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Birmingham Games: Big Surprises and Turning Point for Indian Athletes

The NEC Arena in Birmingham was the busiest hub on the final day. A forty five minute drive from the city centre, it had the badminton and table tennis halls packed at 8:50 am on Monday morning. The schools on vacation meant mothers were bringing in their children to sporting arenas. As my train from Birmingham New Street wheeled out, I met two Scottish boys of 7 and 9 and their mother, busy scanning the schedule of the day. There was no Scotland on the final day, but Ben Thomson and Jason Thomson wanted to catch PV Sindhu in action, so had their mother buy tickets for 85 Pounds for each of them.

Birmingham Games: Big Surprises and Turning Point for Indian Athletes

The NEC Arena in Birmingham was the busiest hub on the final day. A forty five minute drive from the city centre, it had the badminton and table tennis halls packed at 8:50 am on Monday morning. The schools on vacation meant mothers were bringing in their children to sporting arenas. As my train from Birmingham New Street wheeled out, I met two Scottish boys of 7 and 9 and their mother, busy scanning the schedule of the day. There was no Scotland on the final day, but Ben Thomson and Jason Thomson wanted to catch PV Sindhu in action, so had their mother buy tickets for 85 Pounds for each of them.

"Well Done, Amazing Achievement": David Warner Congratulates PV Sindhu On Winning Elusive Commonwealth Games Gold

PV Sindhu gave India the perfect start on the final day of the Commonwealth Games, clinching a gold medal in the women's singles badminton event. Sindhu swept aside Canada's Michelle Li 21-15, 21-13 in the final two win her first singles gold at the Commonwealth Games. Notably, Sindhu had won a silver medal at the last Commonwealth Games in singles and also won the silver medal at the Asian Games in 2018. After her win, Australia batter David Warner took to social media and congratulated Sindhu on winning her first CWG gold medal.

CWG 2022: PV Sindhu brushes aside Li challenge, Lakshya Sen downs Yong to win gold medals

PV Sindhu finally added that one medal that was missing from an otherwise glittering collection, when she clinched the CWG women's singles gold, downing Canada's Michelle Li in straight games in a 48-minute affair.

Canadian athletes won 92 medals at the Commonwealth Games — here's what's next

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CWG 2022: Shuttlers, paddlers dazzle on last day; hockey team fizzles out; India finish 4th with 22 gold medals

It was expected that Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and the formidable pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy would end up on top of the podium but what provided the icing on the cake was the 40-year-old Sharath Kamal's gold medal-winning show against an equally good opponent in Liam Pitchford.

After three attempts and 13 years of toil, PV Sindhu tastes singles gold in CWG

Commonwealth Games. But the yellow metal didn't come easy for Sindhu. It took her three attempts, 13 years of toil, and many sacrifices to claim the top prize at the multi-sport event. Sindhu had won a gold in the mixed team event at the CWG in 2018, but it has been eluding her in singles since her Games debut.

Hollie Naughton named Canada's flag-bearer for Commonwealth Games closing ceremony

Days after making history at the Commonwealth Games, squash player Hollie Naughton was chosen to carry Canada's flag into the closing ceremony.

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Birmingham Games: Big Surprises and Turning Point for Indian Athletes

Birmingham Games: Big Surprises and Turning Point for Indian Athletes

"Well Done, Amazing Achievement": David Warner Congratulates PV Sindhu On Winning Elusive Commonwealth Games Gold

CWG 2022: PV Sindhu brushes aside Li challenge, Lakshya Sen downs Yong to win gold medals

Canadian athletes won 92 medals at the Commonwealth Games — here's what's next

CWG 2022: Shuttlers, paddlers dazzle on last day; hockey team fizzles out; India finish 4th with 22 gold medals

After three attempts and 13 years of toil, PV Sindhu tastes singles gold in CWG

Hollie Naughton named Canada's flag-bearer for Commonwealth Games closing ceremony