Chioma Onyekwere made history as the first Nigerian woman to win the discus throw gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Making her debut at the games, she who is also the African Games and African Athletics champion, threw her season's best of 61.70m in her fourth attempt to snatch the lead from Britain's Jade Lally.
The US-based engineer became the only second African female at the games history to win the gold after South Africa's Elizna Naude at the 2006 Melbourne games.
Her compatriot Obiageri Amaechi won bronze medal with a throw of 56.99m.
The two medals are the first ones for Nigeria in this year's games.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Indian Team Bags Gold in Lawn Bowl
India's lawn bowls women's fours team made history by winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022. This was the country's first medal in the lawn bowls event and the team, made of skipper Rupa Rani Tirkey, Lovely Choubey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia, ended up winning the title after beating 2018 silver medallists South Africa. The Indian team won against South Africa with a 17-10 victory.
Hardeep Singh Puri Inaugurates 4th ONGC Para Games
The fourth edition of the ONGC Para Games was officially launched in New Delhi's Thyagaraj Sports Complex by Union Minister of Petroleum, Natural Gas, Housing, and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri. The 4th ONGC Para Games were held by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) from August 2-4, 2022, and featured 275 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) who work for eight central oil and gas public organisations.
The Paralympic Committee of India has assisted ONGC in organising the Para Games on an international scale since their first edition in 2017.
CWG 2022, Table Tennis: Indian Men's Team Beats Singapore; Clinches Gold
A clinical India beat Singapore 3-1 in the final of the Commonwealth Games 2022 men's team table tennis event to clinch the gold medal at the National Exhibition Centre.
With this, India team defended their title as it had also won the gold in 2018 at Gold Coast CWG with 3-1 win over Nigeria in the final.
Aug 02, 2022
CWG 2022: Shushila Devi Settles for Silver, Vijay Yadav Wins Bronze in Judo
Shushila Devi Likmabam clinched India's seventh medal and the first outside weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham after losing to Michaela Whitebooi of South Africa in the women's 48kg final in Judo.
This is her second medal at the Commonwealth Games after she won silver at the Glasgow in 2014.
Vijay claimed the bronze medal in the men's 60 Kg Judo event.
Lawn Bowls: Indian Women Ensure Historic First CWG Medal in 'Fours' Format
India lawn bowls team assured itself a historic first ever Commonwealth Games medal after defeating New Zealand 16-13 in the semi-finals of the women's fours event.
This will be India's maiden final appearance in the women's fours format of the competition.
The women's fours team comprising Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip) will face South Africa in the gold medal clash.
Mairaj Ahmad Khan Win Gold in Each Shooting Meet
Olympian and World Cup gold medallist Mairaj Ahmad Khan asserted his class yet again as he accelerated to a smart finish in grabbing the skeet gold in the Digvijay Singh shotgun championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.
Mairaj beat Arjun Thakur 35-30 for the gold, as had missed only one bird in the medal round.
Aug 01, 2022
Commonwealth Games 2022: Weightlifter Sanket Sargar wins Silver
India's Sanket Sargar scripted history, by becoming the first athlete from India to win a medal at Commonwealth Games 2022. He won a silver medal in the men's 55kg weightlifting event with a total of 248kg (113kg in snatch, 135 in clean and jerk) to finish behind Malaysia's Aniq Mohamad, who took gold with a total of 249 kg (107kg in snatch, 142kg in clean and jerk).
England Beats Germany in Women's Euro 2022
England created history by winning their first major women's tournament in a dramatic Euro 2022 final against old rivals and eight-time champions Germany at Wembley.
Chloe Kelly scored the winning goal on a rebound in the second half of extra time after Germany failed to clear a corner. The game had finished 1-1 after 90 minutes at Wembley Stadium, London.
The tournament-record crowd of more than 87,000 underlined the growth of women's soccer in Europe since the last time England and Germany played for a continental title 13 years ago.
Reliance Joins Olympic Body as Principal Partner
Reliance Industries Ltd would support the athletes in major multi-sport events as part of a long-term partnership with the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
Reliance and IOA entered into a long-term partnership under which the conglomerate run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani will help sports federations and athletes prepare for events, such as Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
The partnership aims to elevate the performances of Indian athletes, support the national sports federations and build the credentials of India as a global sporting nation, with an aspiration to host the Olympic Games in the future.
Jeremy Rewrites 2 Games Record on Way to Sensational CWG Gold
Jeremy Lalrinnunga won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games as the teen sensation shattered two CWG weightlifting records.
The reigning Youth Olympic champion first bettered the snatch mark with a successful 140kg attempt and then lifted 160kg in clean and jerk to take his aggregate to 300kg, which is a new Games record in the men's 67kg competition.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Mirabai Chanu Wins India's First Gold Medal
Daughter of India, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won India's first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in the Women's 49Kg weightlifting category. She aggregated a total of 201kg (88kg+113kg) to stamp her authority in the competition and achieve a Commonwealth Games record in the process. The silver went to Mauritius' Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa (172kg) and the bronze to Canada's Hannah Kaminski (171 kg).
Last year, Chanu won a silver medal in the 49kg category of women's weightlifting event at the Tokyo Olympics. And with that, she became the first Indian weightlifter to win a silver medal in Olympics. Chanu also became the second Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal after Karnam Malleswari bagged bronze in the 69kg category at the 2000 Sydney Games when the weightlifting arena was opened to women for the first time.
Jul 31, 2022
Four-time Champion Sebastian Vettel to Retire from Formula 1 at the End of the 2022 Season
Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel will retire at the end of the 2022 season, he announced. The German won four successive titles from 2010 to 2013. His 53 Grand Prix victories place him third on the all-time list behind Lewis Hamilton (103) and Michael Schumacher (91). Vettel joined Aston Martin last season after six years at Ferrari, with whom he twice finished runner-up for the world title to Hamilton in 2017 and 2018. He came 12th in 2021 with his new team after achieving just one podium finish. Vettel is 14th in the standings this season.
Jul 30, 2022
Martin Guptill Leapfrogs Rohit Sharma to Become Highest Run-getter in T20Is
New Zealand opener Martin Guptill went past India captain Rohit Sharma to become the highest run scorer in T20 Internationals, during the first game against Scotland.
The talismanic batter achieved the milestone en route his 31-ball 40.
During the course of his innings, Guptill surpassed Rohit, who had become the highest run-scorer in T20Is (3,379) earlier this year (2022).
Guptill now has 3,399 runs in T20Is, 20 ahead of the India skipper.
Apart from Rohit, Guptill is closely followed by former India captain Virat Kohli (3,308), Ireland's ODI skipper Paul Stirling (2,894), and Australian captain Aaron Finch, who is fifth in the list with 2,855 runs.
+91-85588-96644
