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The likes of MC Mary Kom, Seema Punia and Sushil Kumar showed that experience can never be discounted. (Photo: AFP)

CWG 2018: Young and old 'shine bright like a diamond' in India's...

With 26 gold, 20 silver and as may bronze medals, India signed off third on the table.

15 April 2018 5:09 PM IST

Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa in 2014 won Indias first ever squash medal at the Games. ( Photo: Twitter / Joshna Chinappa)

CWG 2018: Defending champions Dipika Pallikal-Joshna Chinappa settle...

The Indian pair fell short against the New Zealand combine of Joelle King and Amanda-Landers Murphy losing 9-11, 8-11...

15 April 2018 12:04 PM IST

India currently ranks third in the medal tally with the 59 medals. (Photo: AP)

CWG 2018: Manika Batra strikes gold; Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty...

With this, Manika also became the first Indian woman to bag two gold medals in table tennis at Commonwealth Games.

14 April 2018 5:47 PM IST

Indias medal tally at the Games has now gone up to a total of 52 medals, including 23 gold, 13 silver and 16 bronze. (Photo: Twitter)

CWG 2018: Vinesh Phogat clinches gold, Sakshi Malik settles for bronze

Vinesh thrashed Canada's Jessica Macdonald by technical superiority to win the gold in the finals of the women's 50 kg...

14 April 2018 4:10 PM IST

Neeraj was favourite for gold here after his 85.94m throw last month at Patiala during Federation Cup National Championships. (Photo: AP)

CWG 2018: Junior world champion Neeraj Chopra 1st Indian to win gold...

Chopra went on to claim a gold medal with a season's best effort of 86.47m.

14 April 2018 11:41 AM IST

India had beaten England 2-1 in pool matches but was outclassed on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

CWG 2018: India women's hockey team miss out on bronze after 0-6...

It will be third straight time that Indian team will return empty-handed from the Games.

14 April 2018 11:21 AM IST

Sanjeev Rajput has previously won a silver in the same event at the 2014 Glasgow Games and was a bronze medal winner in the 2006 edition of the Games held in Melbourne. This is first gold medal in CWG and third overall in these Games. (Photo: PTI)

Commonwealth Games 2018: Record-breaking Sanjeev Rajput shoots gold

The 37-year-old shot 454.5 to bag the top prize after topping the qualification stage with 1180 points at the Belmont...

14 April 2018 9:48 AM IST

Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist, Mary Kom, was competing in her debut Commonwealth Games, also perhaps her last, and made it a memorable one with yet another dominating performance to claim an unanimous verdict of 5-0. (Photo: AFP)

CWG 2018: MC Mary Kom becomes 1st Indian woman boxer to win gold

Mary Kom defeated Northern Ireland's Kristina O'Hara in the final 5-0 to clinch her maiden Commonwealth Games gold.

14 April 2018 8:43 AM IST

Railways rejects athletes despite clearing trials

The selection trials were held to pick athletes for the upcoming Open Nationals to be held in Bhubaneswar in September.

14 April 2018 6:08 AM IST

Dipika Pallikal (right) and Saurav Ghosal(left) won the match 9-11, 11-8, 11-10. (Photo: PTI)

CWG 2018: Dipika Pallikal-Saurav Ghosal enter finals of squash mixed...

Pallikal and Ghosal overcame top seeds Joelle King and Paul Coll of New Zealand 2-1 in the semifinals.

13 April 2018 5:25 PM IST

Khatri also won the Commonwealth Championship twice -- in 2009 and 2011. (Photo: PTI)

2018 Commonwealth Games: Mausam Khatri bags silver in 97 kg men's...

Khatri lost the match by technical superiority after the scores were 12-2 in his favour of Martin Erasmus.

13 April 2018 3:42 PM IST

The 24-year-old from Haryana dominated the proceedings against Wales Kane Charig to register an emphatic 10-0 win to claim Indias 16th gold medal on the eighth day of the Games at the Carrara Sports Arena. (Photo: Twitter / IOA)

CWG 2018: India's Bajrang Punia wins gold in men's freestyle wrestling...

Bajrang was awarded the victory by technical superiority as he didn't give an inch to his opponent.

13 April 2018 2:48 PM IST