Commonwealth Games 2018, Live Updates, Day 9 in Gold Coast: India Trail 1-3 Against New Zealand in Men's Hockey Semis

Penalty Corner: It's raining penalty corners here. And this time it's New Zealand who take it. The Kiwis score again. And India now trail 1-3 in the semifinal clash.

Penalty Corner: And the Indians get a penalty corner. But the Indians squander away the opportunity. The score still stands at 1-2 in New Zealand's favour.  

Hockey: And the third quarter gets underway. The Indians should look to continue the attacking game they had shown towards the end of the second quarter. It's 1-2 in New Zealand's favour right now.

GOAL: And in the dying moments of the second quarter, India has managed to get a penalty corner. And then the umpire calls for a penalty-stroke. And India scores. And Haramanpreet scores.

Hockey: India has shown a much better game in this quarter. They have at least looked to create some chances. Though India is still searching for a goal here. 

Badminton: Meanwhile, ace India shuttler PV Sindu has made it to the semis in the women's singles category. She registered a 21-14, 21-17 win over Canada's Brittney Tam. 

Hockey: And New Zealand gets a penalty corner here, But PR Sreejesh makes a good save. The score still stands at 2-0 in New Zealand's favour. Indian attackers need to step up their game.

Hockey: The Indians in the second quarter have made two circle penetrations already but haven't been able to take a shot. That just shows how good the defence has been from New Zealand. The score still stands at 0-2.

GOAL: That is another goal for New Zealand. This is not looking good for the Indians as Kiwis have taken a 2-0 lead in the first quarter itself. Indian defence needs a much improved show here. 

Goal: This is disaster for India. Kiwi players manage to get past the Indian defenders and the goalkeeper doesn't get down in time. New Zealand lead 1-0. 

Penalty Corner: And India misses a golden opportunity take an early lead. There was a chance to hit a shot on the rebound as well, but the Kiwi goalkeeper does well to save the goal. It's still 0-0. 

Hockey: And India had a chance to score. Mandeep was in a good position to score, but he doesn't connect the ball well with the stick. It's 0-0 at the moment.  

Hockey: And the hockey match between India and New Zealand gets underway. India has been in good form till now. It will be interesting to see whether the Indians can make it to the final or not. 

Table Tennis: Some bad news coming from table tennis. Sanil Shetty and Harmeet Desai lose their semi-final clash against England’s Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford 3-0. The Indian pair of Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan have already made it to the final. 

Shooting: Kynan Chenai and Manavjit Sandhu finished a lowly sixth and 21st, respectively after the first day of qualifications in men's trap shooting. Kynan shot 23, 23 to take his total to 46 after the opening two rounds, while Manavjit fired 22 and 21 to accumulate 43.

Meanwhile, Indian weightlifter Vikas Thakur, who claimed a bronze medal in the Games, was searched and dope-tested on the day of his departure from the event on unexplained suspicions. Thakur was to leave with the team on April 11. He did leave but only after a last-minute check by the Commonwealth Games Federation authorities on inexplicable suspicions.

Wrestling: And the South African Erasmus completely outshines Mausam Khatri and beats him 12-2 on technical superiority. The Indian will settle for a Silver here. 

wrestling: And Khatri opens his account with a point. But the South African counter-attacks and bags four points. This is going to be tricky bout for the Indian,   

Wrestling: And now in action will be another wrestler, Mausam Khatri. He will fight it out for a gold against South African Erasmus. 

Badminton: But there is another mixed doubles pair for India that's in fray. Satwik Sairaj and Ashwini Ponnappa will be up against Malaysian pair. Also in action will be PV Sindhu in women's singles.

Badminton: A rare bad news from badminton here. Indian pair of Praanav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy lose to Malaysian pair of Peng Soon Chan and Liu Goh 21-17, 21-12.

Wrestling: India's Divya Kakran in action against  Bangladesh's Sultana. She wins the match 5-0. And this way India's seals a bronze medal.

There's a lot of action left in the day. The Indian men's hockey team will play their semifinal against New Zealand at 3pm IST. 

Wrestling: This was a really close match between the two, where Pooja settled for a Silver. The final score was 7-5 in favour of the Nigerian.

Wrestling: Odunayo is in lead here. The Nigerian girl is making full use of her reach and has prevented the Indian from attacking. She leads 6-1.

Wrestling: Pooja Dhanda is in action now. She is already a point up against the Nigerian. Pooja is certainly the stronger of the two. She just needs to remain focussed. 

Wrestling: India's Pooja Dhanda will be up in action in the 57 kg category final. She will be up against the girl from Nigeria.

GOLD: And it's a gold for India and Bajrang Punia. He defeats Wales wrestler 10-0 on technical superiority, in the 65kg category. 

And Bajran Punia is just second away from pocketing India's 17th gold. He has has a healthy 8-0 lead over his oponent.

Wrestling: Now it's time for Bajrang Punia to play his gold medal match. He is up against Wales' wrestler. He is 2-0 up currently.