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CWG 2022: India win medals in judo and weightlifting on Day 4, entry in finals of team events secured in badminton and table tennis

Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 as Indian judoka Shushila Devi won the silver medal in the women -48kg category, her second in CWG history. On the fourth day of the multi-sports event, India clinched three medals -- one silver and two bronze. Besides Shushila, Vijay Kumar also won a bronze in the Men's 60kg division to give India a second medal in judo on the day. These were India's first medals outside the six in weightlifting that they have won so far, which include three gold.

Commonwealth Games: India Beat Australia In Final League Match Of Badminton Mixed Team Event

Already through to the quarterfinals, defending champions India continued their rampaging run as they beat Australia in their final group A match of mixed team competition at the Commonwealth Games. The Indians have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead over the Australians on Saturday. After blanking Pakistan 5-0 on the first day, India yet again were by far the better team on display on the second day as they outclassed Sri Lanka 5-0 first and then beat Australia to top the group on way to the quarterfinals.

Commonwealth Games 2022: India Thrash Pakistan 5-0 In Badminton Mixed Team Opening Match

India's fancied shuttlers didn't break a sweat on way to completing a 5-0 sweep of Pakistan in their badminton campaign opener at the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday. The duo of B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa started the proceedings with a comfortable 21-9 21-12 win over Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti and Ghazala Siddique in their mixed doubles clash at the National Exhibition Centre. After the Pakistan pair appeared to put up a fight in the second game, Reddy finished the match with a down-the-line smash, and then, Kidambi Srikanth picked up from where his mixed doubles colleagues left, easily getting the better of Murad Ali 21-7 21-12 in the men's singles match.

CWG 2022: Just Want To Be Best Version Of Myself, Says Kidambi Srikanth

In a career spanning over a decade, Kidambi Srikanth has seen it all. The highs of four Superseries titles in a calendar year, the ecstasy of a Commonwealth Games silver at Gold Coast, a brief world number one ranking stint, the lows of 23 first-round exits, and the pain of missing out of the Tokyo Olympics -- all within a little over four years of his career. Now a much "matured and experienced" Srikanth says he is just trying to create a "better version" of himself every time he takes the court.

Badminton's History Makers: The Push To Podium

A glorious cross court smash by Kidambi Srikanth sealed the moment of joy for the blue billion. This was perhaps the most important point in Srikanth's entire career, the win coming at 23-21.

PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen eye consistency as focus shifts to Indonesia Open

Lakshya Sen will seek consistency as they lead the Indian charge at the Indonesia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament beginning here on Tuesday. Sindhu has managed to secure two Super 300 titles -- the Syed Modi International and the Swiss Open -- this year but she has looked vulnerable against top players, facing defeats at the hands of Thailand's Ratchanok Inthanon, China's Chen Yu Fei and Korea's An Se Young.

Camaraderie was the key in India’s Thomas Cup triumph: Chirag Shetty

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who played a pivotal role in India’s historic Thomas Cup win, are enjoying all the adulation and felt it was the cheerleaders in the team who lifted them when the chips were down. “All the teams were better than us, but no one had the hunger (to win the title) that we had. Nobody cheered their teammates like the way we did,” Shetty said on the sidelines of the inauguration of a badminton league.

India determined to make Thomas Cup euphoria count

Thomas Cup triumph has handed its badminton bosses an opportunity to transform the game's profile in the cricket-mad country and they are determined not to squander it. India shook up the badminton world last month with a 3-0 dismantling of Thomas Cup royalty Indonesia in the final of the prestigious men's team championship in Bangkok. Impact Arena was an appropriate venue for India, playing their maiden final, to stun 14-times champions Indonesia and become only the sixth nation to win the coveted trophy.

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CWG 2022: India win medals in judo and weightlifting on Day 4, entry in finals of team events secured in badminton and table tennis

Commonwealth Games: India Beat Australia In Final League Match Of Badminton Mixed Team Event

Commonwealth Games 2022: India Thrash Pakistan 5-0 In Badminton Mixed Team Opening Match

CWG 2022: Just Want To Be Best Version Of Myself, Says Kidambi Srikanth

Badminton's History Makers: The Push To Podium

PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen eye consistency as focus shifts to Indonesia Open

Camaraderie was the key in India’s Thomas Cup triumph: Chirag Shetty

India determined to make Thomas Cup euphoria count