Glasgow, July 24 (IANS) India’s swimming campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2026 started on a high note on Friday as Olympian Srihari Nataraj secured a place in the men’s 50m backstroke semifinals, while para swimmer Budigina and Ali Imam produced impressive performances to qualify for the men’s 100m freestyle S13 final.Nataraj finished fifth in Heat 4 of the men’s 50m backstroke after clocking 25.52 seconds to comfortably book his place among the top 16 swimmers progressing to the semifinals.En…
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New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) on Monday organised a grand send-off ceremony for the 28-member Indian para contingent selected to represent the country at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.The para athletes form part of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) contingent, which comprises both able-bodied and para athletes.The ceremony also marked the first official event under the leadership of Dr. Payal Kanodia, who was recently appointed as the Chairperson of t…
Bonn (Germany), April 24 (IANS) The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have signed an agreement regarding the transfer of shooting Para sport’s governance and operations from IPC to the ISSF.Currently, shooting Para sport is administered by World Shooting Para Sport, a department of the IPC, and the transfer is part of a broad plan under which the IPC has transferred rights to World Athletics for para-athletics, FINA for para-swimmin…