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Economic Times | 08 Aug, 2022 | 10:26AM IST
Commonwealth Games 2022 LIVE Updates: India eyes more gold on concluding day; men's hockey, badminton, TT finals today
Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: After an explosive tenth day which saw medals raining for India across sports like athletics, cricket, table tennis, hockey, squash and boxing, India will be looking forward to cap off the finals day with some more gold.
- Shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen would play their respective gold medal matches in the singles badminton event.
- At the men's hockey team India is eyeing for a win against Australia to capture gold. Indian table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal will also play his gold medal match today.
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Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Following is India's schedule for Babminton
- Women's singles gold medal match: PV Sindhu - 1:20pm
- Men's singles gold medal match: Lakshya Sen - 2:10pm
- Men's doubles gold medal match: Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty - 3:00pm
Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Following is India's schedule for Hockey
Men's Gold Medal Match: India vs Australia - 5:00pm
Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Following is India's schedule for Table Tennis
- Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match: G Sathiyan - 3:35pm
- Men's Singles Gold Medal Match: Achanta Sharath Kamal - 4:25pm. PTI
Covid-19 drama no excuse for Harmanpreet Kaur and India
- McGrath tested positive to Covid-19 on the morning of the gold medal match in Birmingham, but was allowed to take the field due to the fact that she was only suffering from minor symptoms.
- Harmanpreet said the Indian team had been informed of McGrath's positive test prior to the toss and had no objections to allowing her to take her place in Australia's side.
- The talented 26-year-old went wicketless and only managed two runs with the bat as Australia clinched a thrilling nine-run victory, but conjecture surrounded whether or not she should have been able to take the field at all and the toss was even delayed by more than 10 minutes as the issue was discussed.
President Murmu congratulates CWG medal winners
"Congratulations to young pugilist Sagar for winning silver in boxing at #CommonwealthGames. Your grit, determination and courage have won you widespread appreciation. You have made India proud. I am sure you have an illustrious future ahead," the president tweeted.
PM Modi lauds CWG winners, says first medal in cricket will always be special
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated India's medal winners at the Commonwealth Games and lauded the women cricket team for fetching silver, saying the first-ever CWG medal in cricket will always be special.
- Hailing Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula for winning the gold in mixed doubles table tennis, Modi lauded their grit and tenacity
- Congratulating Kidambi Srikanth for winning a bronze medal in badminton, the prime minister called him "one of the stalwarts of Indian badminton".
