Last week, Saina, who had reached the quarter-finals of the All England Championship, had broken the news that she was advised to get admitted to get treated for her illness.
Sawant later became the first Indian woman shooter to win a gold medal at the World Championships.
India begin their campaign against Japan on March 23 and will be looking to continue their winning form against the Japanese side.
Mary Kom, who claimed her sixth world title last year in Delhi, will be looking to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Tendulkar wished Saina a quick recovery as a few days back the badminton star revealed that she is being diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis with mild pancreatitis.
The 29-year-old Irfan clocked 1 hour 20 minutes and 57 seconds to better the Tokyo Olympics qualification standard of 1 hour 21 minutes.
The two teenagers were in for a life-changing experience when they joined the SO Healthy Athletes program.
It was Praneeth's first win over Long in three attempts.
Dagar follows Aditi Ashok, who in 2016 became the first Indian to win on the LET.
Dipa was left crestfallen after aggravating a knee injury while landing during the first vault final.
The 25-year-old Dipa could only score 10.633 in her balanced beam routine to end at 20th among 25 competitors. She also got penalty points.
Here is a look at instances when sport, often a tool to propagate the idea of world peace, found itself caught in the crossfire.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly met in Bangkok on March 3 and its president Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad Al-Sabah officially confirmed the development to World Chess Federation (WCF) president Arkady Dvorkovich.
Conor McGregor, who's from Ireland, is the former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion and one of the biggest draws in MMA.
Seeded third, Saina is expected to face second-seeded He Bingjiao of China in the semifinals if the results fall in her favour.
Signing off with silver medals were three-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg), rookie Govind Sahani (49kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) and Dinesh Dagar (69kg).
Apart from Shiva Thapa and Mohammed Hussamuddin, Dinesh Dagar (69kg), Naveen Kumar (+91kg), Kavinder Singh Bisht and rookie Govind Sahani (49kg) reached the final.
Thapa, a former world championships bronze-medallist, defeated Poland's Dominik Palak 5-0 in his quarterfinal bout after getting an opening-round bye.
Saina Nehwal went down 15-21 19-21 to Taiwanese Tai Tzu-Ying in the 37-minute quarterfinal clash.
Apart from Swapna, Adidas recently signed athletes Hima Das and Nikhat Zareen amongst others to use sports as a catalyst to bring positive change.
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