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The U23 World Wrestling Championship 2021 concluded on November 7 in Serbia's capital Belgrade. India won five medals in the event in different categories. The event is also said to be India's most successful performance since the beginning of the event in 2017. Shivani Pawar won silver in 50kg, Anju win bronze in 55kg followed by Divya Kakran (62kg) Radhika (65kg), and Nisha Dahiya (72kg).   

Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo was seen throwing his Captain's armband in frustration after he was denied the winning goal in the FIFA qualifier against Serbia on March 28. The match ended up being a 2-2 draw, as referee Danny Makkeli denied the goal despite the ball crossed the goal line. About his armband protest, Ronaldo wrote on Instagram, "Being captain of Portugal team is one of the greatest...pride and privilege".

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is preparing to bring its wrestlers back on the mat with the Belgrade championship, Serbia. India will be sending both Men and Women freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers from all weight divisions. The World Championship, earlier scheduled from December 12 to 20, was called off after U.S and Japan's pandemic concerns. It will now likely to be held next month as 'Individual World Cup'.

Serbian tennis player, Novak Djokovic, after being disqualified from the US Open, has opened up about the incident. Djokovic stated that he can't guarantee that he won't make a similar mistake. He said, "I'm going to try my best obviously, but anything is possible". Djokovic was disqualified from the US Open after hitting the line-judge on her throat, accidentally, as well as… read-more