Indian Olympic gold medallist Neeraj's title defence at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 was unsuccessful, as he finished in eighth spot after what was an extremely underwhelming night for him, ending a streak of 26 top-two finishes in javelin throw events. Meanwhile, Sachin Yada
India's boxing contingent concluded their campaign at the World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool with a total of four medals, including two golds, with Jaismine Lamboria and Minakshi Hooda crowned as the world champions.
While the actual details of the celebrations will be revealed in due course, Hockey India delved into the sport's incredible history underlined by the eight Olympic Gold medals - maximum won by any country in the sport till date and also the maximum number of medals in any discipline won by
The medal clash is scheduled for Thursday. Neeraj's clash with Pakistani arch-rival and reigning Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem will be one of the major highlights of the competition.
An elated Minakshi Hooda said, "I am really happy for winning a Gold medal for the country... I want to thank everyone for their support... I want to win Gold at the World Cup in November as well and make the country proud."
With gold medal already in the bag, the Swedish star took three attempts at breaking his own world record, saving his best for the last, after just touching the bar on his previous two attempts at the height.
Indian women's boxer Jaismine Lamboria (women's 57kg) went on to clinch a gold medal in her category as she defeated Poland's Szermeta Julia 4-1 at the World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool on Saturday.
It is Esha's first-ever individual gold medal in any ISSF World Cup event, having got the silver for the same category way back in 2022 at Cairo and had to settle for silver in 25 m pistol variant in Argentina earlier this year.
Indian men's compound team member Rishabh Yadav expressed his feelings after the Indian men's compound team of Rishabh Yadav, Aman Saini, and Prathamesh Fuge bagged a gold medal at the World Archery Championships 2025 in Gwangju on Sunday.
Two-time Asian champion Pooja Rani and World Boxing Cup Astana gold medallist Jaismine Lamboria registered contrasting wins to assure two more medals for India in the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, according to a release from BFI.
World Boxing Cup Astana gold medallist Nupur continued her fine form to confirm India's first medal at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool on Wednesday with a 4:1 win over Uzbekistan's Oltinoy Sotimboeva in the women's 80+kg quarterfinals.