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CWG 2022 Day 5 Highlights: India win gold in Lawn Bowls, Table Tennis; weightlifter Vikas Thakur bags silver

Check Live Scores and Updates from Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Tuesday (August 2). Check Commonwealth Games 2022 India Schedule for Day 5 and much more.

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After an amazing fourth day of Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham where the Indian contingent bagged three more medals – one silver and two bronze, India is all set for Day 5, which will see some of the biggest medal hopes in action on Tuesday (August 2). Day 5 also marks the beginning of track and field events. India will be looking forward to create history in Lawn Bowls by winning a Gold medal, while aiming for progress and medals in Badminton, Table Tennis, Weightlifting etc.

The action will start with Lawn Bowls from 1PM onwards. The Indian Women’s Team will play New Zealand in Pairs and Triples category. From 2PM onwards, Indian weightlifter Punam Yadav will be in action in the finals of Women’s 76 kg category, looking forward to win another medal for India in this sport.

The Indian Women’s Fours Lawn Bowls team defeated New Zealand to reach the final. They will take on South Africa at 4:15 pm. Indian badminton team will be looking forward to clinch a Gold medal in the final of the Mixed Team event. The action for this will start from 10PM onwards.

Check Live Scores and Updates from Day 5 of Commonwealth Games 2022 here.

04 August 2022
16:27 IST

Meanwhile, Neeraj Chopra has beenw watching Indian athletes taking on the world at CWG 2022 and is very proud of them, especially his best friend. 

Read here.  

00:16 IST

Badminton Mixed Team Final

India 1-1 Malaysia

Kidambi Srikanth bounces back to beat Ng Tze Yong win 21 - 6.

00:05 IST

Badminton Mixed Team Final

India 1-1 Malaysia

Kidambi Srikanth loses the first game. Ng Tze Yong win 19-21.

23:59 IST

Badminton Mixed Team Final

India 1-1 Malaysia

Kidambi Srikanth takes on Ng Tze Yong

23:55 IST

Badminton Mixed Team Final

India 1-1 Malaysia

PV Sindhu beat Goh Jin Wei 22-20, 21-17 in straight sets. Indian star wraps up the match in 44 minutes. India levelled the score 1-1. 

23:39 IST

Badminton

PV Sindhu brings India back into the contest beating Malaysia's Jin Wei Goh in the final. India level against Malaysia 1-1 now. Next up is Srikant Kidambi against Yong NG.

 

23:22 IST

Sindhu on FIRE

PV Sindhu wins the first game after a thriller and is currently leading the second game too with a 11-7 lead against Malaysia's Goh

22:54 IST

Badminton

PV Sindhu going neck to neck with Malaysia's Goh as scores tie at 20-20 in the first game. India are trailing 1-0 after Satwik-Chirag's loss.

22:40 IST

Badminton

Mixed Team Gold medal final: Satwik-Chirag have lost the first game 18-21 vs Teng Fond and Wooi Soh. Now they lose the second as well. Malaysia lead 1-0 vs India.

21:58 IST

Squash

Saurav Ghosal loses 9-11, 4-11, 1-11 to Paul Coll of New Zealand Men's Singles Semi-final. He will now play in the bronze medal match

21:55 IST

Badminton final

India are set to take on USA in the mixed team final at the CWG 2022. Satwik-Chirag to play the first match out of the five.

21:47 IST

Squash

Bad News! India's Saurav Ghosal loses first game against New Zealand's Paul Coll of New Zealand in the Singles Semi-Final (Men's).

21:13 IST

Squash

India's Sunayna Sara Kuruvilla defeats Pakistan's Faiza Zafar in 11-2, 11-4, 11-5 in Women's Singles Plate Semi-Final.

20:52 IST
20:33 IST

Weightlifter Vikas Thakur's wins silver

Indian weightlifter Vikas Thakur claims silver in Men's 96kg event. He lifted a total of 346kg -- 155kg snatch and 191kg clean & jerk. 

 

20:31 IST

Indian men's Table Tennis team bags gold

India thrash Singapore 3-1 in the final to claim fifth Gold of the Commonwealth Games 2022. 

 

20:12 IST
20:11 IST

Hockey

Indian women's team face 1-3 defeat against England in Pool A game. 

20:01 IST

Men's TT Final!

