Commonwealth Games Day 8 LIVE: Wrestling resumes after ceiling speaker falls; Bhavina Patel ensures para TT medal
Commonwealth Games Day 8 LIVE: Wrestling resumes after ceiling speaker falls; Bhavina Patel ensures para TT medal
18:09 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Wrestling order of play
For India: Sakshi Malik takes on Kelsey Barnes in Freestyle 62kg 1/4 Final, Bajrang Punia after vs Jean Bandou in Freestyle 65kg 1/4 Final
#WrestleBirmingham #B2022
This is the bout order till the quarterfinals of the 3 freestyle and 3 women's weight classes for today. pic.twitter.com/DpOMzxAye9— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) August 5, 2022
18:06 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Badminton
Nice and quick from Kidambi Srikanth! He wins 21-9, 21-12 against Dumindu Abeywickrama of Sri Lanka
17:56 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Wrestling to start in 5 minutes
Update from UWW which says the wrestling action will resume at 6 PM IST which is in 5 minutes
Wrestling fans, we apologize for the delay.
Fans are filing back into the arena. We’re going to start things back up in 15 minutes.
Thank you all for your understanding. https://t.co/HpXBi8jiE8— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) August 5, 2022
17:52 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table Tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal wins in straight games over Finn Luu of Australia. The Indian winning 12-10, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6
17:41 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Badminton
Kidambi Srikanth takes the opening game 21-9 against Dumindu Abeywickrama. No trouble at all for the Indian
17:38 (IST)
India's gold medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. How many more will be added?
17:31 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table Tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal takes a two game lead. Brings up game point with a blistering backhand winner down the corner of the table. Converts it with Luu making an error on the serve return. Sharath Kamal up 12-10, 11-8
17:21 (IST)
Infrastructure issue causes wrestling delay
From news agency PTI: "the wrestling bouts at the Commonwealth Games had to be stopped and spectators were asked to vacate the hall after a speaker fell from the ceiling, minutes after the first session began.
Only five bouts could be completed when a speaker, used to relay announcement, fell near one of the mat chairmen, raising a safety issue at the Coventry stadium and arena on the opening day of the wrestling competitions"
17:17 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
Men’s doubles R16: Harmeet Desai/Sanil Shetty win 3-1 vs Dillon Chambers/Xin Yan of Australia to reach the quarter-finals. The Indian pair won 11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7.
17:06 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Athletics
Ancy Sojan finishes 13th overall in women's long jump qualifying. Narrowly misses out on a spot in the final. Ancy recorded a best jump of 6.25m.
16:59 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Lawn bowls
Indian men's fours team of Sunil Bahadur, Navneet Singh, Chandan Singh and Dinesh Kumar is in action against Canada in quarters.
16:55 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
Women’s doubles R32: Manika Batra/Diya Chitale beat Rheann Chung/Catherine Spicer 3-0. They reach women's doubles round of 16 with 11-5, 11-7, 11-2 win
16:53 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Treesa-Gayatri reach QFs
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand beat Jemimah Leung For Sang and Ganesha Mungrah of Mauritius 21-2, 21-4 to reach the quarter-finals of women's doubles.
16:47 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
Sreeja Akula (WR 76) survived a scare against Charlotte Carry (WR 206) of Wales. Comes back after trailing 1-3. Moves to the Quarter Finals in Woman’s Singles. So does @manikabatra_TT (WR 41) with a smooth win against Minhyung Jee (WR 218) of Aus. #CWG2022 #B2022 pic.twitter.com/NZZ3M7QMwr— Neha Aggarwal Sharma OLY (@nehaaggarwal) August 5, 2022
16:39 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates:
Another wrestling update! The resumption of wrestling action has been pushed to 12.45 local time (5.15 PM IST) due to a "safety check".
A Twitter user has tweeted that people have been evacuated from the wrestling arena. Stay tuned for more updates...
Anyone have any idea why we got evacuated from Coventry Arena (Wrestling - Birmingham Commonwealth Games)?? #b2022 #wrestling #bcwg— Siân Davies (@Sian_Davies18) August 5, 2022
16:29 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Athletics
Ancy Sojan registers a 6.17m jump in the first attempt in long jump qualifying. 
