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.
As the year 2016 draws to a close, vote for the best Indian sportsperson of the year.
Surender Singh won the men's 3000 metres gold as the Indian athletes returned a rich a haul of nine medals at the Asian Grand Prix in Suzhou, China, on Saturday. Apart from Surender's gold, four Indians finished second in their events while four others grabbed third spots. In the men's 3000m, Surender finished in 7:59.52 seconds, while team-mates Ravinder and Sandip Kumat Batham followed him in second and third positions respectively.
The star-studded shooting squad was expectedly on target, while the track-and-field athletes continued their golden run as India held on firmly to the top spot by remaining way ahead of competition on the sixth day of the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati
Michael Phelps posted a new Olympic record 50.58s to win the men's 100m Butterfly final and pick his seventh gold medal at the Beijing Games.
Dina Asher-Smith seized her golden opportunity to win the World Championship 200 metres on Wednesday and become the first British woman to claim a global sprint title.
Following is a selection of quotes about and by American swimmer Michael Phelps whose eight gold medals in Beijing set the record for the most golds at a single Olympics.
The Netherlands won the gold medal in the women's water polo competition on Thursday, scoring a goal in the last minute to beat the United States 9-8.
Dressel had already won three individual golds and three relay titles in Budapest and Sunday's addition allowed him to match his compatriot Phelps's tally from the 2007 championships in Melbourne.
Max Whitlock ending the long wait for a champion by claiming victory in the floor exercise and pommel horse finals.
BCCI's decision to not send Indian teams for the Asian Games drew sharp criticism from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on Saturday, which accused the influential cricket board of treating the sport just as a business venture.
'I have grown up in an environment where the dominant narrative of Indian sporting achievement was -- We can't.' 'These achievers have fought hard, built on each other's body of work and knowledge, and have today changed the script to -- We can,' notes Rahul Dravid,cricketing legend.
Dhruv Munjal gets up close and personal with Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, the inspiration for Saand Ki Aankh.
The shooters bagged three gold and one silver medal in five events that took India's tally to four gold and three silver after two days.
By late Saturday evening the Chinese had amassed 103 golds from 244 on offer at the Asian Games.
Chuni Goswami was in a league of his own -- peerless -- and lived a life that will always be celebrated for being one of India's greatest.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
It was largely made possible by Manika Batra, who ended up winning four medals, the most by an Indian in Gold Coast.
The American Michael Phelps dives into the Olympic pool on Saturday in search of the first of a possible record eight gold medals as the Athens Games.
The US swimmer will enter five individual events and three relays at the Athens Olympics in his quest to equal or surpass Mark Spitz's record haul of seven gold medals the 1972 Games in Munich.
Bronte Campbell repaid the faith in her by Australia's selectors as she chased down Canada's Taylor Ruck in the final leg of the 4x100 metres medley relay to ensure the home nation won their eighth successive Commonwealth Games title on Tuesday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The world braced up to a post-Bolt era but for India there was no momentous change as the country's athletes did nothing for the global audience to take note of.
In an embarrassment for India, ace female wrestler Vinesh Phogat was, on Saturday, disqualified from the 1st World Olympic Qualifying event for being overweight on a day when other women grapplers also failed to book Rio Games berth.
American swimmers smashed records and grabbed gold at the world championships on Friday, with sprint king Caeleb Dressel taking down Michael Phelps' 100 metres butterfly world record and teenager Regan Smith lowering the women's 200 backstroke mark.
The women's 4x400m relay quartet lived up to their expectations by clinching a gold after a brilliant race as India ended their athletics campaign with an impressive haul of 13 medals in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Thursday.
Images from Thursday's proceedings at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha.
It is safe to say Michael Phelps has no need for a lifeguard watching over him in the Olympic pool but the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 18 gold medals among his career haul of 22, will have one anyway at the Rio Games.
Check out the gold medallists on Day 11 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.
At the medal ceremony, Scott shook hands with fellow bronze medallist Martin Malyutin of Russia, who finished with the same time as the Briton, but then completely cold shouldered Sun, refusing to make eye contact and not offering a handshake.
Australia set a world record of 7:41.50 en route to winning the gold medal in the women's 4x200 freestyle relay at the world championships on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Factbox on Switzerland's Roger Federer, who defeated Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open men's singles final on Sunday.
Factbox on Switzerland's Roger Federer,
Roger Federer is the oldest male player to win a Grand Slam title since Australia's Ken Rosewall won at Melbourne Park in 1972 at the age of 37.
The world number 181 is the first mother since 1980 champion Evonne Goolagong to reach the Wimbledon final.
Olympic champions the United States reclaimed their women's 4x400m relay world title as Jamaica suffered more injury heartbreak in the World Championships final on Sunday.*
Missy Franklin was the 17-year-old darling of American swimming in 2012, returning home from the London Olympics with four gold medals and being hailed as the sport's brightest young star.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.'
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