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CWG 2022 Day 9 Highlights: Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya win gold as wrestlers rule; men's hockey in final

CWG 2022 Day 9 Highlights: It was a tough outing for Manika Batra, who failed to win a single medal in the ongoing edition of the Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games 2022 Highlights: (L-R) Vinesh Phogat, Pooja Gehlot and Ravi Dahiya
Commonwealth Games 2022 Highlights: (L-R) Vinesh Phogat, Pooja Gehlot and Ravi Dahiya

CWG 2022 Day 9 Highlights: Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya and Naveen won gold medals in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Ravi produced a commanding display against Nigeria's Ebikewenimo Welson and secured a 10-0 win in the men's 57kg final. Vinesh defeated Sri Lanka wrester for a gold in women's 53kg freestyle event. Naveen secured gold after beating Pakistan's Muhammad Sharif Tahir via technical superiority in men's 74kg final. Pooja Gehlot, Pooja Sihag and Deepak Nehra won bronze medals in their respective events. Gehlot defeated Scotland's Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio in women's 50kg freestyle, while Sihag won her 76kg bout against Australia's Naomi de Bruine. Deepak defeated Pakistan's Tayab Raza 10-2 to win the 97kg freestyle wrestling. India also won two silver medals in track and field events. Priyanka Goswami finished second in the 10km race walk event, while Avinash Sable achieved the same in 3000m steeple chase. The men's Lawn's Bowls team also won a silver in the men's four event. Among the boxers, Mohammed Hussamuddin, Rohit Tokas and Jaismine settled for bronze after losing their respective semifinal matches. Jaismine endured 2-3 defeat against England's Gemma Paige Richardson in the women's 57-60kg semifinal, while Hussamuddin went down 1-4 in the men's 57kg semifinal. Rohit met with a similar fate and lost 2-3 in the 67kg category.

Other key results so far:

Athletics: India women's 4x100m relay team qualify for finals

Boxing: Nitu Ghanghas reaches final in women's 48kg. Amit Panghal reaches final of men's 51kg. Nikhat Zareen advanced to finals in women's 50kg. Sagar reaches final of men's 92kg

Table tennis: The pair of Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan advance to the finals of men's doubles. Sharath and Sreeja Akula also secure a final berth in mixed doubles finals. Manika Batra and Diya Chitale lose women's doubles quarterfinal. 

Cricket: India Women beat England by four runs to advance to the finals.

Badminton: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth advance to the semifinal

Hockey: India men's team beat South Africa 3-2 to enter final

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Other key results so far:

Athletics: India women's 4x100m relay team qualify for finals

Boxing: Nitu Ghanghas reaches final in women's 48kg. Amit Panghal reaches final of men's 51kg. Nikhat Zareen advanced to finals in women's 50kg. Sagar reaches final of men's 92kg

Table tennis: The pair of Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan advance to the finals of men's doubles. Sharath and Sreeja Akula also secure a final berth in mixed doubles finals. Manika Batra and Diya Chitale lose women's doubles quarterfinal. 

Cricket: India Women beat England by four runs to advance to the finals.

Badminton: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth advance to the semifinal

Hockey: India men's team beat South Africa 3-2 to enter final

Follow all the updates here:
Aug 6, 2022, 18:00:44 IST

CWG 2022 squash LIVE updates: Indian pair struggle in quarterfinal

The Indian pair of Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar are one game down in the men's double squash quarterfinal against Malaysia's Yow NG Eain and Wern Chee Yuen.

Aug 6, 2022, 17:49:13 IST

CWG 2022 table-tennis LIVE score: Sreeja Akula loses in quarterfinals

Sreeja Akula loses in table tennis women's singles semi-final against Singapore's Tianwei Feng. She goes down 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 10-12 and will now fight for the bronze medal.

Aug 6, 2022, 17:43:16 IST

CWG 2022 badminton LIVE updates: PV Sindhu into the semis

PV Sindhu advances to the semi-finals of the women's singles badminton. She defeats Malaysia's Jin Wei Goh 21-18. 

Sindhu had started the contest on a slow note and lost the opening game 19-21. She bounced back in the second game and secured it 21-14.

