Indian Para athletes script history (Images: Agencies) India’s para athletes delivered their finest-ever performance at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, matching the country’s cumulative medal tally from all previous editions in a single campaign. The 28-member Indian para contingent concluded its Glasgow campaign with seven medals, three gold, two silver and two bronze making it India’s…

Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage, centre, with India’s Neeraj Chopra, right, and Yash Vir Singh. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Rivalries define sport and, for years, men’s javelin revolved around the India-Pakistan rivalry between Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem. But on a bitterly cold, windy Friday evening at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow, a new storyline gathered…

Growing up in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Fatima Zahra had few female boxing role models in her own country. She found one across the border in India’s MC Mary Kom, whose journey inspired her to take up the sport and eventually become Pakistan’s first female Commonwealth Games boxing medallist.The 22-year-old from Sargodha in Pakistan’s Punjab province…

India’s Jadumani Singh Mandengbam (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s Commonwealth Games silver medallist Jadumani Singh Mandengbam may have missed out on a gold medal in Glasgow, but the 22-year-old boxer believes a major part of his success has come from the unwavering support of veteran pugilist Sarita Devi.After finishing second in the men’s 55kg category,…

Tejaswin Shankar competes in the men’s decathlon pole vault (left), long jump (centre), and 110m hurdles (right) at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland A week after walking away from the high jump arena in tears, Tejaswin Shankar returned to the same stadium to create history. Battling a long-standing knee injury, the national record holder…

India’s Jaismine Lamboria celebrates after winning the women’s 57kg boxing final. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Just weeks before stepping into the ring at the Commonwealth Games, Jaismine Lamboria was fighting a battle far away from the spotlight.The reigning 57kg world champion was confined to a hospital bed, battling an unknown illness that threatened to derail…

The Congress on Saturday criticised the decision to change the Indian hockey team’s jersey colour from its traditional blue to saffron, saying sports and players should not be used for political purposes and asking the government to reconsider the move.The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams, who have traditionally played in blue jerseys, will wear…