India lead 2-1 in he final. In the fourth match, Harmeet Desai has won the game 11-8. Good going this from the men's team. Gold medal race is on.

19:47 IST

Table Tennis men's final

Sathiyan has handed the lead to India with a 3-1 win. India now lead 2-1 in the Men's Team event final

19:35 IST

Men's TT Final!

India have taken 2-1 lead with Sathiyan winning the third game. On to the fourth game now where India is leading. 

19:30 IST

What is Lawn Bowl and how is it played? All you need to know about sport HERE

India won its first-ever medal in Lawn Bowls at the Games creating history by beating 3-time CWG champions South Africa in the finals of the Women's four Lawn Bowl in Birmingham. For those who are here, we bring an explanation of how this sport is played and what are its rules. 

19:26 IST

CWG 2022: India women create HISTORY! Gold is country's first-ever medal in Lawn Bowls

The Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 continues to get better and better for India as the Women's team in Lawn Bowls won their first medal in the history of the games on Tuesday (August 2). After an intriguing final against South Africa, Team India won gold beating their opponents 17-10.

19:18 IST

Rupa, Lovely, Nayan, Pinki: Meet India's Lawn Bowls gold medallists who wrote history at CWG 2022

19:12 IST

Table Tennis Men's Team Final

India 1-1 Singapore

G Sathiyan to take on Yew En Koen Pang in the decider

19:02 IST

Table Tennis Men's Team Final

India 1-1 Singapore

Sharath Kamal faces 3-1 defeat against Zhe Yu Clarence Chew. Singapore level the scores. 

 

18:57 IST
18:52 IST

Weightlifting Men's 96kg Final 

India's Vikas Thakur is competing in it

18:51 IST

India win first ever Lawn Bowls gold

Indian team beats South Africa 17-10 to win a historic gold.

18:42 IST

Women's Hockey Pool A: IND 0-1 ENG

Giselle Ansley converts PC, England take early lead

18:34 IST

Lawn Bowls Final 

India 15-10 South Africa at End 14

India on the brink of creating history. Only formalities left. 

18:32 IST

Table Tennis Final 

India 1-0 Singapore

Sharath Kamal takes on  Zhe Yu Clarence Chew

18:31 IST
18:23 IST

Table Tennis Final

Harmeet Desai and G Sathiya thrash Yong Quek and Yew Pang in the first match to hand India 1-0 lead against Singapore

18:21 IST

Table Tennis final

India 2-0 Singapore

Harmeet Desai and G Sathiya win's 2nd game 11-7 

18:16 IST

Lawn Bowls Final 

IND 10:10 SA

It is a mouthwatering contest going on. India take two points. Scores are level again. 

18:14 IST

Table Tennis Men's final 

Harmeet Desai and G Sathiya claim the first game 13-11 vs Singapore's Yong Quek and Yew Pang 

18:14 IST
18:12 IST

Table Tennis Men's Team Final

India vs Singapore underway

18:09 IST

Lawn Bowls Final 

IND 8-10 SA

Stunning match going on in Women's Fours Lawn Bowls final. After End 11, India trail by 2 points. South Africa take lead for first time. 

 

17:48 IST

Lawn Bowls final IND 8-8 SA

South Africa back in the game, the scores are level at End 10. 

17:46 IST

Lawn Bowls Women's Fours Gold Medal Match 

India 8:6 South Africa

South Africa bounced back after India take the early lead. India still leading by 2 points

17:36 IST

Lawn Bowls Men's Singles

India's Mridul Borgohain faces defeat against Shannon McIlroy of New Zealand

17:36 IST

Dutee Chand finishes fourth

Athletics: India's Dutee Chand finishes fourth, clocks timing of 11.55 seconds. Chand fails to qualify for the semi-finals of women's 100m. 

17:19 IST

Lawn Bowls final

India leading 7-2 against South Africa in the Women's final of Lawn Bowls at the moment after End 5.

17:02 IST
16:46 IST

Lawn Bowls final

It is still a close contest between India and South Africa. However, the Indians are leading with a point at the moment after End 4.

India 3 - 2 South Africa

16:43 IST

Lawn Bowls final

India level the game after End 3 with a 2-2 score at the moment. Close contest between the two nations for gold.

16:36 IST

India trailing!

Team India women's team are currently trailing in the final of the Lawn Bowls for gold. South Africa lead 2-1 after End 2.

