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CWG 2018, Day 7 Live Updates: Shuttlers cruise ahead, India beat England in hockey

Indian boxers and shooters are looking to add to the medal tally of the contingent on Day 7 of the Commonwealth Games 2018 at Gold Coast in Australia.

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Indian shooters added three medals in the kitty as boxers moved to their respective next rounds on Day 7 of the Commonwealth Games 2018 at Gold Coast in Australia.

Boxer Mary Kom who is 2012 London Olympic Bronze medalist, dominated Sri Lanka's Anusha Koddithuwakku in the semi-final to make it to the final. She will be now competing for Gold and her first ever Commonwealth Games medal. Commonwealth Games debutant Gaurav Solanki and veteran Vikas Krishan are in the semifinals of their respective categories.

Indian shooters Om Prakash Mitharval and Ankur Mittal bagged bronze medals in 50m air pistol and double trap, respectively. This is Mitharval's second medal of Gold Coast 2018. He was in the third position in 10m air pistol competition two days ago. Defending champion Jitu Rai was eliminated after the first stage of the final round.

In Women's Double Trap Final, Shreyasi Singh held nerves in dramatic shoot-off to win another gold medal for the shooting team. Her teammate Varsha Varman stood fourth.

Vikram Malhotra and Ramit Tandon won their Squash Doubles match. Joshna Chinnappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik also topped the Pool C of Women's Doubles.

Maitreyee Sarkar has continued India's dominance in Table Tennis by defeating Papua New Gineua's Vero Nime 11-2, 11-9, 11-2 to reach the next round in single's competition.

India's top paddlers, including the duo of Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, comfortably progressed to the round of 16 doubles table tennis competition.

Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won their respective matches in the preliminaries of badminton. PV Sindhu de hwill be in action for the first time at Gold Coast 2018.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 05:12 PM

    India's Hima Das finishes 6th in the women's 400m final, clocks her personal best time of 51.32 seconds.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 04:37 PM

    Squash: Harinder Pal Sandhu, Vikram Malhotra, Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Joshna Chinappa win their respective Round of 32 singles ties. However, Sourav Ghosal loses a close encounter against Jamaica's Chris Binnie 2-3. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 04:35 PM

    India's Tejaswin Shankar finishes 6th in Men's High Jump Final with the best attempt of 2.224 meters. Shankar bows out at 2.27m/7-05.25 after three missed attempts, and will finish sixth overall with a jump of 2.24m/7-04.25 in his first Commonwealth Games. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 04:35 PM

    What an incredible match!

    India beat England 4-3 to finish at the top of Group B in Hockey. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 04:28 PM

    GOOOOALLLLL

    India have scored two goals in dying minutes of game to win the match against England 4-3. 

    They will play New Zealand in the semifinals.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 04:28 PM

    59' Varun scores to bring India back in the game. It's 3-3 now.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 04:16 PM

    56' England have retaken the lead. 3-2 now.

    Sam Ward scores to take England on top with minutes to spare.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 04:15 PM

    GOAL

    England come back to equal. It's 2-2 now. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 04:13 PM

    GOAL

    52': India find the back of the board off a penalty corner. England have challenged this, but that has been overruled. The goal will stand.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 04:00 PM

    Table Tennis

    Harmeet Desai has blanked PNG's Geoffrey Loi 4-0 to advance to the round of 16.

    Achanta Sharath Kamal has won his singles tie against Malaysian Javen Choong 4-3 to advance to the Round of 16. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 03:43 PM

    Men's hockey - 

    In a classic mid-field squeeze, Manpreet Singh equalizes for India. Ind - 1 and Eng - 1 in the third quarter.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 03:40 PM

    Boxing - 

    1. Amit Phangal

    2. Naman Tanwar

    3. Hussamuddin

    4. Manoj Kumar

    5. Vikas Krishan

    6. Gaurav Solanki

    7. Satish Kumar

    8. Manish Kaushik

    All male boxers in Indian contingent are through to the semis. Still unbeaten they improve the odds of winning medals for India.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 03:23 PM

    Boxing - 

    Indian boxers are having a good day. With the exception of Sarita Devi and Pinki Rani, all the boxers have made into the next rounds of their category. Manish Kaushik has followed the suit.

    Kaushik was pitched against Calum French of England in Men's 60kg quarterfinal. In three rounds of a tight fight, the Indian sneaked victory to assure one more medal for the nation in boxing.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 02:59 PM

    Men's hockey -

    Manpreet Singh and Co are playing England. Indian Men's hockey team needs to win this match in order to avoid playing Australia in the semis.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 02:52 PM

    Table Tennis - 

    Mouma Das has won her match against Mauritius' Elodie Ho Wan Kau 11-6, 11-1, 11-8, 11-7.

