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Yearly Review of Sports 2019

6500 athletes taking part in Khelo India games

6500 athletes from 37 teams will take part in the 3rd Khelo India youth games in Guwahati beginning from 10th of January.

Lawn ball and cycling will be included in the Khelo India for the first time.

A total of 20 competitions will be held at 11 venues in and around Guwahati.

The Assam govt will give Rs 1 lakh for Gold, Rs 75,000 for silver and Rs 50,000 for bronze medalist Assam players.

Torch relay of Khelo India Games launched

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has launched the torch relay of the Third Khelo India Youth Games.

The games will be held in Guwahati from 10-22 Jan 2020.

The officials of the competition are preparing a total of eight venues for the tournament and they are on track to make the Games one of the largest sporting spectacles of the country.

5 boxers booked place for Olympic Qualifiers

Five Indian women boxers booked their place for the Olympic Qualifiers at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.

Mary Kom defeated Nikhat Zareen 9-1 in 51kg category while in 57kg Sakshi Chaudhary outclassed her opponent.

In the 60kg event, Simranjit Kaur won her bout.

In the 69kg and 75kg category, Lovlina Borgohain and Pooja Rani won their respective matches.

Udayan Mane set new PGTI record

In Golf, Udayan Mane claimed a one-shot win at the season-ending TATA Steel Tour Championship in Jamshedpur on 29 Dec 2019.

His 67-66-64-65 determined final round effort saw him establish a new PGTI record for the lowest tournament total as he closed the week with a 26-under-262 at the Golmuri Golf Course.

It was his 8th professional title and his 2nd win on the PGTI this season.

Koneru became Women's World Rapid Chess Champ

Indian grandmaster Koneru Humpy has become the 2019 Women's World Rapid Champion.

She defeated China's Lei Tingjie in a dramatic final in Moscow, Russia.

Tingjie finished with a silver, while Turkey's Ekaterina Atalik won bronze.

This is a significant triumph for Humpy who is India’s best-ever women’s chess player.

Vernon Philander announced retirement

Vernon Philander announced international retirement from all forms of cricket after the conclusion of the upcoming Test series against England.

He has played 97 matches across all three formats, taking a combined 261 wickets with 1784 runs in his international career.




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He also took 51 wickets in his first seven Test matches which earned him the 2012 SA Cricketer of the Year award.

MS Dhoni named captain of CA’s ODI team

MS Dhoni has been named captain of Cricket Australia’s (CA) ODI team of the decade and the line-up features three Indian players.

Apart from Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have made the cut in CA’s team.

CA’s ODI team of the decade: Rohit Sharma, Hashim Amla, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Shakib Al Hasan, Jos Buttler, MS Dhoni, Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Lasith Malinga, Rashid Khan.

Kohli among 5 Wisden cricketers of the decade

Indian skipper Virat Kohli is one of the five players named in the Wisden Cricketers of the Decade.

Kohli joins Australian batsman Steve Smith, and South Africans, Dale Steyn, and AB de Villiers.

He also finds a spot in the Wisden ODI team of the decade alongside MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and others.

Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry is the only female cricketer in the list.

Manu Bhaker clinched gold at National C’ships

Manu Bhaker and Anish Bhanwala clinched gold medals at the 63rd National Shooting Championships in Bhopal on 24 Dec 2019.

Bhaker, representing Haryana, clinched four gold medals (individual and team events in senior and junior) in the women's 10 meter air pistol.

Devanshi Dhama won silver in the senior women's 10 m air pistol event while Yashaswini Singh Deshwal won the bronze medal.

Indian weightlifter Rakhi created 2 records

Indian weightlifter Rakhi Halder created two new national records and clinched a bronze medal in the women's 64kg weight category at the Qatar International Cup in Doha.

She superseded the senior national record in both snatch and total lift with her personal best effort of 218kg, 95kg in the snatch with 123 kg in clean and jerk on 23 Dec 2019.

Nadal and Barty named 2019 ITF World Champions

Ash Barty and Rafael Nadal were named International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) World Champions for 2019.

Barty became the first Australian to win the French Open since Margaret Court in 1973 when she beat Czech Marketa Vondrousova in June 2019.

Nadal claimed the ITF world title for the fourth time after sealing a historic 12th French Open and a fourth U.S. Open.

Harinder Pal Singh won in squash tournament

Indian squash player Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu clinched the men's title while Hana Ramadan of Egypt won the women's crown in the third leg of the HCL-SRFI India Tour Squash Tournament in Mumbai on 21 Dec 2019.

Harinder defeated Tomotaka Endo of Japan 3-0 in a match that lasted for 30 minutes, while Hana beat England's Lucy Turmel 3-1 in the women's final.

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India's shuttler Maisnam Meiraba Luwang has won the Men's singles Bangladesh Junior International Badminton Series 2019 in Dhaka.

Meiraba beat Ken Yong Ong 21, 14, 21-18 in the final lasting 38 minutes on 22 Dec 2019.

Meiraba had also clinched the boys' singles U-19 title at the Woncheon Yonex Korea Junior Open International Challenge in November 2019.

India beat West Indies by 4 wickets in 3rd ODI

In Cricket, India defeated West Indies by 4 wickets in the 3rd and final ODI of the three-match series at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on 22 Dec 2019.

With this win, India won the series 2-1.

This is India's tenth consecutive series win over the West Indies.

Skipper Virat Kohli who scored 85, was declared Man of the Match.

Rohit Sharma was declared Man of the Series.

ICC T20I rankings: Radha retains 2nd position

Left-arm Indian spinner Radha Yadav remained at the second spot in the latest ICC Women's T20I players rankings.

Deepti Sharma and Poonam Yadav slipped a place each to the fifth and sixth positions. Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur remained static at the seventh and ninth positions.

India continued to hold on to the fourth position in the ICC Women's T20 Team Ranking.

Mirabai Chanu bagged Gold

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won the women's 49kg category gold medal to open India's account at the 6th Qatar International Cup in Doha on 20 Dec 2019.

She bagged gold with an effort of 194kg in the Olympic qualifying event.

She lifted 83kg in snatch and 111kg in clean and jerk to finish on top of the podium.

However, it was a performance way below her personal best of 201 kg.

Abhinav won Bengaluru Open Golf Championship

Abhinav Lohan lifted PGTI title securing a narrow one-shot triumph at the Bengaluru Open golf championship on 20 Dec 2019.

It was Lohan's first title on the TATA Steel PGTI and second win of the year 2019.

Lohan thus became the fourth Indian golfer to register his maiden title on the TATA Steel PGTI this season following Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Priyanshu Singh and Veer Ahlawat.

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Indian paddler Mudit Dani secured his maiden International Table Tennis Federation senior medal after progressing to the men's doubles semifinals in the US Open Championships in Fort Worth, the USA on 19 Dec 2019.

In Women's Football, Sweden won tri-nation series beating India 4-0 in the final of Under-17 tournament in Mumbai on 19 Dec 2019. Sweden scored three goals before half time.

FIFA rankings: India static at 108

The Indian men’s football team remained static at 108th spot in the year-ending FIFA rankings issued on 19 Dec 2019.

With 1187 total points, India is placed at 19th spot among Asian countries headed by Japan (28th).

India was placed at 97th in the December FIFA rankings of 2018.




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In the Asian rankings, Japan is followed by Iran (33), Korea (40), Australia (42) and Qatar (55).

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Zeena Khitta emerged as the new national champion in the Women's 10 metres Air Rifle event at the ongoing 63rd National Shooting Championship Competitions Rifle/Pistol in Bhopal on 19 Dec 2019.

Pat Cummins, with a base price of Rs 2 crore, became the most expensive overseas buy of IPL as he was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a whopping 15.50 crore rupees.

3rd Khelo India games to be held in Jan 2020

The 3rd edition of the Khelo India Games will be held in Guwahati as per schedule from 10 Jan 2020.

All preparations are being taken to make the event successful.

Over 10 thousand players and officials are expected to take part in the event that will be held at different venues in Guwahati.

There would be a total of 20 events in this edition of the Khelo India.

Smriti Mandhana in T20 team of the year

Smriti Mandhana was named in both the ICC's ODI and T20 teams of the year, capping off a memorable season.

Mandhana has Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Yadav and Shikha Pandey for company in the ODI team of the year and all-rounder Deepti Sharma in the T20 side.

Australia's Alyssa Healy was chosen as the T20 cricketer of the year following her record-breaking 148 against Sri Lanka earlier this year.

Virat Kohli retained top spot in ICC rankings

Virat Kohli retained his top spot among batsmen with 928 points in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on 16 Dec 2019.

Cheteshwar Pujara with 791 and Ajinkya Rahane 759 held on to their 4th and 6th spots respectively.

Among the bowlers, Bumrah slipped to the 6th spot.

Ravindra Jadeja remained at number two, behind Jason Holder, among Test all-rounders.

FIH unveiled new world ranking system

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) unveiled a new world ranking system for 2020 in Switzerland on 13 Dec 2019.

It will come into effect from 1 Jan 2020.

For a better reflection of current performances, the new ranking will be match-based instead of tournament-based calculation.

The outgoing world ranking system was in existence since 2003.

FICCI India Sports Award 2019

The FICCI India Sports Awards 2019 has been awarded to Railway Sports Promotion Board under the category of Best Company Promoting Sports.

The awards were conferred by a jury headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal, Retired Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The award is an attempt to recognize the contribution of sports persons who deliver excellent results during a year.

Rani, Saurabh won FICCI Award 2019




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Rani Rampal and pistol shooter Saurabh Chaudhary won the Sports Person of the Year awards at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2019.

Rani played a crucial role in India's qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, scoring the winning goal against the US.

Saurabh won gold at the 2018 Asian Games and has since won a number of individual and team honours at shooting World Cups.

Praggnanandhaa won London Chess Classic

India's R. Praggnanandhaa won the FIDE Open category of the London Chess Classic with a tally of 7.5 points out of nine rounds.

In the ninth and final round that stretched to the next day, Praggnanandhaa drew with his compatriot Sahaj Grover.

Earlier, in the eighth round, the Indian Grandmaster drew with his country-mate Arvindh Chithambaram (7 points), who ended up in third place.

Cash awards to SAG medallists

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced a cash reward of 1.5 lakh rupees each for the 174 gold medallists of the South Asian Games.

The South Asian Games concluded on 10 Dec 2019 with India topping the table for 13th time in a row, winning 312 medals including 174 gold, 93 silver and 45 bronze medals.

The silver winners will receive 1 lakh rupees and bronze winners 50,000 rupees each.

India beat West Indies by 67 runs

India beat West Indies by 67 runs to win the third and final T20 International at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 11 Dec 2019.

With this victory, India won the three-match series by 2-1.

Batting first, India made 240 for 3 in the stipulated 20 overs.

K L Rahul scored 91 off 56 balls.

Rohit Sharma played a power-packed innings of 71 runs, including five sixes and six boundaries.

Wasim Jaffer: 1st to play 150 Ranji matches

Wasim Jaffer became the first player in Indian cricket to feature in 150 Ranji matches.

He is now just 853 runs away from completing 20,000 runs in first-class cricket.

He is followed by Madhya Pradesh batsman Devendra Bundela (145 matches) and Amol Muzumdar (136 matches), who have played for Mumbai and Assam.

He has played 253 first-class games, scoring 19,147 runs at an average of 51.19.

13th South Asian Games concluded

13th South Asian Games came a close in Nepal on 10 Dec 2019.

Indian athletes dominated the medals tally on 9 Dec 2019.

India consolidated its top position with 294 medals comprising 159 gold, 91 silver and 44 bronze medals.

Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal Ishwar Pokharel graced the occasion as Chief Guest at the closing ceremony of the event.

Indian won 252 medals so far in S. Asian Games

Indian athletes are continuing their outstanding performance at 13th South Asian Games in Nepal.




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Consolidating its top position India has clinched 252 medals comprising 132 gold, 79 silver and 41 bronze so far.

Sushila Devi brought first gold in women's 48 kg.

Later Vijay Kumar Yadav won gold in men's 60kg and Jasleen Singh Saini clinched gold in 66 kg.

All India Sports competition of ERMS began

Eklavya Model Residential School All India Sports Competition started at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh on 9 Dec 2019.

Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) scheme is one of the flagship interventions of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs introduced in 1997-98.

It ensures that tribal students get access to quality education in remote tribal areas.

The event is being held from 9-13 December 2019.

GS Lakshmi first woman to oversee a mens ODI

India’s GS Lakshmi created history as the first female match referee to oversee a men’s ODI in the opening match of the third series of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 in the UAE.

She oversaw the match on December 8, 2019 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

She was earlier appointed as the first woman onto the ICC International Panel of Match Referees in May 2019.

India won 23 gold on 6th day of S. Asian Games

Indian athletes clinched 49 medals comprising 23 golds, 20 silvers and 6 bronzes on 7 Dec 2019 in 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu, Nepal.

On 6th day of games, India is on top with a total of 173 medals including 85 gold, 61 silver and 27 bronze medals.

In Men's shot-put, Tajinderpal Singh won the gold medal and set a new South Asian Games record by throwing the ball 20.03 metres far.

India won 28 gold in South Asian Games

Indian athletes continued their winning streak at 13th South Asian Games in Nepal, grabbing 54 medals comprising 28 gold, 19 silver and 7 bronze on 5 Dec 2019.

India dominated in Wushu, Weightlifting, Swimming, Shooting and Taekwondo.

On the 5th day of games, India further consolidated its top position in the medal tally with a total of 124 medals comprising 62 gold, 41 silver and 21 bronze.

Virat regained no.1 spot in ICC Test rankings

India captain Virat Kohli regained the top spot in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test rankings in batting.

Cheteshwar Pujara has held on to his fourth spot, while Ajinkya Rahane has come down a spot to sixth in the latest batting.

Among the bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah is the highest-placed Indian at the 5th position.

Jason Holder is at the top of the all-rounders' list.

Shashini won gold in Chess Championship

Shashini Puvi from Karnataka won a gold medal in the recently held National Schools Chess Championship in Aurangabad.

Mumbai girl Myrah Sachdev has bagged the silver medal in the championship.




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While Myrah finished on 7.5 points out of possible nine, Shashini's score was eight in the end.

Myrah will officially represent India in the Asian and World Schools Chess Championships.

India won 34 Gold in South Asian Games

At the 13th South Asian Games in Nepal, India topped the medals tally on the fourth day with 70 medals comprising 34 gold, 23 silver and 13 bronze.

On the fourth day of games, India clinched 28 medals including 17 gold.

Athletics grabbed maximum 10 medals including 5 Gold.

In Tennis, Table Tennis, Kho-Kho, Indian men's and women's teams won gold each.

New Delhi to host 2020 National Sikh Games

National Sikh Games 2020 will be hosted in January 2020 across various venues in New Delhi.