16:21 IST

India lead for GOLD

IND 1-0 against South Africa in the final for women's final after End 1.

16:06 IST
15:49 IST

What have you done, Punam!

Punam Yadav successfully lifts 116kg in third attempt and that could have won her the medal. But she drops the bar even before the buzzer and that leads to an error and it is no lift. India challenged but the jury has rejected it. She leaves the venue in anger, over her mistake. 

15:46 IST

Women's 76 kg Weightlifting gold medal match

Punam Yadav gets off to a bad starts in Clean and Jerk, like in Snatch. Fails to lift 115 kgs and then 116kgs in first 2 attempts and it seems the medal is slipping away. She has one and last attempt left. 

 

 

15:33 IST

Srihari Nataraj sets a NR in Men's 200m Backstroke!

15:30 IST

Men’s long jump:

Good news for India as two men's long jumpers in final. Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees Yahiya are the names. Sreeshankar did it by clearing 8m qualifying standard with an 8.05m jump in just the first attempt. Anees makes it with a best jump of 7.68m.

15:02 IST

Women's 76 kg Weightlifting gold medal match

Punam Yadav yet to make her 1st attempt in Clean and Jerk. Her best in Snatch is 98 kgs. Scotland's Agata Herbert has the best lift in C and J with a 105 kg. Punam will go for 116 in the first attempt. 

14:59 IST

Punam Yadav has done well to stay in medal contention with a best snatch lift of 98 kgs. Only one lifter better than her. 

14:54 IST

Women's 76 kg Weightlifting gold medal match!

Punam Yadav lifts 98 kg in her last attempt in Snatch and that will remain her best. Onlu Maya Lalor from Canada is ahead of her so far with a lift of 100 kgs. Punam is surely in medal contention.

 

14:52 IST

Good news in Long Jump

Sreeshankar becomes the first to qualify for the CWG Birmingham22 men's Long Jump final with a leap of 8.05m in the qualifying (automatic qualifying set at 8.00m). The final will be played on August 4. 

14:51 IST

Women's 76 kg Weightlifting

Punam Yadav delivers the goods in the 2nd attempt. With some effort, she lifts 95 kg in her 2nd attempt at Snatch. She did lose her balance but maintained her calm to lift it eventually. A start has happened at least. She will lift 96 kg in her third and last attempt in Snatch. 

14:44 IST

Women's 76 kg Weightlifting

Poor start for Punam Yadav as she fails to lift 95 kg in her 1st attempt at Snatch. No increase in her 2nd attempt. She will lift 95 kg and let's hope she gets that right. 

14:16 IST

Women's 76 kg Weightlifting

Punam Yadav yet to make her 1st attempt in Snatch. She will left 95 kg. The best lift so far is by Jeanne Gaelle from Cameroon. 

14:12 IST

Women's 76 kg weightlifting

First up Snatch: India's Punam Yadav to lift 95 kg in her 1st attempt. Let's see how the current CWG champion goes!

14:03 IST

Punam Yadav soon to be in action in 76 kg weightlifting final. 

Not to forget, India have 10 medals so far. The one in Lawn Bowls not counted because the colour of the medal is not known. India have secured the silver but it could well be a gold medal and that would take India up in the medals tally as well. Right now, the medals tally will show only 9. Punam Yadav could also help India increase the number in an hour or two.

 

13:43 IST

Lawn Bowls: India extend lead in Women's Triples

Indian team have extended their lead in the sixth frame with the score at 6-2 against New Zealand currently.

13:40 IST

Lawn Bowls: India jump into lead in Women's Triples

Indian team have stormed into a 5-2 lead in the Women's Triples event against New Zealand after five frames.

13:37 IST

Lawn Bowls: Women's Triple event gets underway

The team of Tania Choudhary, Pinki and Rupa Rani Tirkey are competing in Women's Triple event Round 1 against New Zealand.

13:09 IST

Team India look for rich medal haul

India have 9 medals, including three gold to their name so far after first 4 days. India will be looking to add more gold medals to their name as the Lawn Bowls, badminton and Table tennis compete in finals today. Check full India Day 5 schedule here

13:08 IST

Hello and Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Tuesday (August 2).

13:07 IST

Punam Yadav will be in pursuit of the gold medal in women's 76 kg final of weightlifting from 2 PM IST. Here's a quick look at her journey below. 

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