Pakistan’s Shah Hussain Saturday beat New Zealand’s T. Slyhfield to book his berth in the final of 100 kg Judo competition in the Commonwealth Games 2014. The win ensures Pakistan at least one medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Previously, Shah won a bronze medal in the Asian Judo Championship ...
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The first good news from Common Wealth Games 2014 has arrived as Pakistani swimmer Anum Baande took the first position in Qualifying Round of 200 Meters Back Stroke Swimming Competition. Pakistani athletes have not been able to impress so far in these Common Wealth Games in Glasgow. However, Anum Baande ...
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GLASGOW (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the 20th Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park on Wednesday after a moving and colourful ceremony in front of a 40,000 capacity crowd. The Games will feature 17 sports across 11 days of competition with more than 4,500 athletes from 71 nations competing, ...
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Midas-touched wrestlers Azhar Hussain and Muhammad Inam Monday played down their chances in next week’s Commonwealth (CW) Games, saying a lack of international match practice had hurt their chances of repeating their performances. Hussain won a gold medal in 55-kg freestyle wrestling in the Games held in New Delhi ...
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KARACHI: Pakistan’s squash players are gutted that they will miss out on participation at the Commonwealth Games as they feel they had chances of winning medals at the event to be held in Glasgow, Scotland. The country’s sports have been suffering due to infighting between the two parallel Pakistan Olympic ...
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PESHAWAR: Eighteen-year-old Muhammad Rameez Khan from the small Swat town of Barikot has just left for the United Kingdom to represent Pakistan in a 62-member contingent in table tennis for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, July 23 to August 3. “Top players and teams from across the world are selected ...
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SYDNEY: Australia have topped the medals count at the last six Commonwealth Games and are expected to do so again in Glasgow although with a reduced number of medals, according to team officials. Australia came away with 178 medals, 74 of them gold, at the last Games in Delhi in ...
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KARACHI: A Pakistani court on Friday said a group of athletes picked to participate in next week’s Commonwealth Games are free to attend the event following a long-standing tussle between two rival factions of the Pakistan Olympic Association. The government reversed its backing to a faction opposed by the International ...
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