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Trailblazer Rahimi proud after boxing exit

Tina Rahimi's Commonwealth Games are over, but the Sydney boxing trailblazer has been left humbled at how her story captured the world's imagination.

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Bajrang Punia happy to have won CWG 2022 gold playing his 'natural, attacking game'

NEW DELHI: 'Injury, 'recovery', 'gold medal'. These three words were heard often when the floor was opened for questions to Bajrang Punia. A day earlier, Bajrang successfully defended his 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG) wrestling gold.

The Times of India

With self-belief back, Sakshi and Bajrang landed golden punches

Standing on the podium with the National anthem playing was a dream come true, says the ‘Comeback Queen’

The Hindu

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CWG 2022: When Neeraj, Sreejesh offered Sreeshankar support in tough times

KOCHI: A year can be a long time in an athlete's life. Just ask Murali Sreeshankar. Almost a year ago, the man who leaped to a silver medal in Birmingham late on Thursday night was experiencing the worst time of his life. A leap of just 7.69m on his Olympics…

The Times of India

Tom Daley on his LGBTQ+ awakening: ‘I had my head in my hands. I felt so dark about being British’

The Olympic diver has always been proud to represent his country. But making a documentary about gay rights in the Commonwealth led to a revelation

The Guardian - UK

On This Day in 2013 – British great Beth Tweddle announces gymnastics retirement

Tweddle made her decision a year to the day after winning Olympic bronze in the uneven bars at London 2012.

The Independent UK

CWG 2022: No job security for silver-medallist Murali Sreeshankar

BIRMINGHAM: A top Indian athlete without a job, it's a common phenomenon, isn't it? Add CWG silver medallist long jumper Murali Sreeshankar's name to it.

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The date made me nervous, but I achieved my goal: Wrestler Deepak Punia on winning gold at CWG 2022

BIRMINGHAM: After claiming gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022, Indian wrestler Deepak Punia said that he was focused on his game and added that he was nervous because on August 5, 2021, he lost the bronze-medal match at the Olympics and today (on Friday) was the same date.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Deepak Punia claim top honours as Indian wrestlers make merry

COVENTRY: For Bajrang Punia, anything less than a gold at the 2022 CWG would have been a setback. The competition was hardly at a level that he faces at ranking tournaments organised by the United World Wrestling. So it didn't come as a surprise when Bajrang literally waltzed through to…

The Times of India

Hockeyroos into gold medal match against England at Commonwealth Games after controversial penalty shootout

The Hockeyroos avenge their defeat to India at last year's Tokyo Olympics, securing a place in the Commonwealth Games gold medal match against England.

ABC News

Decathlon silver and bronze but Australia go without Games gold for first time

Decathletes Daniel Golubovic and Cedric Dubler made the podium on day eight in Birmingham while there was success in gymnastics, diving and wrestling

The Guardian - AU

CTA rider opens up about recent attack, Chicago Duck Derby returns and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hockeyroos reach Commonwealth Games final with penalty shootout win over India; Aussies get two medals in decathlon

After an upset loss to India in the quarter-finals at the Olympics last year, the Hockeyroos get revenge in the Birmingham semi, winning a penalty shootout 3-0 to reach the final against England.

ABC News

Commonwealth Games finale brings prospect of a new Super Saturday

The finale in Birmingham sees Hodgkinson, Muir, Wightman, Kerr and Hughes in action plus women’s hockey, netball and cricket finals

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The Independent UK

Birmingham could host Olympics having ‘totally embraced’ Commonwealth Games

Over 1.4 million tickets have so far been sold for the Games

Liverpool Echo

Denise Lewis sends Paris Olympics message to Katarina Johnson-Thompson following Commonwealth gold

Katarina Johnson-Thompson claimed her first heptathlon title for three years after successfully defending her Commonwealth Games crown on Wednesday

The Times of India

It's a small step towards my big goal in Paris Olympics: Murali Sreeshankar

BIRMINGHAM: He may have missed out on a gold by the thinnest of margins, but the ever-smiling Murali Shreeshankar, who bagged a historic silver medal in men's long jump at the Commonwealth Games here, said this is just the beginning and he is hungry for more success.

The Hindu

It's a small step towards my big goal in Paris Olympics, says Sreeshankar

The lanky youngster's road to silver, however, was not that smooth as he slipped to the sixth spot after his 7.84m jump in the third attempt.

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‘I will hug my brother and put this medal around his neck': CWG 2022 gold medal-winning weightlifter Achinta Sheuli

NEW DELHI: 'Ami bari giye maa r haather mangsho bhaat khete chai' (I want to go home and eat mutton-rice cooked by my mother), weightlifter Achinta Sheuli told TimesofIndia.com in an interview while kissing the coveted gold medal (73kg) that he won at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: 'Koshish karne waalo ki kabhi haar nahi hoti'; either Vinesh, Sangeeta or I will surely win an Olympic medal for India, says Geeta Phogat

NEW DELHI: The memories of the Commonwealth Games 2010 glory are still fresh for Geeta Phogat. Geeta had won India’s first-ever gold medal in women’s wrestling at the CWG, defeating Australia's Emily Bensted in the final in New Delhi, 12 years ago.

Daily Mirror

Katarina Johnson-Thompson told Commonwealth gold is sign not to quit before Paris Olympics

Denise Lewis presented Katarina Johnson-Thompson with a bottle of bubbly after winning heptathlon gold at the Commonwealth Games, on the same day that the Liverpudlian's boyfriend Andy Pozzi won bronze in the 110m hurdles

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Medal rush continues as Sagar Ahlawat joins Amit Panghal, Jaismine Lamboria in boxing semifinals

BIRMINGHAM: Remember Amit Panghal at last year's Tokyo Olympics, when he just froze in the ring against Colombian boxer Yubrejen Martinez?

Chicago Sun-Times

75,000 rubber ducks make a splash in Chicago River for this year’s ducky derby

Special Olympics Illinois raised more than $450,000 for their programs.

The Independent UK

‘Angry’ Adam Peaty to use rare defeat as fuel on road to Paris Olympics

Peaty suffered his first defeat in the 100 metres breaststroke for eight years at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

The Hindu

Indian wrestlers girded to continue supremacy

India had won 12 medals, including five golds, covering all categories in Gold Coast

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