Modelled replica of Australian Sikh Games, National Sikh Games will feature around 2500 athletes from 10 states of the country for over 3 days, January 9-11, 2020

The event will be organized by Delhi based philanthropic Jap Jaap Sewa Trust in collaboration with DSGMC.

Lionel Messi was conferred an award

Lionel Messi was named the best player and was awarded the 2019 Ballon d'Or award in Paris.

He created a world record by receiving the award for the sixth time.

He broke the record set by Cristiano Ronaldo by winning the trophy five times.

Lionel Messi won the award earlier in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015.

Virgil van Dijk was second.

India bagged 10 Gold at South Asian Games

India dominated the 13th South Asian Games in Nepal by clinching 10 Gold in Athletics, Volleyball, Shooting and Table Tennis.

In track and field events Archana Suseendran in women's 100m, M. Jashna in high jump, Sarvesh Anil Kushare in men's high jump and Ajay Kumar Saroj in 1500m won a gold each.

Overall, in Athletics India won four gold, four silver and two bronze on the opening day.

Lewis Hamilton won Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Mercedes racer Lewis Hamilton has won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

He has claimed his 84th career victory.

Hamilton's victory was his 11th of the 21 races that have been held this season.

Max Verstappen of Red Bull finished 2nd in the race while Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finished 3rd in the race.

Gurpreet Singh, Sunil Kumar clinch gold medals

In wrestling, Asian Championships silver medallists Gurpreet Singh and Sunil Kumar clinched gold medals on the final day of the senior national championships in Jalandhar on 1 Dec 2019.

Gurpreet defeated Sajan Bhanwal, who was representing the Railways, by a 3-1 margin, in the 77 kilogram category.

Sunil also managed an easy win over Punjab's Prabhal.

Senior Wrestling National C'ships in Jalandhar

Star wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik registered convincing wins in the finals to claim gold medals at the Senior Wrestling National Championships in Jalandhar.

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Olympic bronze medallist Malik defeated Radhika of Haryana 4-2 in the 62kg category

S Verma loses to Wang Tzu Wei in men's singles

Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma's at the Syed Modi International tournament came to an end after he lost in straight games to Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei in the men's singles final

Syed Modi International tournament held in Lucknow.

Wang Tzu Wei world rank is 22 ,Whereas Sourabh Verma's is 36

Residential Coaching Prgms for Sportspersons

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports provides for training identified talented sportspersons in the age group of 8-25 yrs.

At present 14669 sportspersons are getting training under various schemes, Out of these 8701 sportspersons are getting full-time residential training.

The athletes undergo regular sports training in the morning and evening sessions under the expert guidance of coaches.

Sports Events for Women

All sports promotional schemes and facilities of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports are equally available and accessible to women athletes.

Under the “Sports for Women” vertical of Khelo India Scheme, this Ministry has decided to launch “Khelo India Football Girls League” in Under-17 age group.

Khelo India is National programme for development of sports.

13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu

President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari declared games open in a glittering ceremony at Dasaratha Rangshala in Kathmandu.

Over 2700 athletes from seven South Asian Countries participated in the march past.

2715 athletes will compete for 1119 medals including 319 Gold in 26 game categories.

India is represented by 487 athletes. The closing ceremony will be held on 10th December.

3rd Edition of KIY Games Logo Launched

The third edition of Khelo India Youth Games-2020 Logo was launched by Sonowal, CM of Assam in presence of Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports.

The Mascot, Jersey and Theme song of the event was also launched at Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium, Sarusajai.

The Khelo India programme has been introduced to revive the sports culture in India.

CFG acquired majority stake of Mumbai City FC

Manchester City's parent company City Football Group acquired a majority 65 per cent stake in Indian Super League franchise Mumbai City FC.

It is the first time ever,a European club will be acquiring a majority stake in an Indian club.

Ferran Soriano is the CEO of City Football Group and the Nita Ambani is the chairperson of Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) and Reliance Foundation,

Abhishek-Jyothi claimed gold in Archery

Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam claimed the gold in compound mixed pair event at the 21st Asian Archery Championships.




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The Indians defeated Chinese Taipei opponents Yi-Hsuan Chen and Chieh-Luh Chen 158-151 in the final clash.

India picked up seven medals including one gold, two silver and four bronze meddles in the event.

Mayank Agarwal made maiden entry in top 10

Opener Mayank Agarwal made his maiden entry into the top 10 in the ICC Test rankings issued on 26 Nov 2019.

Virat Kohli with 928 rating points, reduced the gap from 25 to three points with Australian Smith 931 to retain the second spot.

Mayank jumped one place to 10th with 700 points.

He is the fourth Indian batsmen in the top 10 list.

Indian archers clinched 3 bronze medals

Indian archers bagged 3 bronze medals on 27 Nov 2019 and also ensured three silver medals, at the ongoing Asian Championship at Bangkok.

The Indian archers are competing in the tournament as neutral athletes under the World Archery flag due to the suspension of the national federation, Archery Association of India.

Atanu Das first clinched a bronze in the men's recurve individual event.

5% reservation to sportspersons in jobs in MP

MP government has announced 5% reservation to national and international medallists sportspersons in state government jobs.

The announcement was made by MP Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Jitu Patwari while inaugurating the Regional Olympic Games at Kampoo sports complex in Gwalior.

He also announced that under-16 zonal Olympics will be held in MP to facilitate talented children.

Indian archers bagged bronze

The embattled Indian archers Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari won bronze medal in the recurve mixed pair event of the Asian Archery Championships on 25 Nov 2019.

They competed under a neutral flag due to the suspension of Indian federation.

They defeated Yichai Zheng and Shaoxuan Wei of China 6-2 in the event.

Sangram, Varsha won double trap national title

Sangram Dahiya and Varsha Varma clinched double trap titles, winning gold at the 63rd National Shotgun Shooting Championship in New Delhi 25 Nov 2019.

Sangram, from Haryana, shot 142 out of 150 targets to leave behind former world champion Ankur Mittal.

Varsha, from MP, in the women's category, clinched the gold ahead of state-mate Manisha Keer, who won a Silver.

Marathon man Kipchoge won Athlete of the Year

Eliud Kipchoge, the first man to run a marathon in less than two hours, and 400 metres hurdles world champion Dalilah Muhammad won the World Athlete of the Year awards.

Kipchoge claimed the prize after making history in Oct 2019 when he ran the marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres in 1hr 59min 40.2sec.

Muhammad set a world record of 52.20 sec at the US Trials in Iowa in July 2019.

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In wrestling, India concluded its campaign at the Under-15 Asian Championships with 28 medals, including 13 gold, 14 silver and a bronze.

Deepak Chahal won the gold in 75kg, Vishal in 62kg, Sagar Jaglan in 68kg and Jatin in 85kg.

For the first time, India finished on top of the team rankings in freestyle category with 225 points as all 10 wrestlers finished on the podium.

Lakshya Sen won Scottish Open title

In badminton, India's Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open men's single title, defeating Brazilian Ygor Coelho to seal his fourth title in three months.

He registered an 18-21, 21-18, 21-19 win in 56 minutes to claim the title in Glasgow.

He also the Belgian International in September 2019.

He won BWF Super 100 title at the Dutch Open and the SaarLorLux Open in Germany.

Rafael Nadal clinched sixth Davis Cup title

In tennis, world number one Rafael Nadal clinched sixth Davis Cup title for Spain after beating Denis Shapovalov of Canada in Madrid.

Nadal defeated Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) to clinch Spain’s 2-0 win against Canada.

In 2010 Nadal won three majors, and in 2019, he won the French Open and the US Open, made till the Australian Open final and also reached the Wimbledon semifinals.

13th edition of the Hero I-League launched

The 13th edition of the Hero I-League was officially launched at a ceremony in New Delhi on 21 November 2019.

The League will kick off on November 30, 2019.

The league will feature 11 teams this season, with the induction of TRAU FC, winners of the Hero Second division last season.

The first match will be played between Mohun Bagan and Aizawl FC in Aizawl.

Vijender Singh claimed 12th successive win

Vijender Singh defeated Ghana’s former Commonwealth champion Charles Adamu to claim his 12th successive win on 22 November 2019.

The former Olympic bronze-medallist prevailed unanimously in an eight-round super middleweight contest against Charles.

This was Vijender's second win of 2019.

His previous win was in August 2019 in which he beat Mike Snider via a fourth-round TKO.

IAAF officially changed its name

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has officially changed its name and will now be known as “World Athletics”.

The name has been changed in a bid to make the sport more accessible.

The IAAF was founded in 1912 as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and changed its name to the “International Association of Athletics Federations” in 2001.

Brazil lifted U-17 World Cup title

The Brazilian football team defeated the football team of Mexico in the finals for 2-1, to win the 18th edition of the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) under 17 World Cup trophy held in Brasilia, Brazil recently.




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The victory added to Brazil’s successes in 1997, 1999 and 2003 as it moved within one of Nigeria’s record of five championships.

Chitharesh Natesan crowned Mr Universe 2019

Chitharesh Natesan became the first Indian to win ‘Mr. Universe (Pro) 2019’ in 90kg category at the 11th World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship(WBPF) in South Korea.

He is a hockey player turned bodybuilder also known as the ‘Indian Monster’ by bodybuilding circles.

India secured the second position in the team championship category behind Thailand.

Jemimah Rodrigues in top 5 of T20 ICC rankings

India's Jemimah Rodrigues jumped to the fourth position in the batting chart as per the latest rankings issued by ICC.

Slow left-arm spinner Radha Yadav is placed second among bowlers in the latest Women's T20 International Player Rankings.

Shafali Verma gained 57 slots to reach 30th position.

There are now 3 Indian bowlers in the top 5 as Radha Yadav has moved up to the second spot.

ISSF World Cup: Manu Bhaker won gold medal

In Shooting, India's Manu Bhaker, Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Panwar clinched gold medals in their events in the ISSF World Cup Finals in Putian, China on 21 November 2019.

Elavenil claimed gold in the women's 10 metres air rifle competition.

India is currently top of the table with three gold medals, followed by China's two gold, one silver, one bronze.

Max Verstappen won F1 Brazilian Grand Prix

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (Netherlands) won F1 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos in São Paulo, Brazil.

Verstappen was followed by Pierre Gasly (France) and Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro (Spain) in the second and third place respectively.

This marked Verstappen's third win this season, following victories in Austria and Germany.

India-Pakistan Davis Cup tie shifted

India will travel to Nur-Sultan to take on Pakistan in the upcoming Davis Cup tie.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has nominated the Kazakhstan capital to host the matches.

The Davis Cup tie will take place on 29-30 Nov 2019 in Nur-Sultan, formerly Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

The tie was pushed to this date after India expressed concerns about the safety of their players.

Bhubaneswar to host Hockey Pro League matches

Bhubaneswar will host India's home matches during the 2020 Hockey Pro League.

The second edition of the Hockey Pro League will be played between 11th of January and 28th of June 2020.

Bhubaneswar has become a hockey hub in India and has been hosting a majority of tournaments, the most recent being the Olympic qualifiers.

The Pro League will feature 144 matches in the coming season.

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Shreyasi Singh won the women's Trap Gold at the ongoing 63rd National Shooting Championship for shotgun events in New Delhi on 18 Nov 2019.

Rajeshwari from Punjab managed 38 hits to settle for silver.

Pragati Dubey of Madhya Pradesh won bronze with a finals score of 31.

This was Shreyasi's fourth individual career National title but her first in Women's Trap.

Harmeet Desai claimed Indonesia Open

Indian paddler Harmeet Desai won men’s singles title at International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Challenge Indonesia Open 2019 held at Batam, Indonesia on 17 Nov 2019.

Harmeet defeated compatriot Amalraj Anthony by 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9 score.

This is Harmeet's second International title of 2019, after the Commonwealth championship in July in Cuttack.

India recorded best-ever 9 medal haul

India has recorded the best-ever nine medals haul at the World Para Athletics Championship in Dubai.

With two gold, two silver and five bronze, India secured 13 qualifying spots at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary in F64 category won the Gold for India.

Another gold came from Sundar Singh Gurjar who won it in men's javelin F46 category.

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The 63rd National Shotgun Shooting Championship Competitions 2019 began in New Delhi on 17 Nov 2019. The competition will close on 30 November 2019.

England has qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020 football tournament and also became the top scorer with 38 goals in 2019. This is England's second-highest number ever and the highest since achieving the same total in 1966.

Stefanos Tsitsipas won ATP Finals title

Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas won the ATP Finals on 17 Nov 2019 beating Austria's Dominic Thiem 6-7, 6-2, 7-6.

This was the debut of Tsisipas in ATP Finals.

The match, which was held at the O2 Arena in London, lasted for 2 hours and 36 minutes.

Tsitsipas had qualified for the finals after defeating six-time champion Roger Federer in the semi-finals on 16 Nov 2019.

Indian women clinched five gold medals

Indian women have clinched five gold, while men bagged two silver at Asian Youth Boxing Championship in Mongolia on 17 Nov 2019.

All five women finalists, Naorem Chanu (51kg), Vinka (64kg) Sanamacha Chanu (75kg), Poonam (54kg) and Sushma (81kg) won Gold for the country.

Among the men, Selay Soy (49kg) and Ankit Narwal (60kg) settled for silver.

India won a total of 12 medals in the event.

Sharad Kumar won a silver

Para high-jumpers Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu qualified for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

They claimed the silver and the bronze medal respectively in the World Para-Athletics Championships in Dubai.




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Two-time Asian Para Games champion Sharad Kumar cleared the bar with season’s best effort of 1.83 metres, while Mariyappan with a season’s best performance of 1.80 metres.

India set to host World Kabaddi cup 2019

The 2019 World Kabaddi Cup will take place from December 1-9, 2019 and will be organised by the Punjab government in Punjab.

This year’s tournament will be dedicated to the 550th birth anniversary of Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

Nine teams: India, USA, Australia, England, Sri Lanka, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan and Canada are expected to take part in the tournament.

Wushu C'ship winners felicitated

India's Wushu World Championships medal winners Praveen, Yumnam Sanathoi Devi, Poonam Khatri and Vikrant Baliyan were felicitated by Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju in New Delhi.

India had won four medals - a gold, two silvers and a bronze - in the World Championships held in Shanghai, China, in October 2019.

Praveen, who had won a gold, was handed a cheque of 20 lakh rupees

IOA met CGF officials

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) met top officials of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) in New Delhi on 14 Nov 2019 to bring Shooting back on the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games roster.

For the first time since 1974, Shooting has been excluded from the Games roster.

Shooting has always been one of India's top medal contributors in the CWG.

Virat maintained top position in ODI ranking

In Cricket, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have maintained their top spots in the latest ICC ODI Player Rankings.

Kohli is at the top of the rankings for batsmen, followed by Rohit Sharma.

