Commonwealth Games 2026, Day 5: India touch 10 medals after para-athletics gold, Ajaya Babu silver

CWG 2026 Highlights Day 5: With six medals on Monday, India improved its tally to 10, which includes two gold medals.

Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE Updates Day 5: Sharmila Dhankar wins India's second gold.

CWG 2026 Highlights, Day 5: Another busy day for the Indian contingent that grabbed six medals, including a gold in para-athletics. Weightlifting remained the fortress, with the sport witnessing six medals for India, two silve and a bronze on Monday itself. ...Read More

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• 28 Jul 2026, 02:58:54 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Where does India stand in the medals tally?

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: India stands in seventh spot in the medals tally with 10 medals. Australia remains ahead with 59 medals, followed by England (31) and Canada (21).

• 28 Jul 2026, 02:54:05 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Some late addition to India's medal tally

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: India have a bronze as well, in women's short put F57 with Shilpa Shyla finishing third. Originally, Nigeria's Eucharia Iyiazi took the bronze medal, but was disqualified and hence the Indian took the third spot. This was the first time that India took double podium at the Games.

• 28 Jul 2026, 02:47:30 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: FIVE medals for India!

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: The fifth day in Glasgow comes to an end and India has won five more medals - a gold in para-athletics, a silver in men's high jump and two more second-place finishes in weightlifting, and a bronze in weightlifting as well.

  Weightlifting has been India's fortress at the Games this year, accounting to six medals.

• 28 Jul 2026, 02:38:08 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Another SILVER in weightlifting

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Quite a battle in weightlifting! Babu upgraded his attempt to 178kg and lifted it cleanly to script CWG record for a combined lift of 327kg. Meanwhile, Malaysia's Erry Hidayat lifts 181kg to smash the Games record. The Indian betters it within seconds. Lifts 181kg in his final attempt to break the record again for 330kg.Hidayat breaks it again. And he lifts 184kg in his final attempt to take home the GOLD medal. Babu wins SILVER, India's ninth medal at the Games this year.

• 28 Jul 2026, 02:32:46 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Ajaya Babu in 2nd spot

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: The Indian comfortably lifted 174kg on his first C&J attempt, but England's Chris Murray bettered it by three kilos, albeit on his third attempt. Babu will gun for the 178kg mark next.

• 28 Jul 2026, 02:29:00 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Unfortunate for Tejas Shirse

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: The Indian pulls up injured in the 110m hurdles final as he hobbled through the final half of the race. Athletics - Sarvesh Anil Kushare

• 28 Jul 2026, 02:19:15 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: SILVER for Sarvesh!

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Sarvesh could not clear the 2.28m mark and won the silver medal in Men's High Jump. Romaine Beckford also could not clear the similar mark, but took lesser attempts in the contest and hence clinched the gold medal. Kimani Jack took the bronze.

• 28 Jul 2026, 02:15:45 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: GOLD for Sharmila!

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: India have a second gold medal at the CWG and this one has come in women's shot put F57. Shyala finished fourth. Zinabu finished second with her best throw of 8.65m, while Nigeria's Eucharia took the bronze after an 8.19m throw.

• 28 Jul 2026, 02:06:33 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Sarvesh Anil assured of a medal

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: He finally does it. On his third attempt. Raymond Richards could not clear the 2.25m mark and so Kushare is assured of a medal. Silver most likely.

• 28 Jul 2026, 01:59:18 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Sarvesh Anil gunning for a medal

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Aadarsh is out of contention after failing to cross the 2.20m mark. Sarvesh Anil remains in the hunt. He failed his first attempt at 2.25m, which Jamaica's Romaine Beckford cleared to assure himself a medal.

• 28 Jul 2026, 01:54:51 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Another Indian in gold-medal spot

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Shyla drops to the third spot after Sharmila hurls a season best of 9.81m throw on her third attempt. In fact, none of her throws was below the 9m mark. But one more to go in the women's shot put F57 final with Niegria's Eucharia up next.

• 28 Jul 2026, 01:49:03 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Men's High Jump Final

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Sarvesh Kushare clears 2.20m mark and he goes top of the table. Aadarsh could not clear that mark on either of his two attempts and has now dropped to the third spot.

• 28 Jul 2026, 01:45:18 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Another weightlifting medal up for grabs?

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Ajaya Babu is in action in the Men's 79kg Final. He lifts 149kg on his second attempt to go to the top of the table. That's the Games record as well. He stands just a kilo ahead of Murray and Hidayat is third after a lift of 147kg. Clean and jerk to start in a bit.

• 28 Jul 2026, 01:40:47 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Women's Shot Put F57 Final

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Shilpa K Shyla slips to silver-medal position after Ghana's Zinabu Issah hurls an 8.65m throw. We still have two more athletes left -- India's Sharmila and Eucharia Iyiazi from Nigeria.

• 28 Jul 2026, 01:14:48 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gold medal loading?

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Shilpa K Shyla in gold-medal spot in Women's Shot Put F57 Final. After 6.69 and 6.95 in her first two attempts, she hurled a 7.26m throw to rise to the top of the chart. That's a personal best as well for Shyla.

