Li Shifeng beats Shi Yuqi in men's singles final at 2023 all England open. The 21-year-old was brimming with confidence and needed just 17 minutes to wrap it up 21-5. He had the better of two net exchanges to save both game points.
The 21-year-old defeated china's reigning champion Chen Yufei in a three-game thriller 21-17, 10-21, 21-19 to win the women's singles title in Birmingham. An se Young beat the former world no. 1 Tai Tzu Ying in the semi-final that extended to an hour and 22 minutes.
Lakshya Sen defeated world No. 5 Chou Tien Chen in his first round men's singles match. HS Prannoy beat Chinese Taipei's world no. 24 Wang Tzu Wei in his opening encounter at the All England Open 2023 badminton championships in Birmingham on march 14.
The top badminton players from across the globe are in Birmingham, England, UK for the All England Open starting Tuesday (14 March) the men's world and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen dropped the first game in his title defence against an inspired Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong, China. The Dane won the second 21-15 - including an incredible net drop shot for 19-14.
Prakash Nath, Saina and Lakshya Sen have won the prestigious All England Championship. The 21-year-old won men’s singles gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. HS Prannoy will be the only two Indians in action on Tuesday.
HS Prannoy and Satwik-Chirag reached a career-best ranking of no 5. The men’s doubles duo also won a historic doubles bronze medal at the world championships and gold at Birmingham CWG 2022.
FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup kicks off on December 11, Sunday. India are one of the strongest contenders to lift the trophy alongside hosts Spain. They are the second highest ranked team in the event, one spot behind seventh-placed Spain. India won the bronze medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 and finished third at the 2021-22 FIH Pro League.
India all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar ruled out of T20I series against Australia due to an injury. Sneh Rana failed to find a place in the squad for the upcoming series. Five-match series between India and Australia will begin on December 9 in Mumbai. Australia and India clashed in Commonwealth Games final in Birmingham.
A cake of the shape of Deepika and Shah Rukh Khan’s iconic pose from the film was made by a cake artist. Tina Scott Parashar created a huge cake of SRK and Deepika in a month. The cake was made at Cake International Birmingham, the world's largest cake competition. Deepika Padukone will be next seen in Pathaan, the upcoming spy thriller.
The Australian women's T20 World Cup title defence begins next month. The five matches will be played in Mumbai with D.Y. Patil Stadium hosting the first two matches on December 9 and 11. It will be the Australia's first games since winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in August. It is one of two T20 series Australia will play ahead of the 2023 Women's World Cup.
PV Sindhu has withdrawn from the BWF World Tour Finals as she is yet to fully recover from a stress fracture on her left ankle. The double Olympic medallist has been out of action since winning the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Sindhu's father tells PTI that the star shuttler will focus on getting fully fit and has informed Badminton Association of India.
'saathiya Tune Kya Kiya' song was recreated with Salman Khan. He won a gold medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.
The men’s team will take on world number one ranked Kookaburras in a 5-match series between 26 November and 4 December 2022. It will be the first international matches the team will have played since they beat India for the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK. The series is scheduled to take place in May 2023.
The 27-year-old is determined to improve his game and make a bigger impact in the upcoming tournaments. He played a vital role in the national team’s silver medal-winning campaign at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
PV Sindhu will attend the opening ceremony of the 36th National Games in Ahmedabad on September 29. The two-time Olympic Games medallist will be in person in Gujarat. She is on the path to recovery after sustaining an ankle injury during the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in august.
Two-time Olympic medalist P V Sindhu will not participate in the National Games. She is on the path to recovery after sustaining an ankle injury during the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The ace shutter will be present at the opening ceremony in Gujarat.
Harmanpreet Kaur was india's most successful batter in the ODI world cup and in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 32-year-old's unbeaten 111-ball knock of 143 runs is now the highest by an India captain in women's ODis. She scored 171* against australia in the 2017 world cup.
When prince of Wales was asked to go out for beer, a fan can be seen asking him to go for a beer. The video was captured during opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games 2022 at Birmingham, united Kingdom.
Both teams will meet for the first time since the semi-final match in Birmingham. The entire match will be live-streamed for the viewers. Both teams are working hard to win the match.
The 10-member mixed team, which won the silver medal in Birmingham, will get a total of Rs 30 lakh, or Rs 3 lakh each, for their effort. The eight members of the support staff with get Rs 1.5 lakh each.
The Badminton Association of India announced cash rewards of close to Rs 1.5 crore for medallists at Commonwealth Games and World Championships. The Indian contingent came home with its best ever showing from the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, bagging three gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Indian men's shuttlers fetched three medals at the World Championships in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
The 10-member mixed team, which won the silver medal in Birmingham will get a total of Rs 30 lakh, or Rs 3 lakh each, for their effort. The eight members of the support staff will get Rs 1.5 lakh each. The men's doubles combination of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will be rewarded with Rs 25 lakh.