In the bowlers' rankings, Bumrah maintained his top spot followed by New Zealand's pacer Trent Boult.

Hardik Pandya is the only Indian to feature in the top 10 among all-rounders.

Sundar Singh won gold

Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar has won India's second gold defending his World Para Athletics Championships title in the men's F46 javelin throw event in Dubai.

With this, India has secured three Tokyo Paralympic Games quota, along with the bronze winner Ajeet Singh and Rinku.

Yogesh Kathuniya won a silver for India in men's discus throw F56 event with a best throw of 42.05 m.

Saurabh Chaudhary won silver medal

Saurabh Chaudhary claimed the silver medal in men's 10m air pistol event to continue India's surge at the 14th Asian Championship in Doha on 12 Nov 2019.

He shot 244.5 to finish second behind North Korea's Kim Song Guk, who won the top prize with a world record 246.5.

Shreya Agrawal and Dhanush Srikanth won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team junior competition.

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India fast bowler Deepak Chahar has moved up 88 slots to 42nd in the latest ICC T20 rankings for bowlers. Rohit Sharma continued to remain India's top-ranked batsman at the seventh position.

Sumit Nagpal moved two places up in men's singles rankings and achieved his career-best 127th spot in the latest Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) rankings. Nagpal currently has 433 points.

India secured 15 quota places for Olympics

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa secured gold and Mairaj Ahmad Khan won silver at the 14th Asian Shooting Championship at Doha on 10 Nov 2019.

Their medals ensured India secured an unprecedented 15 quota places for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

India won three quotas on 10 Nov 2019 including teenager Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar's bronze in men's 50m rifle 3 positions.

Kento Momota beat Tien Chen to win China Open

Kento Momota won his 10th title as he defeated Tien-chen to retain his Fuzhou China Open Badminton crown on 10 Nov 2019.

Momota defeated Chou by 21-15, 17-21, 21-18 at Fuzhou.

Home hope Chen Yufei similarly successfully defended the women's title with a victory over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara.

Chen lifted the Fuzhou title for the second year in a row.

India to host 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup

India will host the 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup from 13th to 29th of January 2023.

Spain and the Netherlands have been named as the co-hosts of the 2022 Women's World Cup scheduled to be held from 1st to 22nd of July 2022.

The decisions were made during FIH's Executive Board Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on 9 Nov 2019.

Rohit Sharma makes record

Stand-in captain Rohit Sharma became the first Indian male cricketer and second in world cricket to complete 100 T20 Internationals.

This feat was achieved during the second match against Bangladesh at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium

in Rajkot. Shoaib Malik (111 games) from Pakistan is the only player to have played more than 100 T20 Internationals.

Official emblem unveiled for FIFA U-17 2020

The official emblem of FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup for the year 2020 which is to be conducted in India was unveiled.

The emblem was unveiled by Fédération Internationale de Football Association(FIFA) and Local Organising Committee(LOC) at the launch event in the gateway of India, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

The colour and style of the emblem are inspired by Bandhani textiles.

India won 3-match series against West Indies

In Women's Cricket, India won the 3-match series 2-1 beating the West Indies by 6 wickets in the 3rd and final ODI match in North Sound, Antigua on 6 Nov 19.

Indian women achieved the victory target of 195 runs comfortably with 47 balls to spare.

For India, Smriti Mandhana was the highest scorer with 74 off 63 balls.

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Deepak Kumar secured 10th Olympic quota

Deepak Kumar secured India's 10th Olympic quota in shooting while Manu Bhaker claimed the women's 10 metres air pistol gold medal in the 14th Asian Championship in Doha on 5 Nov 2019.

Deepak won a bronze medal in men's 10 metres air rifle.

Deepak is the second Indian shooter to earn an Olympic quota in the men's 10 metres air rifle event after Divyansh Singh Panwar.

Rafael Nadal secured No 1 spot for eighth time

Rafael Nadal is back to the world No. 1 for the eighth time in his career in the ATP rankings released on 4 Nov 2019.

He overtook Novak Djokovic.

Djokovic slipped down the rankings because he lost the points that he won a year ago in London when Nadal was absent.

Shahbaz helped India B lift Deodhar Trophy

Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem claimed four wickets as India B lifted the Deodhar Trophy with a comprehensive 51-run win over India C in the final in Ranchi.

India elected to bat and made 283 runs for 7 wickets.

Jadhav scored 50 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal 54 and Vijay Shankar 45 runs.

Indian Hockey teams qualify for 2020 Olympics

In Men's Hockey, eight-time champions India qualified for next year's Tokyo Olympic after mauling Russia 7-1 in the second game of the two-legged FIH Qualifiers for men in Bhubaneswar.

The Indian men, ranked fifth in the world defeated world number 22 Russia 4-2 in the first-leg.

The Indian women's also sealed their place after beating the US on aggregate despite losing the second match 1-4.

India bagged bronze in Dragon Boat World Cup

The Indian dragon boat team has created history by winning a bronze medal in the ongoing International Canoe Federation Dragon Boat World Cup being held in Ningbo, China.

India got the bronze in the mixed team event in the 500m race.

The gold medal was won by Chinese Taipei, while the hosts China had to settle for a silver.

A total of 37 teams from 29 countries had participated.

Lewis Hamilton won sixth F1 world championship

Lewis Hamilton sealed his sixth world drivers' title with second place in the United States Grand Prix.

The result means Hamilton becomes the second most successful F1 driver of all time - moving him to within one championship of all-time record-holder Michael Schumacher, whose tally of seven is now within his reach.

He has secured the championship with 10 victories out of the 19 races.

Wesley So won Fischer Random World C'ship

Wesley So has won the first FIDE-sanctioned Fischer Random World Chess Championship, sweeping aside Magnus Carlsen in the final.

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In the bronze final, Ian Nepomniachtchi demonstrated a continued return to form with a convincing performance against Fabiano Caruana.

Novak Djokovic won Paris Masters 2019 title

Novak Djokovic won the Paris Masters 2019 title.

He won the title for the fifth time.

He sealed his 34th Master's title and fifth overall ATP victory of the year 2019.

He defeated Canada's Denis Shapovalov and secured 6-3 6-4 to win the title.

His success adds to his previous Paris Masters titles from 2009 and 2013-2015.

Ashleigh Barty claimed the 2019 WTA Finals

Australian tennis player and world number one Ashleigh Barty claimed the 2019 WTA Finals in China.

She defeated Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and smashed the title.

She has claimed the record-breaking prize money of $4.42 million.

The prize money is considered as the biggest ever amount in men's or women's tennis.

She secured 6-4, 6-3, to claim the prestigious 2019 WTA Finals title.

Lakshya Sen won SaarLorLux Badminton tourna.

India's Lakshya Sen has won the SaarLorLux Open badminton tournament at Saarbrücken in Germany.

He defeated Sen Weng Hong Yang of China in an exciting final on 3 Nov 2019.

World number 51 Lakshya took 59 minutes to overcome Weng in the summit clash.

The 18-year-old from Uttarakhand had entered the final beating Kiran George in an all-Indian semifinal.

Maisnam won boys' singles U-19 title

Maisnam Meiraba Luwang clinched the boys' singles U-19 title at the Woncheon Yonex Korea Junior Open Badminton International Challenge 2019 in Miryang, Korea.

Meanwhile Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, who had bowed out to Luwang 16-21, 22-24 in the semi-final claimed bronze in the same category.

It is Luwang's third international title in 2019.

South Africa won Rugby World Cup

South Africa galloped by England to win the Rugby World Cup in Japan.

The Springboks claimed the Cup for the first time since 2007.

It was a rematch of the final game of 2007.

Both teams scored only penalty kicks in the first half.

The final score was 32-12.

The Springboks became the second team after New Zealand to win three World Cup titles.

India dropped to 106th in FIFA Men’s rankings

The Indian football team dropped two places to 106th position in the latest FIFA rankings.

The downward slid came following the Blue Tigers’ 1-1 draw against lower-ranked Bangladesh in the FIFA World Cup qualifier earlier this month.

Bangladesh jumped three rungs to 184th spot.

Belgium has managed to hold on to the top spot, followed by France and Brazil.

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The BCCI Ethics Officer D K Jain has asked Rahul Dravid to appear in person for the second time, on November 12.

A conflict of interest issue arising as him being the head of National Cricket Academy (NCA) and his role with India Cements which also owns IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings.

Rahul Dravid is the head of the National Cricket Academy.

Prithvi Sekhar won gold in Deaf Championship

India’s unseeded Prithvi Sekhar beat 3rd seeded Jaroslav Smedek of the Czech Republic by 6-4, 6-3 points and clinched the men’s singles title in World Deaf Tennis Championships 2019.

The 2nd Edition of World Deaf Tennis Championships 2019 was held in Antalya, Turkey.

He had also won the men’s doubles bronze medal with Prashanth Dasharath Harsambhavi.

Pooja Gehlot Bags Silver

Pooja Gehlot (53kg) won India's second silver medal from the UWW Under-23 World Championships 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.

She was defeated by Japan's 2017 world champion Haruna Okuno.

Gehlot emulated freestyle expert Ravinder (61kg)'s feat, who also won a silver medal earlier.

Pooja became the junior national champion in 2015.

Kareena Kapoor unveils World T20 trophies

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan unveiled the trophies of the T20 World Cups in Melbourne.

The Women’s T20 World Cup will kick-off on February 21, 2020, followed by the Men’s edition, which is slated to begin from October 18 in the same year in Australia.

Windies had won the competition in 2016, held in India, after beating England in the final in dramatic fashion.

Mary Kom to represent Asian bloc

M C Mary Kom has been included in a 10-strong athlete ambassadors group to represent boxers in the build-up to 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games by the IOC's Task Force for the sport.

Mary Kom will represent the Asian bloc in the group, which also comprises two-time Olympic gold-medallist Vasyl Lamachenko and five-time world champion and 2016 Olympic gold-winner Julio Cesar La Cruz among others.

Shiva Thapa, Pooja Rani clinched gold

Shiva Thapa and Pooja Rani clinched gold medals, while Ashish settled for a silver, as India ended with a decent haul of seven medals at the Olympic Test Event for Boxing in Tokyo, Japan on 31 October 2019.

The other four medals, all bronze were bagged by Nikhat Zareen, Simranjeet Kaur, Sumit Sangwan and Vahlimpuia in their respective weight categories.

Ravinder settled for silver

At the Under-23 World Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Indian grappler Ravinder settled for a silver medal after going down to Kyrgyzstan's Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov in the final.

He suffered a 3-5 loss to Ulukbek in 61 kg category.

Ulukbek is the current Asian U23 champion.

This was India's first medal at the 2019 edition and overall fifth silver at the Championships.

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Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reclaimed its position in the top 10 of the latest BWF Badminton rankings.

Satwik and Chirag, who became the first Indian pair to enter the finals of a BWF World Tour Super 750 event at the French Open last week, gained two places to grab the ninth place.

Lakshya Sen moved up a place to 51, while Shubankar Dey to no. 38.

Swastika, Kavya Sree Baskar clinched bronze

India's Swastika Ghosh and Kavya Sree Baskar have secured bronze medals in the Oman Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Open in Muscat.

Swastika beat Wan-Hsuan Lee in the quarters 4-3 to advance to the medal round.

Kavya Sree lost 1-3 against eventual champion Pu-Syuan Cheng of Taipei in the Cadet Singles to be content with the bronze medal.

Swaroop Singh completed Ironman Malaysia

Indian Army’s officer Lt. Col. Swaroop Singh Kuntal became the fastest Indian to complete Ironman Malaysia in a record timing of 12 hours and 14 minutes.

Ironman event consists of sea swimming followed by cycling and running.

The triathlon is required to be done in a cut- off time of 17 hours.

During cycling, the maximum temperature reached 380C, and while running, it reached 350C.

India's First Day-Night Test to be held

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has agreed to India's proposal to play a day-night Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata during the upcoming two-match series.

The game, starting on November 22, 2019, will be the first day-night Test for both teams and second of the series.

The first day-night Test took place in 2015 between Australia and New Zealand.

Simona Halep beat Bianca Andreescu

Simona Halep of Romania beat Canada's Bianca Andreescu 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3 in their purple group round-robin clash at the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals.

Simona Halep is a Romanian professional tennis player.

She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019.

The WTA is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis.

Payas Jain bagged team gold

Indian paddler Payas Jain teamed up with South Korea’s Seongil Jang and Sora Matsushima of Japan to win the gold medal at the ITTF World Cadet Challenge played in Wladyslawowo, Poland.

In the girls team event, Yashaswani Ghorpade led the Asian challenge to help them earn a bronze medal with a 3-0 win over Poland.

Boxer Deepak won silver

Deepak won a silver medal while tennis player N Sriram Balaji claimed a bronze medal in their respective events at the ongoing seventh Military World Games in Wuhan, China.

Deepak settled for the silver in the men’s light flyweight (46-49kg) category after losing to Zhussupov Temirtas of Kazakhstan.

Balaji defeated Uzbekistan’s Fomin Sergey 6-2 6-3 in the men’s singles bronze medal contest.




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Tiger Woods won the Zozo Championship

Tiger Woods won the Zozo Championship by three strokes matching Sam Snead’s record of 82 PGA Tour victories. Snead was 52 years old when he recorded his final tour victory in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1965.

Lewis Hamilton won the Mexican Grand Prix for Mercedes on 27 October 2019. Hamilton’s 10th win of the season, and 83rd of his career, was also a 100th for Mercedes as a constructor.

Satwiksairaj-Chirag lost French Open final

The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty finished second best at the French Open Super 750.

They lost the finals in straight games against top seeds Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia.

Satwik and Chirag, had won their maiden Super 500 title at the Thailand Open in August 2019.

Papua New Guinea qualify for World T20

Papua New Guinea secured their place in the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2020.

ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2020 will be held in Australia.

Papua New Guinea secured a 45-run win over Kenya in Dubai.

Assad Vala is the captain of the Papua New Guinea men's cricket team.

Jasprit Bumrah and Mandhana won Wisden award

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and batswoman Smriti Mandhana are the two Indian names among the five winners of the prestigious Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award.

Mandhana is the third woman to be named Cricketer of the Year, after Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma.

Stalwarts Gundappa Viswanath and Lala Amarnath were inducted into the Wisden India Hall of Fame.

SAI facilities to be made free of cost

The Sports Ministry announced that sports facilities and stadia across the country under the auspices of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) would be made free of cost from November 1, 2019.

Facilities would be free for national sports federations, clubs and various leagues.

The facilities can be availed for free only for sports events.

Karnataka crowned Vijay Hazare Trophy champs

Karnataka was crowned the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Champions as they beat Tamil Nadu by nine wickets in the Vijay Hazare Trophy at Bengaluru.

