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Neeraj Chopra headlines 37-member Indian team selected for CWG 2022

Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra headlined the 37-member squad named by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Thursday to compete in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham

PM Modi to virtually interact with Indian contingent bound for CWG today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the Indian contingent bound for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 through video conferencing

CWG: Indian athletes to stay at 5 'villages', cricketers' stay separate

The CWG bound Indian athletes and officials will be staying at five different "Villages" with women's cricket team being put up in a separate facility in the Birmingham city centre.

Bajrang Punia obtains UK visa, will travel to US for training ahead of CWG

"The Sports Ministry, through the Ministry of External Affairs, got in touch with the British High Commission to seek the UK Visa for Bajrang, which has now been obtained," a SAI media release said.

CWG 2022: India sends full strength hockey squad, and it really makes sense

It was decided earlier by Hockey India that a second-string team would be sent for Commonwealth Games since the gap between Asian Games, the qualifying event for Paris Olympics 2024 and CWG was short

Top athletes rediscovering form for CWG berth at inter-state championships

Some of them are already on a record-breaking spree but those who are struggling will strive to rediscover form as the National Inter-State Senior Championships are set to kick off, here on Friday.

Swastika Ghosh becomes 3rd player to move HC over exclusion from CWG squad

Swastika Ghosh on Thursday became the third table tennis player to approach the Delhi High Court over exclusion from India's Commonwealth Games squad. Her father and coach Sandeep Ghosh told PTI that they have a filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court and the matter will be heard on Friday. "She is number four as per the selection criteria and should be in the team," said the father. Diya Chitale and Manush Shah had also sought the HC's intervention in the matter. Chitale has now been included in the squad at the expense of Archana Kamath but the selectors did not include Manush, who too is in the top-four as per the criteria, in the men's team when the Committee of Administrators running the TTFI announced the final squad on Tuesday. Manush's case will also be heard on Friday. Swastika, 19, was named as a standby with the revised squad comprising Manika Batra, Chitale, Reeth Rishya and Sreeja Akula. The men's squad includes veteran Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai,

Mary Kom to skip World Championships, Asian Games; to focus on CWG

Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom has decided against participating in the trials for the upcoming IBA Elite Women's World Boxing Championships and the 2022 Asian Games

Sindhu aims to fill cabinet with missing CWG, Asiad crowns in 2022

While the CWG is set to be held in Birmingham in July-August, the Asian Games is scheduled in Hagzhou, China in September.

ED attaches Rs 1.43 crore assets of firm assigned to upgrade streetlights

A similar order was issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) early this month