World Championship  

Young wrestler Deepak Punia has pulled out of the World Championship title clash against Iran’s Hazsan Yazdani. Punia withdrew after an ankle injury in the semifinal bout. The 20-year-old Indian will have to be content with a silver medal in his debut senior world championship.

"Heartiest Congratulations to boxer Amit Panghal on becoming the first Indian male boxer to clinch the World Championship Silver medal. You have made us proud." Pranab Mukherjee’s tweet read.
 

Earlier, PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win badminton World Championships gold by beating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a lop-sided final in Basel

 
 

Life after the historic World Championships gold has been all about felicitations and PV Sindhu will now have to quickly turn her focus back on badminton as she remains the country's best bet at the China Open, a title she had won in 2016

At the World Wrestling Championships, competing in non-Olympic categories, Asian Championship silver medallist Harpeet Singh (82kg), Sagar (63kg), and Manjeet (55kg) could not even score a single point in their respective bouts

The run-up to the wrestling World Championships has been spectacular for Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat while decent results have provided a dose of confidence to a few others like Divya Kakran. Bajrang triumphed at all four events he competed this season

Jagan Mohan Reddy lauded PV Sindhu for winning the World Championship in badminton in a dominating performance in Basel, Switzerland

'But Olympics is a completely different feeling. Rio (Games) and World Championship gave me different memories, but, yeah, one gold medal is missing, so definitely I will work hard for that and would love to see myself win that Olympic gold at Tokyo,' said PV Sindhu

India's best medal hope is Mirabai Chanu, who won the gold in the 48kg category at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, United States

Kim Ji Hyun, a former South Korea international and coach, sat by the courtside as Sindhu thrashed 2017 champion Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in one of the most lop-sided finals in the history of the tournament to lift her maiden World Championships title in a third straight attempt

Manasi Joshi has become a household name after she won a gold at the Para-Badminton Championships. She was six when she started playing badminton with her father, a retired scientist from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

 

Manasi Joshi is an Indian para-badminton player who has made India proud by winning gold at the Para-Badminton World Championships. Her victory comes just days after PV Sindhu won gold at the BWF World Championship. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed PV Sindhu for winning gold at the BWF World Championships in Switzerland

 

PV Sindhu was the toast of the nation as she became the first Indian to win a badminton World Championships gold medal. Virat Kohli broke Sourav Ganguly’s Test record and England registered a historic Ashes Test win. All this and more in MyNation’s Sportstop weekly review show (August 19 to 25)
 

PV Sindhu won 21-7 21-7 in the summit clash that lasted just 38 minutes.