M.C. Mary Kom's claimed her sixth title in the World women's boxing championships at Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex.
Marry defeated Hanna Okhota of Ukraine in the 48 kg final to take her first gold medal after eight years. This was her second World crown on home soil and second in light flyweight.
With six gold medals and a silver, the diminutive Mary now stands as the tallest woman boxer in the 17-year-old history of the event and equals legendary male boxer Cuban Felix Savon's World championships record.
Syed Modi International World Tour Super 300
Three-time winner Saina Nehwal and reigning champion Sameer Verma are a step away from clinching the men's and women's singles titles respectively, reaching the finals of the Syed Modi International World Tour Super 300.
Third seed Sameer defeated Indonesia's Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo in the men's singles semifinals. The World No. 16 Indian will face sixth seeded Chinese Lu Guangzu in the summit clash.
Saina, seeded second, prevailed over Indonesian Ruselli Hartawan to set up a clash with China's Han Yue, who defeated compatriot Li Xuerui in another semifinal.
Nov 23, 2018
ICC Women's World T20
Reigning ODI World Champions England beat India by eight wickets to enter the final of the ICC Women's World T20.
England will meet Australia in the final after the Southern Stars demolished hosts and last edition's winners West Indies by 71 runs.
Nov 17, 2018
Winter Games crisis for IOC as cities flee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is facing its most serious bidding crisis in decades as cities drop out of the 2026 Winter Games bid race en masse, leaving a field of just two candidates.
The Canadian city of Calgary became the latest to pull the plug on its 2026 Games candidacy after more than 56 percent of citizens voted against the project in a plebiscite, unconvinced the benefits of the Olympics were worth the multi-billion dollar investment.
Of an original list of seven cities, only Stockholm and an Italian bid remain and both of those are struggling for local and governmental support.
Calgary, which hosted the 1988 Winter Games, became the fourth city to drop out of bidding in mid-race, after Austria's Graz, Japan's Sapporo and Switzerland's Sion. Turkey's Erzurum was cut by the IOC last month.
The two remaining bidders are Stockholm, which pulled out of the 2022 bidding process after baulking at the Games' cost, and the fragile combined Italian candidacy of Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo.
The Italian bid, which at one point included Torino before the city pulled out after a disagreement with the other two, is far from guaranteed the necessary political support amid the country's financial woes.
Stockholm is facing opposition from a new city government which said last month it will be against any bid that includes taxpayer funding.
Mithali on Top of the List of India's Highest T20 Rungetters
Mithali Raj, who anchored India's run chase with a fine half-century against Pakistan in the ongoing World T20 tournament, is on top of the list of India's highest T20 rungetters, including men and women. Mithali went past Rohit Sharma when she scored a brilliant 56 off 47 balls against Pakistan. Mithali now has 2,283 T20I runs under her belt, while Rohit and Virat Kohli have 2,207 and 2,102 runs, respectively.
Mithali has played 80 T20I innings so far, while Rohit has played 80, and Kohli 58.
India Could Lose 2021 World Boxing Championship Rights
The International Boxing Federation (AIBA) has threatened to take back its decision on to give the hosting rights of the men's 2021 World Boxing Championship to India. AIBA President Gafur Rahimov said that the body will re-consider, and if need be, reopen the bidding process for the 2021 championships after the Indian government denied Kosovo boxer Donjeta Sadiku visa for the Women's World Boxing Championship.
Nov 16, 2018
Hong Kong Open
Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated H. S. Prannoy in an all-Indian men's singles clash to enter the quarter-finals, while P. V. Sindhu lost the women's singles tie to crash out of the Hong Kong Open tournament.
In mixed doubles category, Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa crashed out losing to Lee Yang and Hsu of Chinese Taipei.
ICC Women's World T20
India beat Ireland by 52 runs to make it to the semi-final of the ICC Women's T20 for the third time.
India next takes on Australia to determine who takes the top spot in Group B of the tournament.
Nov 15, 2018
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Tournament
Viswanathan Anand won the inaugural Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Tournament.
Placed fourth after the first leg, Anand had a dream run on the final day, securing six wins and three draws in the nine rounds to draw level with overnight leader Hikaru Nakamura and force a playoff. In the two-round playoff Anand won with white pieces, before drawing with black to beat the world No. 3 American.
Google 2018 Contest
Search Engine giant Google announced the winner for Doodle for Google 2018 contest. Pingla Rahul More of J. B. Vachha High School in Mumbai has won the contest with her Doodle 'Galaxy, Space Exploration'.
Google judges included creative mastermind Arun Iyer, YouTube Kids Creator, Rob (Harun Robert), India's YouTube Creator Sejal Kumar and the Google Doodles team lead, Ryan Germick.
This year, Google asked art loving students from Class 1 - Class 10 in India, to tell the company "What inspires me?"