Commonwealth Games 2022

BIRMINGHAM, England — What a difference in one year. It was just 12 months ago that former University of Victoria Vikes rugby great Nathan Hirayama ...

Ironically, the Commonwealth Games hope to be in the forefront of change. That was represented by Canadian wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy of Ottawa, who was co-Canadian flagbearer in the opening ceremony with Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist weightlifter Maude Charron of Rimouski, Que. Indeed, the story is still unfolding as the Empire struck back in the opening ceremony in a majority minority city in which two thirds of its residents hail from coloured Commonwealth nations.

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Ace boxer Shiva Thapa outclassed Pakistan’s Suleman Baloch in the first round of the 63.5kg category while India expectedly made mincemeat of Pakistan in a lop-sided 5-0 win in the mixed team badminton event. The Indian women’s hockey team was also off to a winning start but it was far from impressive in a 5-0 victory over Ghana in its Pool A game. The men’s team first beat Barbados before thrashing Singapore while the women’s side prevailed over South Africa and Fiji.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games kicks off with a star-studded lineup of 10 events on Friday featuring big names like Ariarne Titmus and Summer McIntosh.

Meanwhile, Kenya snuck into the final qualifying spot after South Africa was disqualified in the final heat. - Australia, 3:22.14 Will Zac Stubblety-Cook break his own world record tonight? After sitting out the World Championships, Emma McKeon got off to a strong start in Birmingham with a top-seeded time of 57.34, edging Canadien Olympic champ Maggie MacNeil by six-tenths of a second. The 18-year-old South African reached the wall more than half a second ahead of the field, which featured defending champion Mitch Larkin (No. 7 seed). Twenty-three-year-old Englishman Brodie Williams was Coetze’s closest challenger this morning, clocking in just .26 seconds slower than his personal best from 2019. England’s Imogen Louise Clark was just .22 off her personal best, not far away from the meet record herself and a full four-tenths of a second clear of the remaining field. Saturday night’s 50 fly final is shaping up to be a tight race after Kyle Chalmers edged Ben Proud by .o1 seconds for the top qualifying spot heading into tonight’s semifinal. Cody Simpson made the semifinal with a 23.84 after being promoted to swim the event in the absence of fellow Aussie Isaac Cooper. Ariarne Titmus eased into the top qualifying spot with a 1:55.68, a couple seconds off her personal best as she gears up for a potentially record-breaking swim in tonight’s finals. Summer McIntosh cruised to a victory in 4:36.72, finishing three seconds shy of the time that won her gold at Worlds last month. Daniel Wiffen will take the top qualifying spot heading into tonight’s finals with a 3:47.43, shaving more than a second off his previous best from April to edge Mack Horton by .11 seconds. Four of the morning heats — the men’s 50-meter butterfly, women’s 50 breaststroke, men’s 100 backstroke, and women’s 100 fly — have semifinal rounds before finals on Saturday night.

Alex Yee grabbed England's first gold medal of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games with victory in the men's triathlon at Sutton Park.

Over the course of his short career, Yee has established himself as arguably the best runner in the sport and bit by bit he dramatically pulled back the leaders. As Yee emerged from his swim 15 seconds from the lead, embedded within the main pack, he was charged with the task of chasing down the leaders in the 20km cycle. He finished the swim in third place, the leading pack of three with Jamie Riddle of South Africa and New Zealand’s Tayler Reid immediately distancing themselves.

England's Alex Yee completed the course with a timing of 50:34 to win the first gold medal at this year's quadrennial event.

Yee’s timing for the swim was 8:49 while he completed the cycling course in 26:07. For the running course, Yee clocked 14:31. The sprint distance triathlon event consists a 750m swimming course, a 20 km cycling course and a 5 km run. The athlete from England completed the course in 50 minutes and 34 seconds and took the first place.

Para-sport is fully integrated into the Games. The athletes, in 27 sports and eight Para-sports, will compete across 15 venues in and around Birmingham. Venues ...

