India start Day 8 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games at No. 6 in the medal standings. Nine short of the 50 medals count, India's hopes will revolve around their wreslters and athletics.
Glasgow: Every nation has its specialty. For India, it has been their wrestlers and shooters. India's sixth rank in the standings (10 gold, 19 silver, 12 bronze = 41) after Wednesday's events is purely due to the contribution the wrestlers and shooters have made in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. But there is hope for more. (Schedule and Results)
20:00 (IST): Badminton: India's RMV Gurusaidutt beats Andrew D'Souza of Canada 21-13, 21-9 to advance to the quarterfinal of men's singles.
19:30 (IST): Badminton: PC Thulasi enters quarterfinal with a 21-12, 21-7 victory over Rachel Honderich of Canada in women's singles.
18:39 (IST): Badminton: Parupalli Kashyap beats Jeff Tho of Australia 21-7, 21-8 to enter men's singles quarterfinals.
18:25 (IST): It's all Indo-Canadian finals in wrestling tonight. Here is the list of contenders and their weight categories
Women's Freestyle 55kg - Babita Kumari vs Canada's Brittanee Laverdure - 21:12 IST
Men's Freestyle 65kg - Yogeshwar Dutt vs Canada's Jevon Balfour - 21:30 IST
Women's Freestyle 63kg - Geetika Jhakar vs Canada's Danielle Lappage - 21:48 IST.
17.03 (IST): Wrestling: Yogeshwar Dutt is quite unbeatable today. He defeats Chamara Perera of Sri Lanka on technical superiority to enter final in 65kg category. Three Indians now have their sights on gold.
16.58 IST:Wrestling: Pawan Kumar will take on Muhammad Inam of Pakistan for bronze in 86 kg category.
16.54 IST: Wrestling: Out of four Indian wrestlers today, two are eying gold and one for bronze later in the night today. Yogeshwar Dutt's semifinal bout coming up...
16.46 (IST): Wrestling: Babita Kumari pins down Louisa Porogovska of England in a minute and seven seconds to enter final of 55kg category. Did you know?She won the silver in the Delhi edition of CWG in 2010.
16.40 (IST):Wrestling: Pawan Kumar loses to Tamerlan Tagziev of Canada 5-0 in semis of 86kg category.
16.30 (IST):Wrestling: Yogeshwar Dutt storms into semis. He beats Gareth Jones of Scotland 10-0 in Rd 1 in 65kg wrestling.
16.20 (IST): Wrestling: Geetika Jhakar (IND) beats Sarah Connolly (Wales) 13-2, reaches women's freestyle 63 kg final.
15.55 (IST): Wrestling: India's Pawan Kumar beats Scotland's Luigi Bianco 5-0 to advance to semis in 86 kg men's freestyle.
15.55 (IST): Wrestling: Babita Kumari (IND) beats Kathryn Marsh (SCO) 13-2 to reach 55kg wrestling semis.
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