Abhimanyu Mithun and Mayank Agarwal put on a masterclass performance as Karnataka won their fourth Vijay Hazare Trophy title with a dominant display against Tamil Nadu via VJD method.

As per VJD method, Karnataka should have been 86/1 in 23 overs.

Abhijit Banerjee conferred life membership

The Mohun Bagan Athletic Club has conferred life membership to Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee.

The club handed him the First Day Cover of 1911 and the maroon green jersey with his name written on it.

In 1911, Mohun Bagan became the first Indian club to win the Indian Football Association (IFA) Shield beating the East Yorkshire Regiment of the British Army in the final.

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Rohit Sharma has become the third Indian batsman to reach the top 10 in all three formats after series against South Africa.

Rohit's player of the series effort of 529 runs helped him make huge strides from 44th place before the series.

He has held a career-high ranking of second in ODIs in February 2018 and seventh in T20 in November 2018.

Praveen: 1st Indian to win gold in Wushu

Praveen Kumar became the first Indian man to win a Wushu World Championships gold, beating Russel Diaz of Philippines in the 48kg category in Shanghai.

India finished third overall in the championship in event with a gold, two silvers and a bronze.

Wushu is a Chinese martial art which combines full-contact kickboxing, including close-range punches and kicks.

Anandan won gold in Military World Games

Para-athlete Anandan Gunasekaran won two gold medals in the disabled men's 100m and 400m IT1 events to open India's medal account at the 7th CISM World Military Games.

Gunasekaran clocked 12.00 sec to win the 100m event, India's first medal in the ongoing Games.

Peru's Casas Jose was second with a timing of 12.65 while Fajardo Pardo Teodicelo of Colombia took the bronze with 12.72 sec.

Raunak Sadhwani: India’s 65th Grandmaster

Raunak Sadhwani became India’s 65th Grandmaster.

He defeated Russian GM Alexander Motylev to become the Grandmaster at the age of 13 years.

Sadhwani’s first GM norm came in the 2019 Aeroflot Open and the 2nd in the 2019 Porticcio Open and the final norm at FIDE-Chess Grand Swiss.

He has joined the growing list of country’s teenaged GMs that includes Nihal Sarin and D. Gukesh.

Bengal Warriors won 7th Pro Kabaddi League

In the final of 7th season of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League 2019, Bengal Warriors won their first title by defeating Dabang Delhi by 39-34 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Most Valuable Player award of the League was bagged by Naveen Kumar from Dabang Delhi, Best raider to Pawan Kumar Sherawat from Bengaluru Bulls; Best defender award to U Mumba’s Fazel Atrachali.

Riya Bhatia won ITF title in Nigeria

India's Riya Bhati has won the ITF women’s tennis tournament in Lagos, Nigeria.

She defeated Slovenian player Nastja Kolar of Slovenia 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 in the summit clash of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament.

This was the 3rd singles title in the professional circuit for Riya, who had won her last two titles in 2016 and 2017.

Denis Shapovalov won the Stockholm Open

Canadian Denis Shapovalov won his first ATP Tour title.

The fourth-seeded Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., captured the Stockholm Open on 20 October 2019 with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Serbian Filip Krajinovic.

Not only was it Shapovalov's first ATP title but he also became the first Canadian Tour winner since Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., in Brisbane in January 2016.




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Andy Murray won the men's singles title at the European Open 2019 on 20 October 2019. He defeated Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka by scoring 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. This is his 1st ATP title since March 2017.

Virat Kohli broke Mohammad Azharuddin’s record for being the Indian skipper who has enforced the most number of follow ons. He beat Azharuddin’s record of seven matches.

Rohit Sharma hit maiden double hundred

Rohit Sharma is the first Indian opener to register two 150-plus scores in a single Test series and also the fourth Indian batsman to score a double century against South Africa.

He scored 212 runs from 255 deliveries before losing his wicket to Kagiso Rabada.

His stellar innings had 28 fours and six sixes.

Kuhoo Garg-Dhruv Rawat won Egypt title

In badminton, Kuhoo Garg and Dhruv Rawat won the mixed doubles title at the Egypt International 2019 in Cairo on October 20, 2019.

They showed excellent understanding as they had accounted for the second seeds Ahmed Salah and Hadia Hosny 21-16 21-15 of Egypt in the second round and 16-21 21-16 21-9 win over fourth seeds Koceila Mammeri and Linda Mazri of Algeria in the semi-finals.

Amit Panghal won in World Military Games

In Boxing, Amit Panghal won his opening bout in the men's flyweight (52kg) category as the boxers gave India a good start in the 7th CISM World Military Games in Wuhan, China on 20 Oct 2019.

Panghal beat Douglas Andrade of Brazil 4-1, while Chirag (56kg) defeated Zambia's Katanga Christopher 5-0.

A total of 9308 military personnel from 109 countries are competing in the World Military Games.

Shahbaz Nadeem makes test debut

Shahbaz Nadeem has made debut in India vs South Africa test series on October 19.

Shahbaz was selected in the team because fast bowler Ishant Sharma is on rest.

He has a rich experience of 15 years as a cricket player.

3rd SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship

The Indian football team won the 3rd Edition of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championships 2019 by beating Bangladesh by 5-3 in the penalty shoot-out.

The tournament was organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) and was held at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimpu, Bhutan.

Indian captain is Shilky Devi.

Indian boxers clinched 21 medals

Indian boxers at the Asian Junior Championships, clinched 21 medals, including six golds and nine silvers, to end with the best medal haul among 26 competing countries in Fujairah, UAE.

The Indian men's squad fetched two golds, three silvers and an equal number of bronzes, while the women claimed four gold, six silver and three bronze medals.

Veerjeet clinched gold in Junior Nationals

Weightlifter Veerjeet Kaur has won a gold medal in the 49kg weight category at the ongoing Junior National Weightlifting Championship 2019 in Bodh Gaya, Bihar.




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Veerjeet lifted a total of 160kg — 70kg (snatch) + 90kg (clean and jerk) — to beat her closest opponent by a margin of 15kg.

Earlier, Veerjeet had won a bronze medal in the Khelo India Games.

PV Sindhu 13th highest paid woman sportsperson

PV Sindhu is the most marketable Indian woman sportsperson and also the most marketable woman badminton player in the world, according to the Forbes list of highest paid women sportspersons for the year (June 1, 2018 to June 1, 2019).

Sindhu is ranked 13th in the world with a total earning of 5.5 million USD for the year.

Serena Williams tops the list.

Lionel Messi won 3rd straight Golden Shoe

Barcelona captain Lionel Messi received his 6th Golden Shoe as the top scorer in the European leagues.

Messi won the trophy for a 3rd straight year after scoring 36 goals, 3 more than his closest challenger, Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain.

Messi now has two more Golden Shoes than his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

The award was created in 1967 when it was won by Eusebio.

Int. level chess tournament inaugurated

International chess tournament for chess players whose FIDE rating is below 1600 was inaugurated on October 15, 2019 at the grounds of Koteshwara Karnataka Public School.

This tournament is organized by Kashvi Chess School (KCS).

The tournament ended on October 17, 2019.

The tournament was inaugurated by gold medal winner of Commonwealth Games of 2018, Shriyana S Mallya of Mangaluru.

Yashasvi Jaiswal: Youngest to score 200

Yashasvi Jaiswal created history as he became the youngest cricketer in the world to score a double century in One Day cricket.

His is the ninth instance of an Indian scoring a List A double-ton.

Playing in his debut Vijay Hazare season, the 17-year-old scored 203 off 154 balls against Jharkhand at Alur, Karnataka.

His score comprised 12 sixes and 17 fours.

ICC changed super over rule

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has changed the super-over rule for all its major events following the uproar over the outcome of the men’s World Cup final in 2019 when England was declared winners against New Zealand on boundary count.

As per new rule, in case of a super over tie, there will be a repeated super over until one team has more runs than the other.

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Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas won the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix held at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton were ranked at the 2nd and 3rd respectively.

India beat Bangladesh 5-3 via a penalty shoot-out to win the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship title after the summit clash ended goalless in regulation time.




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India won the 3rd and final ODI

In Women's cricket, India won the series against South Africa by 3-0.

India scored 146 runs in 45.5 overs.

For India, Harmanpreet Kaur scored a brilliant 38 runs and Shikha Pandey 35.

Mithali Raj became only the second captain with 100 wins in women's cricket.

Brigid Kosgei broke marathon world record

Brigid Kosgei of Kenya has broken the world record for the women’s marathon with a time of 2:14:04 hours at the Chicago Marathon on 13 October 2019.

Kosgei has broken a record that has been undisturbed for 16 years.

The previous existing world record had been held by Great Britain’s Paula Radcliffe.

The earlier record had been 2:15:25 hours.

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Priyanshu Rajawat claimed the men's singles title at the Bahrain International Series Badminton at Isa Town on 14 Oct 2019. He beat Jason Anthony Ho-Shue from Canada in the finals.

India’s double Asian Games silver medallist Fouaad Mirza bagged the top honours at the CCI3*S, an Olympic qualifying event, held in Strzegom, Poland.

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Lalitha Prasad Polipalli successfully defended his 52kg national title. Prasad is a national champion at sub-junior, junior and thrice at seniors.

Zimbabwe and Nepal were re-admitted as ICC members in a meeting held in Dubai on 14 October 2019. Zimbabwe will now be able to take up their place in the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup in January and the ICC Super League later in 2020.

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Daniil Medvedev lifted his second Masters 1000 title to continue his scintillating run on the ATP Tour. This was Medvedev's 9th straight sets victory as he has not dropped a single set since St Petersburg Open in Sept 2019.

Dutee Chand completed a sprint double in the 59th National Open Athletics Championships, clocking the fastest time in 200m by an Indian in 2019 with a 23.17 second burst.

Gauff: Youngest American woman to win WTA

Coco Gauff won the Linz Open title on 13 October 2019 in Austria.

She became the youngest American woman to win a tour singles title since 1991 to win the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) title.

Because of this win, Coco Gauff is set to become World No. 71.

The previous record was set by Jennifer Capriati in 1991.

Venus and Serena Williams won their first WTA titles when they were 17.

India won Test by innings and 137 runs

India won the second Test against South Africa in Pune by an innings and 137 runs.

India made history by their 11th consecutive win.

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India scored a mammoth 601 for five in their first innings with skipper Virat Kohli leading the side with a majestic double hundred.

Sanju Samson set international record

Sanju Samson eclipsed Pakistan’s Abid Ali 209 to score the highest-ever List A score by a wicketkeeper as he smashed an unbeaten 212 runs off just 129 deliveries against Goa in Alur.

He was playing for Kerala.

He scored 20 fours and ten sixes in his sublime knock of 212 runs.

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Manju Rani settled for silver medal in World Women's Boxing Championships at Ulan-Ude in Russia. Ekaterina Paltceva defeated Rani 4 -1 in 48 kg category in the final match of the tournament.

Simone Biles broke the all-time record for most medals by any gymnast at the world championships by winning the balance beam competition at the World Gymnastics Championship in Stuttgart, Germany.

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M C Mary Kom settled for a bronze medal in the World Women's Boxing Championships after losing to Turkey's Busenaz Cakiroglu in an intense semifinal bout at Ulan Ude in Russia.

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has successfully completed the first-ever marathon under two hours in the Austrian capital of Vienna. He ran forty-two kilometres in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds.

Women’s Cricket: India clinch series 2-0

In Women's cricket, India defeated South Africa by five wickets in the Second One-Day International at Vadodara and clinched the three match series by 2-0.

India women overwhelmed the victory target of 248 in 48 overs losing only five wickets.

The third and final ODI between India and South Africa women will be played at Vadodara on 14th October 2019.

Dutee Chand breaks her own national record

Star sprinter Dutee Chand smashed her own national record, clocking 11.22 seconds, in the women's 100m semifinals at the 59th National Open Athletics Championships in Ranchi.

The 23-year-old surpassed her previous timing of 11.26 second which she had set at the Asian Championships in April this year.

Later she won the gold, leaving Archana Suseendran and Himashree Roy behind.

Virat Kohli creates history

Virat Kohli scripted history as he scored a record seventh double hundred of his career and became the first Indian captain to score 250 plus in a single Test inning.

Kohli became the fifth Indian batsman to score 250 in a Test innings after Virender Sehwag, Karun Nair, VVS Laxman, and Rahul Dravid.

He also became the first Indian to smash 40 international hundreds as Indian captain.

Annu Rani won gold at Athletics Championships

Javelin thrower Annu Rani won a gold medal in the women's javelin throw event at the 59th National Open Athletics Championships in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

She defeated Sharmila Kumari to win the title.

In October 2019, the 25-year-old set the national record at 62.43m at the World Championships in Doha.




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Ashleigh Barty wins ‘The Don’ Award

Ashleigh Barty has been awarded Australian sport’s highest individual honour ‘The Don’ Award at the annual Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

With the award, she has joined legends like Cathy Freeman and Ian Thorpe in lifting the prestigious prize.

Barty was the first Australian to win the French Open in 46 years.

Virat became 2nd to Captain India in 50 Tests

Virat Kohli became just the second Indian captain to lead India in 50 Test matches as he walked out for toss in the second Test against South Africa in Pune.

MS Dhoni is the only other player who has completed this milestone.

Dhoni captained the side 60 times between 2008 and 2014 while Sourav Ganguly is third on the list, having led the side 49 times.

Mithali Raj: 1st female to complete 20 yrs

Indian women's cricket captain Mithali Raj became the first female player to last more than 20 years in international cricket.

She achieved the feat while leading India to an emphatic eight-wicket win over South Africa Women in the first ODI at Vadodara.

Mithali, who made her ODI debut against Ireland on June 26, 1999, completed 20 years and 105 days in the 50-over format.

Bastian Schweinsteiger announced retirement

World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger announced his retirement at the age of 35, following the end of the American MLS season.

Schweinsteiger, who has played for Chicago Fire since 2017, is among the most decorated German footballers, having won many titles with Germany’s Bayern Munich and the national team over a 17-year professional career.

India to host 3×3 baskeball Olympic qualifiers

India will host the Tokyo Olympic Games 3×3 basketball qualifying tournament in March 2020.

The event will be held under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and will be organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

Six spots (three each for men and women) for 2020 Olympics will be up for grabs at the FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Simone Biles won 15th world title

Simone Biles has clinched a record-extending 15th World Gymnastics Championship title in Stuttgart, Germany.

With the victory, she has become the event’s most decorated woman.

Simone Biles won a record 21st medal at the world gymnastics championships as the United States retained their women’s team all-around title.

She earned the most points in the vault, balance beam and floor.

Christine Wolf won Hero Women’s Indian Open

Austria’s Christine Wolf has won the Hero Women’s Indian Open at Gurugram, Haryana.

