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Commonwealth Games 2022, wrestler Sakshi Malik said that she got emotional when the national anthem played at the medal ceremony. Sakshi defeated Ana Godinez Gonzalez of Canada in the final of the women's freestyle 62 kg category on Friday. "This time I just wanted to win gold. I gave my best and I am very happy. I got emotional when the national anthem was played after my win," Sakshi told ANI.
Commonwealth games in Birmingham. Calling Malik's bout a splendid performance, Minister Thakur hailed the champion. "Splendid performance @SakshiMalik! Congratulations on this superior display of skills to win a GOLD for India. Moving from Bronze in CWG 2018 to a Gold in #CWG2022 is a display of your constant focus and dedication. You played like a champion, till you had bagged the medal," Tweeted Thakur.
Semis advanced to 3.30 PM to cater to Indian viewersIndia's massive TRP pull in cricket is now having a major impact in the women's game too. TOI has learnt that the organisers have revised the timings of the India-versus-England semifinal of the women's T20 competition at Edgbaston on Saturday to suit Indian audiences. Originally scheduled to be the second semifinal under lights, the match was supposed to be played at 10.30 pm IST. However, this will now be the first semifinal, and will instead be played at 3.30 pm. The second semifinal will see a trans-Tasman clash between the Southern Stars (Australia) and White Ferns (New Zealand).
Commonwealth Games here on Friday. Australia took the lead in the 10th minute through Rebecca Greiner before Vandana Katariya equalised for India in the 49th minute. The Indians, who are yet to concede a goal in the tournament, defended in numbers to keep their slate clean. India made an attacking start and had the first chance in the eighth minute but Australia survived a close shave. Australia took the lead in the 10th minute, courtesy a defensive lapse from India as Greiner deflected in Ambrosia Malone's cross.
Commonwealth Games 2022. Bajrang Punia successfully defended his title and won his second successive gold medal in CWGs. While Deepak Punia bagged his maiden medal in CWG and he got it done with gold under his kitty. Sakshi Malik also returned to her best and claimed gold to add more to India's tally.
The Rashidovs, Otoguros, Niyazbekovs, Aliyevs and the Muszukajevs weren't there and Bajrang, in reality, used half his abilities to get the top position.
Here's India's complete schedule of Day 9 at the CWG 2022:Table Tennis2 PM: Sreeja Akula/Reeth Tennison vs Chloe Anna Thomas Wu Zhang/Lara Whitton (Wales) in Women's Doubles Round of 16 Manika Batra/Diya Parag Chitale vs Oumehani Hosenally/Nandeshwaree Jalim (Mauritius) in Women's Doubles Round of 16 Table Tennis2:40 PM: Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Quek Yong Izaac (Singapore) in Men's Singles Quarterfinal 2 Para Athletics2:50 PM: Women's F55-57 Shot Put Final (Poonam Sharma, Sharmila, Santosh) Athletics3 PM: Women's 10,000m Race Walk Final (Bhawna Jat, Priyanka) Boxing3 PM: Nitu vs Priyanka Dhillon (Canada) in 45kg-48kg (Minimumweight) - Semifinal 1 Wrestling3 PM Onwards: Ravi Kumar vs Suraj Singh (NZ) in Men's Freestyle 57kg Quarterfinal Deepak Nehra vs Nishan Randhawa (Canada) in Men's Freestyle 97kg Quarterfinal Pooja Sihag vs Michelle Montague (NZ) in Women's Freestyle 76 kg Quarterfinal Vinesh Phogat vs Mercy Bolafunoluwa Adekuoroye (Nigeria) in Women's Freestyle 53kg Nordic System Pooja Gehlot vs Rebecca Ndolo Muambo (Cameroon) in Women's Freestyle 50kg - Group A - Nordic System Naveen vs John Ogbonna Emmanuel (Nigeria) in Men's Freestyle 74kg 1/8 Final Vinesh Phogat vs Samantha Stewart (Canada) in Women's Freestyle 53kg Nordic System Match 2 Pooja Gehlot vs Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio (Scotland) in Women's Freestyle 50 kg - Group A - Nordic System Vinesh Phogat vs Chamodya Keshani Maduravalage Don (SL) in Women's Freestyle 53kg - Nordic System Table Tennis3:25 PM: Sanil Shetty vs Liam Pitchford (England) in Men's Singles Quarterfinal 4 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran vs Sam Walker (England) in Men's Singles Quarterfinal 3 Boxing3:30 PM: Amit Panghal vs Patrick Chinyemba (Zambia) in 48kg-51kg (Flyweight) Semifinal 1 Cricket
Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus, who arrived from Manchester City in the close season, looked set to get off to a flying start by dancing through the Palace defence only to see his shot blocked, with Martinelli dragging the rebound wide of the post. Oleksandr Zinchenko, another new signing from City, also looked lively and had an early shot blocked as Arsenal quickly raised the tempo but the Ukrainian soon had a hand in the opening goal as Palace were caught flat-footed at a corner.