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Laureus World Sports Awards 2018: Kapil Dev, Yuvraj Singh and other stars to grace ceremony

A glittering collection of the greatest sportsmen, sportswomen and teams have been nominated for this year's Laureus World Sports Awards, following a global vote by the world's media.

Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk succesfully undergoes surgery on right knee

Van Niekerk suffered multiple knee tears last month playing in a celebrities' touch rugby match, one of the curtain-raisers to a South Africa-New Zealand Test in Cape Town.

Wayde van Niekerk may be No 1 attraction in world athletics but he'll never be Usain Bolt, says Michael Johnson

Van Niekerk is the current World and Olympic champion in the 400m and many feel that he will fill-up the void left by Bolt, who retired after the last World Championship in London.

Carl Lewis takes dig at Usain Bolt, says too much focus on one individual had hindered growth of athletics

The last decade in world athletics belonged to Usain Bolt but the legendary Carl Lewis is not happy with the singular focus on the Jamaican showman.

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Wayde van Niekerk wants to be his own man, not Usain Bolt's successor

"I will never try and fill Usain's shoes, or Michael's," said van Niekerk. "I've shown enough dominance, hard work and performances to start building my own image and brand."

IAAF World Athletic Championships 2017: Ramil Guliyev stuns Wayde van Niekerk with shock 200m gold

Wayde van Niekerk's dreams of emulating legend Michael Johnson's 200m/400m world double lay in tatters on Thursday as Turkey's 9/1 outsider Ramil Guliyev edged the 200m final

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Isaac Makwala strolls into 200m semis with successful solo run

Makwala had been barred from running in Tuesday's 400m final after being diagnosed with the stomach ailment on Monday — which under English health recommendations requires 48 hours' quarantine.

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Isaac Makwala allowed to compete at 200m event

Makwala, who has become a genuine medal contender on the world stage late in his career, had fallen victim to the virus which swept one of the hotels hosting athletes and their support staff.

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Allyson Felix aims for her 10th gold medal

Here are the events and the athletes that you should watch out for on Day 6 of IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017.

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Mo Farah, Wayde van Niekerk, Lakshmanan Govindan in action on Day 6

Here's all you need to know about the schedule of events to be held in IAAF World Athletics Championship 2017 on Day 6.