Glasgow, July 28 (IANS) Australia’s Georgia Munro-Cook scored the winning points to seal an epic Women’s 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball win over Canada, serving up a stunning finish to a Commonwealth Games classic with an overtime victory over the defending champions at Glasgow 2026.In a tit-for-tat encounter, Canada hit back from 10-7 down to draw level with a last-gasp basket from Elodie Tessier just before the buzzer.But Munro-Cook, who had scored six of Australia’s 10 points in regular time, …
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Johannesburg, July 27 (IANS) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called on African countries to work together to promote lawful and orderly migration while addressing the underlying factors that drive people to leave their home countries.Ramaphosa made the remarks in Johannesburg at the opening of the First Ordinary Session of the Seventh Legislature of the Pan-African Parliament, amid heightened concerns over recent attacks targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, Xinhua News …
Glasgow, July 27 (IANS) India’s Mandengbam Jadumani Singh continued his impressive run at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, booking his place in the men’s 55kg boxing quarterfinals after a dominant 5-0 unanimous decision victory over Pakistan’s Rehman Sumama in the Round of 16 on Sunday.Jadumani outclassed his opponent across all three rounds, earning the nod from all five judges to seal a comprehensive win on points. The Indian boxer maintained control throughout the contest with sharp combina…
Johannesburg, July 26 (IANS) A total of 68,138 foreign nationals have been processed in South Africa between June 14 and July 24, with the majority repatriated to their native countries, a government official said on Sunday.Mmamoloko Kubayi, Chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration, made the remarks at a media briefing in Pretoria on the government’s latest progress in dealing with the migration challenges in the country.The repatriations come amid a recent rise in attacks tar…
Glasgow, July 26 (IANS) India’s Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki Singh suffered their first defeat of the Commonwealth Games 2026 women’s pairs lawn bowls competition after losing to Namibia’s Amanda Steenkamp and Diana Viljoen in a dramatic Group B contest on Sunday. The Indian duo squandered a five-point lead to lose the opening set, responded with a dominant second-set display to force a tiebreak, but eventually went down 3-0 in the decider. However, England’s tiebreak defeat to South Africa kept I…
Cape Town, July 25 (IANS) The 16th BRICS Meeting of High Representatives for National Security (National Security Advisors’ Meeting) in New Delhi underscored the urgency for stronger regional and multilateral cooperation to develop collective responses to emerging challenges, a report has stated.”There is a growing need for stronger regional and multilateral cooperation to develop collective responses to challenges such as terrorism, infectious diseases, energy insecurity, cybercrime and climate…
Glasgow, July 25 (IANS) Powerhouse Australia started the Commonwealth Games swimming and para-swimming competitions with three gold medals, one of them in para-swimming, on the second day of competitions at Glasgow on Friday.Lani Pallister, Jenna Forrester and Jenna Jones won gold medals for Australia while South Africa and hosts Scotland bagged a gold medal each in the pool.Pallister picked up the first gold medal in the pool at Glasgow 2026 by dominating the field in the Women’s 400m Freestyle…
Cape Town, July 24 (IANS) A South African High Court on Friday ruled in favour of President Cyril Ramaphosa in his bid to halt impeachment proceedings against him over the Phala Phala case.In a majority judgment, the Western Cape High Court granted Ramaphosa an interim interdict preventing the Parliament’s impeachment committee from proceeding with its work until his challenge to the independent panel report is decided.Ramaphosa filed an urgent application on June 12seeking to prevent the parlia…
London, July 24 (IANS) Joe Root is expected to return as England’s Test captain, with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) close to naming him as Ben Stokes’ successor following the latter’s retirement from international cricket.Root, who captained England in the longest format before handing over the role to Stokes in 2022, is now set for a second stint in charge. His appointment would mark the end of the ECB’s search for a new Test captain ahead of England’s three-match home series agains…
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…