The Latest Breaking News from World Championships

NEW DELHI: Ankait Tomar, a prominent 21-year-old centre-fire pistol shooter, was unexpectedly dropped from the Indian squad set to participate in the ISSF World Championships in Baku. This decision, made a week prior to the team's departure, was attributed to a 'minor scuffle with a fellow shooter," said his father…

Ben Pattison, who has overcome a heart condition, became the first British man since 1987 to win a world championships 800m medal when he claimed bronze

H.S. Prannoy’s dream run at the World Championships ended after he lost in three games to world number 3 Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the men’s singles semifinal to sign off with a bronze

NEW DELHI: With a mighty single throw propelling him into the final, while his competitors grappled with challenges, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra seems primed to seize the gold medal at the ongoing World Championships on Sunday.

Sha’Carri Richardson’s surge to the gold in the women’s 100m chimed perfectly with the “Witness the Wonder” publicity for the athletics world championships. Something very wondrous had just been wtinessed. The 23-year-old American scraped into the final as one of the fastest losers and was thus shoved out into a…

Noah Lyles joins the world championships sprint double gang but Sha'Carri Richardson will have to wait another couple of years. And a year from the Olympics in Paris, French athletes haven't been showing any signs of supremacy.

Noah Lyles has long been talked about as Usain Bolt’s heir apparent and aptly became the first man to win the world sprint double at a World Championships since Bolt eight years ago.

NEW DELHI: Antim Panghal reaffirmed her status as one of the country's top wrestlers by winning the World Championships trials in Patiala on Friday, while Divya Kakran and Sarita Mor rebounded from disappointing losses in the Asian Games trials to secure seats in the global competition.

NEW DELHI: Indian men's pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Friday fell short of securing their second World Championships medal as the duo suffered a shock straight-game loss against Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in Copenhagen.

Antim Panghal wins World Championships ticket; Asiad-bound wrestlers skip trials. Men's Greco Roman: Ajay (55kg), Manish (60kg), Vikram (63kg), Vinayak (67kg), Ankit Gulia (72kg), Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Sajan (82kg), Manoj Kumar (87kg), Shailesh (97kg), Mehar Singh (130kg). Women: Neelam (50kg), Antim Panghal (53kg), Neha (55kg), Sarita (57kg), Anjali (59kg), Manisha…

NEW DELHI: A historic achievement unfolded on Friday as Indian javelin throwers Neeraj Chopra, DP Manu, and Kishore Jena scripted a remarkable chapter by all qualifying for the final of the World Championships. Their exceptional performances during the qualification round not only secured their spots in the prestigious final but…