• 28 Jul 2026, 01:08:39 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Men's High Jump Final

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Aadarsh Ram Jothi Shankar clears 2.10m in his first attempt.

• 28 Jul 2026, 12:48:38 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Men's High Jump Final

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Sarvesh Anil Kushare clears the 2.05m mark with absolute ease. Tejaswin Shankar couldn't. Wait…he looks like in some sort of a discomfort. There was that DNS in front of his name at the start of the final, before it got removed. But it seems he might be withdrawing his name from the contest.

• 28 Jul 2026, 12:34:14 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Women's Wheelchair 3x3 Basketball

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: India fall out of the race to make the quarters after a defeat to Nigeria. India lost 6-7. The team previously lost to Scotland and Wles.

• 28 Jul 2026, 12:27:14 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Para Swimming

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: No medal for India as Swatik Patil finishes fifth in Men's 100m Breaststroke SB9 category after clocking 1:15.82.

  Australia's Beau Matthews takes the gold, followed by New Zealand's Joshua Willmer and Timothy Hodge of Australia.

• 28 Jul 2026, 12:01:44 AM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Wait...Tejaswin is back

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: There was a DNS beside his name before. Now that has been removed. So all three Indians are part of the high jump final.

• 27 Jul 2026, 11:40:55 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Women's shot put F57 final underway

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Sharmila Dhankar and Shilpa K Shyla are in action in the medal event. F57 is a classification event for seated athletes with lower limb impairments.

• 27 Jul 2026, 11:39:58 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari Yadav speaks

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Speaking to reporters in the mixed zone, the silver medallist said: "I am extremely happy. This is my first Commonwealth Games. My goal was to achieve my personal best, and that's exactly what I did here. I also tried to win a gold medal for India, but the competition was very tough..."

• 27 Jul 2026, 11:38:47 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Tejaswin Shankar does not start in Men’s High Jump Final

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Tejaswin Shankar will not start in Men’s High Jump Final. He will be fully focusing on the Men’s Decathlon starting from Friday.

• 27 Jul 2026, 11:00:44 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Lawn Bowls - Men's singles

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Putul Sonowal lost the first set 6-8, and while he led the second set 5-4 after first six ends. Hamada of Egypt avoided the tie-breaker by levelling the second set 5-5. He wins -- his first in section D. Putul is disappointed.

• 27 Jul 2026, 10:50:04 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Sakshi Chaudhury through to the quarters

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: The Indian boxer, who beat Nikhat Zareen and reigning world champion Minakshi Hooda in the trials to book her spot in the CWG, beat Modukanele to move to the quarterfinals after an unanimous decision 5-0.

• 27 Jul 2026, 10:02:31 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Know your bronze medallist!

  

  India's Devi Bindyarani Sorokhibam competes in the 58 kilogram category of women weightlifting during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: The 27-year-old from Imphal, Manipur, has long been one of India's most consistent weightlifters. A silver medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the national champion earlier this year, Bindyarani also set a national snatch record by lifting 88kg at the 2025 National Championships. While she has spent the last few years switching between the 55kg and 58kg divisions, that transition came at a cost, resulting in a serious knee injury in 2023. But at the CWG 2026, she showed that she has well adjusted to this weight category, as Bindyarani is now a double CWG medallist.

• 27 Jul 2026, 09:54:25 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Another weightlifting medal for India!

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani fails to lift 116kg on her third attempt in C&J, so she will take home the bronze medal. She had won silver at the CWG 2022. With a combined lift of 199kg, she stands 10 kilos behind second-placed Ann Sophie. Nigeria's Rafiatu Folashade lifts 117kg on her first attempt to set a new CWG record of 220kg, implying a GOLD MEDAL win for her.

• 27 Jul 2026, 09:51:58 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani all but confirms bronze

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani wanted to go for 113kg on her final attempt, but raised that by two kilos with the Indian slipping away from silver medal hopes. Se is currently in a bronze-medal position. Ann Sophie lifts 115kg on her second attempt to extend the CWG record to 209kg. Bindyarani raises the bar to 116kg now.

• 27 Jul 2026, 09:47:02 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani still in medal contention?

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Ann Sophie too reduced her registered attempt to 111kg and cleared it on her first try. She will go for 112kg on her second attempt. Bindyarani, meanwhile, lifts 112kg and will now attempt 115kg on her final attempt.

• 27 Jul 2026, 09:44:54 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Trouble for Bindyarani

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: The Indian reduced her attempted weight by three kilos, but failed on her first attempt. She will go for 112kg on her second try.

• 27 Jul 2026, 09:38:02 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani up next

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: The Indian still awaits her opportunity in the C&J, where she will attempt 113kg, the joint-highest alongside Ann Sophie. Currently, Eliza Pratt stands ahead with a combined lift of 193kg. But the best three have yet to appear in the second portion of the competition.

• 27 Jul 2026, 08:59:09 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Where does Bindyarani stand?

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Here are the standings after the snatch portion...