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Norway’s Mariaane Skarpnord finished as runner-up while England’s Meghan MacLaren finished third in the competition.

Among the Indian players, Anika Varma finished at fifth position while Tvesa Malik was at 6th position.

ICC women's ODI rankings: India at second

In the latest ICC women's ODI rankings, India maintained their second position but increased the points lead over third-placed England.

The Indian women's team is now three points ahead of England.

India now has 125 points against England's 122.

In the T20 International ranking, India is placed at the fifth position.

Naomi Osaka won second straight WTA title

Japan’s Naomi Osaka beat Australian world number one Ash Barty in the final of the China Open in Beijing.

It was world number four Osaka’s second title in the Asian swing after clinching the Pan Pacific Open in Japan in September 2019.

Osaka broke the reigning French Open champion Barty three times and dropped serve only once in the one-hour-50-minute encounter.

Sumit achieved career best ranking of 129

Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal achieved a career-best ranking of 129 after jumping six places in the latest men’s singles rankings.

Nagal had attainted his career-best ranking of 135 after jumping 26 spots, riding on a title finish at the Buenos Aires ATP Challenger clay event in Argentina in September 2019,

He was in the limelight after he made his Grand Slam debut.

Harmanpreet Kaur: 1st Indian to play 100 T20Is

Harmanpreet Kaur has become the 1st Indian to play 100 T20 International matches.

She has joined the club of 10 female players who have reached the three figure mark in terms of appearances.

New Zealand’s Suzie Bates and Australia”s Ellyse Perry are on top of the list with 111 appearances.

Harmanpreet Kaur has 2 more appearances in T20Is than MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma.

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Novak Djokovic clinched the Japan Open tennis title defeating Australian qualifier John Millman 6-3, 6-2 in straight sets. Djokovic, playing in his first Japanese competition, dominated throughout the game.

Surender Singh of India created three world records at the ongoing World Powerlifting Championship in Berlin, Germany. Surender bagged gold medal in 110 kg category.

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In the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship, Niki Poonacha and Sowjanya Bavisetti were crowned champions in the men's and women's singles events in New Delhi. Niki beat Aryan Goveas 6-2, 7-6 in the men's singles final.

India's Avinash Sable qualified for Tokyo Olympics in men's 3000m steeplechase event by shattering his own national record for the second time in three days.

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India’s Koneru Humpy has jumped to world No 3 in the latest rankings released by the International Chess Federation.

Grandmaster Humpy accumulated 17 ELO points to rise to the third spot with a global rating of 2,577.

Chinese players Hou Yifan (2,659 points) and Ju Wenjun (2,586 points) occupied the first and second spots in the latest ranking.

Katarina Johnson won Heptathlon gold

Katarina Johnson-Thompson won Heptathlon gold at the World Championships 2019 in Doha, Qatar.

She won with a British record of 6,981 points.

She defeated 2017 champion Nafissatou Thiam by 304 points.

Austria's Verena Preiner took third.

Johnson-Thompson secured Britain's third medal in Doha, after Dina Asher-Smith's 200m gold and 100m silver.

Maj AQ Khan Won Silver Medal

Maj Abdul Quadir Khan of the Corps of Signals brought laurels to India by winning a Silver Medal at the 53rd Asian Body Building and Physique Sports Championship held at Batam, Indonesia on 2 Oct 19.

His accomplishment in the sport has also brought glory to the Indian Army and Corps of Signals.

He was commissioned in June 2014.

India got its first Floating Basketball Court

India got its first-ever Floating Basketball Court in the Arabian Sea near Bandra Worli Sealink.

It was installed by the National Basketball Association on 2 October 2019.

On 20 December 2018, NBA India had announced that the first-ever NBA game would be organized in the country in October in Mumbai.

The NBA India Games 2019 will feature the Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers.

Ben Stokes named PCA player of the year

Ben Stokes has been voted Professional Cricketers’ Association player of the year at the Professional Cricketers’ Association awards.

Tom Banton of Somerset picked up the PCA young player of the year, while England bowler Sophie Ecclestone collected the women’s player of the summer award.

The 50th NatWest PCA Awards were held at the Roundhouse in Camden.

Dina Asher-Smith wins world 200m gold

Dina-Asher Smith became the first British woman to win a major global sprint title as she stormed to victory in 200m at the World Championships.

She won silver in the 100m and outclassed the field to take gold in a British record of 21.88 seconds.

Brittany Brown took silver (22.22) and Swiss Mujinga Kambundji bronze (22.51).

World Women's Boxing Championship began

The World Women's Boxing Championship began at Ulan Ude in Russia on 3 October 2019.

The best female boxers in the world will compete in the 11th edition of the championships.

M C Mary Kom will start as a strong medal contender for India yet again in 51 kg category.

Spotlight will also be on former champion and Mary Kom's contemporary L Sarita Devi in 60 kg category.

Fit India Plog run to mark Gandhi Jayanti




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Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju flagged off 'Fit India Plog run at in New Delhi on 2 October 2019 to mark Gandhi Jayanti.

Member of Parliament and Singer Manoj Tiwari, Wrestler Bajrang Punia, Poet Ashok Chakradhar among others were present on the occasion.

The run was organised at over 2,000 places all over the country including 225 places in the national capital.

India registers fourth win in Belgium tour

In Hockey, the Indian men's team won over reigning World and European champions Belgium to register their fourth consecutive win of the tour in Antwerp, Belgium on 1 October 2019.

Amit Rohidas and Simranjeet Singh scored for India while Belgium's lone goal came from captain Felix Denayer.

India will again face Belgium on 3 October 2019.

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In Tennis, Andy Murray beat Matteo Berrettini 7-6, 7-6 at the China Open on 1 October 2019 to set up a second-round tie against fellow Briton Cameron Norrie.

In athletics, Avinash Sable qualified for the finals of the men's 3000-meter steeplechase after bettering his own national record at the World Championships in Doha. He also became the 1st Indian man to qualify for a track event final.

Fraser-Pryce won World Championship 100m gold

Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won gold medal in 100m race of 2019 IAAF World Championships held in Doha.

This was her 4th women’s 100 metres world title.

She defeated Britain’s European champion Dina Asher-Smith who took silver medal while Marie-Josee Ta Lou finished 3rd.

Annu Rani qualified for Javelin Throw Final

Annu Rani has become the first Indian to qualify for Women's Javelin Throw Final at World Athletics Championships in Doha.

She smashed her own national record during the qualification round of the Championships with best attempt of 62.43 metres.

Annu Rani finished fifth in the qualifying round, a place above the current World Record holder Barbora Spotakova.

Wilson Singh-Satish Kumar pair won gold

In Swimming, India's N Wilson Singh and Satish Kumar Prajapati won a gold medal in 10 metres platform synchronised event at the ongoing 10th Asian Age Group Championships in Bengaluru.

India, thus, extended their total tally to 60 medals (17 gold, 23 silver and 20 bronze) in the championships.

The bronze medal went to Mojtaba Valipour and Masood Vakili of Iran with a score of 266.16.

India lifted SAFF U-18 C’ship title

In Football, India defeated Bangladesh by 2-1 in the final of SAFF Under-18 Championship 2019 to lift the title in Kathmandu.

India's Ninthoinganba Meetei was declared Most Valuable Player of the championship.

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Host Nepal had lifted earlier two editions of the Championship but could not qualify for semi finals this time.

Kaushal Dharmamer clinched men's singles title

In Badminton, Kaushal Dharmamer clinched the men's singles title at the Maldives International Challenge with a win over Siril Verma in Male.

He registered a comfortable 21-13, 21-18 victory over his compatriot in a match that lasted 35 minutes.

In the women's doubles event, the duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy ended as runner-up after going down 10-21, 21-17, 12-21.

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The Indian mixed 4x400m relay team qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after reaching the finals in the World Athletics Championships in Doha. The finalists top 8 in the World Championships are automatic qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics.

In Table Tennis, Indian junior boys Raegan Albuquerque and Yashansh Malik won the bronze medal at the Serbia Junior and Cadet Open in Mumbai.

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Sumit Nagal won the Buenos Aires ATP Challenger clay event. This is the first ATP Challenger title by an Indian this season. This is the second Challenger title in Nagal’s career.

Vikram Pratap Singh scored the opening goal for the Indian U-18 team against Bangladesh in the final match of the SAFF U-18 Football Championship at Kathmandu, Nepal.

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India’s Bhavani Devi won the silver medal in women’s individual category in the Tournoi Satellite Fencing competition at Ghent, Belgium on 29 September 2019. In the final, she lost to Bashta Anna of Azerbaijan.

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Russian Grand Prix in a Mercedes one-two on 29 September 2019. Valtteri Bottas took second place.

Deepak Punia claims world no. 1 spot in 86 kg

In the latest rankings issued by the international wrestling federation, World Championship silver medallist wrestler Deepak Punia has jumped to world number 1 position in 86kg category.

But, Bajrang Punia lost the top rank in the 65kg category.

In 57kg, world bronze medallist Ravi Dahiya has entered the top-five bracket.

Vinesh Phogat jumped to number 2 in 53kg category.

Facebook bagged digital content rights for ICC

The International Cricket Council has inked an agreement with Facebook.

Under this, the social media platform will get exclusive digital content rights for select cricket matches in the Indian subcontinent including the Women’s T20 World Cup 2020-22, Men’s T20 World Cup 2020-21.

The social media platform also bagged the rights for match recaps for rest of the world for the next 4 years.

Pankaj Advani-Aditya Mehta won Snooker title

The Indian duo of Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta won the IBSF World Snooker Team title at Mandalay, Myanmar on 25 September 2019.

The Indian pair beat Thailand's team comprising C.Pongsakorn and D.Poramin by 5-2 in the final.

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He had also won the world billiards event at Mandalay recently.

Malvika claimed her maiden title

Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod has won the Maldives International Future Series held in the Maldives, in badminton.

She defeated Myanmar’s Thet Htar Thuzar by 21-13, 21-11 to win the Maldives International Future Series.

Also, Vaibhav and Prakash Raj claimed the men’s doubles title after beating Thailand’s Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul by 21-16 and 21-15.

Koneru Humpy won Grand Prix

Koneru Hampi of Gudivada clinched Fide World Grand Prix 2019 title with 8 points from 11 rounds in Skolkovo, Russia.

In the final round, Hampi just needed a draw with top seed Ju Wenjun of China to win the title.

She is the third strongest female player of all time, behind Judit Polgar and Hou.

She is ranked fourth in the world at the moment.

Manipur clinched 25th Senior Women's NFC

Manipur clinched the title of the 25th Senior Women's National Football Championship.

It is their 20th title.

In the final on 24 September 2019, Manipur defeated Railways 1-0 in a thrilling contest.

Bala Devi is the highest scorer in the tournament with 20 goals.

Railways’ Sanju was declared the Player of the tournament.

Arunachal Pradesh hosted the tournament for the 1st time.

India won 1 gold, 2 silver in Swimming C'ships

In Swimming, India won a gold and two silver medals at the Asian Age Group Championships in Bengaluru on 24 September 2019.

Men's relay team opened India's account with a gold.

In the women's 4x100m freestyle relay for open category, the Indian team won the silver medal with a total time of 4 mins and 00.76 sec.

India's 2nd silver medal came in the 4x100m freestyle relay for group II boys.

Kiren Rijiju felicitated Amit and Manish

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju felicitated boxers Amit Panghal and Manish Kaushik with cash awards for their medal winning performances in the Men’s World Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Panghal was handed a cash award of Rs 14 lakh for his silver medal winning effort in 52kg category, Kaushik received Rs 8 lakh for winning the bronze in the 63kg.

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Indian tennis player Divij Sharan clinched the men's doubles title in the St. Petersburg Open with partner Igor Zelenay on 22 September 2019, defeating Matteo Berrettini and Simone Bolelli.

Daniil Medvedev won a sixth career title as he defeated Borna Coric in the final of the St Petersburg Open, Russia. World no. 4 Medvedev won his third title of the year and sixth of his career.

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Carolina Marin defeated Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying 1 in the women’s badminton singles final match to lift the China Open title. She returned to the court after 8 months.




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Ferrari Sebastian Vettel has won the Singapore Grand Prix. The event was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore. Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen finished the race at 2nd and 3rd position respectively.

20 Nat. Centres of Excellence to be created

Ministry of Sports will create 20 National Centres of Excellence to groom athletes for 2024 and 2028 Olympics.

Each Centre of Excellence will offer funds for four to six specific sports.

The new scheme will ensure that athletes in the same premises have access to similar facilities unlike before.

Standardising training will enable athletes to attain much higher performances.

Rahul Aware won bronze in 61 kg category

Rahul Aware won a bronze medal in men's 61 kg freestyle category at the World Championship in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

he beat American Tyler Lee Graff 11-4.

This, however, was not an Olympic category and thus the bronze did not help Aware qualify for the Tokyo Games.

It was India’s fifth medal at this edition of the World Championships with a total haul of 1 silver and 4 bronzes.

Meghalaya wins Subroto Cup U-17 Category

Meghalaya's Hopewel Elias Higher Secondary School won the U-17 junior boys Subroto Cup football tournament.

They defeated Krida Shiksha Prothishtan (BKSP) of Bangladesh in the final match.

The winning team will take home a sum of Rs 4,00,000 and the runners-up will be walking away with prize money of Rs 2,50,000.

Akila Dananjaya banned from bowling for 1 year

The International Cricket Council announced that Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya has been banned from bowling in international cricket for 12 months following an independent assessment of his action.

He was assessed after the legality of his bowling action came under question by match officials in the first Test against New Zealand in Galle from 14-18 August.

Amit entered World Men's C'ship finals

In Boxing, Asian Champion Amit Panghal became the first Indian to make to the finals of the World Men's Championship while Manish Kaushik signed off with a bronze medal.

In 52 kg category, Panghal prevailed 3-2 against Kazakhstan's Saken Bibossinov.

The past Indian medal-winners at the world meet are Vijender Singh (2009), Vikas Krishan (2011), Shiva Thapa (2015) and Gaurav Bidhuri (2017).

Bajrang, Ravi won bronze at World C'ships

In Wrestling, Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya have won bronze at the World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

This is Bajrang's second consecutive medal at the Worlds and third overall while Dahiya has managed to win bronze in his very first appearance at the senior championships.

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India slipped to 104th spot in FIFA ranking

The Indian football team slipped a place to 104th position in the latest FIFA rankings released.

Indian Football Team in recent times is playing under the leadership of new coach Igor Stimac.

Belgium managed to hold on to the top position, while France has surpassed Brazil to reach the second spot.

Bajrang, Ravi qualified for 2020 Olympics

Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics winning their respective quarterfinal matches in World Wrestling Championships at Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan.

Bajrang lost the semi-final to the wrestler Daulet Niyazbekov while Ravi Dahiya lost his match to world champion Zaur Uguev from Russia.

