The Hindu

India was successful as a host of badminton World Championships

Mercedes' championship leader Kimi Antonelli finished second with teammate George Russell obeying orders to let the Italian through late in the race and then holding off Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton for third

Indias top sprinters Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh endured a modest outing in the mens 100m at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet in Bhubaneswar, but remained confident about peaking at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games

As rain started to fall on the Zandvoort track, McLaren's Norris made the most of his final run to reclaim pole by 0.102 of a second from George Russell, whose Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli the standings leader was third

While Naraoka faces Lanier for the mens title, the womens final brings together Se-young and Yamaguchi

His 88.05m throw in the second round, which fetched him the second spot in the nine-man star-studded field, was his best after the 88.16m he recorded while winning the Paris Diamond League in June 2025

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In June, Sports Authority of India signed an MoU with the University of Tsukuba to facilitate participation of Indian athletes, coaches, and sports scientists in specialised training and exchange programmes in Japan

China has three women in the top 10 but only two more in top 100. The men fare better, numerically; six in top 50 and eight in top 100.

Sanjay revealed that BAI is working with a budget of around 25 crore for the tournament, with the Sports Authority of India undertaking the renovation work thus far