Neeraj Chopra is expected to script history and become only the second Indian and first male player from the country to win a medal in the World Athletics Championships.
Saina Nehwal and the men's doubles duo of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila are also in the fray later in the day.
While Mithun recorded win over compatriot Kidambi Srikanth in men's singles, Ashmita shocked Thailand's world number 12 Busanan Ongbamrungphan in women's singles.
Neeraj Chopra's main rival for the gold medal will be Anderson Peters of Grenada, the 2019 World Championships gold medallist.
Dagar celebrates winning gold and two bronze for India by dancing. Watch video.
Farah said he thought he was going to Europe to live with relatives and recalled going through a British passport check under the guise of Mohamed at the age of nine.
This will be India's 18th appearance in the event and the hopes of the entire country are pinned on the athletes who are traveling to the United Kingdom.
Arjun humbled Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Lucas Kozeniesky with a rather one-sided 17-9 effort.
Bajrang, who won gold in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and fellow wrestler Deepak Punia will now leave for the US this weekend from India. They will train at Michigan University until July 30, following which both will leave for Birmingham.
The last edition of the National Games was organised in Kerala in 2015 and this is for the first time that Gujarat will be hosting this prestigious event.
Malaysia Masters: A week after getting defeated by the Tai Tzu Ying at Malaysia Open, the two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu failed once again.
A tough contest awaits the former World Champion, currently ranked seventh in the world, as she will cross swords with her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the last eight.
PV Sindhu had to settle for the bronze medal during the semifinal match of the Badminton Asia Championships in April due to 'human error.'
In a recent video that went viral, the Olympic gold medalist Chopra was seen touching the feet of an elderly person.
After these two losses, the Indian challenge in the Super 750 event ended.
World champion and season leader Anderson Peters of Grenada won the competition with a best throw of 90.31m which he came up with in this third attempt.
Multiple cases of age-fudging emerged during the All India Sub-Junior under-13 ranking tournament that was scheduled from 19th June to 25th June in Hyderabad.
PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy entered the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open 2022 and kept India's hopes alive of a medal.
The 24-year-old Chopra was second in the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku with a big national record throw of 89.30m before winning his event at Kuortane Games with a creditable 86.60m effort under treacherous conditions.
PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of the Malaysia Open Super 750 tournament while Saina Nehwal crashed out in the first-round.
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