    She is through to the Round of 16 along with Madhurika Patkar.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 02:48 PM

    Badminton - 

    HS Prannoy cruises past Paul to win Round of 16. He scored 21-14, 21-6 to register a straight set win.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 02:43 PM

    Track and Field - 

    Nellickal V Neena of India fails to reach the automatic qualifying mark of 6.60 metres in Women's Long Jump Qualifying round. She registers 6.17 metres.

    She will stand a chance if she makes into 12 best performers across two qualifying rounds.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 02:36 PM

    Table Tennis - 

    Paddler Madhurika Patkar, who did superbly in the team event in doubles, also wins her single's match against Rheann Chung of Trinidad and Tobago.

    In the five-setter, Patkar won 11-7, 12-14, 11-9, 11-2, 11-9

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 02:26 PM

    Badminton - 

    Prannoy takes first set 21-14

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 02:10 PM

    Boxing - 

    In a split decision of 3:2, India's Pinki Rani lost her quarterfinal match in women's 52kg category.

    England's Lisa Whiteside won the closely contested bout in three rounds.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 02:02 PM

    Badminton -

    HS Prannoy is fourth star shuttler from India to play his preliminari badminton match at Gold Coast 2018.

    Prannoy faces Christopher Jean Paul of Mauritius.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 01:43 PM

    Badminton -

    PV Sindhu demolishes Fiji’s Andra Whiteside in just 20 minutes!

    In a clinical display of the game, the world number three beat Fiji player 21-6, 21-3

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 12:38 PM

    Badminton - 

    PV Sindhu is on court.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 01:36 PM

    And it's all over!  Srikanth wins the first match easily against Mauritius’s Aatish Lubah. He won 21-13, 21-10 in just 26 minutes. Srikanth started brilliantly in the second game, slightly tapering off towards the end, 

    Srikanth will be world no 1 tomorrow and is a hot favourite to win the CWG gold. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 01:33 PM

    It's normal proceedings now in the second game. Srikanth has warmed up now and is toying with his opponent. He is up 11-4. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 01:25 PM

    Srikanth is playing against Mauritius' Aatish Lubah. The Indian shuttler started slowly but has now gained composure and Aatish grabbed the early inititiave. 

    Srikanth has won the first set in this round of 32 match 21-13. He would have liked to keep the opponent under 10. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 01:14 PM

    What a clinical performance from Saina Nehwal. 21-3, 21-1, she made short work of her South African opponent. Nehwal is the 2010 CWG gold winner. 

    Next up, India's Kidambi Srikanth.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 12:53 PM

    Saina Nehwal is just toying with her Proteas opponent. She has won the first set 21-3 and is up 16-0 in the second set. Complete domination! 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 12:31 PM

    Badminton - 

    Saina Nehwal, world number 12, is beginning India's campaign in badminton singles' rounds against Elsie De Villiers of South Africa.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 12:24 PM

    Badminton - 

    Indian shuttlers are gearing up for preliminary rounds of badminton. Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, and HS Prannoy will take on their opponents in singles matches as PV Sindhu will be in action for the first time in Gold Coast.

    Later in the day, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Ashwini Ponnappa and Pranav Jerry Chopra-Skikki Reddy will compete in mixed doubles competition.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 12:19 PM

    Table Tennis - 

    Paddlers Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won their mixed doubles match to enter Round of 16.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 12:10 PM

    Table Tennis - 

    India's Madhurika Patkar and Sanil Shetty move to Round of 16 after defeating Sri Lanka's Buwaneka Jayasingha Mudiyanselage and Erandi Warusawithana 11-5, 11-8, 11-5

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 11:39 AM

    Table Tennis - 

    India's paddlers Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran are playing Ho Ying and Leong Chee Feng of Malaysia for a spot in Round of 16.

    India leads in two games 11-7, 11-8.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 11:32 AM

    Shooting - 

    Ankur Mittal wins Bronze Medal in Men's Double Trap Final.

    Mittal was tied with Tim Kneale of Isle of Man with the same score of  53/60. But Mittal had three misses in comparison to Kneale's one.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 11:25 AM

    Shooting - 

    Ashab Mohamed gets eliminated after 50 shots in Men's Double Trap Final event. All hopes pinned on Ankur Mittal.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 11:23 AM

    Shooting - 

    Ankur Mittal rules the chart after 30 shots. Ashab is on the fourth spot in the Men's Double Trap Final.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 11:22 AM

    Shooting - 

    After 20 shots, Mittal leads even after missing two. In the second round, Ashab Mohamed misses three more. He is in danger of being eliminated from Men's Double Trap Final.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 11:07 AM

    Shooting - 

    Ankur Mittal hits all his targets. Mohamed Ashab missed two of last three after 10 shots of Men's Double Trap Final.

     

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 10:58 AM

    Shooting - 

    Mohammed Ashab and Ankur Mittal will now continue their campaign to win medals in Men's Double Trap Final.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 10:47 AM
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  • 11 Apr 2018, 10:32 AM

    Shooting - 

    In a dramatic shoot-off, Shreyasi Singh hit both her targets and Emma Cox of Australia missed one of her targets.

