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Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag duo in quarters, Treesa-Gayatri bow out of World C’ships. The 31-year-old from Kerala will face world number one Viktor Axelsen in the last eight. Men’s doubles second seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty too remained on course for a second successive medal at the annual showpiece after ousting Indonesian 10th seeds Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin 21-15, 19-21, 21-9 in an hour and one minute. T
1. The United World Wrestling (UWW) has suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) with immediate effect for failing to conduct elections on time.
2. The trials to select the Indian wrestling team for the upcoming World Championships will go ahead as scheduled on August 25-26 despite the world governing body of the sport United World Wrestling (UWW) suspending the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for not conducting elections on time.
3. In Badminton, Indian women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fought hard before going down in straight games to top seeded Chinese duo of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan in the pre-quarterfinals of the World Championships at Copenhagen on Thursday.
4. In Chess, Magnus Carlsen of Norway beat India’s R. Praggnanandhaa in tie-breaks to win the title of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2023 at Baku in Azerbaijan.
5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Nation is proud of Praggnanandhaa for his remarkable performance at the FIDE World Cup.
6. Indian shooter Amanpreet Singh won the gold medal in Men’s 25 metre standard pistol shooting event at the ISSF World Championship 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
7. World Boxing, a new organization seeking International Olympic Committee recognition to run the sport, announced the approval of six new members Thursday, piling more pressure on the suspended and embattled International Boxing Association.
The national federations of Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Honduras and Sweden joined the new breakaway group, bringing the total number of members to 12. World Boxing launched in April.
8. Terry Funk, the pioneer of the World Wrestling Entertainment and the WWE Hall of Famer, has passed away at the age of 79. Funk had an intriguing and remarkable career over five decades (1965 to 2017).
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