Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham

CWG 2022: India's big strengths and how absence of shooting is likely to dent overall medal count

NEW DELHI: India is sending a 300 member plus contingent, including over 200 athletes, for the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG), which start on July 28 in Birmingham.

The Times of India

CWG: Annesha Ghosh replaces Sandeep Mehta as press attache

BIRMINGHAM: In a last minute development, Annesha Ghosh has replaced Sandeep Mehta as press attache of the Indian contingent for the Commonwealth Games, starting here on Thursday.

The Times of India

From Para powerlifters to judokas, here are some lesser-known Australian athletes to watch at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is a festival of blue-ribbon events we all love to watch, but it's also a chance for niche sports to captivate and enthral. Here's who to follow.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Hussamuddin eyes gold at Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

Pugilist doubly motivated by the birth of a daughter on Friday

The Hindu

Srikanth wants to do one better at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Silver medallist at the last edition, the shuttler has regained his form and was instrumental in India’s triumph in the Thomas Cup

The Hindu

Commonwealth Games schedule: Birmingham 2022 dates and time

The Games are back after four years since Gold Coast 2018

The Independent UK

WFI president believes wrestlers will make it 12 out of 12 medals at CWG in Birmingham

NEW DELHI: India is sending 12 wrestlers (6 men and 6 women) in different weight categories to the upcoming Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham, and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh claimed in an interview with TOI that all 12 will return home with medals.

The Times of India

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

India's two CWG-bound para-athletes fail dope test

NEW DELHI: Just four days to go for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG) and the Indian contingent has been rocked by another doping episode.

The Times of India

Commonwealth Games is another box waiting to be ticked by PV Sindhu

There is uncertainty in sport, just like in life itself. So, we will stop short of saying PV Sindhu will win the Commonwealth Games gold for India in the bustling host city of Birmingham, England come August. Nah… we will just stick our necks out and say she will be…

The Times of India

Powerlifter Yule hoping to make it third time lucky in Scotland Commonwealth gold bid

MICKY YULE is hoping that three will be the magic number for him next month as the Paralympic powerlifter prepares to launch his latest (and final)…

The National (Scotland)

Funding, resources and the illusion of fairness in the world of sport

Much is made about fairness in sport, but as Australia's inevitable dominance of the Commonwealth Games draws near, it's clear that we will never have a true level playing field, writes Tracey Holmes.

ABC News

Yasmani Grandal feeling good Saturday after returning to White Sox’ lineup day before

Back with the team after a rehab stint split between Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte, the veteran felt an understandable adrenaline rush.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sport stars to look out for during Commonwealth Games - from Adam Peaty to Laura Muir

The Commonwealth Games kick off on Thursday with events taking part in over 15 venues across the West Midlands. The opening ceremony will take place on Thursday at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium

Daily Mirror

Can radical changes restore sagging prestige of Commonwealth Games?

The Games found a great host city in Birmingham but are searching for new meaning while the Commonwealth wrestles with its history

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Irish Mirror

Man who 'hasn't stopped farting for five years' sues food stall for €235k over ham roll

Tyrone Prades, 46, bought the sandwich in December 2017 during a visit to the Birmingham Christmas market with his wife and kids

The Hindu

Commonwealth Games: Neeraj-led Indian athletics team primed for best show after Delhi

India’s best athletics medal haul had come at the Delhi CWG in 2010 with 2 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze

The Independent UK

A weight lifted: Cyrille Tchatchet wants to give something back to Birmingham

The 26-year-old’s route to representing England at the Commonwealth Games has been a challenging one.

The Times of India

Jaspal Rana says 'boycott' British shooting products after sport's exclusion from CWG 2022

NEW DELHI: India's pistol shooting ace Jaspal Rana wants the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) and the country's marksmen to shun shooting products made in England, in a tit-for-tat reaction for excluding the sport from the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG) curriculum.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Not wise to take international opponents lightly, says boxer Lovlina Borgohain

NEW DELHI: Despite an Olympic bronze in her kitty, boxer Lovlina Borgohain is not taking any opponents lightly in the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022, scheduled to be held in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8.

The Times of India

India at the Commonwealth Games: 15 historic facts

NEW DELHI: With less than a week left for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, the PTI takes a look at 15 facts involving India at the showpiece.

Chronicle Live

Newcastle named second best city in the UK for graduates to live and work in

Researchers based their results on criteria including the number of jobs, rental costs, average starting salary, and even the price of a night out

The Times of India

Mirabai Chanu ready for some heavy lifting at CWG 2022

NEW DELHI: By her own admission, Mirabai Chanu will be competing against herself at the upcoming Commonwealth Games. The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter is aiming to re-write her own world record in Birmingham by lifting a record 90kg in snatch and another 120kg in clean and jerk to defend…

The Times of India

High-jumper Tejaswin Shankar cleared to compete at CWG 2022

NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankar can finally have a good night’s sleep. After writing on Twitter that he had been spending ‘sleepless’ nights waiting for his name to be included in the Indian athletics contingent for the Birmingham CWG, the good news finally arrived for the country’s leading high jumper on…

The National (Scotland)

Lee Jones vows to add to Scotland's medal haul at Commonwealth Games

TEAM Scotland has accumulated a massive haul of medals at Commonwealth Games since the turn of the century, from a total of 30 at Manchester in 2002…

The Independent UK

Two children killed by falling tree during powerful Alabama storm

Fire battalion Chief Sebastian Carrillo said the weather event was so monumental, he hadn’t recalled another one in his career with this “many people” needing to be rescued

1 … 143 144 145 146

People

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

Katarina JohnsonThompson

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Wrestling Federation of India

Commonwealth Games Federation

18 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.