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CWG 2022: Eldhose Paul comes from nowhere to hop, skip and jump into history books
But going by his recent performances and personal best, Paul was actually not the best Indian triple jumper in the fray in the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. He had once admitted without any hesitation that he came into the sport to get a job. But somewhere is priorities changed and he started taking it seriously. He proved that he was mentally the stronger one as he kept his nerves and came up with his best performance to win his major international medal.
CWG 2022: Nikhat Zareen leads Indian boxers' charge as India win three gold in boxing ring
India had won three gold medals in the 2018 edition at Gold Coast and they matched it on Sunday with Nikhat, Nitu, and Amit Panghal winning their respective finals. In all India had won nine gold medals in 2018, the same as England but the former were the top team as they won five gold medals. In the 2022 edition, the roles seemed to have reversed as India have won three gold medals and three bronze thus far while England have no gold in the five medals they bagged so far.
CWG 2022: Savita the star as Indian women's hockey team wins bronze
It was a fitting retribution for India as it defeated Zew Zealand 2-1 in the penalty shoot-out following a 1-1 draw in regulation time to finish third. India had lost to Australia in the semifinal in penalty shoot-out after the Hockeyroos were asked to take the first shoot-out again after Indian goalkeeper Savita had saved it. On Sunday, there was no such drama as Sonika and Navneet converted their penalty shoot-out attempts while Savita thwarted four attempts by the New Zealand attackers, sending the team into wild celebrations.
IND v WI: Hardik Pandya captains in fifth T20I as India win toss, elect to bat first
Both India and West Indies have made four changes to their playing elevens from Saturday's match at the same venue, where India won by 59 runs to seal the series and making Sunday's game a dead rubber, giving both teams a chance to test their bench strength. After winning the toss, Pandya said that Rohit, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are rested from the fifth T20I.
CWG 2022, cricket: New Zealand clinch bronze medal after defeating England by eight wickets
But on Sunday, less than 24 hours after both teams were defeated in the semi-finals, New Zealand stepped up, right from the start to finish, to restrict England to 110-9 and went on to chase down the target with eight wickets in hand and 49 balls remaining. Opting to bat first, England had less than an ideal start as Danni Wyatt and Alice Capsey were dismissed cheaply, with the score at 10-2. Captain Nat Sciver and Sophia Dunkley were on the rebuild job for the remainder of Powerplay with a 34-run stand.
CWG 2022, athletics: Eldhose Paul wins India's first triple jump gold medal; Abdulla Aboobacker bags silver
Eldhose, who last month became the first Indian triple jumper to make the world athletics championships final, recorded a new personal best of 17.03m to finish top in a 14-man field at Birmingham 2022. His previous best was 16.99m logged at the Federation Cup earlier this year. With this, the 25-year-old Paul won India's first gold medal in the triple jump at the Commonwealth Games.
Golf: Gaganjeet Bhullar wins Indonesia Open, bags 10th Asian Tour title
Bhullar (68-67-68-65) saw it home with a sublime and error-free final round effort of seven-under 65 that took his tournament total to 20-under 268. The 34-year-old Gaganjeet thus sealed his 11th international win and 10th title on the Asian Tour. The Indian also became the first player to register three wins at the Indonesia Open following his previous successes at the event in 2013 and 2016.
Silicon Valley Classic: Shelby Rogers sets up final clash with Daria Kasatkina
The 29-year-old Rogers will be looking to finally break through to win her first career title. The big-hitting American has been unstoppable this week, tallying wins over Bianca Andreescu, top seed Maria Sakkari, Amanda Anisimova, and Kudermetova without losing a set. She has not lost more than four games in any set she's played.
CWG 2022: Indian women's hockey team claims bronze medal with a thrilling win over New Zealand
In the regulation time, Salima Tete (29') scored the winning goal for India, only for Olivia Merry (60') to score a late goal for New Zealand and push the match to a shoot-out. Savita made three sensational saves in the shoot-out, while Sonika and Navneet Kaur struck past Kiwi goalkeeper Grace O'Hanlon as India pulled off a thrilling win.
CWG 2022: Boxers Nitu Ghanghas, Amit Panghal clinch gold for India
Amit defeated home favourite Kiaran McDonald by unanimous decision in the men's 51kg flyweight final at the National Exhibition Centre, thus winning his first-ever gold medal at the Games. This was Panghal's second Commonwealth Games medal, having won the silver medal at Gold Coast 2018. The gold will be a massive boost for him after suffering a shock opening round loss in the Olympics last year.
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