Muthupandi Raja (ANI Photo) Chennai: The silver medal that Tamil Nadu weightlifter Muthupandi Raja won on Sunday probably belonged as much to his parents as it did to him. Their years of back-breaking work as daily wage labourers gave their son the chance to chase a dream that found its defining moment in Glasgow. The…

Rishikanta Singh Chanambam (right) with his family in Imphal and (pic right) after winning silver in Glasgow on Sunday. As Rishikanta Singh Chanambam stepped onto the platform for the men’s 60kg weightlifting competition at Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Sunday, his biggest supporters gathered around a mobile phone over 7,000km away in Uttarlai, Barmer, Rajasthan.Although…

Sajan Prakash. (AP Photo) India enjoyed its best day yet at this edition of the Commonwealth Games on Monday, winning six medals to take its overall tally to 10. The Indian contingent will look to carry the momentum into Tuesday (July 28) with several medal hopefuls and crucial knockout contests lined up across weightlifting, boxing,…

Glasgow: India’s Tejas Shirse, second left, Saint Lucia’s Khailan Vitalis, left, and others compete in the men’s 110m hurdles round 1 (PTI Photo) Indian weightlifters are quite literally carrying the weight of expectations in Glasgow. After Mirabai Chanu’s gold and Rishikanta Singh’s silver, Muthupandi Raja, Gyaneshwari Yadav and Bindyarani Devi added two silvers and a…

Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah (Agency Image) The men’s senior selection committee, chaired by Ajit Agarkar, announced the 15-member squad for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka, starting August 15 in Galle. Ravindra Jadeja, who was rested for the Afghanistan Test, returns to the squad, while off-spinner Saransh Jain has earned his maiden call-up as…