India, Aug. 10 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hosted all members of the Indian contingent who returned with medals from the 2026 Commonwealth Games at his residence in New Delhi, where he interacted with the athletes and also held one-on-one conversations with a few of them. One of the medal winners, Narender Berwal, who finished second in the men's 90kg boxing category, revealed an interesting story from his boxing career.

Berwal recalled an exchange he had with a Pakistani pugilist after defeating him at the 2015 World Military Games, saying that his opponent was surprised by the repeated use of the name Narendra in his life.

"Pakistani boxer said to me, 'Aapka naam Narender hai, aapke coach ka naam Narender hai, aapke Prad...