Vinesh Phogat already booked an Olympic quota for India in women's 53 kg.

Sarah Thomas crossed English Channel in 54 hr

American breast cancer survivor Sarah Thomas became the first person to swim across the English Channel four times non-stop in a 54-hour feat of endurance.

She was diagnosed with cancer in 2018.

She said the hardest part of the swim was dealing with the saltwater, which left her throat and mouth sore.

Only 4 swimmers have previously completed the channel crossing between Britain and France.

Paralympic and Olympic mascots unveiled

A smiling panda and a walking Chinese lantern will be the mascots for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing, China.

The mascots were revealed at a ceremony at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in the Chinese capital.

Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda was revealed for Beijing Winter Olympics 2022.

Chinese lantern Shuey Rhon Rhon was declared the official mascot for Winter Paralympics 2022.

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India was assured of 2 medals at the AIBA World Men's Boxing Championships after Amit Panghal and Manish Kaushik entered the semifinals of the marquee event at Ekaterinburg in Russia.

Asian Games Championship gold-medallist Panghal defeated Filipino Carlo Paalam in the 52-kg category.

Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Kaushik beat Brazil's Wanderson de Oliveira in the 63-kg category.

Vinesh qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

India's star wrestler Vinesh Phogat qualified for the 2020 Olympics.

She beat American Sarah Hildebrandt in the World Championships in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan.

She scored an impressive 8-2 win over the world championship silver medalist to secure her place at the Tokyo Games.

Sumit Nagal rose to ATP Ranking of 159

India's Sumit Nagal jumped 15 places to achieve a career-high ranking of 159 in the latest ATP rankings released on 16 September 2019.

He ended runners up in the Banja Luka ATP Challenger following a first round appearance at the US Open in August 2019.

.Meanwhile, Prajnesh Gunneswaran continued his run in the top-100. He rose three places to be world no. 82.




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ICC Test Rankings: Virat Kohli on second spot

India cricket captain Virat Kohli has managed to hold on to his second position in the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen, released in Dubai on 16 September 2019.

Kohli, with 903 rating points, is 34 points behind Australia's Steve Smith who tops the position with 937 points.

Smith's compatriot Pat Cummins has also retained his number one position in the ICC Test bowlers' rankings.

Spain won FIBA World Cup

Spain won its first FIBA World Cup since 2006.

It was also its 25th victory in 28 meetings with Argentina.

The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams.

The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019.

Pankaj Advani clinched 22nd world title

Pankaj Advani clinched a record 22nd world title by winning a fourth straight final in the 150-up format at the IBSF World Billiards Championship in Myanmar.

He defeated Nay Thway of Myanmar.

He has brought home a world trophy every year ever since returning from a professional stint in the UK in 2014.

In the short format of billiards, this is Advani's fifth title in the last six years.

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India clinched the Under-19 Asia Cup title, with a win over Bangladesh in a low-scoring final at Colombo on 16 September 2019. Defending a total of 106, India dismissed Bangladesh for 101 in 33 overs.

In badminton, Kaushal Dharmamer clinched the Myanmar International Series with a win over Indonesia's Karono Karono in a thrilling men's singles final in Yangon on 15 September 2019.

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In Badminton, Sourabh Verma clinched the Vietnam Open Super 100 title, defeating China’s Sun Fei Xiang in Men's Singles summit clash at the Ho Chi Minh City on 16 September 2019. This victory marks his second Super 100 win in this year.

In Badminton, Lakshya Sen clinched men's singles title at the Belgian International Challenge on 14 September 2019. He defeated Victor Svendsen of Denmark.

First Indian to complete Enduroman triathlon

Mayank Vaid has become the 44th person in the world and the first Indian to finish the Enduroman.

Enduroman is considered to be one of the most toughest endurance competitions in the world.

Vaid also broke the record for the fastest time in which the triathlon has been completed.

Enduroman is a triathlon from England to France.

India jersey with new sponsor logo unveiled

India will sport a new-look jersey when they take on South Africa in the 1st T20I in Dharamsala on 15th September 2019.




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The jersey will have the logo of Byju’s, Bengaluru-based educational technology and online tutorial firm, in place of Chinese mobile manufacturer Oppo.

BYJU’S will be the official Team India sponsor from 5th September, 2019 until 31st March, 2022.

Megan Schutt entered record books

Australian fast bowler Megan Schutt scripted history by becoming the first woman to claim two hattricks in white-ball cricket.

The right-arm medium-pacer claimed an ODI hat-trick to become the first Australian woman to achieve the feat.

She became the first Australian women to claim a hattrick in ODIs.

Schutt had claimed her first hattrick in a T20 game against India.

2020 Women's U-17 World Cup to be held

The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, to be hosted by India, will be held from 2nd to 21st November 2020.

The age group showpiece event of the FIFA will be held in four cities across the country.

The Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar has been provisionally confirmed as a venue, pending FIFA approval.

India was announced as the host country in March 2019.

Lasith Malinga makes new records - I

Lasith Malinga, 36, took 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls in the 3rd T20I against New Zealand.

He passed Shahid Afridi to become highest wicket-taker in T20Is.

Malinga is the second bowler after Rashid Khan to take four wickets in four consecutive balls in T20I cricket.

In T20s, Andre Russell and Al Amin Hossain are the others to have taken four wickets in four balls.

Lasith Malinga makes new records - II

Malinga is also the only bowler to have taken two hat-tricks in T20I cricket. He had picked up a hat-trick in 2016/17 against Bangladesh before this.

This was Malinga’s fifth hat-trick in international cricket, the most by any bowler.

Malinga also reached his 100th T20I scalp in the course of his record-scripting spell, a mark no other bowler has reached as of now.

Indian cyclists top medal tally at Track Cup

India picked up three medals on the concluding day of the Track Asia Cup cycling competition and emerged

as champion.

Ronaldo Laitonjam won his four gold in the meet. He had earlier collected a gold each in sprint, 1km time trial and team sprint junior events.

India topped the medal tally with 10 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze medals as the tournament came to an end at the IGI Sports Complex.

Mary Kom added to TOPS scheme for Olympics

MC Mary Kom, shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal and shuttler Sai Praneeth were among 12 top sports persons who were included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) of the government.

The TOPS is a flagship program of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports which is an attempt to provide assistance to India’s top athletes.

It looks to add a premium to the preparations of these athletes.

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The Sports Ministry has de-recognised the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), citing a violation of the National Sports Code in the body's decision to sack President Rao Inderjit Singh.

In the suspension order issued, the Ministry wrote that the PCI has been penalised for misgovernance.

The Ministry had received a complaint from Mr. Singh, who was removed by a majority vote.

Brigid Kosgei ran fastest-ever half-marathon

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei ran the fastest half-marathon ever by a woman on 8 September 2019, winning the Great North Run in a time of 1 hour, 4 minutes and 28 seconds.

Her time was 23 seconds quicker than the world record set in 2017 by fellow Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei but the course in the northeast of England is not eligible for records.

Mo Farah won the men's race for 6th successive year.

Senior Women’s National Football C'ship began

The 25th Senior Women’s National Football Championship kicked off on 10 September 2019 at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh.

Altogether 30 teams from across India are participating in the 15-day event.

Teams have been divided into eight groups.

Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana are in group H.

The inaugural match will be played between Railways and Mizoram.

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Jamie Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defended their US Open mixed doubles title, defeating Taiwan’s Chan Hao-Ching and New Zealand’s Michael Venus in straight sets, in tennis.

Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka won their first career Grand Slam title with a hard-fought 7-5 7-5 win over Ash Barty and Victoria Azarenka in the US Open doubles final in tennis.

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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has won the Italian Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes finished the race at 2nd and 3rd position respectively.

In boxing, India opened their campaign at the ongoing men's World Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on 10 September 2019. India's Brijesh Yadav (81 kg) will take on Poland's Maleusz Goinski in the opener.

Nadal clinched 4th US Open Tennis title

In tennis, Rafael Nadal won US Open Men's singles beating Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 on 9 September 2019.

This is his fourth US Open title and 19th Grand Slam trophy.

He won his 19th career Grand Slam singles title, in his 27th Slam final.

Eighth edition of Ladakh Marathon held in Leh

The eighth edition of Ladakh Marathon was held on 8 September 2019, in Leh.

It is the highest marathon in the world as it is held at over 11, 000 feet above the mean sea level.

The Marathon was held in the categories of 42KM Full Full Marathon, 21KM half marathon and 7 km long Run for Fun.

The 9th Edition to be held in 2020 will be a qualifying race for the Abbot World Marathon Majors.

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India's Payas Jain settled for a silver medal in the 25th Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships which concluded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 7 September 2019.

Jain lost to top-seed and world number 1 Yuanyu Chen of China 0-4.

India's campaign at the championship ended with two silver medals -- one by the junior boys team and another by Jain.

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The Indian men's hockey team was static at number 5 while the women's team climbed a place to number 9 in the FIH rankings released on 8 September 2019. The fresh list was released following the conclusion of the Oceania Cup.

Russian tennis player Oksana Selekhmeteva and Latvian player Kamilla Bartone won junior doubles trophy at US Open. They won over Aubane Droguet and Selena Janicijevic.

Anupama won bronze in Martial Arts M'ship

Indian woman athlete Anupama Swain won a bronze medal in the recently concluded World Martial Arts Mastership Jiu-Jitsu 2019.

The event was held in Chungju, South Korea.

Now she has qualified for the 2022 Asian Games.

She was the only Indian to participate in the championship.

Jiu-Jitsu is a form of martial art and combat sport.

Bianca: 1st teen to reach US Open semi-finals

Canadian teen Bianca Andreescu became the first teen US Open semi-finalist in a decade.

She defeated Belgium's Elise Mertens.

She will fight with Belinda Bencic in the final.

Andreescu, a winner this year at Indian Wells and Toronto, is the first teen in the US Open's last four since Caroline Wozniacki in 2009.

Serena Williams will face Elina Svitolina in the other semi-final.

Steve: 2nd Australian to score 500

In Cricket, Steve Smith has become the second Australian after Allan Border to score 500 and more runs in the consecutive Ashes series in England.

Smith reached this milestone after he added 122 runs in the ongoing 4th Ashes Test.

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia once every 2 years.

Before Smith only Border had scored 500 plus runs in the Ashes.

Rashid Khan became youngest Test Captain

Rashid Khan scripted history as he became the youngest ever Test captain on 5 September 2019 leading Afghanistan against Bangladesh in the one-off Test.

The record was earlier held by Zimbabwe's Tatenda Taibu who was 20 years and 358 days old when he led his side against Sri Lanka in 2004.

Rashid is 20 years and 350 days old.

Qatar unveiled 2022 FIFA World Cup logo

Qatar unveiled the logo for the 2022 World Cup which will be hosted by the Gulf emirate, displaying it in public spaces in Doha and cities around the world on 2 September 2019.




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The design is a stylised Arabic white unisex shawl with maroon patterning, which is displayed in a figure-of-eight symbolising infinity while creating a heart shape above the words FIFA WORLD CUP Qatar 2022.

ICC Test ranking: Steve Smith top batsman

Steve Smith dethroned India captain Virat Kohli to reclaim the top spot in ICC Test rankings.

Kohli was dismissed for a first-ball duck in the second innings of the final Test against the West Indies, which saw him slip to the No.2 spot.

Steve Smith (904) and Virat Kohli (903) are separated by a single rating point in the latest Test rankings.

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In Table Tennis, the Indian boys team has settled for a silver medal after losing the final 0-3 to top seed China at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships held at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Former captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been appointed as head coach and chief selector of Pakistan’s cricket team. Waqar Younis will join him as the team’s new bowling coach.

Mithali Raj announced her retirement

Indian women's cricket great and ODI captain Mithali Raj announced her retirement from T20 Internationals on 3 September 2019.

She ended her T20 career with 2,364 runs from 89 matches at an average of 37.5 and the highest score of 97 not out.

She made her T20 International debut in 1999.

Mithali is also the first Indian woman to reach the landmark of 2000 T20 runs.

Rishabh Pant beat another Dhoni record

Rishabh Pant became the fastest Indian wicket-keeper to claim 50 dismissals in Test cricket, surpassing MS Dhoni.

He claimed his 50th victim in his 11th Test while Dhoni had taken 15 Tests to touch the milestone.

Pant took an easy catch to dismiss West Indies’ Kraigg Brathwaite off an Ishant Sharma delivery in the second innings of the hosts in the second Test.

Apurvi Chandela, Deepak Kumar bagged gold

World number one in women’s 10M Air Rifle, Apurvi Chandela, partnered with Deepak Kumar to win mixed 10m air pistol gold in the ISSF World Cup.

Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar won a bronze medal.

India now has a total of four gold, one silver and two bronze for a total of seven medals in the Rio World Cup.

India beat West Indies

India beat West Indies by 257 runs at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica on 2 September 2019 to complete a 2-0 whitewash over the hosts.

The victory gives Virat Kohli and Co. their first series win in the ICC World Test Championship, thus taking them to the top of the table with 120 points.

The win was 28th in Tests for Virat Kohli, which made him the most successful Indian captain.

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Leading India in the 257-run win over West Indies in the second Test of the series, India captain Virat Kohli became the most successful Test captain of the nation on the same ground he had made his Test debut in 2011.

Virat Kohli now has the most Test wins as India captain (28 wins in 48 matches), who is followed by MS Dhoni (27 wins in 60 matches), Sourav Ganguly (21 wins in 49 matches).

India finished at top at ISSF Shooting C'ship

India finished at the top of the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol Championship in Rio De Janeiro with 5 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Choudhary won gold in the summit clash of 10-Metre Air Pistol mixed team event.

India has now finished as the leading nation in the event in 2019 with 16 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Jinson Johnson bettered own national record

Asian Games gold medallist Jinson Johnson from India bettered his own 1500m national record while clinching a silver in the ISTAF Berlin event.

He clocked 3 minute 35.24 seconds to finish second behind Joshua Thompson of United States at the Olympic Stadium.

His earlier national record was 3:37.86 which he had set at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018.

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Charles Leclerc fended off Lewis Hamilton to claim a bittersweet first Formula One win on 1 September 2019. It was also Ferrari’s first win this year.

The Indian selection committee led by M.S.K Prasad chose Nick Webb as the top candidate for the Indian team’s Strength and Conditioning Coach.

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Lasith Malinga became the highest wicket-taker in T20I cricket in the first T20I of the three-match series against New Zealand at Pallekele International Stadium. He surpassed Pakistan's Shahid Afridi.

Formula Two driver Anthoine Hubert died after a crash during the Belgium Grand Prix. Hailing from France, Hubert was last season’s GP3 champion.

