Sushil Kumar (74kg), Rahul Aware (57kg) and Babita Kumari (53kg) registered convincing wins to reach respective finals that will be played 12:30 pm onwards today. Also focus will be on the women’s hockey team that takes on mighty Australia in the semifinal at 4:45 pm. India’s medals tally currently reads 12 Gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze.
12 April 2018, 09:09 AM
BADMINTON
HS Prannoy reaches men’s singles quarterfinals with a 21-18, 21-11 win over Australia’s Anthony Joe. Kidambi Srikkanth is up next on court for India against Sri Lanka’s Niluka Karunaratne.
12 April 2018, 09:07 AM
12 April 2018, 08:32 AM
UPDATES
Badminton: Ruthvika Gadde thwarts the challenge of Singapore’s Jia Min Yeo to reach the women’s singles quarterfinals with a 21-10, 21-23, 21-10 victory.
Squash: The mixed doubles teams of Dipika Pallikal / Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa / Harinder Pal Sandhu reach quarterfinals.
12 April 2018, 08:25 AM
RESULTS FROM THIS MORNING
Squash: Vikram Malhotra/Ramit Tandon get a walkover against Sierra Leone team in Pool F match of men’s doubles.
Table Tennis: Manika/Mouma in quarters of women’s doubles with a Round-of-16 win over Sri Lankan pair.
Table Tennis: Manika/Sathyan eke out a fighting 3-2 win over Canada’s Marko/Alicia to reach mixed doubles quarters.
12 April 2018, 07:48 AM
BADMINTON: Pranaav-Sikki in quarterfinals winning 2-0 against Singapore team.
TABLE TENNIS: Sanil-Madhurika also advance to the quarters with a 3-0 win over Mauritius duo.
12 April 2018, 07:44 AM
Sushil Kumar in Gold-Medal Match!
The Indian wrestling legend beats Australia’s Connor Evans by fall to book himself a medal with a place in the Men’s 74kg Freestyle final.
12 April 2018, 07:36 AM
INDIA IN FINAL!
Rahul Aware reaches the gold-medal match of men’s Freestyle 57kg wrestling with a 12-8 win over Pakistan’s Muhammad Bilal. Will face Canada’s Takahashi.
12 April 2018, 07:29 AM
Sushil also in Semis!
Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar routs Pakistan’s Muhammad Butt in a win by technical superiority (10-0) to reach the semifinals of men’s Freestyle 74kg.
12 April 2018, 07:20 AM
RAHUL AWARE IN SEMIS!
Rahul made it through to the semifinals of men’s freestyle 57kg wrestling with a 10-0 (technical superiority) victory over Australia’s Thomas Cicchini. He will meet Pakistan’s Bilal in the semis.
12 April 2018, 07:08 AM
BADMINTON UPDATE
India’s mixed doubles pair of Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa have made it to the quarterfinals with a dominating 21-10, 21-7 win over their Canadian opponents Kristen Tsai and Nyl Yakura.
12 April 2018, 07:02 AM
Kiran wins her first wrestling match with an impressive 11-1 win against Cameroon’s Danielle Guemde in women’s Freestyle 76 kg.
12 April 2018, 06:59 AM
RAPID PROGRESS WRESTLING!
Babita Kumari wins her second 53kg Freestyle match by fall against Sri Lanka’s Deepika.
In the men’s division, Rahul Aware routs England’s George Ramm 11-0 in men’s Freestyle 57kg.
12 April 2018, 06:50 AM
SUSHIL IN QUARTERS!
Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar routs Canada’s Jevon Balfour 11-0 in his opening match of Men’s Freestyle 74kg division.
12 April 2018, 06:22 AM
SHOOTING UPDATE
Stage 1 of Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification ends. India’s Neeraj in first position and Anish third. Stage 2 is scheduled for tomorrow.
12 April 2018, 06:16 AM
Wrestling action gets underway:
Babita Kumari beats Nigeria’s Samuel Bose 2-1 in women’s freestyle 53kg.
12 April 2018, 06:06 AM
SO FAR TODAY:
Table Tennis: The women’s doubles pair of Pooja/Sutirtha as well as Manika/Mouma have progressed to the quarterfinals with a 3-1 and 3-0 victories, respectively, in their Round of 16 match.
Shooting: The first stage of Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol qualification is on, in which Neeraj and Anish are representing India.
Athletics: Purnima Hembram finishes 2nd with a personal best of 13.56 sec in Heat 1 of Women’s Heptathlon 100m hurdles.
Athletics: Triple-jumper Arpinder Singh his looking good to qualify for the final with a first attempt of 16.39 which takes him to top in Group B. In Group A, Rakesh Babu is currently 4th with the first attempt registering a distance of 15.98.
12 April 2018, 06:04 AM
Good morning, folks! Thanks for joining us for the Day 8’s coverage from the CWG 2018 in Gold Coast. Eyes will be on wrestlers today who begin their campaign at the Games, as well as women’s hockey where India takes on Australia in the semifinals.