World Championships  

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. 

The Indian Grand Prix-VI to be held in New Delhi is the last chance for India track and field athletes to qualify for the World Championships

The Indian men's recurve team cracked under pressure against China to settle for a silver in the Archery World Championships

Major Surendra Poonia, who recently joined BJP, is the first Indian athlete with the rare distinction of having won medals in power-lifting and athletic events in four consecutive world championships.

The 35-year-old Mary, who won bronze at 2012 London Olympics, thanked Rathore for the support and the encouragement to the Indian boxers ahead of the World Championships set to take place in New Delhi from November 15 to 24

Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat was on Sunday ruled out of the prestigious championship after suffering an elbow injury during practice

India were placed third in the medals tally with 11 gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals for a total of 27, making this their best performance in the showpiece.

16-year-old Udhayveer Singh has shined bright with an individual gold in the junior men’s 25mm pistol event