The Games have been held every four years since 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, cancelled because of the second world war. Until 1950 they were known as the British Empire Games. The previous Commonwealth Games in 2018 were held on the Gold Coast in Australia, while the 2026 Games will also be held Down Under, in Melbourne and the surrounding state of Victoria. Over 11 days of action, about 6,500 competitors and officials from 72 nations and territories are participating in the 22nd Commonwealth Games. It is the biggest multi-sport event to be held in the UK since the 2012 London Olympics.

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The final day of the lawn bowls will kick off with the women’s pairs finals, the men’s singles semi-finals and then the men’s fours finals. On the penultimate day of the lawn bowls tournament, proceedings get underway with quarter-finals in the women’s pairs and men’s singles and semi-finals in the women’s triples. The women’s pairs and men’s singles dominate the start of play on Wednesday, while the women’s triples and men’s fours fill up most of the afternoon session. The women’s triples and men’s fours take up much of the afternoon session, while the para men’s B6-B8 finals are also scheduled. It will be one of the busier days of competition, with the men’s pairs and women’s fours finals also scheduled in the early session, as well as the continuing para mixed pairs competition.. The para men’s and women’s pairs B6-B8 also starts the second day of action, with the women’s singles and men’s triples also continuing. Quarter finals for the men’s triples, women’s fours, men’s pairs and women’s singles all take place in the afternoon, alongside the early rounds of the para women’s and men’s B6-B8 pairs. The first series of semi-finals begin on Monday, with the para men’s and women’s B6-B8 pairs, men’s triples, women’s fours, men’s pairs and women’s singles all vying for a place in their respective finals. Tuesday gets underway with the start of the women’s pairs, women’s triples and men’s singles. The men’s pairs and women’s fours continue for the rest of the day. In the afternoon session, the para men’s and women’s pairs B6-B8 competition continues, while the men’s pairs and women’s fours also start their draws. On the opening day of the lawn bowls, the day’s action kicks off with the start of the para men’s and women’s pairs B6-B8 competition.

Birmingham's revamped athletics stadium will be the centrepiece of the multisport event when it stages all the track and field action from August 2-7.

Wednesday, August 3: 4:55 p.m. ET Wednesday, August 3: 9:55 p.m. BST Wednesday, August 3: 7:35 p.m. BST Wednesday, August 3: 2:35 p.m. ET Wednesday, August 3: 9:30 p.m. BST Wednesday, August 3: 7:10 p.m. BST Tuesday, August 3: 9:15 p.m. AEST Wednesday, August 3: 4:30 p.m ET Tuesday, August 2: 12:15 p.m. BST Wednesday, August 3: 2:10 p.m ET Tuesday, August 2: 5:40 a.m. ET Tuesday, August 2: 10:40 a.m. BST

Birmingham's revamped athletics stadium will be the centrepiece of the multisport event when it stages all the track and field action from August 2-7.

Wednesday, August 3: 4:55 p.m. ET Wednesday, August 3: 9:55 p.m. BST Wednesday, August 3: 7:35 p.m. BST Wednesday, August 3: 2:35 p.m. ET Wednesday, August 3: 9:30 p.m. BST Wednesday, August 3: 7:10 p.m. BST Tuesday, August 3: 9:15 p.m. AEST Wednesday, August 3: 4:30 p.m ET Tuesday, August 2: 12:15 p.m. BST Wednesday, August 3: 2:10 p.m ET Tuesday, August 2: 5:40 a.m. ET Tuesday, August 2: 10:40 a.m. BST

Through the competition, expect to see famous faces—like Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Kate Middleton, and more royals—in the crowd.

