Commonwealth Games 2022: India's schedule on July 29
Commonwealth Games gets underway on Friday in Birmingham. The Indian contingent will have a huge number of events lined up on the first day of the CWG.
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India vs West Indies: Shimron Hetmyer recalled by West Indies to face India in T20I series
Left-hander Hetmyer had been frozen out of the international set-up due to question marks over his fitness. The 25-year-old played the last of his 42 T20 Internationals against Australia in November last year at the 2021 World Cup in the UAE.
Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: India Start Table Tennis Campaign With Doubles Action vs South Africa
Commonwealth Games, Day 1 Live Updates: India's Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula have taken the one first game against Lailaa Edwards and Danisha Patel of South Africa. Table tennis event is also about to get underway and first up is women's team event which will see Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, and Diya Chitale squaring off against South Africa. India's campaign at the Commonweath Games in underway with the lawn bowls event.
Sridharan Sriram leaves Australia's coaching job to focus on RCB role
The development comes ahead of Australia's tour of India next year. Sriram, who played eight ODIs between 2000 and 2004, has been part of the Australian coaching set up since 2015. He was a part of the Australia A program on an Indian tour before being appointed as spin bowling coach under the then head coach Darren Lehmann in 2016.
CWG 2022: Relatively easy opening draws for India's boxers
Spotlight on Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Amit PanghalThe Commonwealth Games have always been a happy hunting ground for Indian boxers. The trend is likely to continue in Birmingham with the pugilists getting relatively easy opening draws. The bouts will start on Friday. Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen will start her campaign in the women's 50kg light flyweight category against a lesser-known Helena Ismael Bagao of Mozambique on Sunday. A win against Helena will put the 21-year-old two-time Strandja Boxing tournament gold medallist in the quarterfinal against Helen Jones of Wales. Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain is also expected to comfortably sail into the quarterfinals of the women's 70kg light middleweight category. She begins against unfancied Ariane Nicholson of New Zealand on Saturday.
Am braces for tantalising URC-Super Rugby style clash when Boks meet All Blacks
Springbok centre Lukhanyo Am is anticipating a tantalising clash of styles when they meet the All Blacks for the first time since South African franchises took their talents to the Northern Hemisphere.
All Blacks: David Moffett calls on Mark Robinson to resign as New Zealand Rugby CEO
Former New Zealand Rugby (NZR) boss David Moffett has launched a stinging attack on the governing body and called on their current chief executive, Mark Robinson, to resign.
Red Arrows and raging bulls – the Commonwealth Games opens in Birmingham
Red Arrows and raging bulls rumbled around Alexander Stadium on Thursday night as a Commonwealth Games that many claim faces a continuing fight to retain its relevance amped up the volume and belted a bold declaration of its intent to preserve its voice.