Commonwealth Games 2018, Day 8 Live Updates: Tejaswini Sawant wins Silver medal in women’s 50m Rifle Prone Finals

Commonwealth Games 2018 has now entered its eighth day and the competition is coming to a close. On Thursday, four wrestlers will take the mat on Thursday and all four are expected to medal – what remains to be seen is what will the colour of the medal be. Babita Kumari and Sushil Kumar are the highlight weightlifters in action.  Anjum Moudgil will be in action in 50m Rifle Prone shooting event. Action in badminton, squash and table tennis will continue before concluding with India taking on Australia in women’s hockey.

Commonwealth Games 2018, Day 8 Live Updates: 

Breaking News: India’s Tejaswini Sawant wins silver in women’s 50m Rifle Prone Finals with scores of 102.1, 102.4, 103.3, 102.8, 103.7, 104.6 for a collecting 618.9.

Kidambi Srikanth beats Sri Lanka’s Niluka Karunaratne 21-10, 21-10 to enter Men’s Singles quarter-finals.

PV Sindhu beats Australia’s Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen 21-15, 21-9 to enter Women’s Singles quarter-final.

India’s PV Sindhu is in action against Australia’s Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen.

HS Prannoy beats Australia’s Anthony Joe 21-18, 21-11 in Men’s Singles Round of 16 match

Sushil Kumar assures India of its second medal from wrestling after wrapping up a quick win by fall against Connor Evans. Kumar will now face South Africa’s Johannes Botha in the men’s 74kg wrestling final.

Rahul Aware beats Pakistan’s Muhammad Bilal to enter Men’s Freestyle 57kg Final

Wrestler Rahul Aware will face Pakistan’s Muhammad Bilal in Men’s Freestyle 57 kg semi-finals

Sushil Kumar beats Pakistan’s Muhammad Asad Butt to enter the Men’s Freestyle 74 kg semi-finals

Wrestler Sushil Kumar thrashes his opponent 11-0 to move through to the quarter-finals.

Babita Kumari starts off with a win in the 53kg Nordic event. In the round robin format, she wins 2-1 to win by three classification points to one.