  1. Rafiatu Folashade (103kg)
  2. Ann Sophie (94 kg)
  3. Eliza Pratt (87kg)
  4. Bindyarani Devi (87kg)
• 27 Jul 2026, 08:57:02 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Nigeria's Rafiatu all but confirms gold

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Nigeria's Rafiatu Folashade goes for 103kg now. She goes for the CWG record. Commonwealth record. And, the African record. SHE IS ON HER WAY TO GOLD MEDAL!

• 27 Jul 2026, 08:55:16 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Games record broken in seconds!

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Seconds after Ann Sophie lifted 94kg, Nigeria's Rafiatu Folashade smashed the Games record with a comfortable 95kg lift on her first snatch attempt. AND WAIT! THERE'S MORE! She will now go for the 100kg. Her personal best is 101, remember. OHH SHE'S GOT IT! She is now five away from the world record. But she will be attempting 103kg now for her final attempt.

• 27 Jul 2026, 08:51:36 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Ann Sophie wins the gamble

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: How quickly things can change? Canada's Ann Sophie had increased the weight to 94kg on her first attempt. She then failed twice. It's trouble for the Canadian. OHHH SHE HAS MADE IT! She does it on her third attempt and that's a CWG record.

• 27 Jul 2026, 08:47:19 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Effortless from Bindyarani!

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani lifts 87kg to stand at par with England's Eliza Pratt in the top spot. But now awaits Canada's Ann Sophie, who will attempt 94kg while Nigeria's Rafiatu Folashade will attempt 95kg.

• 27 Jul 2026, 08:45:11 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani lifts 85kg

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: On her second snatch attempt, she lifts 85kg. And she is currently leading the competition.

• 27 Jul 2026, 08:40:29 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani lifts 83kg

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: That is lower than what she had registered to target. But the Indian lifts it with ease.

• 27 Jul 2026, 08:18:13 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Weightlifting event gets underway

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani, who won the CWG silver in 2022 and finished second at the Commonwealth Championship in Ahmedabad last year, listed her starting weight in the snatch at 85kg, which is the third-highest.

• 27 Jul 2026, 07:56:23 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Another weightlifting event awaits

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: There stands a potential for a fif medal in weightlifting for India. Bindyarani Devi will be in action soon, in the women's 58kg final.

• 27 Jul 2026, 07:53:04 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Know your new SILVER medallist!

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari Yadav, 23, who hails from Chhattisgarh, started out in the 49kg category, the same category where Mirabai Chanu has been dominating. In fact, she had won the nationals in the absence of Mirabai in the 49kg category, but later shifted to the 53kg division, where she won Asian Championships bronze earlier this year and now the CWG silver on her debut in the Games.

• 27 Jul 2026, 07:45:37 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Where does India stand in the medals tally after that SILVER?

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: India remains in the eighth spot in the table with five medals - one gold, three silver and one bronze. Australia leads the chart with 40 medals, followed by 21 from England and nine from Nigeria.

• 27 Jul 2026, 07:15:11 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari GETS SILVER!

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Onome lifts 113kg. THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE! It's another record, and that was a GOLD-MEDAL WINNING lift from the 22-year-old.

  Gyaneshwari, 23, wins silver. It's India's fourth medal at the CWG.

• 27 Jul 2026, 07:11:30 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari lifts 111kg

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari attempts 111kg. She is not going for the gold here, but silver will be confirmed. OHH SHE'S GOT IT!

• 27 Jul 2026, 07:10:10 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari slips to the 2nd spot

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Onome targets 110kg. Yes you read that right! Everything here on is about CWG record and that GOLD MEDAL. Oh…Onome gets it. She is back in gold medal spot.

• 27 Jul 2026, 07:08:11 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari attempts 107kg

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari attempts CWG record. AND SHE DOES IT! Will it be enough for GOLD? The Nigerian up next.

• 27 Jul 2026, 07:05:57 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari smashes CWG record…and loses it again!

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: India's Gyaneshwari lifts 103kg on her very first attempt in Clean & Jerk. Onomne, though, is set to start with 105kg. SHE DOES IT! It's a new Commonwealth Games record.

  It's down to India vs Nigeria here now.

• 27 Jul 2026, 06:58:47 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Protishta finishes seventh

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: With a score of 12.833, the Indian finished seventh in the women's vault final. Canada's Lia-Monica Fontaine takes the gold. Abigail Martin of England finished second, followed by Wales' Abigail Roper.

• 27 Jul 2026, 06:47:11 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Protishta Samanta in action

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Protishta, who qualified seventh, opened with a half-turn back somersault with a full twist to score 12.700 (4.400 difficulty, 8.300 execution). She followed it up with a handspring front pike for 12.666, giving her an average of 12.683. That leaves the Indian in fourth place for now, just outside the medal positions.

• 27 Jul 2026, 06:25:36 PM IST

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari stands 2nd

  CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: After the end of the snatch portion, the Indian stands second in the competition after Onome comfortably lifted 93kg on her final attempt. She stands five kilos clear of Gyaneshwari. Up next is the C&J, where the Indian will attempt 103kg, three more than the Nigerian.