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Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 7 Highlights: Murali Sreeshankar wins silver in long jump; Sudhir gold in para powerlifting
CWG 2022 Day 7 Highlights: India have been assured of seven medals in boxing. The men's hockey team booked a semi-final spot after a 4-1 win over Wales.
CWG 2022, Day 7 Highlights: Murali Sreeshankar's monstrous jump of 8.08m helped him win a silver medal in the men's long jump finals. Mohammad Anees Yahiya, the second Indian competing in the event, finished 5th with the best jump of 7.97m. 2019 World Championships silver medallist Amit Panghal advanced to semifinals in men's 51kg boxing. India have a total of seven medals assured in boxing. Shuttlers PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen started their respective singles campaigns with commanding wins. ...Read More
KEY RESULTS SO FAR:
ATHLETICS: Murali Sreeshankar won silver in men's long jump final.
ATHLETICS: Hima Das wins her 200m heat with a time of 23:42 and qualifies for the semifinal.
PARA POWERLIFTING: Sudhir won gold medal in the para powerlifting in the men's heavyweight final.
BADMINTON: PV Sindhu begins her women's singles campaign with a 21-4, 21-11 win against Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq from Maldives in R32. Srikanth beats Uganda's Daniel Wanagliya 21-9, 21-9 in men's singles round of 32
BOXING: Amit Panghal (men's 51kg), Jaismine Lamboria (women's 60kg), Sagar Ahlawat (men's +91kg) win quarter-final bouts and reach semis. India's boxing medal haul rises to six.
HOCKEY: Men's team beat Wales 4-1 in final group game, seal top spot in group and qualify for semi-finals.
TABLE TENNIS: Manika Batra through to women's singles round of 16. Batra and G Sathiyan also through to mixed doubles round of 16 along with Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula.
Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Para Table Tennis - Bhavina Patel in focus
Para table tennis contingent will also be in action today. Bhavina Patel and Baby Sahana Ravi will compete against Fiji's Akanisi Latu and Australia's Qian Yang, respectively.
CWG 2022 Live - Badminton: Indian shuttlers in action
Apart from Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen will also compete in the singles event. Srikanth will be up against Daniel Wanagaliya of Uganda, while Sen locks horns with Vernon Smeed in the Round of 32 match.
CWG 2022 Live - Spotlight on Sreeshankar, Panghal, Sindhu
Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees will represent India in the long jump final, while Amit Panghal takes on Mulligan of Scotland in quarterfinals.
PV Sindhu will also be in action against Fathimath Abdul Razzaq of Maldives in the women's singles Round of 32. Her match starts at 3:00 pm.
CWG 2022 Live - Weightlifting - Lovepreet Singh sets national record
Lovepreet Singh started the previous day with a bronze in the men's 109-kg category, continuing the country's medal rush in weightlifting. He lifted a personal best of 355 kg, including a new national record of 192 kg in clean and jerk.
Gurdeep Singh also bagged the bronze with combined weight of 390kg. He tasted success in the men's 109-plus kg final.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Hockey - Indian women enter semis
Indian women's team has also beat Canada 3-2 in a must-win Pool A game, qualifying for the semifinals of the Games. When the game was locked at 2-2, Lalremsiami scored off a rebound, after a penalty corner in the 51st minute! Incredible effort from the women's side to enter last four under immense pressure.
CWG 2022 Live: Hockey - Dominant performance of Indian team
With an 8-0 win over Canada, India jumped to the top of the pool ahead of England. The Indians play Wales in their final group match today.
The side put up a completely dominating performance to rout Canada 8-0 in its third match. Harmanpreet Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored a brace each. Amit Rohidas (10th), Lalit Upadhyay (20th), Gurjant Singh (27th) and Mandeep Singh (58th) were the other goal scorers for India.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Recap of previous day
Tejaswin Shankar created history with the first-ever medal for India in high jump as the Indian contingent added five medals on Day 6, one silver and four bronze, taking their total to 18 (5 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze).
Shankar bagged the bronze medal to end the day on a high, while squash star Saurav Ghosal delivered a stunning performance as India won its first bronze in squash singles at the Games.
Wrestlers Lovepreet Singh and Gurdeep Singh bagged bronze medals in their respective categories, and both men's and women's hockey teams defeated Canada. In cricket, the Indian women dominated Barbados with a 100-run win to seal a place in the semis.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Athletics - Spotlight on Hima Das
All eyes will be on Hima Das when she competes in 200m. The ace Indian sprinter will be in action in Women's 200m Round 1 Heat 2 from 3:03 pm.
CWG 2022 Live: Athletics - Indian contingent to resume campaign
The Indian athletics contingent will resume its campaign with Sarita Romit Singh and Manju Bala participating in the Group A qualification round of Hammer Throw. The action starts at 2:30 pm.
Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Hello and Welcome!
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2022! It's an action-packed seventh day for India with the nation's contingent eyeing success in Athletics, Hockey, Boxing, Table Tennis and Badminton.
Action will start with Table Tennis from 2:00pm onwards. The mixed doubles round of 64 match between India's Sanil Shetty and Reeth Tennison and Malaysia will kickstart India's day seven.
