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Motto: Share the Dream
Nations participating: 71 Commonwealth Teams
Events: 75 in 19 sports
Opening ceremony: 4 April, 2018
Closing ceremony: 15 April, 2018
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, is an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that is currently being held in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. The winning bid was announced in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, on 11 November 2011. It is the fifth time Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games.
2018 Commonwealth Games medal table
Day 12: 15 April, 2018
- Usain Bolt the DJ spins tracks as 2018 Commonwealth Games come to a close
- Sachin Tendulkar showers praise on Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu
- Commonwealth Games 2018 squash: Dipika Pallikal-Joshna Chinappa get silver
- IND finish with 66 medals
- Commonwealth Games badminton highlights: K Srikanth settles for silver
- Saina Nehwal wins gold, silver for PV Sindhu
- Commonwealth Games javelin champ Neeraj Chopra upset after missing personal best in final
Day 11: 14 April, 2018
- Sanjeev Rajput wins gold in men’s 50m rifle 3 positions
- Manika Batra-Mouma Das settle for silver
- Boxers Mohammed Hussamuddin, Manoj Kumar settle for bronze
- Anish Bhanwala becomes India’s youngest gold medalist
- India vs New Zealand, hockey semi-final, highlights: IND 2-3 NZL
Day 10: 13 April, 2018
- Wrestler Bajrang Punia wins freestyle 65 kg gold
- Naman Tanwar settles for Bronze in men’s 91 kg boxing
- Anish Bhanwala, Tejaswini Sawant win shooting gold
- KT Irfan, Rakesh Babu sent home for breach of no needle policy
- Silver gives wings to Tejaswini Sawant’s shooting career
Day 9: 12 April, 2018
- Rahul Aware wins gold, silver for Babita Kumari in 2018 Commonwealth Games wrestling
- Kidambi Srikanth creates history, clinches top spot in men’s badminton rankings
- Tejaswini Sawant bags women’s 50m rifle prone silver
- Sushil Kumar, Rahul Aware win gold; India’s tally 31
- Hima Das finishes sixth in women’s 400m final
Day 8: 11 April, 2018
- India vs England hockey, highlights: IND beat ENG 4-3
- MC Mary Kom advances to final of 48kg women’s boxing
- Shreyasi Singh shoots double trap gold; bronze for Ankur Mittal, Om Mitharval
- Badminton star Kidambi Srikanth to be crowned world No. 1 this week
- Heena Sidhu, Sachin Chaudhary add to medal tally at 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers Hussamuddin and Manoj Kumar assured of medals
- Para Powerlifter Sachin Chaudhary claims bronze
Day 7: 10 April, 2018
- IND v SA, women’s hockey highlights: IND beat SA 1-0, seal semis spot
- Hit by empty shell, Heena Sindhu masters conditions to win gold
- Amit Panghal, Naman Tanwar enter semis, assured of medal
- Shooters Gagan Narang, Chain Singh falter in men’s 50m Rifle Prone
- India women beat Pakistan in squash
- India beat Malaysia to book semis berth in men’s hockey at 2018 Commonwealth Games
Day 6: 09 April, 2018
- Mehuli Ghosh admits premature celebration cost her gold medal in Commonwealth Games
- Tejaswin Shankar enters high jump final at 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Jitu Rai breaks CWG record to win gold; silver for Mehuli Ghosh in women’s 10m air rifle
- Weightlifter Pardeep Singh settles for silver after Samoan showdown at Commonwealth Games
- Manika Batra’s change of tactics caught Singapore by surprise
Day 5: 08 April, 2018
- India beat England 2-1 in women’s hockey at 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Ravi Kumar wins bronze in shooting at 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Manu Bhaker wins shooting gold, Heena Sidhu silver at 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Gymnastics team penalised at 2018 Commonwealth Games for not having ‘national emblem’
- Punam Yadav adds to India’s gold haul in weightlifting at 2018 Commonwealth Games
- India get gold in women’s table tennis; Manu Bhaker, Punam Yadav, Vikas Thakur among winners
Day 4: 07 April, 2018
- Indian men’s hockey team fell prey to some lax defending and was held to a 2-2 draw by Pakistan in their 2018 Commonwealth Games campaign opener in Gold Coast.
- Lifters Sathish Kumar Sivalingam, Ragala Venkat Rahul win gold
- India blank Scotland 5-0 in badminton mixed team event, enter quarters
- Weightlifters Sanjita and Mirabai Chanu tread the path shown by Kunjarani Devi
Day 3: 06 April, 2018
- Aruna Reddy fails to enter women’s gymnastics final
- Indian para swimmer Kiran finishes 7th in S9 100m backstroke
- India women’s hockey team bounces back, beats Malaysia
- India’s quest for men’s hockey gold begins with clash against Pakistan
- Joshna Chinappa in quarters, Dipika Pallikal and Vikram Malhotra exit
- Deepak Lather wins bronze in 69 kg weightlifting
- Indian boxer Naman Tanwar eases into quarterfinals
- Sanjita Chanu gives India 2nd gold
Day 2: 05 April, 2018
- Anna Hursey, 11-year-old Table Tennis player creates a mark
- Rakesh Patra reaches final of artistic gymnastics ring event
- Mirabai Chanu wins gold medal in women’s 48 kg weightlifting
- P Gururaja wins silver medal in men’s 56 kg weightlifting
- Indian women’s hockey team lose 3-2 to Wales in opener
Day 1: 04 April, 2018
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi wishes Indian contingent luck for Commonwealth Games 2018
- Wrestler Vinesh Phogat injured, India’s chances in women’s 50kg dented
