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India wins historic gold and silver in men’s triple long jump

With this, the 25-year-old Paul won India’s first gold medal in the triple jump at the Commonwealth Games…reports B Shrikant India’s Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker Sunday scripted history by winning gold

August 7, 2022

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Sindhu qualifies for women’s singles semi-final

The Indian ace tried to mount a comeback using her height to create angles but Goh Jin Wei unleashed a flurry of smashes to take the opening game…reports Asian Lite News Ace

August 7, 2022

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Nitu, Asian champion Amit Panghal stormed into the finals at CWG

Nikhat got a perfect score of 30 from each of the five judges for three rounds as she mixed aggression with good defence against her 21-year-old opponent…reports Asian Lite News Boxer Jaismine

August 7, 2022

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Women’s team extends unbeaten run at Chess Olympiad

Vaishali played splendidly in a drawn position, pressurising her opponent with precise positive play and finally scoring a delightful victory…reports Asian Lite News Indian women’s A team notched up their seventh successive

August 5, 2022

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Dipika Pallikal shines on mixed day for India in squash

Dipika, who is married to India’s international cricketer Dinesh Karthik, talked about her return to squash after becoming a mother and said it was always her intention to start playing…reports Asian Lite

August 5, 2022

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Sindhu, Srikanth win singles openers at Commonwealth Games

Sreeshankar, who has a personal best of 8.36m, topped Group A in the qualifying round, with a leap of 8.05 while Muhammed Anees was eight with an effort of 7.88m…reports Asian Lite

August 5, 2022

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Nikhat Zareen reaches semi-final at 2022 Commonwealth Games

World champion Nikhat Zareen assured herself and India a medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games after she stormed into the semifinals of the women’s light flyweight boxing with an impressive 5-0 win

August 4, 2022

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India beat Canada, climbs to top of Pool B table

After India received another Penalty Corner, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay scored from a rebound to further extend India’s lead to 3-0…reports Asian Lite News The Indian men’s hockey team continued the unbeaten run

August 4, 2022

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India’s Vikas Thakur wins silver in men’s 96kg weightlifting

Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran set the ball rolling with a dominant doubles win as India wrapped up a 3-1 victory over the bronze medallists from four years ago…reports Asian Lite News

August 3, 2022

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Harjinder Kaur wins bronze in women’s 71kg weightlifting

Harjinder, egged on by fellow weightlifters Mirabai Chanu, Punam Yadav, Bindiya and some male lifters, managed to do enough in the end to claim a bronze medal…reports Asian Lite News Indian weightlifter

August 3, 2022

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