GLASGOW: England triumphed in the Commonwealth Games medals table for the first time in 28 years on Sunday, but there were final day consolations for former top dog Australia with wins in men’s hockey, netball and a squash double. England started the day already assured of top spot in the ...
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Glasgow has delighted in its event, with well over a million tickets sold and a palpable buzz about its streets for the duration “We-eh-eh-eh-eeeeeh-llllll!” Eleven days, 261 events, 824 medals, nine world records, many, many Proclaimers singalongs, one Ebola scare and several thousand selfies after it began, Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games ...
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GLASGOW: Two years after winning the inaugural Olympic title, Nicola Adams on Saturday also become the first female Commonwealth Games boxing champion. The 31-year-old Adams from England beat Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh in the four-round flyweight contest via a split decision. “I’m absolutely over the moon. Again I’ve managed to ...
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GLASGOW: Linda Villumsen claimed an historic 600th Commonwealth Games medal for New Zealand in Glasgow on Thursday as she raced to gold in the women’s cycling individual time trial. New Zealand becomes the fourth Commonwealth Games Association to reach that total after Australia, England and Canada. Villumsen was able to ...
Read More »KARACHI: Pakistan weightlifter Habib Mohammad Asghar fared better than his compatriots in shooting and swimming events on day five of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Asghar finished third out of eight competitors in his group B fixture of men’s 85kg event, while Canadian Darryl Conrad topped the group. ...
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The Pakistan squad experienced mixed fortunes yet again on the fourth day of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, starting with boxer Muhammad Waseem reaching the quarter-finals of the men’s fly 52kg event after defeating Malaysia’s Jaya Raman Selvakumar in the round of 16. Waseem will face Lesotho’s Moroke Mokhotho in ...
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Pakistan’s first woman mountaineer Samina Baig got another solid addition to her achievements. Baig has the distinction of conquering highest mountains in all seven continents. The brother of the woman who conquered world’s highest mountains in only eight months, Mirza Ali was also accompanying him. The sibling pair belonging to ...
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GLASGOW: Shah Hussain Shah won Pakistan’s solitary medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Saturday. Shah lost to Scotland’s Euan Burton in the men’s 100kg judo completion, thereby securing the silver medal. The 21 year old from London had beaten veteran New Zealander Tim Slyfield in the semi-final ...
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