The india women cricket team returned home from the 2022 CWG in Birmingham. The team came agonisingly close to clinching a gold but were bowled out for 152. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur cut a sorry figures as she waged a lone battle.
Ravi Shastri was the first case of Covid-19 in the Indian camp, getting infected midway through the fourth Test. The fifth Test was originally scheduled to start at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester on September 10. The Test was eventually played out last month at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham, which England won.
Indian women’s team claimed a bronze medal in Birmingham after beating New Zealand 2-1 in a penalty shootout. Salima Tete said the team desperately wanted to win a medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games after a disastrous World Cup campaign earlier this year. The Indian women's team claimed the bronze medal after winning a penalty shoot-out against New Zealand.
Commonwealth Games is set to begin from July 28 onwards in Birmingham, England. India will be making an 18th appearance at the prestigious event. The Indian men's hockey team bagged a historic bronze medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics last year. India have scored 87 goals at the CWG and conceded 71 goals.
Indian Men's Hockey Team continued their unbeaten run at the Commonwealth Games 2022 as they defeated Canada 8-0 on Wednesday in Birmingham. Harmanpreet Singh (7', 56'), and Akashdeep Singh (37', 60') scored a brace each, while Amit Rohidas (10), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (20), Gurjant Singh (27'), and Mandeep Singh (58') scored one goal each. India climbed to the top of the Pool B table with 7 points in 3 games.
Sukhjeet Singh made his India debut at the recent FIH Hockey Pro League tie against Spain at the Kalinga Stadium. He is looking forward to becoming an integral part of the team in the upcoming big-ticket events, including the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and Asian Games this year.
India men's team vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh believes the team's performance in the tough FIH Pro League matches recently will hold the side in good stead when it begins its campaign in the at Birmingham later this month. Indian will take on Ghana in their first match of the Commonwealth Games on July 31.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi credits transparency in the selection process for India's recent success in sporting events. Modi: "Transparent selection bereft of nepotism has led to Indian scoring medals" Indian athletes in Birmingham claimed 61 medals – 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze. Modi hosted the India’s Commonwealth Games contingent at his residence.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi felicitated the Indian contingent for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 in New Delhi on Saturday. Indian athletes and their coaches were present at the event. Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen gifted PM Modi her boxing gloves. India bagged 22 Gold, 16 Silver and 23 Bronze medals in Birmingham 2022.
Former world champion P.V. Sindhu will not take part in the upcoming World Championships after suffering a stress fracture injury on the left ankle. Sindhu’s father said his daughter first suffered the injury during the quarterfinal of the recent Birmingham Commonwealth Games. He said she played the semis despite severe pain before eventually going on to win the gold.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored 107 for Sussex against Warwickshire in Birmingham. The 34-year-old was dropped from India's Test squad against Sri Lanka in February. The batsman was the second-highest run-getter in the County Championship Division Two with 1094 runs.
Renuka Singh reaches career-best ranking of 18 in latest ICC T20 women's rankings. Singh took 11 wickets at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Smriti Mandhana dropped two spots to fourth, while Shafali Verma slipped to sixth. Jemimah Rodrigues returns to top 10 batters list for first time since October 2021.
Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won gold in men's javelin at Commonwealth Games 2022. Neeraj Chopra congratulated the Pakistan athlete for winning the gold in Birmingham. Chopra's gesture went viral on social media after he posted it on Instagram. Industrialist Anand Mahindra hailed the Indian for his show of appreciation.
PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen won their maiden gold medals in badminton women's and men's singles finals of the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. The victory also marked a hat-trick of CWG medals.
India take on New Zealand in their women's hockey bronze medal match of the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG 2022) in Birmingham, on Sunday. Savita Punia-led side crashed to a controversial penalty shootout defeat against Australia in the semi-final, after winning three out of their four matches in group stage.
India face australia in the women's cricket final of the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG 2022) in Birmingham, on sunday. Australia have been unbeaten in the semi-finals and defeated new Zealand by five wickets.
Kangana Ranaut and Anupam Kher are extremely proud of athletes who are currently representing India at the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Kher shared a few pictures of the Indian athletes including Tejaswin Shankar , Tulika Maan and Sakshi Malik.
India face England in the semi-finals of the women's cricket event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG 2022) in Birmingham, on Saturday. Harmanpreet Kaur-led side lost only one fixture, which was their opener against Australia. They then followed it up with an eight-wicket victory vs Pakistan and then a 100-run win vs Barbados.
