Neeraj Chopra's 88.05m throw in Lausanne was his best in over a year, yet he finished second by a razor-thin 9 centimetres to Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage, who sealed a third straight win with 88.14m.
India's javelin ace jumped to the top five in the season-ending Diamond League standings, a massive leap from his earlier seventh-place spot.
In a heart-wrenching day for Indian sports, the women's hockey team fought valiantly but suffered a **0-2 loss to the...