The Indian weightlifting juggernaut continued at the Commonwealth Games, with Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather adding a gold and bronze to the team's tally, and the shuttlers and boxers staying unbeaten on the second day, in Gold Coast, on Friday.
Taking a strict action, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has provisionally suspended India's woman boxer Laishram Sarita Devi for refusing to accept the bronze medal at the Asian Games podium ceremony.
A bronze medal in his kitty, Indian boxer Shiva Thapa could not add the Olympic quota place to it despite a valiant effort in a hard-fought box-off of the World Championships in Doha on Wednesday.
India won four gold at the IBA Women's World Championships in a depleted field. To put things in perspective, five of the boycotting nations -- USA, Ireland, Canada, Poland and Netherlands -- had finished in the top-10 in the last two editions of the tournament.
India's campaign in the Asian Games gymnastics ended, on Friday, without a medal after Dipa Karmakar finished fifth in the women's balance beam event final in Jakarta.
The para-athletes outnumbered the able-bodied ones in the list this time due to the magnificent Paris Paralympics performance in which they returned with 29 medals, including seven gold and nine silver.
Vijender Singh has pulled out of the 35th National Games starting on Saturday
A memorandum to visiting Union Home Minister Amit A Shah, stated: 'Paramilitary forces might have been reluctant to prevent Kuki terrorists from attacking innocent civilians,' the news agency IANS reported.
Vanshaj was also beaten 0-5 by Yernur Suyunbay of Kazakhstan in his summit clash.
Kom shared the certificate of recognition on Twitter
'It is a beautiful portrait of Ek Bharat, Sreshth Bharat.'
'I did not charge a rupee for that show, but Rohit (Bal) gifted me the suit I had walked in. 'I still have it as a memento of a man who was an institution and an inspiration.'
A lot has been spoken about how Nikhat Zareen, who comes from an orthodox society as she had to overcome societal prejudice to make a career in boxing.
Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora will look to bag gold at the Women's World Boxing Championship.
Another gold medal in Paris would further elevate Neeraj Chopra's status as the greatest ever athlete in the history of Indian sport.
A major surprise in the 2024 Google search trends was the absence of iconic names like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, M S Dhoni, and Virat Kohli from the list of the top 10 most-searched athletes.
Asian gold medallist Suranjoy Singh (52kg) and Amandeep Singh (49kg) advanced to the quarter-finals, while defending champion Akhil Kumar (56kg) booked a place in the last-16 stage in front of a rapturous home crowd at the Talkatora stadium on Thursday.
The year 2023 will go down as extremely memorable for the Indian sports fraternity as players across various disciplines came together to script history at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou.
In the final, Krrish and Ravi will take on Tajikistan's Anushervon Fazylov and Ilkhomjon Ergashev of Uzbekistan respectively.
Nikhat Zareen secured a Paris Olympics berth and assured herself of a medal as she cantered to the 50kg semi-finals of the Asian Games.
India would be aiming to better their best-ever show when the trio of Deepak Bhoria, Mohammad Hussamudin and Nishant Dev step inside the ring in pursuit of summit berths in the men's boxing World Championships.
Five-time world champion Mary Kom, who got a direct entry into the 48kg category semi-finals due to the small size of the draw, defeated Ukraine's Hanna Okhota in the semi-finals to be assured of at least a silver.
Lovlina Borgohain will be in pursuit of history when she takes on reigning World champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey in the Olympics boxing 67 kg semi-finals, in Tokyo, on Wednesday.
Following is India's schedule on Day 7 of the Paris Olympics on Friday: (All timings in IST)
Bhaskar Bhatt has quit as the head coach of the Indian women's boxing team to concentrate on his new role as the high performance director at the Sports Authority of India.
World boxing champion Lovlina Borgohain locked an Olympic quota for herself by advancing to the final in the women's 75kg category at the Asian Games.
Vikas Krishan (75kg) became the third Indian boxer to enter the quarter-finals of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku and be just one win away from booking a berth in the Rio Games this August.
Sarita, Nikhat also enter semis
The cricket fraternity, including new T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav and new head coach Gautam Gambhir, also joined in to congratulate the duo.
Sumit got off to a good start, courtesy his agility while dodging the opponent and powerful attacking technique that gave him the upper hand in the first two rounds.
Debutant Akash Kumar (54kg) secured India's first medal at the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Belgrade on Tuesday after advancing to the semi-finals with a superb win over former Olympic silver-medallist Yoel Finol Rivas of Venezuela.
Shooter Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics while Gukesh was crowned the World Chess Champion in Singapore, last month.
The Indian government has established two expert committees aimed at elevating the country's sports performance.
In the ongoing Women's World Championship, Jaismine Lamboria clinched her opening bout on Friday.
Lalitha Prasad (49kg), Sandeep Sharma (75kg) and Narender Berwal (+91kg) assured themselves a medal after advancing to the semi-finals of the the AIBA Youth World Championships at Yerevan, Armenia.
Three Indian pugilists, including Nikhat Zareen, advanced to the semi-finals in their respective events after thrilling victories while Lovlina Borgohain bowed out in the quarter-finals in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday.
India's boxer Shiva Thapa says throwing caution to the wind and hurting rivals from the very first second is helping him rediscover himself after enduring an erratic season last year.
The 38-year-old Haryana boxer won a bagful of medals between 2006 and 2014, including a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 World Championships, before turning professional.
Panghal said that he will always strive to win medals for the country.
Vijender Kumar made sure of another medal for India at the Beijing Olympics when he beat Carlos Gongora of Ecuador in the quarter-finals of the 75 kg category in the boxing competition on Wednesday.