The women’s cricket semifinals will be held at the Edgbaston Cricket Stadium in Birmingham on Saturday. Defending ODI and T20 world cup champion Australia meets new Zealand in the last four. The losers will then move into the gold medal match on Sunday (9:30 pm IST)
A win in Birmingham could directly assure India of a chance to reach the semi-final. It would also be a second consecutive semi final appearance for India at the CWG.
India beat barbados by 100 runs to enter the semifinal of the women’s T20 cricket tournament at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Wednesday. India restricted the opposition to 62 for eight to register its second-largest victory (by runs) in T20I cricket.
Seema Punia is the most decorated track and field athlete in the Commonwealth Games. The 39-year-old discus thrower finished fifth in Birmingham on Tuesday night. Punia has won three silver and one bronze from her earlier four appearances in the CWG. She said she has no regrets of having missed out on a medal in her last CWG here.
India will take on Barbados in its last group stage match of the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Wednesday. Both teams are tied on two points each with one win and one loss in their two matches. India is placed second on the Group A points table, one spot above Barbados, owing to a higher Net Run Rate. Australia is through to the semifinal after winning its first two games.
India take on Canada in their third match of the Commonwealth Games 2022. The match will be played in Birmingham, England on August 3, Wednesday. India lost 4-4 to England in their second match in the hockey match on Monday. India were down to just nine men for quite sometime in the fourth quarter due to yellow cards to Varun Kumar and Gurjant Singh.
India lost 1-3 to a rematch of the last edition's final in the badminton mixed team event in Birmingham on Tuesday. This was the fifth silver in the current CWG and the 13th medal overall. The defending champions made a strong comeback through their ace shuttler PV Sindhu.
India's number 1 men’s squash player Saurav Ghosal has made it to the semifinals at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. The match is played in the best-of-five format, and the player winning three games wins the match. If a player from team A hits the ball, then the player from Team B has to return it.
India beat Singapore 3-0 in the second semi-final of the Mixed Team event in badminton on Day 4 of the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty opened the account with a straight-game win. World No.7 PV Sindhu emulated the same in her women's singles tie. India will now face Malaysia in the final on Tuesday.
India women's cricket team face Pakistan women's team at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG 2022), at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday. Harmanpreet Kaur-led side crashed to a three-wicket defeat against Australia in their campaign opener, despite a half-century from the captain. Pakistan also fell to an opening defeat, losing to Barbados by 15 runs.
Pooja Vastrakar will be joining the Indian women's cricket team. The fast bowler left for Birmingham on Sunday after testing negative. She cleared the mandatory fitness test at the national cricket academy in Bengaluru.
Anahat Singh lost her second round match 3-1 against Wales’ Emily Whitlock. The 14-year-old was India’s youngest athlete at the Birmingham Games. The Indian even took the third game off her Welsh player. The final score of the game was: 11-7 11- 7 4-11 11-6.
India take on Pakistan in the third Group A match at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday. The match will be aired LIVE on the Sony Sports Network at 3:30 PM IST on July 31, 2022. India is on a two-match losing streak in T20Is but is coming off a 2-1 series win in Sri Lanka. Pakistan comes into CWG 2022 on the back of a rain-marred T20I Tri-Series in Ireland.
P V Sindhu has received a fairly comfortable draw for the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Top-seeded Sindhu will start her campaign by facing Maldives’ Fathimath Abdul Razzaq in the second round. Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen too received byes in the opening round.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished the Indian contingent luck ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, which will get underway in less than an hour. The Prime Minister also graced the inauguration of the FIDE 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai earlier in the evening. A total of 215 members will represent India at the quadrennial event.
The quartermiler finds a place in the Indian athletics team for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The men’s relay quartet fared poorly at the Worlds, clocking 3:07.29s and finishing 12 th out of 13 teams. A new team has replaced Ramesh with national record holder Muhammed Anas.
Smithfield will host the event from July 30 to August 7. The group stages start from June 30, with the knockout stages being played from August 5-7. The match is best of three sets with the first two sets played to 21 points with at least two-point advantage. There is no limit on the final score of a set if a team reaches deuce.
Trupti Murgunde looks forward to Srikanth-Lakshya final at CWG 2022: 'Best thing in Indian badminton' PV Sindhu needs to slay demons in her mind for a spot on the podium at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Murgonde says Indian sports is on a high at the moment.
Pooja Vastrakar and S Meghana tested positive for Covid-19 last week. The pair are currently quarantining in Bengaluru, where the women's team went through a 10-day camp prior to their departure to the UK. The duo will have to pass a BCCI-mandated fitness test after completing their isolation.
A 10-member badminton contingent will be representing Team India at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Trupti Murgunde spoke about PV Sindhu's gold medal chances in Birmingham. Former shuttler and CWG medallist and Olympic medalist Trupte said Sindhu has 'bright' chances of winning gold.
