The Indian javelin thrower finished last in a field of 12 in the World Junior Athletics championships.
The team, comprising Madhurika Patkar, Sushmita Roy, Mousumi Paul and Sangeetha Seshadri beat the United States 3-2 to finish in the top 10.
India edged out Malaysia 5-2, while Pakistan registered a 7-3 win over South Korea in the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament.
Grandmaster and former World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship after settling for a quick draw with Arghyadip Das in the ninth and final round in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
V K Vismaya stunned her fancied opponents, M R Poovamma and Hima Das, to win the gold medal in the women's 400m race at the Indian Grand Prix-3, in Sangrur, on Saturday.
Both made the grade at the World Junior women's squash with contrasting victories.
Viraat Badhwar finished second in the Under-8 category in the World Junior golf championships.
The top seeded Indian GM easily beat Ekaterina Ubiennykh of Russia in the 11th round and joined Zhao Xue of China and Nadezhda Kosintseva at the top in the World juniors girls' chess championship.
The defending champion scored an easy victory over Tian Tian of China in the fourth round of the tournament.
Russian teenager Evgenia Medvedeva put on a flawless display with a record-setting free skate to cap a stunning debut senior season with the women's title at the world figure skating championships in Boston on Saturday.
The Indian GM beat Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia to move to joint fourth place in the World junior chess championship.
Neeraj Chopra, on Saturday, became the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, with a season's best effort of 86.47m in the final, in Gold Coast.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Top seed Sameer, who won the Swiss Open earlier this year, had to dig deep into his reservoir to outwit compatriot Pratul Joshi 16-21, 26-24, 21-7 in 55 minutes. In another quarter-final, Gurusaidutt, a former Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, recovered from a game down to beat Malaysia's Lim Chi Wing 13-21, 22-20, 21-11 in 59 minutes.
The Indian ace was beaten by top seed Omneya Abdel Kawy in the quarter-finals of the World junior squash championship.
Michael Schumacher's 16-year-old son Mick sprayed the winner's champagne after capping an impressive debut weekend.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women's singles competition after defeating Korea's Kim Hyo Min in the second round of the World Championship in Glasgow on Tuesday.
S Poobesh Anand continued with his dream run with another brilliant victory, crushing Grandmaster Ernesto Inarkiev of Russia in the 10th round of the 41st World Junior Chess Championship.
The Grandmaster-in-waiting beat Grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi in the ninth round of the World junior chess championships to jointly share the lead with eight players.
WGM Zhao Xue of China emerged sole leader after the seventh round in the World junior chess championships.
The Indian juniors, who caused a sensation upsetting defending champions Brazil in the preliminary round, will take on Iran.
Grandmaster Levon Aronian and Ni Hua share the lead after the sixth round in the World junior chess championships.
England won the quarter-final clash 3-0 to set up a semi-final meeting with Egypt in the World junior men's squash championship.
The defending champion was held by seventh seed Zhao Xue of China in the World Junior chess championships.
The victory gave the Indian GM the joint lead in the North Sea Cup chess tournament.
The lone Indian left in the fray in the World junior squash championship was beaten by second seed and favourite Peter Barker in the pre-quarter-finals.
The Indian beat Peter David Creed of Wales to enter the last 16 in the World Junior men's squash championship.\n\n
They lost their doubles match against Japan, G K Swetha and Ashmita Easwaramurthy going down to Ayumi Morita and Emiko in straight sets. The teams were tied 1-1 after the singles.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Grandmaster Levon Aronian of Armenia won the boys' title in the World junior chess championships which concluded on Friday.
Pakistan dethroned England to win the World junior men's squash crown after a lapse of 20 years.
England quelled a strong challenge from Egypt,while Pakistan beat Australia in the semi-finals of the World junior men's squash championship.
The top seeded Indian GM settled for a short draw with Wang Yu of China in the sixth round of the 19th World junior girls' chess championship.
A 3-0 victory over Scotland enabled the Indians make the quarter-finals of the World junior men's squash championship for the first time.
He needed only 24 minutes to get the better of compatriot beat compatriot Peter Barker in the final and claim the title.
James Willstrop will take on Khayal Muhammad while Peter Barker crosses swords with Majid Khan in the 12th edition of the event in Chennai on Sunday.
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