American Katie Moon and Australia's Nina Kennedy decided to share the women's pole vault gold medal in another magical moment at the World Athletics Championships.
As per the Ministry sources, a special request was made by the BCCI to the sports ministry to include Shami's name as he didn't originally feature in the list of the country's second-highest sporting honour.
Vinesh has now appealed to the CAS, the apex body to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration, who will return with a verdict tomorrow
The decision not to impose a blanket ban was not uniformly welcomed with Travis Tygart, head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, describing it as "yet another devastating blow to clean athletes."
The US sprinter burned the track in 10.96 seconds in the first semi-final.
'Everyone has to recalibrate their plans, preparations, peaking, meaning the tournaments they will play in in the lead-up to the Olympics.'
Expectations were high from Paris and observers of the game felt at least one, if not two medals, could be expected from the six boxers who qualified.
Kenyan athletes Koki Manunga and Joyce Zakary have been handed provisional bans after testing positive for the use of banned substances at the world championships, the International Association of Athletics Federations said on Wednesday.
A summary of the finals on Day 2 at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
The world's fastest man Usain Bolt cruised to victory on Thursday in the 200-metres final at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin, setting a World record in the process with a superhuman time of 19.19 seconds.
At 55, Georgian shooter shows up at record 10th straight Olympics to fulfil father's last wish
The 21-year-old stuttered on the penultimate barrier but surged down the home stretch to power across the line and beat her previous record of 51.90 set at the U.S. trials in June.
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to 'fitness concerns', the Indian Olympic Association said on Tuesday.
'It's not good in sport, it's not good to push and continue. If you want to run a long career then you have to be fit and healthy but there are competitions where you can't make a decision. Now we will work on this and work on the technique.'
There was plenty of other Track & Field action that demanded our attention and we've given them their due. So scroll down to view some of the best images that went into making this World Championships a memorable one...
Hockey India wants Paddy Upton to develop in the men's team players an unshakable resolve and toughness that does not crumble under pressure.
Among India's other two competitors in the qualifiers which ended late on Sunday, Divyansh Singh Panwar ended 25th with a score of 626.8 while Srinjoy Datta shot 616.6 to finish 82nd.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
'One of the things I have really learned from him is that if he doesn't do well, he is dropped from the team, it's just two or three days when he is in a lull, and then he is back on his feet, thinking about what to do next.'
The 44-year-old took charge of the Indian team in December and his contract is up for renewal after the Asian Games.
Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Friday.
WA noted that the 23-year-old Chopra had 143,000 followers before the Olympics, but now has a staggering 3.2million (on Instagram), making him the most followed track and field athlete in the world.
The 25-year-old Paul produced a best jump of 16.79m in the three attempts he had, and failed to make it to the top eight. His series read 16.37m, 16.79m and 13.86m.
Neeraj Chopra said it was a dream come true to win the World Championships gold medal.
'The romanticism of late night tennis in New York, it's time to move past that'
Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has installed a special strength-building German machine for the use of the country's elite javelin throwers like Olympic-bound Neeraj Chopa and Shivpal Singh at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports in Patiala.
Neeraj Chopra will be the cynosure of all eyes as India begins its athletics campaign in the Asian Games
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam finally found their scoring touch with half centuries in a 105-run stand to lay the foundation for victory.
The 24-year from Assam, going by her strategy of using her long hands to reach the opponent from afar, was unable to penetrate Ngamba defence.
Xavi mentioned again on Saturday that the club faced problems. Similar comments had reportedly annoyed Laporta earlier in the season.
Hope to breach 90m mark this year, says Neeraj Chopra
Another Haryana athlete, Rahul Kumar, who finished second in the men's 20km race walk event with a time of 1:20:26, also qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.
'The policy of our UP government is that if someone wins a gold, s/he will be made deputy superintendent of police. That was in my mind,' she shared, as she looked forward to the recognition she rightfully deserves.
All the action from the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday...
Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn capped a dazzling performance in the 100 metres hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics with a gold medal while Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the men's long jump title in an action packed Monday morning at the Olympic Stadium
Murali Sreeshankar clinched a historic silver in men's long jump to give India its second medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday.
Indian badminton stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were on Tuesday nominated for the Player Year of the Award by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
Williams and Hamilton have pledged an estimated 10 million pounds ($13.06 million) each to the bid.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra's Paris Games preparations will be put through a stern test when he begins his season in the first leg of the prestigious Diamond League one-day meet series against a star-studded but familiar field, in Doha on Friday.
The scandal revolves around accusations that money was demanded from top athletes to 'bury' medical tests showing drug use