Aug 6, 2022, 17:39:35 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 LIVE updates: Pooja Gehlot goes down

Pooja Gehlot loses in women's 50kg freestyle wrestling semi-final against Canada's Madison Parks. She will fight for bronze.

Aug 6, 2022, 17:38:21 IST

CWG 2022 LIVE updates: A strong lead for Sindhu

Sindhu is inching close towards the semifinals. She has a strong five-point lead, while her opponent struggles. Sindhu 18-13 Goh

Aug 6, 2022, 17:32:52 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 LIVE score updates: Ravi Kumar into final 

Ravi Kumar advances to men's 57kg freestyle wrestling final after beating Pakistan's Asad Ali 12-4. He has assured India of at least a silver medal.

Aug 6, 2022, 17:30:46 IST

CWG 2022 LIVE score: PV Sindhu maintains lead

PV Sindhu goes into the mid-game interval with a slender one point advantage in the third and deciding game. Sindhu 11-10 Goh

Aug 6, 2022, 17:24:53 IST

CWG 2022 badminton LIVE updates: Sindhu-Goh put a classic show

Both the players are tied at one-game each and fans are witnessing a neck-and-neck contest in the third game. 

Sindhu at the moment is leading 8-6 against Malaysia's Jin Wei Goh. 

Aug 6, 2022, 17:13:17 IST

CWG 2022 LIVE updates: Strong response by PV Sindhu

An excellent rally between PV Sindhu and Malaysia's Jin Wei Goh. Both of them trying to some delicate drops very close to the net. However, Sindhu wins the battle eventually by hitting a cross court smash.

She then closes the game 21-14. It is 1-all the moment. 

PV Sindhu vs Jin Wei Goh: 19-21, 21-14 

Aug 6, 2022, 17:08:47 IST

CWG 2022 LIVE score updates: Silver medal assured

India's Naveen advances to men's 74kg freestyle wrestling final after beating England's Charlie Bowling. He assured India of at least a silver medal.

Aug 6, 2022, 17:04:26 IST

CWG 2022 badminton LIVE score: PV Sindhu leads

PV Sindhu has extended her lead to five points in the second game. She leads 13-8. 

She had lost the opening game 19-21.

Aug 6, 2022, 17:02:34 IST

CWG 2022 LIVE score: Good news for India from athletics

Good news for India from athletics. The women's 4 x 100m relay team (Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Srabani Nanada and Jyothi Yarraji) qualify for the finals. They finish second in their heat with a timing of 44.45s.

Aug 6, 2022, 17:00:18 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 cricket LIVE score: India post 164/5

India women's cricket team post 164/5 (Mandhana 61, Rodrigues 44*; Kemp 2/22) in 20 overs against England in semi-final

Aug 6, 2022, 16:59:22 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 LIVE updates: Pooja Sihag loses in semis

India's Pooja Sihag goes down against Canada's Justina di Stasio in women's 76kg freestyle wrestling semi-final. She will fight for bronze.

Aug 6, 2022, 16:57:51 IST

CWG 2022 LIVE score: Sindhu fights hard

After going down in the opening game, PV Sindhu is not allowing her opponent to gain any momentum. Sindhu, however, needs to be careful as she is just leading by a point at the moment in second game. Sindhu 6 - 5 Goh

Aug 6, 2022, 16:53:11 IST

CWG 2022 LIVE score: Women's singles quarterfinal

PV Sindhu goes down 19-21 in the opening game against Malaysia's Jin Wei Goh. 

Aug 6, 2022, 16:31:58 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Avinash Sable wins silver

Brilliant from Avinash Sable. He bags SILVER in 3000m steeple chase!!!

Aug 6, 2022, 16:26:41 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Table Tennis - Sanil Shetty loses to Liam Pitchford

Sanil Shetty's campaign has ended with a 1-4 defeat to second seed Liam Pitchford, who wins 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 in the men's singles quarterfinal.

Aug 6, 2022, 16:21:54 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Wrestling - Naveen wins by technical superiority

Naveen storms into the semi-final! Naveen wins by technical superiority to continue India's dominant run in wrestling. 

He wins against Singapore's Hong Yeow Lou in just a minute. He is just one win away from confirming a medal.

