Wrestling Bajrang Punia suffered a heartbreaking loss in the 65kg semifinals to local wrestler Daulet Niyazbekov at World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan.Bajrang though qualified for Tokyo Olympics.He will play bronze medal bout on Friday.Ravi Kumar Dahiya also sealed Olympic quota in 57kg freestyle despite losing to world champion Zaur Uguev in

Wrestling Vinesh Phogat and Seema Biswas qualified for Tokyo Olympics with their victories in repechage rounds.Vinesh thrashed world silver medallist Sarah 8-2 to book Olympic ticket.She later won bronze medal in 53kg.Pooja Dhanda failed to better her colour from previous Worlds as she lost in semis of 59kg to European champion

Wrestling Vinesh Phogat and Seema reached repachage round of World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan.Vinesh earlier beat Olympic bronze medallist Sofia 13-0 in 53kg.bout.However she lost in the next round to current world champion Mayu Mukaida of Japan.Seema also has a chance for a medal in 50kg. Boxing Amit Panghal reached quarterfinals in 52kg

Wrestling Gurpreet Singh lost to world no.2 Viktor Nemes in a close 77kg bout at World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan. Boxing Duryodhan Singh Negi lost in 69kg prequarters of World Boxing Championships in Russia to Jordan's Zeyad Eashash via split decision. Tennis Sumit Nagal rises to career best 159 in ATP rankings. Among women,Karolina Pliskvova closed

Cue Sports Pankaj Advani won World Billiards Championships in 150 up format for fourth straight time.He beat local favourite Nay Thway Oo.6-2 in the final in Myanmar.This is 22nd World title for the legendary Indian. Badminton Sourabh Verma won Vietnam Open Super 100 event by beating Sun Fei Xiang 21-12,17-21,21-14 in the final.This

Boxing Amit Panghal won his second round bout  easily against Tu Po Wei to advance to prequarters of 52kg at World Boxing Championships in Ekaterinburg in Russia.Manish Kaushik also advanced in 63kg. Billiards Pankaj Advani defeated Mike Russell of England 5-2 to reach final of IBSF World Billiards Championships in Myanmar. Badminton Sourabh Verma reached

Hockey Rani Rampal will lead Indian women's hockey team on a tour of England.The series will take place from Sept 27th to October 4. Wrestling Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will eye Olympic berth at World Wrestling Championships beginning from Saturday in Kazakhstan. Athletics Hima Das was not included in the initial list by AFI