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Adam Peaty to return from injury at Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games after he confirmed his intention to compete at four events in Birmingham. England's Peaty, an eight-times world champion, could not defend his 50m and 100m world breaststroke titles at the World Championships in Budapest last month as he was forced to pull out after breaking his right foot in the gym in May.

Badminton's loss is squash's gain: Teenager Anahat Singh set for Commonwealth Games debut

Commonwealth Games, hopes to bump into her role model P V Sindhu over the course of her stay in Birmingham. Anahat's desire to meet India's most decorated shuttler doesn't come as a surprise considering she played badminton before deciding to make a career out of squash. As a 6-7 seven year-old, the Delhi-based girl watched the likes of Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei play in the Indian Open at the Siri Fort Complex here and since then she has not been able to flush badminton out of her system.

After Tokyo high, India now 'target' historic CWG gold in men's hockey

Commonwealth Games, which will put an end to Australia's dominance in the sport at the multi-sport event. Australia won six successive gold medals in men's hockey competition since the sport was introduced at the CWG in 1998 Kuala Lumpur. India have shown transformation since winning an Olympics bronze after 41 years in Tokyo and the Graham Reid-led side would look to better its silver medal-winning efforts at Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014.

'A new lease of life' - Adam Peaty hoping to put disrupted year behind him at Commonwealth Games

Adam Peaty has revealed that being unable to defend his world titles has given him a «hunger» and «new lease of life» as the swimmer prepares to return the pool at the Commonwealth Games. A broken foot forced Peaty to miss the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, ending his run of three consecutive double breaststroke golds over 50 and 100 metres. Ad/> The 27-year-old also had his early-season training disrupted by flu in a tough first half of 2022, but has returned to full fitness ahead of the Commonwealths in Birmingham.