What are the Commonwealth Games?
The Commonwealth Games start in the UK this week and features one of the globe's biggest athletics gatherings after the Olympics and World Championships.
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Ten athletes from West Lothian will represent Scotland in upcoming Commonwealth Games
The wait is finally over for West Lothian’s athletes set to go for gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
PV Sindhu named India's flagbearer at Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
Commonwealth Games to be held on Thursday. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, who was also the defending champion in the Commonwealth Games having won the gold in Gold Coast four years ago, was expected to be the flagbearer. But a groin injury following his silver medal at the World Championships forced him to pull out and the Indian Olympic Association picked Sindhu to be the flagbearer from a three-member shortlist.
PV Sindhu To Be India's Flagbearer At CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony
PV Sindhu is likely to be India's flagbearer at CWG opening ceremony after Neeraj Chopra pulled out due to injury, the Indian Olympic Association confirmed on Wednesday. "The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is delighted to announce shuttler Ms PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, as the Flagbearer of Team India at the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games," the IOA said in an official statement.
CWG 2022: Not thinking of Australia as yet, focussing on group matches, says Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet
Commonwealth Games in Birmingham is the ultimate goal but Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh said the players will take one game at a time and their immediate focus will be on the group stage matches. Six-time champions Australia are the hot favourites in Birmingham and the Indians will have to beat them at some stage if they are to clinch gold. But, Manpreet said his players are not breaking sweat as yet thinking over their possible clash with the Kookaburras. "Right now, we are focusing on the group stage matches and not thinking about Australia at all. Everyone is of the opinion that we give our best in these matches and then think about what Australia has to offer when we face them," Manpreet said at a virtual press conference ahead of the Games.
Lesser-known nations flying the flag at the Commonwealth Games
Athletes representing all 72 Commonwealth Games Federations are expected to march in the opening ceremony of Birmingham 2022 at the Alexander Stadium on Thursday night.
Maddie Hinch happy to be in the spotlight again after overcoming her fears
Maddie Hinch made for a reluctant heroine when she returned to compete in front of a home crowd two years after her stunning series of penalty saves had sealed Olympic gold for Great Britain’s women’s hockey team in Rio.
Dina Asher-Smith out of Commonwealth Games with hamstring injury suffered at World Championships
Dina Asher-Smith has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games with a hamstring injury. Asher-Smith pulled up towards the end of her leg in the 4x100m relay event at the World Championships in Oregon last weekend, saying afterwards that her «legs had stopped corresponding» with her.