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India's Asmita Dey etched her name in the history books by winning the country's first-ever judo gold at the Commonwealth Games.

Asmita Dey clinched the women's -48kg gold medal after defeating Canada's Heidi Quach in a gripping Commonwealth Games final that was decided in Golden Score, securing India's first judo gold medal of the Games.

Asmita clinched the women's -48kg gold medal after defeating Canada's Heidi Quach in a gripping Commonwealth Games final that was decided in Golden Score, securing India's first judo gold medal of the Games.

Judoka Ishroop Narang gave her all in the bronze medal play-off but lost to Canadian Coralie Godbout by yuko as India's judo campaign ended at the Commonwealth Games without any medal on the concluding day of the quadrennial event Sunday.

Unnati Sharma bounced back from a semifinal defeat to claim the bronze medal in the women's 63kg judo event at the Commonwealth Games 2026, defeating South Africa's Skye Knoester in the third-place playoff on Saturday.

The Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday announced cash reward of Rs 25 lakh each and government jobs for athletes Yamini Mourya and Ajaya Babu, both from the state, for winning silver medals in judo and weightlifting, respectively, at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Indian judoka Unnati Sharma advanced to the women's 63kg semifinals but compatriot Harsh Tokas lost in the last-eight stage of the men's 81kg event at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

Takhellambam Inunganbi's journey back to the top of Indian judo has been built on resilience, patience and an unwavering belief in the process.

The first person judoka Asmita Dey wanted to tell about her Commonwealth Games gold was the one person she no longer could do it.

India's Harsh Singh clinched a historic gold at the Commonwealth Games as he became the first male judoka from the country to win the title, pulling off an upset win over Australia's vastly experienced Joshua Katz in the men's -60kg final

Soon after achieving the biggest success of her career so far, Indian judoka Asmita Dey dedicated her gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2026 to everyone who stood by her journey and thanked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for giving her a job in the state police.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Indian judokas Harsh Singh and Asmita Dey after their gold medal-winning performances at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow.

Asmita Dey made history at the Commonwealth Games 2026 on Friday as the 23-year-old from Tripura became the first Indian to win a gold medal in judo at the marquee event

India's judokas guaranteed the country at least three silver medals at the Commonwealth Games as Asmita Dey, Harsh Singh and Yamini Mourya stormed into the finals of their respective weight categories on Friday.

Indian judoka Harsh Tokas is aiming to script history at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow, with the 81kg competitor setting his sights on becoming the first Indian to win a judo gold at the Games.

Birmingham Commonwealth Games silver-medallist judoka Tulika Maan has been withdrawn from the ongoing Glasgow edition after being handed a provisional suspension by NADA for three whereabouts failures in the last 12 months.

"She was a first year BS student in Peshawar and had come to Mardan for the trials and was new to the sport," an official of the Pakistan Judo Federation said.

One would mistakenly count Shahin Darjada, seated with cornrows decorated with beads on her head, as some sports fan enjoying an outing at the indoor hall of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium where the judo competitions of the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games are being held.