Chopra threw a personal best 89.30m at last month's Paavo Nurmi Games before improving it to 89.94m at the Stockholm Diamond League.
Argentina look set to keep Julian Alvarez in attack for Sunday's World Cup final
Morocco relied on the usual mixture of North African style, combining committed defence with counter-attacks
His first throw of 88.39 metres earned him automatic qualification for the final.
World number five Dominic Thiem heads into Friday's Australian Open semi-final against Alexander Zverev knowing he will have to put their friendship aside to continue his charge towards a maiden Grand Slam title.
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup Group H match played between Ghana and South Korea on Monday.
The 65-year-old South African says those who raise such obstacles are talking rubbish.
Qatar will be the first team since Italy in the second World Cup in 1934 to participate in the finals for the first time as a host without having previously qualified for the tournament.
Chopra has now set his sights on this year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Here is a compilation of some of the best photos from 2021...
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup Group H match played between Uruguay and South Korea at Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on Thursday
Red Bull's Max Verstappen won a wet and crazily chaotic German Grand Prix littered with crashes and safety car periods on Sunday with Mercedes' Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton failing to score.
These images prove it's truly a mad, mad world!
A summary of the finals on Day 2 at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
US Olympian skier Lindsey Vonn proposed to her ice hockey player boyfriend
Spanish media had reported that Xavi had been approached by Barca to replace Ernesto Valverde before Quique Setien was appointed in January.
Dramatic scenes from Track and Field at the Tokyo Olympics.
Only Indian players can get vaccinated here, the BCCI source said.
Pakistan's two flagbearers also chose not to cover their faces, unlike the vast majority of other participants at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.
The association overseeing professional boxing in Britain suspended heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury's licence on Thursday.
The players celebrated with their families and loved ones in the stadium as each player lifted and kissed the trophy that had Real Madrid etched on it.
He acknowledged that police had been caught off-guard by local delinquents who turned up to cause trouble at the match. But defending the security protocols in place, the minister said France had only had three months to prepare after the venue was moved from Russia.
The collapse of Thomas Cook in the UK has no impact whatsoever in terms of ownership, business, people, technology or processes to us at Thomas Cook India: Madhavan Menon, chairman & managing director, TCIL.
The Wives and girlfriends of the England stars playing in cash-rich Premier League have rocked England shirts with their other-half's name on.
Bayern Munich claimed a third straight Bundesliga title on Sunday .
Eighth seed Barty joins 1969, 1970 and 1973 champion Margaret Court and 1971 winner Evonne Goolagong-Cawley on the list of Australian women who have lifted the trophy here in the professional era.
The AFI started National Open Javelin Throw Championships in 2018 and its third edition is scheduled in October this year.
The responsibility for peace in Ukraine now rests in the hands of the two principal belligerents, Russia and the US, and the prime victim of this great power rivalry, Ukraine, points out Nitin Desai.
Up to 60% of usual capacity will be allowed to attend 2020 French Open, say organisers
Gianni Infantino, president of world soccer body FIFA, looked forward to a time when matches no longer had to be played without spectators due to the crisis.
Manager Emanuel Hudson said the 23-year-old had not recovered from his exertions the previous night when he ran a personal best of 9.76 seconds.
Croatia's Sandra Perkovic overcame nerves and early fouls to successfully defend her Olympic discus title, winning with a best throw of a 69.21 metres.
Antonio Watson won a thrilling World Championship 400 metres gold on Thursday.
Germany's holding midfielder Sami Khedira will miss their Euro 2016 semi-final against hosts France on Thursday after he sustained an adductor muscle injury in their quarter-final win over Italy, coach Joachim Loew said on Monday. Khedira, who had played in every match of the tournament so far, was taken off early in that game after overstretching during a challenge for the ball.
World champions France are facing mounting injuries ahead of their Euro 2020 Round of 16 match against Switzerland on Monday, with coach Didier Deschamps struggling for options.
In the email, the WTA said it wanted to "clear up false and misleading information" about the conditions players would face at the Australian Open.
The 51-year-old was declared bankrupt by a British court in 2017 in connection to a debt to private bankers Arbuthnot Latham & Co, and the company dealing with his bankruptcy decided to auction 82 items from his collection.
Goalkeeper Shay Given has decided to retire from international football at the age of 40 after representing Ireland for more than two decades.
Italians across the country hailed a great summer, during which they also won the European soccer championship and the Eurovision song contest.
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