CWG 2022 Day 8 Highlights: Deepak Punia, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik bag gold; Anshu Malik wins silver

Check Live Scores and Updates from Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Friday (August 5). Check Commonwealth Games 2022 India Schedule for Day 8 and much more.

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After an action-packed seventh day of India’s Commonwealth Games 2022 campaign that saw Sudhir bagging a gold in men’s heavyweight para-powerlifting and Murali Sreeshankar won a silver in Men’s Long jump, all eyes on Day 8 will be on the Indian women’s hockey team who will battle against Australia in the semifinals. India’s wrestling contingent will also start their campaign from today, featuring stars like Bajrang Punia, Deepak Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat etc.

Sprint star Hima Das will feature in the Women’s 200m semifinal. Badminton stars Kidambi Srikanth, PV Sindhu and Aakarshi Kashyap opened their solo Badminton campaign with a bang and entered round of 16.

Day 8 at CWG @birminghamcg22

Take a at #B2022 events scheduled for 5th August

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Boxers Amit Panghal, Sagar Ahlawat, Rohit Tokas and Jaismine Lamboria confirmed medals for the country by punching their way into the semi finals. Squash stars Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal entered the quarterfinal of mixed doubles categories, they will be hoping to reach the semis.

Check all LIVE scores and updates from Day 8 of Commonwealth Games 2022 here.

05 August 2022

23:49 IST

Divya Kakran wins bronze

Indian wrestler Divya Kakran bags bronze in women's freestyle 68kg category. She defeated Tiger Lily Cocker Lemalie of Tonga via Fall.

23:39 IST

More good news!

Second medal in Lawn Bowls confirmed! India Men's Four team is into the final. Silver secured!

23:34 IST

GOLD for Deepak!

Deepak Punia defeats Pakistan's Muhammad Inam to win the gold medal for India in the 86 kg category of Men's Wrestling.

23:28 IST

Deepak Punia vs Muhammad Inam

Punia took an early lead in the first round with 2 points lead. 

23:28 IST

Deepak Punia-Ind vs Muhammad Inam-Pak 

The arch-rivals are taking on each other

23:24 IST

Squash

Doubles pair Joshana Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal lose 2-0 to Malaysia's Yiwen Chan and Ainaa Ampandi in the quarterfinals.

22:59 IST

Silver in 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Bronze in 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Gold in 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Take a bow, Sakshi Malik. pic.twitter.com/w2yrfBfU2E

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 5, 2022

22:58 IST

Sakshi Malik was trailing 0-4 then won the gold medal - What a comeback. pic.twitter.com/hTdjHRy0B2

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 5, 2022

22:57 IST

Wrestling Women's Freestyle 62 kg final

Sakshi Malik wins gold, beats Canda's Godinez Gonzalez in a thrilling final

22:39 IST

Sakshi Malik Final

Sakshi Malik on the backfoot in the first round as she trails by 0-4. 

22:22 IST

HATTRICK FOR BAJRANG AT CWG ___

Tokyo Olympics _medalist, 3 time World C'ships medalist @BajrangPunia is on winning streak __ to bag his 3rd consecutive medal at #CommonwealthGames _ __

Utter dominance by Bajrang (M-65kg) to win _ #Cheer4India #India4CWG2022
1/1 pic.twitter.com/MmWqoV6jMw

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 5, 2022

22:20 IST

Bajarang Punia bags gold

Bajarang Punia beats Canada's Lachlan McNeil in the 65 kg category Wrestling final. 

22:12 IST

Bajarang Punia takes early lead

Bajarang Punia takes 4-0 lead in the first round. Gold is on the way...

21:56 IST

Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65kg Final

Bajrang Punia in action!

21:23 IST

Wrestling Women's 57kg final

Silver for Anshu Malik as she faces defeat against Nigeria's Folasade Adekuoroye in 57kg final

21:21 IST

Table Tennis: Mixed Doubles pair

Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula storm into the semifinal with a 3-2 win over Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho of England. 

21:13 IST

20:25 IST

20:25 IST

20:13 IST

Indian wrestlers in CWG 2022

(Bouts will start after 9.30 PM IST)

Anshu Malik vs Nigeria's Odunayo Adekuoroye in women's 57kg. (Gold)

Bajrang Punia vs Canada's Lachlan McNeil in men's 65kg. (Gold)

Sakshi Malik vs Canada's Ana Godinez Gonzalez in women's 62kg. (Gold)

Deepak Punia vs TBD in men's 86kg. (Gold)

Divya Kakran vs Tonga's Tiger Lily Cocker Lemalier in women's 68kg  (Bronze)

Mohit Grewal vs Aaron Johnson of Jamaica in men's 125kg. (Bronze)

19:47 IST

Wrestling 68kg category 

Divya Kakran beat Ngiri of Cameroon in repechage round, to play for bronze. 