Bodybuilder S Bhaskaran felicitated

Bodybuilder S Bhaskaran who was conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award was felicitated by the Indian Body Builder Federation on 31 August 2019.

He became the first bodybuilder to win the Arjuna award since T Pauly in 1999.

He won the Asian championship and the world championship in Thailand in 2018.

Yashaswini Deswal wins gold at ISSF World Cup

Young shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal won gold in the women's 10meter Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup at in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

With the win, she has also secured an Olympic quota for India.

This is India's ninth quota in shooting for 2020 Tokyo Games.

World no.1 Olena Kostevych of Ukraine claimed the silver, while Serbia's Jasmina Milavonovic bagged the bronze.

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Shot putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor won a silver medal during an athletic meet at Decin in the Czech Republic.

He came up with the best throw of 20.09m in his last attempt at the event.

Tajinder has been awarded the Arjuna Award this year.

He has already qualified for World championship being the Area champion following his gold-winning feat at Asian Athletics Championships.

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Hockey India named a 33-member probables list for the senior men's national coaching camp, beginning September 2, 2019 at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru.

In football, India lifted the SAFF Under-15 title at Kalyanai, West Bengal with a 7-0 win over Nepal. They won the title for a record third time after previous wins in 2013 and 2017, both of which came in Nepal.

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Ashish Kasodekar from Pune in Maharashtra has become the first Indian national to complete the ‘La Ultra The High’ marathon, which is 555 km long, in Ladakh.

Indian sprinter V K Vismaya won the gold medal in the women 400m run at the International Athletic Meeting -- Josef Seckr Memorial (MJS) in the Czech Republic.

Mizoram wins U-14 Subroto Cup title

Mizoram's Saidan Secondary School won the Under-14 boys champions of Subroto Cup International Football tournament.

The defeated Unique Model Academy of Manipur by 2-0 in the final match.

It was the Mizoram school's maiden title win in the tournament.

Virgil van Dijk, Lucy Bronze won UEFA Award

Liverpool Football player Virgil van Dijk has won UEFA’s Player of the Year award.

He beat Barcelona captain Lionel Messi and Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, while England footballer Lucy Bronze took the Women’s Player of the Year award.

UEFA also handed out positional awards for male players, with Van Dijk for Champions League Defender of the Season.

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India and Nepal secured the top two spots in the Under-15 SAFF Football Championship at the Kalyani Stadium in West Bengal on 29 August 2019. India beat defending champions Bangladesh 4-0, while Nepal trounced Bhutan 6-0.

In shooting, Abhishek Verma won the gold medal and Saurabh Chaudhary the bronze, in the men's 10m air pistol event of the World Cup at Rio de Janeiro.

25th Sr Women’s Nat Football C'ship to be held

The 25th Senior Women’s National Football Championship will be held in Arunachal Pradesh for the first time from September 10-24, 2019.

The tournament will be held in the oldest town of the state Pasighat in East Siang District.

A total of 30 teams from across the country, representing various States, Union Territories and Indian Railways will participate in the tournament.

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West Indies pacer Cecil Wright announced his retirement from all forms of cricket at old age of 85. He claims to have played over two million games taking over 7,000 wickets in professional cricket.

Former Manchester United forward player Eric Cantona will be honoured with the 2019 UEFA President’s Award. The award recognises outstanding achievements and professional excellence of the player.

Sports Minister gave Rs 1.82 cr to medallists

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju handed over 1.82 crore rupees to the medallists of the Para-Badminton World Championship.

He amended the policy for para-athletes to make them eligible for more cash awards.

As per the amended guidelines, medal winners in world events and world championships, organised by International Paralympic Committee will be eligible for cash awards from the government.

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The Indian team created history by winning one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the 45th World Skills Kazan 2019 competition, in Russia on 27 August 2019.

Virat Kohli maintained his lead over Australia's Steve Smith in the latest ICC Cricket Test rankings released in Dubai on 27 August 2019. Top-ranked Kohli has 910 points while Smith, with 904, is placed second.

Manasi secures maiden gold

India had a world champion in Basel (Switzerland) even before the whole nation trained its attention on champion shuttler, P.V. Sindhu, taking on Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in the women’s singles final.

30-year-old Manasi Joshi clinched the gold in women’s singles SL3 final defeating World No. 1 and compatriot Parul Parmar 21-12, 21-7 to pick her maiden title in Para World badminton championship

India's Sumit Nagal gave Roger Federer a scare

World No. 190 Sumit Nagal of India became the 1st Indian to take a set off Roger Federer in Tennis.

Nagal will rise to a career-high ranking of 175 following his maiden Grand Slam appearance.

Sumit Nagal won the 2015 Wimbledon boys' doubles title with his Vietnamese partner Lý Hoàng Nam.

He became the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam Title.

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Mobil India has announced its association with wrestling champion Bajrang Punia as the new brand ambassador for its commercial vehicle lubricants’ segment.

Veteran batsman-wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik was named captain of the Tamil Nadu team for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy. This was announced by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association's (TNCA) State Senior Selection Committee.

Virat: India’s most successful Test captain

Virat Kohli added yet another feather to his cap but this time as the captain of India after leading his team to a 318-run win over the West Indies in the first Test in Antigua.

This was India's biggest margin of victory in away Tests in terms of runs.

The victory saw Virat Kohli equal MS Dhoni's record of 27 Test wins, making him the joint-most successful captain for India in Test cricket.

PV Sindhu created history at WBC

P V Sindhu became the first Indian to win badminton World Championships gold on 25 August 2019.

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It was Sindhu’s fifth World Championships medal.

Sindhu has also won an Olympic silver in 2016 Rio Games, a silver at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, an Asian Games silver at Jakarta and the BWF World Tour Finals in 2019.

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In football, Gokulam Kerala FC won the 129th Durand Cup, defeating heavyweights Mohun Bagan at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 24 August 2019.

India's Komalika Bari became recurve cadet world champion at the World Archery Youth Championships in Madrid, Spain on 25 August 2019. She defeated Sonoda Waka of Japan 7-3 in the final and earned India's second gold.

India won bronze medal in archery

In Archery, the Indian team of Sukhbeer Singh, Sangampreet Singh Bisla and Tushar Phadtare clinched a bronze medal in the junior compound men's team event in the World Youth Championships in Madrid on 23 August 2019.

The compound junior mixed team of Raginee Markoo and Sukhbeer Singh also assured India of a second silver medal, beating their Iranian opponents.

PM Modi to launch Fit India Movement

PM Narendra Modi is set to launch Fit India Movement.

The nation-wide campaign aims to encourage people to inculcate physical activity and sports in their everyday lives.

A 28 member committee headed by Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju has been formed to advise the government on the movement.

Actors Shilpa Shetty and Milind Soman will also be involved.

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Constable Monali Jadhav won 3 medals, including 2 golds, at the recently concluded World Police and Fire Games International Championship held in China.

The World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended the accreditation of India's National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) for 6 months. The suspension has been imposed due to non-conformities with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL).

India won gold in World Police and Fire Games

B.N.S. Reddy, a current member of the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit won the gold medal at the World Police and Fire Games in Chengdu, China, recently.

He beat Bruce Barrios of the U.S. 7-6, 6-3 in the men’s singles final.

This is the third consecutive time Reddy has won a gold medal at the World Police and Fire Games.

Delhi leg of Op-Blue Freedom flagged off

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and former India football captain Baichung Bhutia flagged off the Delhi leg of Op-Blue Freedom on 21 August 2019.

This is an initiative in which a group of armed forces veterans train sports enthusiasts in survival training and self-defence.

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Indian hockey teams won Olympic Test event

Both the Indian Women's and Men's hockey teams won the Olympic Test event in Tokyo on 21 August 2019.

Women's team defeated Japan 2-1 in the finals. Navjot Kaur hit a goal at the 11th minute while Lalremsiami struck winning goal at 33rd minute of the game for India.

Indian men's hockey team also won the Olympic Test event beating New Zealand 5-0.

Paytm strikes bumper new deal with BCCI

Paytm strikes bumper new deal with BCCI to continue association as India's title sponsors.

In per match terms, BCCI will now get 3.8 crores per match from title rights as opposed to Rs 2.42 crores which Paytm was last paying them.

BCCI awarded title sponsorship rights to Paytm for five more years.

Previously, Star India got the rights at a heavy discount, 2 crore per match for 2013-14.

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The Ombudsman of the BCCI has ordered that S Sreesanth's ban for alleged spot-fixing will end in August 2020. The BCCI banned Sreesanth for life in August 2013 along with Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan.

Lee Duckhee became the first deaf player to win an ATP Tour main draw match. He defeated Henri Laaksonen 7-6(4) 6-1 in the first round of the Winston-Salem Open.

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Sushil Kumar sealed his berth in the India squad for the World Championship defeating Jitender Kumar 4-2 in a 74 kg final here on 20 August 2019.

The current fielding coach of the Indian team, R Sridhar, is all set to be reappointed to the position for the next 2 years. Recently, Ravi Shastri was reappointed as the team's coach till the end of T20 World Cup in 2021.

Satendra crossed America's Catalina Channel

Divyang Satendra Singh Lohia from Madhya Pradesh has become the first Asian swimmer to cross the Catalina Channel of America.

Satendra holds the Asian record of crossing both the English and Catalina channels.

Satendra led the Indian Para Relay team along with five team mates and crossed the Catalina Channel in 11 hours 34 minutes.

Mumbai to host World Youth chess meet

For the first time ever, India is to host the World Youth Chess Championship 2019.

The All India Chess Federation (AICF) won the bid to conduct the World Youth and Junior Chess championships 2019 in the country.

The championship will be held from 1-13 October 2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

The championship aims to produce many young stars and aspire to take part in such world events.

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India finished its campaign at the World Junior Track Championship in Frankfurt with three medals, including two individual medals from Esow Alben.

Three archers of the Assam Rifles archery team bagged five Gold, three Silver and one Bronze medals at the World Police and Fire Games held in Chengdu, China. The team was trained by 9 Sector Assam Rifles.




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Stand for Virat Kohli: DDCA

The best age-group cricketers will be recognised and awarded by the Delhi and District Cricket Association on September 12, 2019.

Virat Kohli will become the third cricketer from Delhi to have a stand named at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium after him, following Bishan Singh Bedi and Mohinder Amaranth.

September 12 marks 11 years since he made his international debut.

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Former Tamil Nadu and South Zone all-rounder D Vasu was appointed head coach of the state senior cricket team. Vasu would be the head coach for the season 2019-2020, while former Tamil Nadu batsman R Prasanna would be the assistant coach.

Aishwarya Pissay of TVS clinched the Fim Baja World Cup 2019 Women’s Category. She recently became the first Indian ever to win a world title in Motorsport.

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Former Chelsea, Arsenal and England football player Ashley Cole announced his retirement from football. He won 3 Premier League titles and seven FA Cups.

Former Australian pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has been elected as an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Johnson represented Australia in 153 One Day Internationals picking up 239 wickets.

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India's junior women boxers clinched 12 medals at the third Nation's Cup in Vrbas, Serbia. The team won four gold, four silver and four bronze medals and claimed the runners-up trophy.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli retained the top spot in the latest Test batsmen's rankings released by the International Cricket Council in Dubai. Australia's Steve Smith moved to the second position.

India won gold in Asian Tennis Team c'ship

India won gold at the Under 12 Asian Tennis Team championship held in Kazakhstan.

India defeated Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the summit clash to win the title.

The final was a tie of three matches - 2 singles and one doubles and India won both the singles matches while lost the doubles encounter.

The team comprised Manas Dhamme, Arnav Paprakar and Tamil Nadu's Pranav Rethin.

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In Badminton, BWF World Championships began on 19 August 2019 at Basel in Switzerland. Sai Praneeth B will clash with Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada, while HS Prannoy will take on Finnish Eetu Antti Oskari Heino.

Hima Das and Mohammad Anas won a gold each in 300m races at the Athleticky Mitink Reiter event in Czech Republic.This was Hima's 6th gold in 2019 in European races since last month.

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India's Prithviraj Tondaiman shot a 47 on the first day qualifiers of the men's trap event in the International Shooting Sport Federation Shotgun World Cup in Lahiti, Finland. He was the best placed Indian at sixth.

Wrestler Bajrang Punia has been nominated for the country's highest sporting honour - the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. His name was finalised by a 12-member selection committee.




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Liverpool won UEFA Super Cup

Liverpool beat Chelsea 5-4 on penalties and won the UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul,

It is Liverpool’s 4th Super Cup victory, with their last coming in 2005 in Champions League triumph, also in Istanbul.

They have now won 13 European trophies overall.

Virat Kohli: 1st batsman to score 20,000 runs

Indian captain Virat Kohli has become the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a single decade.

Kohli has aggregated 20,502 runs across three formats out of which he has scored 20,018 in the ongoing decade.

Kohli made his Test and T20 Internationals debut in 2010.

He had already scored 484 runs in ODI cricket after making his debut in 2008.

Deepak Punia became jr world wrestling champ

Deepak Punia etched his name into the history of Indian sports by being the first Indian in 18 years to win a title at the Junior World Championships in Estonia.

He won the final of the 86-kg junior freestyle category on 14 August 2019, beating Alik Shebzukhov of Russia.

The final ended 2-2 on scores, but Deepak was awarded the bout as he had registered the last point-scoring move.

India won Physical Disability World Series

India beat England by 36 runs to win Physical Disability World Series 2019.

Ravindra Sante scored a quickfire half-century to star in India's victory.

The Indian team defeated England by 36 runs.

The six-nation tournament was organized by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

India posted a huge total of 180 runs on the board before successfully defending it to win the game comfortably.

Simone Biles made history

Simone Biles made history with a never-before-seen 'triple-double floor exercise landing.

She performed the landing featuring two flips and three twists in U.S. Gymnastics Championships held in Kansas City.

Biles already has a vault skill and a floor exercise maneuver named for her as their originator.

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The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has suspended Five Russian weightlifters, including a 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, provisionally after doping tests on samples recovered from the Moscow lab.

A new sports policy was under consideration where every player would be supported by government. This policy will be introduced after consultations with various sports organisations.

Wesley Sneijder announced retirement

The Netherlands' player Wesley Sneijder announced his retirement from football, bringing down the curtain on a trophy-laden career that spanned 17 years.

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His displays earned him the Silver Ball for the tournament's second best player behind Uruguay's Diego Forlan.

He made his international debut in 2003 and picked up a World Cup runners-up medal in 2010.

Women's cricket to be part of CW Games

Women's T20 Cricket has been confirmed for inclusion at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022.

Eight teams will compete across eight match days.

Edgbaston will host all the matches.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games will take place in England from 27th July to 7th August, 2022.

Bianca Andreescu won Rogers Cup 2019

Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu wins Rogers Cup tennis tournament 2019 held in Toronto, Canada.

She was the first Canadian to win the event in 50 years.

