birmingham led by the iconic pv sindhu indian shuttlers owned the badminton arena by winning all three titles on offer on the day while paddler sharath kamal yet again reminded everyone of his class and aweinspiring longevity with a coruscating show as the country wrapped up its cwg campaign with 61 medals to finish a creditable fourthit was expected that sindhu lakshya sen and the formidable pair of chirag shetty and satwiksairaj rankireddy would end up on top of the podium but what provided the icing on the cake was the 40yearold sharath kamals gold medalwinning show against an equally good opponent in liam pitchfordread alsopv sindhu lakshya sen win maiden cwg singles titles as india sweep singles competitionthe world number seven from india pv sindhu outplayed her 13th ranked opponent canadas michelle li 2115 2113 in front of a packed crowd at the nec arena the 30yearold had to produce something special for her first win against sindhu in eight years but the indian did not give her a window40 and going strong sharath kamal wins cwg singles gold after 16 yearsveteran sharath kamal extended his domination at the commonwealth games here by winning the gold medal in mens singles event thrashing englands liam pitchford 41 in the final after going down in the first game sharath outsmarted the 29yearold nimblefooted briton 1113 117 112 116 118 tocwg 2022 india settle for silver in mens hockey lose 07 to australia in finalindia settled for the silver medal in mens hockey after losing to australia 07 in a onesided final at the commonwealth games on mondaythat performance took indias gold medal count to 22 which is four less than the 2018 edition but this time the sport of shooting was missing from the roster the shooters had contributed seven golds in gold coasts 66medal haul and considering that india certainly put up a good showhowever with the 07 hammering of the mens hockey team by australia when at least a spirited fight was anticipated the games ended on a somewhat disappointing notethe manner in which india caved in took away the joy of the silver medal it managedindias final tally read 22 gold 16 silver and 23 bronze and they stood behind thirdplaced canada which was far ahead with 92 medals 263234 australia 675754 finished on top ahead of hosts england 576653coming back to tt sharath and g sathian had lost to englands pitchford and paul drinkhall in the mens doubles gold medal match but on monday both the indians had their revengethis was after sathiyan beat drinkhall 119 113 115 811 911 1012 119 in an exciting but nervejangling bronze playoffsharath outsmarted the 29yearold nimblefooted briton 1113 117 112 116 118 to claim his second cwg singles gold after 16 years he had won the singles title in the 2006 melbourne gamesthe superstar paddler will return from birmingham with a rich haul of four medals having won the mens team and the mixed team gold apart from his