    The win helped Shreyasi better her silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 10:32 AM

    Shooting - 

    India's Shreyasi Singh has won Gold Medal in Women's Double Trap final.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 10:27 AM

    Boxing - 

    Vikas Krishan has defeated Zambian Muziyo in the quarterfinal of Men's 75kg category.

    Krishan tired out the Zambian in the third round after the tightly contested first two rounds.

    Krishan's measured punches won him the bout with the unnanimous decision of 5-0

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 10:23 AM

    Shooting - 

    Shreyasi Singh will now get into a shoot-off with Australian Emma Cox to win a Gold medal in Women's double trap final.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 09:48 AM

    Boxing - 

    Vikas Krishan is in the ring for Men's 75kg quarterfinal against Zambia's Benny Muziyo.

    This will be a test of Krishan's experience against Muziyo's big punches.

    First two rounds were tightly contested.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 09:35 AM

    Shooting - 

    Mohammed Ashab and Ankur Mittal have qualified for Men's Double Trap Final.

     

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 09:26 AM

    Table Tennis - 

    India's Sharath Achanta and Mouma Das advance in mixed doubles competition while the pair of Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Harmeet Desai lose.

    Achanta/Das beat Sri Lanka's Rohan Sirisena and Ishara Madurangi 3-1.

    Malaysia's Javen Choong and Karen Lyne defeated India's Sahasrabudhe/Desai 3-1.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 09:24 AM

    Boxing - 

    Gaurav Solanki scored 5-0 unanimous decision with a few scores going 10-8 from the judges.

    With the semi-final spot, Gaurav Solanki assured Indian boxing team of their seventh medal in the Commonwealth Games 2018. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 09:08 AM

    Boxing -

    Southpaw Gaurav Solanki has won Men's 52kg quarterfinal bout against Charles Keama of Papua New Guinea.

    In a closely contested match, Solanki dominated from round one. His quick punches connected more than that of his opponent.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 09:05 AM

    Boxing - 

    Gaurav Solanki in the ring. The 21-year-old will be looking to beat Charles Keama, who is the Asian Oceania champion, for a spot in Semi-final of Men's 52kg.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 09:02 AM

    Shooting - 

    Shreyasi Singh and Varsha Varman are in top five of Women's double trap final.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 09:02 AM

    Table Tennis - 

    Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Suthirtha Mukherjee defeated Ruqayyah Kinoo and Sanjana Ramasawmy of Mauritius 11-3, 11-4, 10-4 in the women’s doubles Round of 32.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 08:37 AM

    Table Tennis - 

    India's Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shankar Shetty defeated Guyana's Shemar Britton and Christopher Franklin 11-6, 11-5, 11-7. The duo now has entered final 16 along with Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran who beat Kiribati’s Touramoa Miita and Nooa Takooa 11-2, 11-5, 11-6.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 08:26 AM

    Squash - 

    Defending champs Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik win their Squash Women's Double 11-8, 7-11, 11-8.

    They beat Tesni Evans and Deon Saffery of Wales to move to the next round.

    Indian duo is currently leading Pool C.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 08:13 AM

    Squash - 

    Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik of India are competing against Wales team of  Tesni Evans and Deon Saffery in Women's Doubles.

    Both teams have won one game each.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 08:07 AM

    Boxing - 

    Sarita Devi loses to Australia's Anja Stridsman in QF.

    The Australian dominated all three rounds in the quarterfinal of 60kg women's category. There was no room to wriggle for Sarita Devi.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:51 AM

    Boxing - 

    Sarita Devi is up next in women's 60kg final. She will take on Australia's Anja Stridsman in the quarterfinal bout.

    If Sarita Devi wins this match, she will be guaranteed a medal at Gold Coast Games 2018.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:49 AM

    Boxing - 

    Mary Kom is through to the final of 45-48 kg category of women's boxing and will be competing for her first ever gold medal in Commonwealth Games.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:45 AM

    Shooting - 

    Om Prakash Mitharval has won a bronze medal for India in 50m pistol shooting. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:43 AM

    India is assured of a medal from Om Mitharval in 50m pistol.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:38 AM

    Boxing- 

    Boxer Mary Kom is dominating Sri Lankan Anusha Dilrukshi Koddithuwakku in the women's 45-48kg category.

    First two rounds look to have gone in favour of the Indian.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:37 AM
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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:34 AM

    Defending champions Jitu Rai has been eliminated. He could score only 105.0 as opposed to his teammate Mitharaval who is second on the table.

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:29 AM

    50m Shooting - 

    After stage 1, Om Mitharval leads the board while Jitu Rai is still at the bottom. Defending champ Rai needs to do well to avoid elimination. 

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:27 AM

    Om Mitharval is in 6th place followed by Jitu Rai at the bottom of the table with 43.6 points

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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:26 AM
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  • 11 Apr 2018, 07:25 AM

    Later in the day, PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth will compete in the preliminary rounds of badminton.

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