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Golden hat-trick by boxing trio

n After walker Rani Yadav tested positive for dope, the performance of gold-winning paddlers Sharath Kamal and Subhajit Saha, who shocked Singapore's Gao Ning and Yang Zi 4-3 in the final, came as the perfect balm.

n Heena Sidhu wins silver in the women's individual 10m air pistol and Samresh Jung shoots bronze in 25m standard pistol individual event.

n After a heartbreaking loss on Tuesday where he failed to make it to the finals in the badminton men singles, Parupalli Kashyap makes spectacular comeback to claim a bronze medal in an all-Indian contest.

n Saina will step into the court on Thursday to realise her dream of getting nation's first woman shuttling gold.

New Delhi, October 13
In a historic first for Indian boxing at the Commonwealth Games, the country's pugilists completed an unprecedented hat-trick of gold medals with thumping victories in the finals here today.

Asian champion Suranjoy Singh (52kg) just had to hop into the ring to fetch a gold, while Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) notched up the most memorable triumphs of their careers as India, having already won four bronze through Amandeep Singh (49kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Dilbag Singh (69kg) and Vijender Singh (75kg), completed their best ever medal haul in the Games in front of raucous home fans.

Before this, India had won just two golds in the Games through Mohammed Ali (2002) and Akhil Kumar (2006) and their previous best was the five-medal haul at the Melbourne edition of the event.