16:26 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Athletics
Brilliant final push by Amol Jacob as India reach the final of Men's 4 x 400m Relay with a time of 3:06.97.
16:22 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
Sreeja Akula wins the marathon tie 8-11, 11-7, 12-14, 9-11, 11-4, 15-13, 12-10 against Wales' Carey to storm into the quarter-finals.
16:16 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
Sathiyan/Sharath are through to the men's doubles quarter-finals with a convincing win.
16:13 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
Sreeja Akula fights back to take the match into the final Game 7.
16:04 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
Sathiyan and Sharath are now in action in men's doubles round of 16 match.
16:01 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates:
Manika Batra will play Singapore's Jian Zeng in singles quarter-finals. The match will be played today at 7 PM IST.
15:59 (IST)
United World Wrestling, the amateur wrestling's global governing body, has announced that events have been paused for a "safety check". It will resume at 4.45pm IST.
15:55 (IST)
15:51 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
Manika Batra beats Australia's Minhyung Jee 11-4, 11-8, 11-6, 12-10 to reach the quarter-finals of women's singles.
15:42 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Wrestling
Deepak Punia storms into quarter-finals of men's freestyle 86kg event after beating New Zealand's Matthew Oxenham by technical superiority.
15:39 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Lawn bowls
Indian Women's Pairs of Lovely Choubey and Nayanmoni Saikia lose to England in quarter-final.
15:34 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Para table tennis
India's Sonalben Patel loses to Nigeria's Christiana in Women's Singles Classes 3-5 - Semi-Final. She will play England's Sue Bailey in the bronze medal match
15:25 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Bajrang Punia wins!
Bajrang Punia wins 4-0 against Nauru's Lowe Bingham in Men's 65Kg Round of 16. He is in quarter-finals nows.
15:22 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Athletics
Jyothi Yarraji clocks a timing of 13.18 in Women's 100m Hurdles - Round 1 - Heat 2. She will not take part in the final.
15:18 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Para table tennis
Raj Alagar loses in the men’s Para TT men’s classes 3-5 event despite winning the first game. He lost to Nasiru Sule 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-7. He will play Nigeria’s Isau Ogunkunle for bronze
15:15 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Para table tennis
Medal assured as Bhavina Patel wins the Women's Singles Classes 3-5 - Semi-Final 1 3-0 against Sue Bailey of England.
15:00 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Star wrestlers in action
The campaign is about to begin. Here's the line-up.
Men's Freestyle 125kg: Mohit Grewal
Men's Freestyle 65kg: Bajrang Punia
Men's Freestyle 86kg: Deepak Punia
Women's Freestyle 57kg: Anshu Malik
Women's Freestyle 68kg: Divya Kakran
Women's Freestyle 62kg: Sakshi Malik
14:53 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Para table tennis
Bhavina Patel leads 1-0 in Women's Singles Classes 3-5 semi-finals.
14:44 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
G Sathiyan and Manika Batara will face Malaysia's Javen Choong and Karen Lyne in the quarter-finals. Sharath and Sreeja will face England's Liam Pitchford and Ho Tin-Tin.
Quarter-finals will be played at 8.30 pm tonight.
14:41 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
After an initial hiccup, Sharath/Sreeja beat the Malaysian pair to reach the mixed doubles quarter-finals.
14:23 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Table tennis
India's G Sathiyan/Manika Batra beat Nigeria 11-7,11-6,11-7 to reach the quarter-finals.
14:17 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Lawn bowls
England take lead after the End 10 in the women's pairs quarter-finals.
14:14 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: TT
Sathiyan/Manika win second game 11-6 and take 2-0 in mixed doubles round of 16 tie.
14:12 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: TT
After losing the first game 5-11, Sharath and Sreeja bounce back in style with an 11-2 win in game 2 against the Malaysian pair.
14:09 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: TT
Quick start for Sathiyan and Manika as they in first game 11-7 in their round of 16 mixed doubles tie.
13:41 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: India in lead now
Lovely and Nayanmoni pair has taken 5-4 lead over England after End 5 in lawn bowls quarter-finals.
13:35 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates:
India face Australia in the women's hockey semi-finals and have an opportunity to secure a medal in the sport. This is a repeat of the 2020 Olympics quarter-finals that India won.
13:31 (IST)
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE Updates: Powerlifting gold
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