Born in the northern state of Haryana, she grew up in Bhiwani, a city synonymous with Indian boxing and widely dubbed the country’s ‘Mini Cuba’. His great-grandfather Hawa Singh was one of the first giants of Indian boxing. A heavyweight, he won successive gold medals at the Asian Games in 1966 and 1970 and was
Australian gymnast Jesse Moore won the country’s first men’s individual medal in 16 years, after taking bronze at the Glasgow International Arena with a total of 79,000. It wasn’t easy for Moore, who dismounted on the pommel horse, her first apparatus of the night, but she fought back with an impressive 13.850 on vault and
We saw Australia’s men win bronze in the team gymnastics final on day one, and on day two it’s the women’s turn to compete for a medal in the same event. In the men’s event, the countries were divided into three groups and Australia was in the third and final group to compete. But in
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Some of the world’s best summer athletes are heading to Scotland for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games, a quadrennial event dating back to 1930, unite thousands of athletes from more than 70