Aug 6, 2022, 16:14:20 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Wrestling - Pooja Sihag through to semis

Pooja Sihag is through to the semis after winning on points. The Indian claims her quarterfinal bout in women's 76kg against Canada's Michelle Montague.

Aug 6, 2022, 16:12:31 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Cricket - Smriti Mandhana slams quick-fire fifty

Smriti Mandhana slams fastest fifty for India in women's T20Is! Her 23-ball fifty powers India to a strong start against England.

India 77-2 in 9 overs

Aug 6, 2022, 16:05:38 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Wrestling - Vinesh Phogat wins

Vinesh Phogat is UNSTOPPABLE! She defeats Mercy Adekuoroye to win her women's 53kg freestyle (Nordic) by 6-0. Second win for the Indian in Group A.

Aug 6, 2022, 16:01:08 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Wrestling - Vinesh Phogat in action

Vinesh is in action for her second bout in the Women's Freestyle 53kg - Nordic. She is facing Nigeria's Mercy Adekuoroye.

Aug 6, 2022, 15:47:32 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Priyanka Goswami bags silver

Stellar performance from Priyanka, who wins SILVER in the women's 10,000m race walk.

Her medal is India's third in the athletics event of CWG 2022 after Tejaswin Shankar (bronze in high jump) and M Sreeshankar (sliver in long jump).

Priyanka's time of 43:38 is her personal best. Australia's Jemima Montag wins gold in 42:34, while the bronze goes to Kenya's Emily Wamusyi Ngii with 43:50.

Aug 6, 2022, 15:45:38 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Boxing - Amit Panghal enters final 

Amit Panghal enters the final in men's 51kg! The Indian pugilist shows his class under pressure. He wins the bout by an unanimous decision. It's 5-0 across the board in the end.

Aug 6, 2022, 15:41:59 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Boxing - Amit Panghal takes second round

Another really close round... and Amit Panghal wins the second round against Chinyemba by a split decision. But Chinyemba is agile enough to trouble the Indian.

Aug 6, 2022, 15:39:19 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Boxing - Amit Panghal loses first round

Amit Panghal loses first round against Zambia's Patrick Chinyemba in the men's 51kg semifinal. The Indian gets the decision against him by 2-3.

Aug 6, 2022, 15:35:02 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Boxing - Amit Panghal in action

India's Amit Panghal in action against Patrick Chinyemba in semifinals of over 48-51 kg finals.

Aug 6, 2022, 15:34:08 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Table Tennis - Sharath Kamal enter semis

India's Achanta Sharath Kamal beats Singapore's Yong Izaac Quek 4-0 to enter men's singles semi-final. He will face Paul Drinkhall of England in the last-four tie.

Aug 6, 2022, 15:31:50 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Cricket - Mandhana, Shafali open for India

India field an unchanged eleven! Mandhana and Shafali open India's batting. Brunt opens England's bowling attack. Let's go!

Aug 6, 2022, 15:25:04 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Wrestling - Naveen into quarterfinals

Incredible start by Indian wrestlers! India's Naveen enters the quarterfinal of the men's freestyle wrestling 74kg category. He wins 13-3 by technical superiority against Ogbonna John of Nigeria.

Aug 6, 2022, 15:21:08 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Wrestling - Pooja Gehlot wins against Letchidjio

Pooja Gehlot wins by technical superiority! She beats Scotland's Christelle Letchidjio in Women's Freestyle 50kg. It ends 12-2.

Aug 6, 2022, 15:14:13 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Wrestling - Vinesh Phogat wins first bout

Vinesh Phogat wins in 36 seconds! She pins Samantha Stewart in her opening bout and registers victory by fall!

Vinesh Phogat defeats Canada's Samantha Stewart in women's freestyle 53kg.

Aug 6, 2022, 15:11:23 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Boxing - Nitu Ghanghas in finals

Nitu Ghanghas moves to finals in 48kg Category! Dhillon received standing count for the second time before the referee decided to stop the contest. 

Nitu Ghanghas assures India of at least silver with a RSC win over Canada's Priyanka Dhillon

Aug 6, 2022, 15:10:21 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Cricket - India women opt to bat first

Harmanpreet wins the toss for India and opts to bat!