It now gives me the greatest pleasure to declare the 22nd Commonwealth Games open." Your hard work and dedication, particularly in recent times, have been an inspiration to all of us. The Games are typically a big moment for the British royal family. "Over the years, the coming together of so many for the ‘Friendly Games’ has created memorable shared experiences, established long standing relationships, and even created some friendly rivalries. "Tonight, in the words of the founder of the Games, we embark once again on a novel adventure here in Birmingham, a pioneering city which has drawn in and embraced so many throughout its history. Here, see all the best photos of the royal family at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

But why Barbados, and not the West Indies, is one of the eight Women's cricket teams at CWG 2022? How did Barbados Women qualify for Birmingham Commonwealth ...

All that stated, they have a number of match-winners in their ranks, and perhaps even one individual brilliance could prove to be enough on a given day. A powerful, free-flowing strokemaker, Deandra Dottin had struck a 38-ball hundred against South Africa at the Women’s T20 World Cup in 2010 - still the fastest ever in Women T20Is. She was still into her teens then, and has continued to evolve as an international cricketer over more than a decade. She was West Indies’ standout batter at the World Cup earlier this year, and led the run-scoring charts in both - Women's Super50 Cup as well as the Twenty20 Blaze at home recently, offering plenty of promise ahead of the campaign.

(All times in IST). Swimming: Men's 200m freestyle - Heat 3: Kushagra Rawat (3.06 pm). Artistic Gymnastics: Women's team final and individual qualification: ...

Men's Triple: India vs Malta (1 pm - 6.15 pm) Women's Singles: Tania Choudhary vs Laura Daniels (Wales): 1 pm – 6.15 pm Men's Pair: India vs Cook Islands (7.30 pm – 12.45 am on Sunday) Women's Four: India vs Canada (7.30 pm – 12.45 am on Sunday). Women's Group 2: India vs Guyana (2 pm) Men's Group 3: India vs Northern Ireland (4.30 pm) Men's 55kg: Sanket Sargar (1.30 pm) Men's 61kg: Gururaja (4.15 pm) Women's 49kg: Mirabai Chanu (8 pm) Women's 55kg: S Bindyarani Devi (12:30 am on Sunday) Women sprint qualifying: Mayuri Late, Triyasha Paul (02.30 pm – 6.15 pm) Women's 3000m individual pursuit qualifying: Meenakshi (2.30 pm – 6.15 pm) Men's Keirin first round: Esow Alben (8.30 pm – 11.30 pm) Men's singles round of 32: Ramit Tandon (5 pm); Sourav Ghosal (6.15 pm) Women's singles round of 32: Sunaya Sara Kuruvilla (5.45 pm); Joshana Chinnapa (5.45 pm) Mixed team Group A: India vs Sri Lanka (1.30 pm); India vs Australia (11.30 pm)

Ariarne Titmus will be eyeing her first Commonwealth title in the women's 200 freestyle on Friday after settling for silver four years ago.

Scotland’s Ross Murdoch came back on Australia’s Matthew Wilson to win bronze in 2:10.41, and the 28-year-old was visibly excited with his podium finish. MacNeil, the reigning Olympic champ, was a tad quicker than the prelims to clock 57.72 in second, while Aussie Brianna Throssell joined them sub-58 in 57.99 for third. - Emma McKeon(AUS), 57.49 Singapore’s Letitia Sim, who trains in the United States and attends the University of Michigan, wasn’t far behind that quartet in 31.56 for 11th. The two swimmers finished fourth and fifth, respectively, four years ago on the Gold Coast. - Brendan Hall(AUS), 1:05.90 - Mollie O’Callaghan(AUS), 1:54.01 All three set lifetime bests, with Shanahan and Colbert both cracking 4:40 for the first time. There have only been nine swims in history sub-4:30, and McIntosh now owns two of them. Short swam a best of 3:44.34 at the Australian Trials in May. The evening will conclude with the mixed 4×100 free relay, which is making its Commonwealth debut this year. McIntosh, who would’ve been 11 during those 2018 Games, is making her Commonwealth debut.

Olympic silver medallist Alex Yee handed Team England their first gold of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, leading a thrilling comeback over world No.

