamp their authority in the first match of the table tennis men's team semi-finals. They defeat their Nigerian opponents 11-6, 11-7, 11-7. 

This gives India a 1-0 lead in the contest.

Harjinder Kaur best effort in women's 71 weightlifting finals is 93kg. She failed to lift 90kg in her first attempt, but completes it successfully in her second attempt. Her third attempt in the snatch round was a lift of 93kg.

India beat Singapore 3-0 to advance to the final of the mixed team badminton. They are now assured of at least a silver but try telling that to the Indian team. They will certainly go for gold on August 2.

India had taken a 2-0 lead, with the pair of Satwik and Chirag winning the opening match, followed by a resounding win by PV Sindhu. 

Lakshya Sen then wrapped up the proceedings by defeating Loh Kean Yew in the third match. The shuttler prevailed in straight games (21-18, 21-15). 

Suchika Tariyal is penalised earl in her bronze medal match in women's 57kg bronze medal match against Mauritius' Christianne Legentil. 

Her opponent too gets a Shido as we move midway into the contest. 

Both the judokas are battling at the edge, with both looking for opportunity to their opponent down. Meanwhile, the good news is Legentil has got another Shido. 

The Indian gains momentum right at the closing stage as she first gets her opponent down but Legentil bounces back in the final 10 seconds to eventually close the contest with a win.

A superb show by both Lakshya Sen and Loh Kean Yew in men's single match of the mixed team semifinals. The Singapore shuttler starts off by taking a 4-0 lead, but Laksya fights back and goes into the mid-game break with one-point lead. 

He ultimately closes the game 21-18. India is one game away from booking a spot in the final.

India take a 2-0 lead in the mixed team event semi-final against Singapore as PV Sindhu make light work of Jia Min Yeo, beating her in straight games (21-12, 21-11). India are now a win away from storming into the finals and assuring yet another medal in badminton.

We are up for another bronze medal match as Jasleen Saini will take on Australia's Nathan Katz in men's 66kg judo. 

The Indian starts with an attacking approach, trying to get a firm grip on his opponent but is unable too. 

Meanwhile, Katz also gets a Shido, following which he tries to get himself back in the contest and has been putting a good show. 

As the action proceeds, Katz gets a second Shido and he now needs to be careful.

But as we move towards the closing stage, with six seconds remaining in the four-minute contest, Katz throws down Jasleen to secure an Ippon. With this he wins the bronze medal and tough luck for the Indian, who returns empty handed. 

PV Sindhu takes the first game in the second match of the mixed team event. It wasn't the cakewalk as was expected for the Indian ace. The Singapore shuttler Jia Min Yeo gave the Indian former world champion and two-time Olympic medallist a fair bit of workout but Sindhu warmed up after the first break and took the game. 

Good sign for India as they are already 1-0 up in the mixed-team semis against Singapore. 

India have taken a 1-0 lead against Singapore in the badminton mixed-team semis. The men's double pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty gave India the lead. 

The second match, which is underway, is being fought between PV Sindhu and Yeo Jia Min.

India take a 1-0 lead in the mixed team event semi-final against Singapore after the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Singapore's Young Kai Terry and Andy Jung Liang in the first match 21-11, 21-12

Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty take the first game 21-11 against Singapore's Young Kai Terry and Andy Jung Liang in the first match of the mixed team event in badminton.

Vijay Yadav arrives for his bronze medal match in men's 60kg judo. He is up against Cyprus' Petros Christodoulides. 

The Indian closes the fight rather early and secures an ippon. With this he wins the bronze medal in his category.

Despite leading 4-1 in the final quarter, India squander the three-goal advantage as their Pool B men's hockey match against England end in 4-4 draw.

Shushila Devi tries to find a firm grip on her opponent Michaela Whitebooi, but a smart counter sends the Indian down on the mat. Whitebooi takes advantage and keeps Devi down with an arm lock. 

Devi then shows good comeback. She also tries to topple Whitebooi on the mat with a technical move but the latter quickly recovers and avoids it. 

With things on level terms, the action moves to golden score and Whitebooi seals the gold medal by forcing Devi on the mat. It was a strong grip by Whitebooi and Devi crashes on the mat while trying to get out of it. The South African judoka gets the advantage and she capitalises on it and wins the gold medal. 

Shushila Devi's valiant effort will get her a silver medal in the women's 47kg judo at CWG 2022.

The gold medal match between Shushila Devi and South Africa's Michaela Whitebooi in women's 48kg judo will start shortly. She has assured India of a silver medal and would now look to change the colour of the medal. 

Mandeep scores another goal in the second quarter, which helps India end the first half with a 3-0 lead against England in the men's hockey Pool B match.

An excellent performance by Saurav Ghosal in Game 4 as he wins it 11-3 against Scotland's Greg Lobban. 

He wins the quarterfinals 3-1. He won the first game 11-5, but went down 8-11 in the following game.  He won Game 3 11-7. 

With this he advances to the semi-finals of the men's singles squash.