After winning toss, Harmanpreet said, "We are going to bat first. It's a fresh track and it's going to remain the same throughout the game. Before the main game, everyone is performing. It's right time to perform for the team. Our bowlers are doing well. I am really happy with the way they are bowling".

Aug 6, 2022, 15:06:54 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Boxing -Nitu Ghanghas wins first round

Nitu Ghanghas wins the opening round 5-0 against Priyanka Dhillon in Women's 48 semifinal

Aug 6, 2022, 15:01:45 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Nitu Ghanghas in action

Nitu Ghanghas in action! She fights in her Over 45 kg to 48 kg semis against Priyanka Dhillon of Canada. The Indian is win away from assuring a gold/silver.

Aug 6, 2022, 14:56:31 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Table Tennis - Achanta Sharath Kamal takes 2-0 lead

Error from Quek Izzac Yong and Achanta Sharath Kamal goes 2-0 up with an 11-7 win in the second game in men's singles quarterfinals. Excellent start from the Indian, who has been agile to counter his opponent's attacks.

Aug 6, 2022, 14:49:37 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Table Tennis - Achanta Sharath Kamal wins first game

Achanta Sharath Kamal takes the first game 11-6 against Singapore's Quek Izzac Yong in men's singles quarterfinal.

Aug 6, 2022, 14:42:58 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Another Lawn Bowls gold in sight

Two big events in line! Amit Panghal will be boxing Patrick Chinyemba in semis of over 48-51 kg finals from 3:30 pm, followed by Lawn Bowls fours finals from 4:30 pm where India take on Northern Ireland for the yellow metal.

Aug 6, 2022, 14:34:15 IST

CWG 2022 Live Updates: Table Tennis - Achanta Sharath Kamal in action shortly

Achanta Sharath Kamal in action shortly as he competes in his quarterfinal match in men's singles table tennis.

Aug 6, 2022, 14:24:36 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Table Tennis - Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennison advance further

Good start to the day! Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennison also enter the quarters with a straight-game win over Chloe Zhang and Lara Whitton. The Indian pair wins 11-7, 11-4, 11-3.

Aug 6, 2022, 14:22:25 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022: Cricket - India look to confirm medal

Indian women's cricket team will be eyeing to confirm a medal during the semi-final against England. Toss coming up at 3:00 pm... stay tuned for Live updates!

Aug 6, 2022, 14:19:14 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Table Tennis - Manika Batra, Diya Chitale into quarters

Batra and Chitale cruise to the quarterfinals! The Indian pair wasn't tested against Oumehani Hosenally and Nandashwaree Jalim. Manika Batra and Diya Chitale win 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 against the Mauritius duo.

Aug 6, 2022, 14:11:10 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Table Tennis - Women's Doubles 

The women’s doubles pairs of Sreeja Akula & Reeth Tennison and Manika Batra & Divya Chitale are in action in their respective Round of 16 matches.

Aug 6, 2022, 14:05:29 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Wrestling bouts to begin shortly

Wrestling action begins at 3:00 pm, with Ravi Dahiya and Vinesh Phogat in focus. Indian grapplers have put up an incredible show in the tournament, with six medals being claimed on Friday.

Aug 6, 2022, 13:59:55 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Boxing - Nitu Ghanghas up against Priyanka Dhillon

In Boxing, Nitu Ghanghas will be fighting in her Over 45 kg to 48 kg semis against Priyanka Dhillon of Canada.

Aug 6, 2022, 13:57:53 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Athletics - Racewalkers in action

Women's 10km walk final will take place in which Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami will be participating. The event starts at 3:00 pm.

Aug 6, 2022, 13:56:29 IST

CWG 2022 Live: Athletics - Poonam Sharma, Sharmila and Santosh in Shot Put Finals

The action shifts to Athletics from 2:50 pm, with Poonam Sharma, Sharmila and Santosh participating in the women's F55- 57 Shot Put Finals.

Aug 6, 2022, 13:55:23 IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Table Tennis - Sharath Kamal in action 

In table tennis singles, ace paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal will be playing in his quarterfinal match from 2:40 pm onwards. The veteran will look for more success at the 2022 Games, having already claimed gold in the men's team event.

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