He became his country's joint-most successful Commonwealth athlete in the process, with a fifth gold medal drawing him level with lawn bowler Alex Marshall. "No-one has ever won twice and that was weighing on me. They face Malawi in their second group match on Saturday.

Commonwealth Games 2022 triathlon: route, schedule, timetable, distances, results and when does it start? England's Alex Yee won the first gold medal of the ...

- Run - 4 laps of 2km (1 per athlete) - Cycle - 4 laps of 5km (1 per athlete) - Each individual athlete will complete 4 laps of the cycling course, except for the mixed relay event in which each athlete will complete a single lap.

Superb in the swimming pool and tremendous on the track, Australia is in a dominant position on the medal table after a superb opening day in Birmingham.

The quartet initially set a Games record of 4:14.605 when qualifying fastest and lowered the time to 4:12.234 when far too good for New Zealand in the final. Australia’s world-beating cricketers were stretched to the brink by India in the first ever women’s match held at a Commonwealth Games but ultimately prevailed by three wickets. Tokyo gold medallist Zac Stubblety-Cook also has a Commonwealth Games gold medal to add to his trophy cabinet after winning the 200m breaststroke in Friday’s penultimate final. At the Lee Valley VeloPark, Jess Gallagher and her pilot Caitlin Ward combined to win the nation’s first gold medal in Birmingham in the women’s tandem B Para-track event. Titmus, a dual-gold medallist in Tokyo, drew on all her star power to hold off compatriot Mollie O’Callaghan in the 200m freestyle. The nation also filled 11 of the 21 podium spots in a dominant display, though Canadian teenage sensation Summer McIntosh was the standout swimmer when producing an incredible display to win the 400m individual medley by nearly eight seconds.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Mirabai Chanu will be in action on Day 2 and hoping to defend her title in the women's 49kg category.

The Indian is way ahead of her competitors in terms of entry weight with a total of 205 kg. The nearest competitor has an entry weight 170 kg. Given the entry weight, the Indian will have her eyes on completing a 90 kg snatch lift, bettering her tally of 87 kg in the 2020 summer games.

Here are all fixtures, timings of events involving Indian athletes on July 29 so that you can stay up to speed!

The Indian badminton team began their mixed team title defence on a dominating, completing a 5-0 clean sweep against Pakistan at the ongoing Commonwealth Games ...

But all eyes will be on Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the Tokyo Olympic silver-medallist and 2018 CWG gold medallist. Meanwhile with women's cricket making its debut at the quadrennial event, Team India began their campaign with a bitter three-wicket loss against arch-rivals Pakistan. The Indian women's table tennis team had a good outing with an easy 3-0 victory vs South Africa, and then followed it up with a 3-0 victory against Fiji. In boxing, Shiva Thapa won his men's 63.5kg Round of 32 bout against Pakistan's Suleman Baloch to send the temperature soaring. India had a rather topsy-turvy Day 1 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Friday in Birmingham. The Indian badminton team began their mixed team title defence on a dominating, completing a 5-0 clean sweep against Pakistan at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG 2022) in Birmingham, on Friday. The likes of PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth were in top form and secured easy wins against their opponents.

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live Updates, Day 2 Schedule of India: The “killer instinct” was nowhere to be seen when Australia put the Indian women's cricket team under the pump but the country's shuttlers and paddlers steamrolled their hapless rivals on ...

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live Updates, Day 2 Schedule of India: The “killer instinct” was nowhere to be seen when Australia put the Indian women’s cricket team under the pump but the country’s shuttlers and paddlers steamrolled their hapless rivals on the opening day of Commonwealth Games on Day 1. Follow all the live updates from Day 2 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games below. India defeated Pakistan 5-0 in the mixed-team badminton event.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ The 2022 Commonwealth Games in England are fully underway, with Team South Africa looking for another strong showing on day two out ...

