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Sports fraternity surprised after medal-yielding sports excluded from CWG 2026 list

Among major sports cricket, wrestling and many more were dropped from the upcoming commonwealth game 2026.

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Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto win Guwahati Masters Super 100 title

Indian women's doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa win second Super 100 title at Guwahati Masters. The world no. 28 pair beat world no. 81 Chinese Taipei duo in 40-min final. This is the 3rd title for the Indian pair this year. Ashwini and Tanisha started playing together in…

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Hangzhou Asian Games: Champion, mentor, senior pro: At 37, Saurav Ghosal, flagbearer of Indian squash, is all this and much more

Saurav Ghosal is a 37-year-old squash champion who has been a pro for 20+ years. He has won 7 medals in Asian Games, 2 bronze at CWG, mixed doubles gold at World Doubles Championship, third at World Cup, and multiple PSA Tour titles. He recently led India to a hard-fought…

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2026 Commonwealth Games not on the radar, India looking to host the 2036 Olympics: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur

India keen to host 2036 Olympics; 2026 CWG not in radar. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur reiterates govt's desire to host Olympics, outlines criteria for Asian Games participation. Relaxation of rules for Asian Games contingent requires certain criteria & performances. Strict action against federations not falling in line post Asian Games.

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G20 CWG meeting in Odisha to focus on joint heritage conservation projects: Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy Sunday said the Second G20 Culture Working Group (CWG) meeting here will discuss joint heritage conservation projects and various exchange programmes in order to boost interconnected communities.

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Shooting included in 2026 CWG but wrestling and archery miss out

Shooting has been India’s strongest sport in the Commonwealth Games with 135 medals

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Triple jump’s band of brothers dares to dream

Eldhose Paul, Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chithravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan have raised their level and given Indian athletics new hope. With greater support and international exposure, they will have the platform to show that the CWG success wasn’t a one-off

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Badminton Association of India to award cash incentive to CWG, World Championship medalists

The Indian shuttlers came with the best ever showing in the CWG winning three gold, one silver and two bronze

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CWG bronze medalist Pooja Sihag's husband dies under suspicious circumstances in Rohtak

Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Pooja Sihag's husband was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Haryana's Rohtak on late Saturday, the police said. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Weightlifters Mirabai, Jeremy, Achinta to skip Asian Championship; to have S&C camp in U.S. for World Meet

"We will be in USA for 23-24 days. It is the off season so we will have a strength program there," said India head coach Vijay Sharma

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CWG 2022 — I need to forget the 3000m steeplechase silver first, says Avinash Sable

‘I have to restart training as if I have not achieved anything. I do feel happy. But the main focus is to be better and not think that I have done something extraordinary.’

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CWG 2022 | Sable soars, Paul leaps, Sharath sizzles to script India's success story

India finished a commendable fourth place at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games

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The story behind triple jump’s golden day at the CWG

Despite the absence of a coach, they came up with the best results

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CWG 2022: Sharath Kamal extends dominance, wins gold in men’s singles TT

With this sensational gold, Sharath has taken his overall medal tally to 13 at the CWG, since making his Games debut in 2006.

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CWG 2022: PV Sindhu clinches maiden gold in Commonwealth Games 2022 badminton final

Sindhu won her first-ever women's singles medal in Commonwealth Games 2022 and India's first-ever gold in badminton at CWG 2022. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Udupi administration welcomes CWG bronze medallist weightlifter Gururaja

Udupi’s P. Gururaja was the second Indian medal winner at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham

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PM Modi congratulates CWG medal winners

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 7 commended the atheletes at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham for their medal-winning efforts

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CWG 2022 Day 8: Medal rush in wrestling; men's fours lawn bowls team makes final

Indian athletes have won 26 medals-- nine golds, eight silvers and nine bronze-- at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Morning Digest | Heartbreak for India in CWG women’s hockey; Jagdeep Dhankhar has the edge in Vice-President election to be held today, and more

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Sudhir wins gold in para powerlifting men's heavyweight event at Commonwealth Games

The 27-year-old Sudhir, who has an impairment due to the effects of polio, thus opened India's para sports medal account in the ongoing CWG

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CWG 2022 | PM Modi congratulates Tejaswin Shankar on winning India’s first-ever high jump medal

Tejaswin, a national record holder, cleared 2.22m to finish third on countback

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CWG 2022: Tulika Mann enters final of women's +78 kg category, assures country of another medal

Indian Judoka Tulika Mann reached the final of the women's +78 kg category after defeating Sydnee Andrews of New Zealand in the semifinal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Wednesday, assuring another medal to her country in this discipline. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Silver in CWG | President Murmu, PM Modi greet Indian badminton team

Defending champion India succumbed 1-3 to Malaysia and settled for a silver in the mixed team badminton event on Tuesday.

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CWG 2022: Chinappa enters women's singles quarterfinals

The 18-time national champion kept her calm to recover from a mid-game slump to prevail 11-8 9-11 11-4 11-6 against Watts

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CWG 2022: Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi wins silver medal in Women's 55kg final

Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi won a silver medal with a combined lift of 202kg in the Women's 55kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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