The ace long jumper will begin preparations with a three-month training stint in Bangalore from December 1.
India's women shuttlers assured themselves of a maiden Badminton Asia Team Championships medal by cruising to a 3-0 win over Hong Kong in the quarter-finals.
Rediff.com introduces you to the athletes who have brought India glory in Birmingham.
Russian figure skater Valieva banned for doping, ROC loses Olympic gold
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce powered her way to 100 metres gold on Sunday to become the first person to win four gold medals over the distance at the athletics world championships.
India's long jump ace said it could lead to another disappointing show for India at the coming Olympics.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday.
Sanjay Mishra to become new BAI general secretary
Anju Bobby George opened her European season by finishing fourth in the Norwich Union British Grand Prix
Indian athletes bagged two gold, two silver and three bronze medals in the Asian Grand Prix in Sidoarja, Indonesia on Saturday.
A summary of Indian athletes showing on Friday, Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games.
Neeraj was all set to defend his title in Birmingham, but pulled out of the multi-sport event after his medical team advised a month's rest after MRI scan showed a minor injury.
With that in mind, India's World Athletics championships bronze medallist said victory is a sure possibility.
The Indian badminton team went down fighting against hosts South Korea (1-3) in the women's team badminton semi-finals to settle for their maiden bronze medal at the Asian Games in Incheon on Sunday.
Four 20km race walkers -- two men and two women -- have already been named from the separate national championships held in New Delhi in February.
The 25-year-old Kaur heaved the discus to 65.06 metres in her first throw at the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships.
The bespectacled, tattooed 28-year-old, whose world championship triumphs have gone hand in hand with Olympic calamities, completed a hammer double for Poland after Anita Wlodarczyk's equally conclusive triumph in the women's event.
India won their third gold of the competition through Uttarakhand based runner Anu, who clocked 1:54.11 seconds to finish ahead of Iran's Abdolrahim Dorzadeh (1:54.23 seconds).
Asian Games gold medallist Sudha Singh failed to live up to the expectations as India settled for two silver and two bronze medals on a rather disappointing day on Day 3 of the 20th Asian Athletics Championships in Pune on Friday.
The men's javelin final was drama-packed as confusion reigned supreme as Neeraj Chopra was forced to retake his first throw.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Valerie Adams chalks up another medal for the mums.
Shot putter Inderjeet Singh and half-miler Jinson Johnson bagged a gold each as Indians won eight medals in the first leg of the Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series in Bangkok, on Monday.
No more Games for Americans Hubbell and Donohue
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty went down fighting to Olympic champions Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lan of Chinese Taipei at the Japan Open.
This was Sameer's fifth loss to Lee in seven meetings.
Jeswin Aldrin, who had already qualified for the championships, however missed the cut.
Fails to produce valid throw after three attempts
Long jumper Anju Bobby George accomplished a season's best 6.55 metres to clinch a gold medal and add to India's medal tally of five gold, four silver and two bronze in the third leg of Asian Grand Prix in Haoni.
Srikanth got his act together in the nick of time and reeled off eight straight points to move to a 16-10 lead before keeping his calm to take the match to the decider.
A round-up of all the results from the 16th World Athletic Championships in London
Quarter-miler Machettira Raju Poovamma and heptathlete Liksy Joseph won a silver each as India added four medals on the second day of the 21st Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan, China, on Thursday.
Lakshya Sen sails into third round of World Championships
Reigning World champion Pramod Bhagat continued India's fine showing at the Tokyo Paralympics with a gold medal in the badminton SL3 class event, in Tokyo, on Saturday. The 33-year-old Bhagat, who is also the world No. 1 and current Asian champion, scored a 21-11, 21-16 win over Japan's Daisuke Fujihara in the first SL3 class semi-final, which lasted 36 minutes.
Check out India's schedule on Day 9 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Friday.
Former Asian champion Renjith Maheswary nabbed his maiden National Games gold with a new meet record in triple jump as previous marks continued to tumble like nine pins in the athletics arena on the penultimate day of competitions in the 35th edition in Thiruvananthapuram.
Carl Lewis minces no words and is scathing in his opinion on giving all attention to recently-retired Usain Bolt
Kidambi Srikanth scored a stunning straight-games victory over world No. 4 Lee Zii Jia but Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen suffered a shock defeat in the opening round of the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament, in Osaka, on Wednesday.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, Day 9.
Buoyed by a strong start to the season, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is primed to clinch his maiden Diamond League podium finish in his first appearance in four years in the prestigious one-day meet in Stockholm on Thursday.