19:00 South Africa (Rittmuller/Neluonde) v Guernsey Men's Pairs Sectional Play - Round 2 16:00 South Africa (Rittmuller/Neluonde) v Fiji Men's Pairs Sectional Play - Round 1 Below is a list of who will be competing at what time in the afternoon and evening sessions.

CWG 2022 Live Day 2: The Indian contingent will aim at opening its account in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, as Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu ...

Chanu had lifted a total of 202kg (87 and 115) in the Olympics final. The Indian women's hockey team secured a comfortable 5-0 win over Ghana in their opening match on Day 1 of CWG 2022. Like yesterday, the Lawn Bowls events will start India's action on Day 2. In March earlier this year, he had won the gold medal in the National Weightlifting C'ships, lifting 249kg (111+138). He remains a medal prospect for India at CWG 2022 Sanket Sargar will represent India in the category CWG 2022 Live Day 2: Star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will be seen in action on the second day of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, as India look to open its account in the medal tally.

The athletics competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, begin on Saturday, July 30 and run through Sunday, August 7.

Birmingham 2022 will feature 19 sports and 8 para-sports as part of its program with up to 4,500 athletes taking part. Canada’s team will feature superstar throwers like world silver medalist Camryn Rogers and fourth place finisher Sarah Mitton, but will be without 2022 World Championship podium finishers Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, and Pierce Lepage, who all withdrew from the Games after completing their events in Oregon. As it was during the opening ceremony, Josh Cassidy will lead Team Canada into competition.

A day after Olympic weightlifting champion Maude Charron and Paralympic wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy led Team Canada into the Opening Ceremony, the first ...

Dolci qualified for the individual all-around final in fifth place while Tamane advanced in eighth place. Then he sustained a flat tire as he was transitioning to the bike leg. The quintet of Felix Dolci, Mathys Jalbert, Chris Kaji, Jayson Rampersad and Kenji Tamane won silver in the men’s team event. James Dergousoff was seventh in the men’s 200m breaststroke final. Katrina Bellio finished seventh in the final of the women’s 200m freestyle. There were two other Canadians in the final.

The summer of championships continues for Team Canada on July 30 with the athletics competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Women’s 1,500m (final) Women’s 400m (final) Women’s 200m (final) Women’s 800m (final) Women’s 400mH (final) Women’s 100m (final)

Birmingham, July 30: Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj has made it to the finals of men's 100m backstroke after clocking 54:55 seconds in the semi-final event ...

The swimmer had clocked 54:31s to finish 27th in the men’s 100m backstroke event. The Bengaluru swimmer will now aim on becoming only the second Indian swimmer to bag a medal in the Commonwealth Games since Prasanta Karmakar’s bronze in the para-swimming event at the Delhi CWG in 2010. Birmingham, July 30: Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj has made it to the finals of men’s 100m backstroke after clocking 54:55 seconds in the semi-final event of the Commonwealth Games 2022.

Six gold medals were won on the first day of track cycling action at the Commonwealth Games 2022 with Australia, New Zealand and Scotland sharing the spoils ...

However, the pair did pose on the podium with bronze medals and mascots apparently lent to them by their teammates from the team pursuit. There was huge disappointment for England's Sophie Unwin and pilot Georgia Holt in the women's tandem sprint. New Zealand's riders took two golds, in the men's 4000m team pursuit and women's team sprint. Rob has been Content Director of Cycling Weekly - and stablemates Bikeperfect, Cyclingnews.com and MBR - since May 2021. In the pursuit, England's team of Dan Bigham, Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Vernon and Ollie Wood took silver behind New Zealand who set a new mark of 3.47.575. The Australian's set a record of 42.040 seconds.

Commonwealth Games 2022, Birmingham, Day 2 Schedule, Live Updates: India will be banking on Mirabai Chanu to win its first gold medal. Advertisement.

