Tag: Commonwealth Games
ICC bids for women’s cricket in Commonwealth Games
ISLAMABAD: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday confirmed that it has submitted a bid for the inclusion of Twenty-20 women’s cricket into the...
Pakistani weightlifters return home from CW Games 2018
LAHORE: Pakistani weightlifters Nooh Dastagir Butt and Taha Talib have come home after winning bronze for the country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Nooh, who...
Aussie boxer fights once, loses, but still wins bronze
GOLD COAST: Australian flyweight Taylah Robertson won boxing bronze on Friday at the Commonwealth Games -- despite losing her one and only bout.
In a...
Crystal meth to gold: Manyonga eyes long jump world record
GOLD COAST: South African long jumper Luvo Manyonga said that he aimed to go another season unbeaten and set his sights on the world record...
Five more African athletes go missing at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST: Five more African athletes may have vanished from the Commonwealth Games, organisers said Thursday, after eight competitors from Cameroon were suspected of...
Daley ‘devastated’ as injury halts diving hat-trick bid
GOLD COAST: World champion Tom Daley said he was "devastated" on Tuesday as he withdrew from the 10 metres platform diving at the Commonwealth...
Pakistan hold 6th ranked England to 2-2 draw
GOLD COAST: Pakistan put up with another good show against strong England team when it held England to a 2-2 draw in the third...
Cool it! India urged to curb emotions after Pakistan tie
India were urged to control their emotions after a bad-tempered Commonwealth Games hockey clash with Pakistan ended in a thrilling draw on Saturday --...
CWG hockey: Pakistan come from behind to clinch 2-2 draw against...
GOLD COAST: Pakistan came from behind to clinch a last minute 2-2 draw against India during 2018 Commonwealth hockey match between the arch-rivals on Saturday.
At...
Protestors, delays and rain backdrop as Commonwealth Games open
GOLD COAST: Indigenous rights protestors, a heavy rain shower and transport issues provided a turbulent backdrop to the opening ceremony of the Gold Coast...
Aboriginal activists target Games opening ceremony
GOLD COAST: There were minor scuffles Wednesday as about 100 Aboriginal activists faced off against police outside the stadium hosting the opening ceremony of the...
Sun, sea and equality at ‘relevant’ Commonwealth Games
SYDNEY: The Commonwealth Games are "more relevant now than ever", organisers said on Monday as they got ready to fire the starting gun on...
Rizwan Sr to lead Pakistan hockey team in Commonwealth Games
KARACHI: Hockey chief selector Islahuddin Siddiqui announced the 18-member squad of the Pakistan team for the Commonwealth Games.
M Rizwan Sr has been retained as...
Commonwealth Games: India wrestling qualifier ends in mass brawl
NEW DELHI: A Commonwealth Games wrestling qualifier in India descended into a mass brawl Friday after supporters of rival wrestlers clashed at the venue...
Birmingham named as 2022 Commonwealth Games host city
Birmingham: Birmingham is set to be announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games after Durban was stripped of the event in March,...
