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World Championships: Bajrang Punia back in medal contention, to fight for bronze; Sagar Jaglan misses out

Bajrang succumbed to a technical superiority (10-0) defeat at the hands of 23-year-old two-time cadet world champion Yianni Diakomihalis of the USA in the last eight round. However, the two-time Commonwealth Games champion, who is searching for his fourth World Championships medal, became active again as he entered the repechage round after Diakomihalis reached the final. Bajrang will take on the winner of the bout between Vazgen Tevanyan of Armenia and Bulgaria's Vladimir Vladimirov Dubov in his first repechage bout on Sunday.

Wrestling World Championships: Bajrang Punia Back In Medal Contention

Star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia suffered a shock defeat in his quarterfinal bout but returned into medal contention as he entered the 65kg repechage round at World Championships in Belgrade on Saturday. Bajrang succumbed to a technical superiority (10-0) defeat at the hands of 23-year-old two-time cadet world champion Yianni Diakomihalis of the USA in the last eight round. However, the two-time Commonwealth Games champion, who is searching for his fourth World Championships medal, became active again as he entered the repechage round after Diakomihalis reached the final.

Bruno Lage has no complaints over Nathan Collins' red card against Manchester City

Wolves manager Bruno Lage had no complaints about Nathan Collins' straight red card against Manchester City.

League One: Conor Hourihane brace earns win for Derby

Republic of Ireland midfielder Conor Hourihane netted a brace for Derby County that earned a 2-1 home win over Wycombe in Sky Bet League One.

Manning on the mark and Obafemi returns to action in Swans win

Republic of Ireland international Ryan Manning was on the scoresheet and Michael Obafemi returned to action as Swansea defeated Hull 3-0 to claim only their third win of the Sky Bet Championship season.

Indian chess players Pranav Anand, Ilamparthi win titles

The top-seeded Anand, who Thursday became the country's 76th Grandmaster, scored nine points from 11 rounds to emerge clear winner. He was half a point ahead of the rest of the field. Anand's compatriot M Pranesh, who was the second seed, finished joint third with eight points along with three others.

Nothing guaranteed as James McClean chases a century of caps

When James McClean led the Republic of Ireland out in Lodz in June against Ukraine, it was his 94th senior international game.

Bengaluru teen Pranav Anand becomes India's 76th chess Grandmaster

The 15-year-old, having already met the other requirements that are necessary for a GM title, achieved the honour late on Thursday. To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points. Anand had scored the third and final GM norm at the 55th Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland in July. "He is passionate towards chess. Extremely interested and passionate towards the game. He can work for any number of hours," Anand's coach V Saravanan told PTI.

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World Championships: Bajrang Punia back in medal contention, to fight for bronze; Sagar Jaglan misses out

Wrestling World Championships: Bajrang Punia Back In Medal Contention

Bruno Lage has no complaints over Nathan Collins' red card against Manchester City

League One: Conor Hourihane brace earns win for Derby

Manning on the mark and Obafemi returns to action in Swans win

Indian chess players Pranav Anand, Ilamparthi win titles

Nothing guaranteed as James McClean chases a century of caps

Bengaluru teen Pranav Anand becomes India's 76th chess Grandmaster