International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) honoured India's former track and field athlete PT Usha with a Veteran Pin in the recognition of her contribution to the sport.
Beiwen Zhang scripted a comeback victory to knock PV Sindhu out of the Korea Open.
B. Sai Praneeth had lost the first game 9-21 and was trailing 7-11 in the second when he chose to retire because of injury.
The Sports Minister hoped that wrestling will produce maximum number of medals at next year's Tokyo Olympics.
A Massachusetts woman mistakenly signed up for the wrong half-marathon, and completed it inside a day - in a different city, a different country, and a different continent.
India's Korean badminton coach, Kim Ji Hyun, has confirmed her resignation due to personal reasons.
Kaushik said that he will now be focussing on the Olympic qualifiers with the Asia/Oceania zone qualifiers happening in February in China.
One of India's biggest medal prospects at the Rio Olympics, Vinesh's campaign ended in agony in the quarterfinals of the women's 48kg freestyle category after suffering a career-threatening knee injury.
While Panghal was handed a cash award of Rs 14 lakh for his silver medal-winning effort in 52kg category, Kaushik received Rs 8 lakh for winning the bronze in the 63kg.
After the high of winning the World Championships, Olympic silver medallist Sindhu was knocked out of the China Open Super 1000 event by Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong in the second round last week.
An official source claimed 80 per cent of the tickets for the October 5 game have been sold out on the opening day itself and now over 90 per cent tickets have been taken by the fans.
Panghal (52kg) became the first Indian male boxer to claim a silver medal at the World Championships, while Kaushik (63kg) returned with a bronze at the event which concluded in Ekaterinburg, Russia on Saturday.
Dutee, however, said there is no plan to join politics as of now and she will wait till the completion of her career as an athlete.
Carolina Marin defeated Tai Tzu Ying 14-21, 21-17, 21-18 to lift the China Open.
Rahul Aware defeated USA's Tyler Graff to bag bronze in Men's 61kg category at the World Wrestling Championships.
In the 2017 London World Championships, Dutee Chand ran a disappointing 12.07 second in the heats and failed to reach the semifinals.
On Saturday, Deepak Punia booked his Tokyo Olympics quota by becoming the youngest Indian ever wrestler to make it to the final of the World Championships.
Arjuna awardee Gaurav Gill and another driver were booked in connection with an accident during a National Rally Championship race here in which a couple and their young son were killed, police said.
Deepak listened to the advice of his senior wrestler at the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi and within three years bagged the big titles on offer in age groups.
India won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Championships, and high-performance director Santiago Nieva believes that the Indian boxers are closing in on the traditional powerhouses.
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