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Zimbabwe for the first time in six years for a three-match ODI series, next month. The three ODIs will be played on August 18, 20 and 22 in Harare, the Zimbabwe Cricket announced. KL Rahul is expected to lead the Indian side.
Bhavani gave a tough fight to her German opponent Larissa Eifler before going down 12-15. The 28-year-old from Chennai made history at the Tokyo Olympics by becoming the first Indian to compete in the sport at the Games.
Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi. India finished second on the medal tally behind Australia - their best showing at the Games till date - by winning 101 medals which included 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals. For the first time in the history of the Games, India won over 100 medals in total. For the first time ever India won a medal in gymnastics, with Ashish Kumar winning a silver and a bronze. And it was after a gap of 52 years that India had won a gold in a track and field event - after legendary sprinter Milkha Singh's gold medal at the 1958 Cardiff Games - when Krishna Poonia won the yellow metal in the women’s discus throw event. Geeta Phogat scripted history as she became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold - in the women’s 55kg category - at the Commonwealth Games. Here TimesofIndia.com takes you down memory lane to relive some of the big highlights of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which will never be forgotten: Medal Rush for IndiaThe shooting contingent spearheaded the Indian medal rush at the CWG 2010, with 2008 Beijing Olympics gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra leading the way. Indian shooters clinched 30 medals in total out of India’s 101 medals, including 14 gold out of the 38 top podium finishes. Wrestlers ruled the mat too as 19 of the 21 wrestlers secured podium finishes, which included 10 gold medals. Overall Indian men won 64 medals while the women claimed 36. The only mixed team medal came in badminton, a silver.
Sourav Ganguly, the former India skipper and current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has denied that he will be a part of the upcoming second edition of Legends League Cricket. His clarification came minutes after the tournament organisers had issued a press release, saying that the former India skipper will be a part of the league.
The CWG will be important not only for Vinesh and Sakshi but also for Bajrang Punia, who has been a bit iffy about his attacking prowess since suffering a mind-unsettling and doubt-creating knee injury ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. He recently underwent a few medical tests, and the results restored his confidence that his body is not in danger of breaking down, if pushed. He can afford to go all out at the CWG, where wrestling powerhouses like Iran, Russia, Japan and Kazakhstan do not compete.
Commonwealth Games after failing a dope test while national record holder triple jumper Aishwarya Babu has also tested positive for a banned substance, sources said on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Dhanalakshmi, who was named in the 36-member Indian athletics team for the Birmingham CWG, returned positive for a banned steroid in a dope test conducted abroad by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of the World Athletics. "Dhanalakshmi tested positive in a dope test conducted by AIU.
badminton, has some unfinished business in Birmingham. Four months ago, it was in Birmingham that he became the first Indian man in 21 years to reach the finals of the All England Championship, only to see the gold medal slip out of his hands. The 20-year-old from Almora will have another opportunity to dazzle in Arena Birmingham this year and he is keen to go all the way, albeit, in a different tournament -- the Commonwealth Games, beginning July 28.
India is a land of talented cricketers. It's not only the big cities, but often prodigious talents emerge from small town and villages too in the country. Not all of them are celebrities also, but yet they are no less talented. In a recent video, tweeted by Differently Abled Cricket Council of India, a player named G Shiva Shankara can be seen batting in the nets. His range of shots is great and it has impressed former Indian cricket team player Harbhajan Singh too. He commented "Respect" with a couple of emojis on the video of Shankara posted by Differently Abled Cricket Council of India.