CWG 2018: India begins quest for coveted gold in mixed team badminton event
Other Sports | Apr 04, 2018, 08:04 PM ISTIndia have been accorded the top seed this time and are clubbed with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Scotland in Group A.
India have been accorded the top seed this time and are clubbed with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Scotland in Group A.
The Indian contingent, led by flag-bearer Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu walked out to a warm reception from the nearly 25,000 strong crowd.
The colorful souvenir edition lists the English capital as Banjul (instead of London), locates it in the Africa region and notes its population as slightly more than 2 million.
More than 4,500 athletes from 71 nations and territories will be vying for 275 gold medals at the multi-sport event.
With their team doctor Amol Patil let off with a reprimand in the needle controversy, the boxers heaved a sigh of relief and focus was back on the sport.
India have left their mark in every field and this time, all the hopes lie on the star players to bring home plenty of silverware.
The CGF court ruled that the Indian doctor had erred in not disposing the syringes as mandated by the 'No Needle Policy of the Games.
For the Indians though, the mood-killer has been the needle controversy even though the Commonwealth Games Federation has not named the country.
The CGF has stoically refused to name the national association or the athlete involved in the controversy which flared up after syringes were discovered at the Games Village on Saturday.
Nehwal took to Twitter to slam the CWG after learning that her father wasn't allowed access to the games village, however, the IOA dismissed the shuttler's complaint.
The Indian contingent has been insistent that there has been no wrongdoing on its part, claiming that the syringes found could belong to other teams who are staying in the same compound of the Games village.
Sindhu had suffered a sprain on her right ankle while practising on Tuesday but scans showed no injury to the bone or ligament, much to the relief of Indian contingent and fans.
While Manu shot her way to a gold in women's 10m Air Pistol in the finals of National Shooting Championships, Srihari broke his own 100-meter backstroke national record while winning six gold and a silver medal at the Khelo India School Games.
The official list of entries for the men's freestyle 74kg wrestling category, uploaded on the CWG 2018 website does not mention the name of Sushil among other 15 wrestlers participating in the event.
The 22-year-old Indian suffered a sprain in her right ankle while practising at the Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad under the watchful eyes of India chief coach Gopichand and assistant coach Mohd. Siyadutallah.
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