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Anup Sridhar to assist Lakshya Sen in pre-Olympic season

NEW DELHI: Olympian shuttler Anup Sridhar has been brought on board to help Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen in his pursuit to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, in a busy season which begins with the Malaysia Open Super 1000 on Tuesday.

The Times of India

HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu to lead India in Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships

NEW DELHI: World no. 8 HS Prannoy and Commonwealth Games gold medallist PV Sindhu will lead a strong Indian contingent in the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, to be played in Dubai from February 14-19.

The Times of India

Women’s cricket team of the year: from Alice Capsey to the Kerr sisters

After a year that included a World Cup and Commonwealth Games, here are our picks for the best women’s all-format XI

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Manish Kaushik, Hussamuddin and Gaurav Solanki storm into quarters of National Boxing Championships

NEW DELHI: Riding on sensational performances, the 2019 World Championships bronze-medallist Manish Kaushik, 2022 Asian Championships bronze-medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin and the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion Gaurav Solanki stormed into the quarter-finals of the 6th National Boxing Championships in Hisar on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Shiva Thapa, Rohit Tokas storm into quarters of National Boxing Championships

HISAR: Six-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa and 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Rohit Tokas produced sensational performances to enter the quarter-finals of the sixth men's National Boxing Championships on Monday.

The Times of India

India to draw on FIH Pro League, CWG positives to excel in World Cup

BENGALURU: The Indian men's hockey team will draw on its experience of playing against Spain and England in the FIH Pro League and Wales in the Commonwealth Games to negotiate their way in the group stage of the World Cup to be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela beginning this month.

The Times of India

Cabinet papers reveal Dunblane concerns over shooting events at Commonwealth Games

CONCERNS were expressed by Scottish ministers ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow about whether shooting events would be controversial…

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Ministers discussed controversy over shooting at 2014 Commonwealth Games due to Dunblane

According to cabinet papers, discussion of the tragedy was raised as the country sought the Commonwealth Games

Daily Record

Grandmother admits to being bowled over by MBE honour

Sandra Bailie holds the record for the highest number of Irish indoor titles and has played at two Commonwealth Games.

The Independent UK

Dame Denise Lewis ‘blown away’ by New Year Honour

Lewis was president of Commonwealth Games England when the event was held in Birmingham and the West Midlands this summer, 22 years after her gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics

The Independent UK

The Scottish sporting success stories of 2022

Eilish McColgan enjoyed the best year of her career, setting three British road-race records and breaking her mum Liz’s 10,000m Scottish track record.

The Independent UK

West Midlands business review of 2022 - part three: Commonwealth Games, big move for BBC and Villa Park expansion

Our 2022 review of the business world in the West Midlands hits the summer and the spectacular Commonwealth Games, the Beeb announces plans to leave the Mailbox and Aston Villa press ahead with stadium expansion

Birmingham Post

Another year, another set of medals: Mirabai Chanu continues to rule Indian weightlifting

NEW DELHI: The legend of Mirabai Chanu continued to grow as she added a second World Championships medal to her much-decorated trophy cabinet while other Indian lifters too revelled in the glory of a power-packed performance at the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

The Times of India

Crockett gearing up for more after making Commonwealth Games breakthrough

OF all the medals won by Scottish athletes at last summer’s Commonwealth Games, one of the most surprising, to outsiders at least, was…

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Indian women hockey players stole limelight in 2022, claimed CWG medal after 16 years

NEW DELHI: The Indian hockey teams continued their upward trend in 2022, with the women's side slightly outperforming their male counterparts by clinching a Commonwealth Games medal -- a bronze after 16 years.

The Times of India

Seniors struggle a bit but Greco Roman and junior wrestlers shine in 2022

NEW DELHI: They were expected to dominate the field at the Commonwealth Games and they did but the tougher World Championships served a reality check for the established Indian stars even as the rise of Greco Roman wrestlers and exceptional show by the juniors made it an eventful 2022 for…

The Times of India

Rudrankksh Patil's success story only bright spot in otherwise sedate year for Indian shooting

NEW DELHI: Rifle shooter Rudrankksh Patil's success story has been the only standout event in an otherwise sedate year for marksmen, where they even missed the high of the Commonwealth Games after the sport was given a short shrift by the Birmingham organisers.

The Independent UK

‘It’s weird’: Matt Walls struggles to remember what happened in horror crash at Commonwealth Games

Walls suffered a concussion which affected him for the next six weeks

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Epic Thomas Cup win, CWG high make 2022 a year to remember for Indian badminton

NEW DELHI: An epic Thomas Cup victory broke the glass ceiling while unprecedented success came at the Commonwealth Games as India took giant steps towards becoming a badminton powerhouse in 2022.

Birmingham Post

Birmingham to host world's oldest squash tournament for first time in 22 years

British Open will return to the city and welcome the global game's biggest stars as the legacy of hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games continues

Irish Mirror

Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen smashes 800m European freestyle record

The Commonwealth Games silver medalist came home in a time of 7:25.96 to smash the previous record by nearly two seconds.

AAP

Cooper rebounds to win backstroke bronze

Isaac Cooper contemplated quitting swimming after being sent home from a Commonwealth Games camp but is now proudly a world championship bronze medallist.

AAP

Banished Cooper returns to Aust swim team

Sent home from the pre-Commonwealth Games camp for misusing prescription pills, Australian swimmer Isaac Cooper is back racing at the world short course meet.

Newsroom.co.nz

Grace and Kelly share crown on netball's big night

In a first, the Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award has been shared by domestic rivals and Silver Ferns team-mates Grace Nweke and Kelly Jury as New Zealand netball dishes out its annual awards.

Newslaundry

Exactly how environment-friendly are Delhi’s e-rickshaws?

In August 2010, as Delhi was getting a makeover in preparation for the 19th Commonwealth Games, Sheila Dikshit bedecked the city’s thoroughfares in the red and green colours of the then fashionable e-rickshaw, which she described as a “needed effort” towards making Delhi a “pollution-free zone”. Four years later Dikshit’s…

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