The 27-year old is expected to grab a gold for India at the event. Commonwealth Games 2022 Live Updates, Day 2 Schedule of India: The “killer instinct” was nowhere to be seen when Australia put the Indian women’s cricket team under the pump but the country’s shuttlers and paddlers steamrolled their hapless rivals on the opening day of Commonwealth Games on Day 1. India started day 2 with their first medal of the games as Sanket Sargar finished second in the men’s 55Kg weightlifting final.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ Day three of the 2022 Commonwealth Games is underway, with Team South Africa looking to win its first medal in Birmingham.

Day 2 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games only features six prelims, but several defending Olympic champions are in action — including Adam Peaty.

Australia touched about a second ahead of England in a two-team battle for first place. - South Africa, 3:24.68 - Canada, 3:20.24 - Australia, 3:15.64 - Wales, 3:18.69 Brendon Smith won the first heat, and he’ll have two other Aussies (Kieren Pollard and Se-Bom Lee) joining him in tonight’s final. - England, 3:16.93 Defending Olympic champ Kaylee McKeown was the only other swimmer sub-1:00 in a prelims that was without late scratch Mollie O’Callaghan. Northern Ireland 22-year-old Danielle Hill pulled off the 50 free / 100 back double, placing inside the top eight in both events. Neither was Zac Stubblety-Cook, who was only about half a second off his personal best from Worlds last month. A pair of Welsh freestylers made the final between Matthew Richards (No. 5 seed) and Calum Jarvis (No. 6 seed). We’ll see how much more defending Olympic champ Emma McKeon has left in the tank tonight. The greatest short-distance breaststroker in history took a break from racing after he defended his 100 breast Olympic title last summer in Tokyo. Peaty appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, a UK reality competition show, where he reportedly suffered a minor ankle injury.

Women's rugby sevens: England fell to a 38-7 defeat by New Zealand earlier today in Pool A, while Canada thrashed Sri Lanka 74-0. In Pool B, Scotland beat ...

Gold for Lara van Niekerk in the women’s 50m breaststroke! Ben Proud marches back out for the medal ceremony and is awarded his gold medal. It’s revenge for Scott! Olympic champion Dean is out quickest and makes the first turn in front. Duncan Scott receives his gold medal and thoroughly enjoys belting out Flower of Scotland along with his country men and women in the crowd. Swimming: Back to the pool and Duncan Scott goes for glory again, this time in the 400m individual medley final. The Olympic champion reacts quickly to the gun and powers down the first length in 27.15, half a second down on his world record. Rugby sevens: Fiji ran out 34-7 winners over Scotland in the first of the men’s quarters. Australia take gold in the men’s 4x100 freestyle realy - the 10th and concluding final of tonight’s swimming. Australia take gold in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay. Gymnastics: It’s a right old battle for gold between England and Australia going into the final apparatus (Floor) of the women’s team final. Meanwhile, let’s go back to the pool for two more finals: the men’s and women’s 4x100m freestyle relays. “The front end of the swim felt a bit more rusty than it normally would in a championship.

An additional one million people are expected to visit the region to enjoy 11 days of sporting competition as well as the Birmingham 2022 Festival, a six month ...

Over the coming 11 days athletes will compete across 286 sporting sessions and 280 medals event. Prices start at £15 for adults and £8 for under-16s. WITH OVER 1.3 million tickets already sold, Birmingham 2022 will be the most attended edition of the Commonwealth Games ever to take place in the United Kingdom.

1. James Hall vs Marios Georgiou for CWG 2022 gold at artistic gymnastics men's all-round final · 2. India to beat Pakistan in Women's Cricket match · 3. India ...

Carlin managed to win a silver in Gold Coast in 2018 and would be eyeing to better that performance in 2022. Expect a dominating performance from the Men in Blue. The Commonwealth Games is well and truly under in Birmingham. On Day 1, each and every one of SportsTiger’s medal and result predictions came true.

India has sent a 322-member squad for the Commonwealth Games 2022 and expects over 20 medals in the multi-sport tournament in the United Kingdom.