19:45 IST

Bajrang Punia into final

Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia enters 65kg final with a 10-0 win over George Ramm of England.

19:43 IST

Wrestling's 62kg semifinal 

Sakshi Malik into final with 10-0 win over Etane Ngolle of Cameroon.

19:42 IST

Wrestling -freestyle 57kg semi-final 

Anshu Malik storms into the final with a 10-0 win over Nethmi Poruthotage of Sri Lanka.

19:21 IST

Lawn Bowls

India beat Canada 14-10 to enter quarterfinals of the Men's Fours category. Next match up is with England semifinal tonight at 9:30 PM (IST).

19:19 IST

Bad news

Divya Kakran is knocked out in the quarterfinal women's 68kg category as she loses to Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria.

19:10 IST

Wrestling

Deepak Punia enters semifinal in the 86kg category beating Sheku Kassegbama of Sierra Leone. India are looking very good at the moment in wrestling today.

19:09 IST

Badminton

PV Sindhu beats Husina Kobugabe from Uganda to enter the Women's singles quarterfinal. She has won the match 21-10, 21-9.

19:00 IST

Wrestling men's 65kg

Wrestler Bajrang Punia storms into the semifinal with a win over Jean Guyliane Joris Bandou of Mauritius.

18:51 IST

Wrestling men's 125kg 

Wrestler Mohit Grewal entered freestyle 125kg semifinal as he beats Alexios Kaouslidis of Cyprus.

18:50 IST

Let's take a look back at the very best of #QBR2022 in England!

A month long journey packed with action, emotion and celebrations. Starting in London and ending at #B2022.

Check out our highlights now! This one is not to be missed! pic.twitter.com/LYQkrndXkx

— Birmingham 2022 (@birminghamcg22) August 5, 2022

18:48 IST

Table Tennis Men's Singles - Round of 32

G Sathiyan beats Paul Mccreery 11-9, 11-9, 12-10, 13-11 advances to pre-quarters

18:47 IST

Wrestling women's freestyle 62kg

Sakshi Malik entered semifinal with a win over Kelsey Barnes of England

18:45 IST

Badminton Men's Singles - Round of 16

Kidambi Srikanth storms into quarters with 21-9, 21-12 win over Dumindu Abeywickrama. 

18:44 IST

Women's Singles Badminton - Round of 16

PV Sindhu vs Husina Kobugabe underway

18:42 IST

Wrestling 

Anshu Malik enters the semifinal of women's freestyle 57kg as she beat Irene Symeonidis of Australia 10-0. She defeated Symeonidis in under one minute. 

18:02 IST

#WrestleBirmingham #B2022

This is the bout order till the quarterfinals of the 3 freestyle and 3 women's weight classes for today. pic.twitter.com/DpOMzxAye9

— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) August 5, 2022

17:48 IST

Wrestling fans, we apologize for the delay.

Fans are filing back into the arena. We’re going to start things back up in 15 minutes.

Thank you all for your understanding. https://t.co/HpXBi8jiE8

— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) August 5, 2022

17:47 IST

Update on Wrestling!

The Wrestlers are warming up and the action will resume by 6:00 PM (IST), after the bouts were put on a hold for one hour.

17:16 IST

Table Tennis Men's Doubles R16

Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty are through to the quarterfinals beating Dillon Chambers and Xin Yan 11-3, 9-11, 11-9 and 11-7.

17:00 IST

Sreeja Akula (WR 76) survived a scare against Charlotte Carry (WR 206) of Wales. Comes back after trailing 1-3. Moves to the Quarter Finals in Woman’s Singles. So does @manikabatra_TT (WR 41) with a smooth win against Minhyung Jee (WR 218) of Aus. #CWG2022 #B2022 pic.twitter.com/NZZ3M7QMwr

— Neha Aggarwal Sharma OLY (@nehaaggarwal) August 5, 2022

17:00 IST

Table Tennis

Manika Batra and Diya Chitale beat Rheann Chung and Catherine Spicer, kicking off their doubles campaign with a straight forward winning start. 11-5, 11-7 and 11-2 for the win of India's Doubles Women's campaign.

16:31 IST

Indian men's 4x400m advance to final 

They finished 2nd in Heat 2 with the timing of 3:06.97

15:59 IST

Wrestling will resume in one hour. We'll restart at 12:15 (local time). We apologize, wrestling fans. https://t.co/pXwoUiQyey

— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) August 5, 2022

15:36 IST

Table Tennis

Reeth Tennison on cusp of losing in the Round of 16 Women's singles by Singapore's Tianwei Feng as she down 3-1 at the moment. Manika Batra beats Australia's Minhyung JEE 4-0 in the round of 16 to enter the next round.

15:27 IST

Wrestling

Deepak Punia beats Matthew Oxenham by technical superiority, he's also in the quarterfinals now in the Freestyle 86kg category.

15:27 IST

Wrestling

Bajrang Punia enters quarterfinal after beating Lowe Bingham 4-0 under 2 minutes of time. He is looking in fine form and hungry for that gold medal in men's Freestyle 65kg category.

15:12 IST

CWG | Wrestling starts from today | 6  wrestlers will be in action today:
 Bajrang Punia
 Deepak Punia
 Anshu Malik
 Sakshi Malik
 Divya Kakran
 Mohit
Wondering how many Wrestling Gold medals can we expect today folks?  #CWGindia2022 pic.twitter.com/0d2RdHiPY3

— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) August 5, 2022

14:50 IST

Para table tennis

Bhavina Patel enters the final of Para Table Tennis Women's single, beats Sue Bailey 3-0.

14:33 IST

Lawn Bowls: England extending their lead

England have opened up a big lead over Indian pair and lead 13-8 after 12 frames in the Lawn Bowls women's pair quarterfinals.

14:31 IST

Table Tennis: Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula enter last 8

Another Indian mixed doubles pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula are also into the quartefinals. They defeat Malaysia pair 5-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-5 in the pre-quarters.

14:24 IST

Table Tennis: Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran storm into QF

Indian mixed doubles pair of Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran have stormed into the quarterfinal. The pair defeated Nigerian pair of Olajide Omotayo and Ajoke Ojomu 11-7, 11-6, 11-7.

Wonderful update to start off the CWG updates folks:
Star Indian duo Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & Manika Batra cruise into QF of Mixed Doubles.
Sathiyan & Manika wbeat Nigerian duo 3-0.
QF later tonight #CWG2022 pic.twitter.com/jBHwSlaDvi

— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) August 5, 2022

14:17 IST

'Thor' praises Indian hero Mirabai Chanu

Chris Hemsworth aka Marvel's superhero 'Thor' has praised CWG 2022 gold medal-winning weightlifter Mirabai Chanu. Read all about it here.

Thank u so much @chrishemsworth Always love to watch you. https://t.co/RFNWiDd11Y

— Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (@mirabai_chanu) August 5, 2022

14:04 IST

Lawn Bowls: India slip behind England

Indian women's pair are now trailing England 9-8 after 10 frames in the Lawn Bowls women's pairs quarterfinals.

13:54 IST

Lawn Bowls: Brilliant frame by Indian pairs

India women pairs team grab a couple of points to extend lead over England to 8-5 after 8 frames in the Women's Pairs quarterfinal clash.

13:48 IST

India women cricket team in CWG Athletes Village

The Indian women cricket team, who are in the semifinals of the women cricket event, visited the CWG Athletes Village on Thursday (August 4). Check glimpses of their fun day...

, @TheHockeyIndia veterans @16Sreejesh and @manpreetpawar07's wisecracks had @BCCIWomen splitting their sides#EkIndiaTeamIndia | #B2022 pic.twitter.com/P9KK0thdnY

— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) August 5, 2022

#TeamIndia cricketers visit the #CommonwealthGames @unibirmingham Village for the first time@BCCIWomen interacted with @TheHockeyIndia family, @SwimmerNiranjan and @WeAreTeamIndia officials as they got a glimpse into life at an athletes village #B2022 | @ghosh_annesha pic.twitter.com/z0ASOmw5RD

— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) August 5, 2022

13:41 IST

Lawn Bowls: India extend lead

Indian pair have extended their lead to 6-4 in the women's pair quarterfinals against England. The lawn bowls women's fours won a historic gold medal earlier this week.

13:39 IST

Lawn Bowls: Women's Pairs quarterfinal

Indian pair of Lovely Choubey and Nayanmoni Saikia are taking on England in the Lawn Bowls Women's Pairs quaterfinal. Indian team is leading 5-4 after 5 frames. 

13:36 IST

BIG medal day: Wrestling campaign begins!

Indian wrestlers from Bajrang Punia to Sakshi Malik will begin their wrestling campaign at the CWG 2022. Check full Indian schedule here.

#CommonwealthGames2022: All eyes to be on Indian wrestlers with focus on Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia today while women's hockey team will be up against Australia in semi-final round.#CWG2022India #Cheer4India #India4CWG2022@YASMinistry @ianuragthakur @IndiaSports pic.twitter.com/ELy1YaKZnn

— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) August 5, 2022

13:34 IST

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