Serena Williams was the runner-up in the final.

Serena Williams retired with a back injury in the final of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

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Aishwarya Pissay became the first Indian to claim a world title in motorsports, annexing the FIM World Cup in the women's category after the final round of the championship at Varpalota in Hungary.

Novak Djokovic remained at the top of the ATP rankings, released on 12 August 2019. Roger Federer stayed third and Dominic Thiem fourth. Stefanos Tsitsipas dropped two places.

Virat Kohli created record

India captain Virat Kohli surpassed Pakistan great Javed Miandad to become the highest run-scorer against the West Indies in ODI cricket.

He needed 19 runs before the start of the second ODI against the West Indies to surpass Miandad's tally of 1,930 runs against the two-time World Cup winners.

Miandad took 64 innings to reach his tally while Kohli has taken just 34 innings to surpass that.

Chennai Lions beat Dabang Delhi to win UTT

Chennai Lions won the Ultimate Table Tennis league on 11 August 2019.

They defeated Dabang Delhi in the finals by 8-1.

Chennai Lions collected the winner’s share of Rs. 75 lakh while Delhi settled for Rs. 50 lakh.

Petrissa Solja, Tiago Apolonia, Sharath Kamal and Petrissa starred for the Chennai Lions.

Petrissa Solja and Portugal's Tiago Apolonia proved to be the stars of the grand finale.

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Hockey India named 33 players for the junior men's national camp, beginning 12 August 2019 at the Sports Authority of India centre in Bengaluru.

In Badminton, Indian junior shuttlers won six medals at the Bulgarian Junior International Championships which concluded in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria on 11 August 2019. The medals comprised of three gold, a silver and two bronze.

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Bajrang Punia defended his title at Tbilisi Grand Prix and Vinesh Phogat reached her fourth final at Medved event. Bajrang prevailed 2-0 over Iran's Peiman Bibyani in the 65 Kilogram category.




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In Badminton, Sourabh Verma clinched the Men's Singles title in the Hyderabad Open on 11 August 2019. He beat Singapore's Loh Kean Yew 21-13, 14-21, 21-16 in a 52-minute final clash.

PV Sindhu: Only Indian in Forbes List

P.V. Sindhu is tied for 13th place in Forbes list of highest-paid female athletes.

She is the only Indian and one of just three non-tennis athletes to be named in the list which is topped by American tennis great Serena Williams.

She became the first Indian to win the season-ending BWF World Tour finals in 2018.

Serena tops the list with total earnings of USD 29.2 million.

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Chess Surya Shekhar Ganguly won the Belt and Road China Hunan International tournament.

South African spinner Colin Ackermann becomes the 1st player in T20 cricket history to claim a 7-wicket haul.

Bangalore will host the 10th AASF Asian Age Group Championships 2019 from 24 September to 2 October 2019.

BCCI to come under the ambit of NADA

The BCCI agreed to come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).

This decision makes it a sports federation as per government norms despite being financially autonomous.

The implication of this development is expected to be massive as BCCI now becomes a designated National Sports Federation and will face more pressure to come under the government's Right to Information Act.

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The World Archery (WA) suspended the Archery Association of India (AAI) for defying its guidelines by electing two parallel bodies, asking the federation to put its house in order by the end of August 2019.

South African batsman Hashim Amla retired from all international cricket with immediate effect. Amla played 124 Tests, 181 ODIs and 44 T20Is between in his 15-year-long cricketing career.

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Bangladesh will host Zimbabwe for a tri-nation 20-20 tournament in September despite the African nation being suspended by the International Cricket Council.

In Boxing, veteran L. Sarita Devi (60kg) will be gunning for her first world championship medal in more than 10 years after she was named in India's 10-strong women's squad today along with five debutants.

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Rishabh Pant became the first Indian batsman to register two T20I half-centuries before turning 22. The wicketkeeper-batsman’s 42-ball 65 is also the highest by an Indian wicketkeeper in T20I cricket.

The first match of the T20 series will always be remembered in which the Haryana-born Navdeep Saini took 2 wickets in his first over. In his four overs, he conceded 17 runs and took 3 wickets.

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Saudi Arabia will host the world’s richest horse race in Riyadh at the King Abdulaziz Racetrack in 2020, with a purse of $20 million. It will have a maximum 14 runners, with the winner set to land $10 million.

Naomi Osaka’s Grand Slam title wins at the U.S. and Australian Opens has put her up at 2nd, behind Serena Williams, in Forbes’ list of the highest-paid female athletes over 2018.

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M C Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain have been selected for the upcoming women's world boxing championships based on their recent performances.

Mary Kom, who has already claimed two gold medals in 2019 in India Open and in Indonesia, has been selected in the 51kg category.

Lovlina will be competing in the 69kg category.

The world championships are scheduled from October 3 -13, 2019 in Russia.

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Fiona Kolbinger won the mixed annual 4,000km cycling Transcontinental Race in France. She became the 1st woman to win one of the world’s toughest cycling races.

Ravichandran Ashwin was named as Professional Cricketers Association’s Player of the month of July 2019. He hit 197 runs and picked up 23 wickets from just 3 matches for Nottinghamshire.

Rankireddy-Shetty jumped 7 spots in badminton

In Badminton, Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty jumped 7 places to enter the top 10 of the latest world rankings.

This follows their historic win at last week's Thailand Open. They are placed ninth in the doubles rankings.

In the women's singles rankings, Olympic medallists P V Sindhu managed to hold on to her fifth place and Saina Nehwal the eighth spot.

India topped latest ICC Test rankings

India topped the latest ICC Test team rankings while New Zealand is placed 2nd and South Africa is in 3rd position.

India skipper Virat Kohli retains his number one position in the latest ICC Test batsmen’s rankings.

In rankings for Test all-rounders, Jason Holder of the West Indies tops the list while Ravindra Jadeja is placed 3rd and Ravichandran Ashwin is in sixth place.

Mahesh Bhupathi named captain for Davis Cup

All India Tennis Association (AITA) announced Mahesh Bhupathi as the skipper for the India-Pakistan Davis Cup tie.

It will be held on September 14 and 15, 2019 in Islamabad.

Six players have been named by the association, who will be taking part in Davis Cup.

Mukund has been named as the reserve and Zeeshan Ali will be the coach of the team.

Hinako Shibuno won Women’s British Open

Hinako Shibuno of Japan won the Women’s British Open by one shot over Lizette Salas on 4 August 2019.

She played for the first time outside of her country and birdied five of the final nine holes in a 4-under 68 and 18-under 270 overall.

Morgan Pressel (67) finished fourth at 15 under, just ahead of former leader Ashleigh Buhai (70).

Virat, Rohit broke records

Rohit Sharma became the most prolific six-hitter in T20 Internationals while Virat Kohli attained pole position among Indians.

Rohit hit three maximums on his way to a 51-ball 67 in the second T20 International against West Indies.

On the way to his 28 off 23 balls, Kohli bettered Suresh Raina's record to become the highest run-getter among Indians in T20 cricket.




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Vinesh Phogat bagged gold in women's 53kg category of the Poland Open wrestling tournament in Warsaw.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became the first Indian pair to win a BWF Super 500 badminton tournament.

Formula One Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton hunted down Max Verstappen to win the Hungarian Grand Prix for a record-extending seventh time.

Indian boxers end their campaign with 6 medals

Indian boxers have ended their campaign at the Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia with a rich haul of six medals.

These comprised two gold, one silver and three bronze.

World Championships bronze-medallist, Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and India Open gold-medallist champion Neeraj (57kg), clinched gold medals.

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Soccer body CONMEBOL suspended Lionel Messi from international matches for three months because of accusations of corruption he made at the latest Copa America. He was also fined USD 50,000 for his comments.

In the ongoing World Cadet Wrestling competition in Sofia, Bulgaria, Indian wrestler Sonam Malik won Gold in 65kg category; She beat Binbin Xiang 7-1 in the final.

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At the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Russia, India was handed a bronze medal upgrade. The Indian team of KT Infra, Babubhai Panucha and Surinder Singh had finished 4th in the men's 20 km team event in May 2012.

In Shooting, Adarsh Singh won the gold medal in both men and junior 25 metres rapid fire pistol event in the Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters competition.

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In Shooting, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar clinched a gold medal in Men's Rifle 3 Positions (3P) at 12th Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters competition in New Delhi on 1 August 2019.

Football Giant East Bengal Club turned 100 years on 1 August 2019. On this day in 1920 East Bengal Club was established at Kumartuli Park in North Kolkata.

Venugopal Rao announces retirement

Former India batsman and Andhra Pradesh skipper Venugopal Rao announced retirement from all forms of the game.

He made his debut against Sri Lanka at Dambulla on July 30, 2005.

He played his last ODI against West Indies at Basseterre on May 23, 2006.

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Indian Test opener Prithvi Shaw has been suspended by the BCCI till November 15, 2019, for a doping violation. Shaw had inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups.




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B.Sai Praneeth has jumped four places to enter in the top 20 players in the latest World Badminton Rankings. Praneeth is now World No.19 in Men's Singles badminton ranking.

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Former France and Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has announced his retirement. He had played 81 times for France and also captained the side at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

American Collin Morikawa has won the US PGA title at the Barracuda Championship. This was his 1st win in the US PGA title. US’s Troy Merritt finished as the runner up of the event.

ICC launched World Test Championship

ICC officially launched the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC), which will get underway on 1 August 2019.

To be played over two years, the World Test Championship will witness the top 9 Test teams in the world compete in 71 Test matches across 27 series.

The 2 top teams will then go head to head in the World Test Championship final to be held in the United Kingdom in 2021.

TN girl won gold medal in World Deaf title

Tamil Nadu girl Jerlin Anika has won the gold medal in the World Deaf Youth Badminton Championships held in Taipei.

Anika bagged four medals in the championship, including the gold, two silver and one bronze.

The President of Taiwan is Tsai Ing-wen and the Currency of Taiwan is Taiwanese Dollar.

Egan Bernal claimed Tour de Title

Egan Bernal became the first Colombian to win the Tour de France when he retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey after 21st and final stage won by Caleb Ewan of Australia.

He beat Geraint Thomas of Britain with Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk coming home third.

Slovakian Peter Sagan wrapped up a record seventh green jersey for the points classification.

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World number one Brooks Koepka celebrated a three-stroke victory and claimed his maiden World Golf Championship. He defeated Rory Mcllory.

In the Freedom Cup, New Zealand’s All Blacks and the South African Springboks shared the trophy after the two teams ended with a 16-16 draw.

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Olympic champ Dalilah Muhammad set new 400 meter hurdles record in 52.20 seconds, smashed previous mark of 52.34 seconds. McLaughlin finished second in 52.88, with Spencer third in 53.11.

The third edition of Khelo India Youth Games will be held in Guwahati in 2020. Games to be held from 18th January next year, will see participation of more than 10,000 athletes and officials.

Nikoloz won German Tennis Championships

Nikoloz Basilashvili emerged victorious after a three-set battle with Andrey Rublev to successfully defend his title at the German Tennis Championships.

The reigning champion claimed his 12th straight win in Hamburg 7-5 4-6 6-3.

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Mary Kom, Simranjit won gold

Mary Kom in 51kg category and Simranjit Kaur in 60kg category grabbed a gold each in 23rd President's Cup Boxing Tournament in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

Mary decimated Australian April Franks 5-0 in finals.

Simranjit Kaur defeated Indonesia's Hasanah Huswatun 5-0 in the finals.

Indian boxers finished their campaign in the tournament with 9 medals. The rich haul comprised 7 gold and 2 silver.

Max clinched German Grand Prix

Red Bull's driver Max Verstappen clinched the rain-hit German Grand Prix at Hockenheim on 28 July 2019.

Verstappen now has the second title of the Formula One season.

Four-time former champion Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel claimed the second spot after starting from the rear of the grind.

Russian Daniil Kvyat achieved the third spot for Toro Rosso.

Chandigarh received affiliation from BCCI

Chandigarh has finally received affiliation from the BCCI, thus providing an opportunity for the city cricketers to play in BCCI tournament.

Chandigarh cricketers, who were earlier forced to represent Punjab or Haryana, can now directly represent the city.

The city can also now have their own team in the Ranji Trophy.

Delhi is the only other Union Territory with BCCI affiliation.

Nikhat and Deepak won silver medal in boxing

In Boxing, former junior world champion Nikhat Zareen in 51 kg and Asian silver-winner Deepak Singh in 49 kg category won silver medals in the Thailand Open International Tournament in Bangkok on 27 July 2019.

Deepak Singh lost to Mirzakhmedov Nodirjon of Uzbekistan and Nikhat bowed out to Chang Yuan of China.

Byju's as Team India's official sponsor: BCCI

The BCCI announced that Byju's has replaced Oppo India as the official Team India sponsor.

The deal period will begin from 5 September, 2019 until 31 March, 2022.

Byju's logo will be seen on the Indian team jersey September 2019 onwards when the home series against South Africa begins.

Byju Raveendran is the founder and chief executive of Byju's.

Shiva Thapa won gold in Kazakhstan Cup

4-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa became India’s first gold-medallist at the President’s Cup boxing tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Signing off with a silver medal was woman boxer Parveen (60kg) who lost her final bout to local hope Rimma Volosenko.

Thapa had lost to Safiullin in the Asian Championship semifinal earlier in 2019.

Virat on No.1 in ICC Test Rankings

Virat Kohli has retained his number 1 position in the latest ICC Test batsmen's rankings.

New Zealand's Kane Williamson (913) is second and Cheteshwar Pujara (881) third in the rankings released on 22 July 2019.




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In the team rankings, India remains in the first place followed by New Zealand (2) and South Africa (3) with England (4) and Australia (5) rounding up the top five.

Abhay, Tanvi won Bengal Open Squash

Abhay Singh of Tamil Nadu and Asian Games medallist Tanvi Khanna clinched the men's and women's titles respectively in the 6th Bengal Open squash tournament in Kolkata on 23 July 2019.

Singh defeated Abhishek Pradhan 11-6 11-6 11-4, while Tanvi fought her way past Aparajitha Balamurukan 11-7 11-6 5-11 13-11.

Shameena recently won the U-15 title at the All India Squash Open in Mumbai.

Shane Lowry won British Open

Irishman Shane Lowry won British Open to claim his first major golfing title at Royal Portrush.

He became the 2nd player from the Republic of Ireland, after Padraig Harrington in 2007 and 2008, to lift the Claret Jug.

Players from Ireland and Northern Ireland have won five of the past 13 Opens, with Darren Clarke (2011) and Rory McIlroy (2014) also hoisting the Claret Jug.

PV Sindhu to lead Indian in Japan Open

In Badminton, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will lead the Indian campaign at the Japan Open BWF World Tour Super, starting in Tokyo from 23 July 2019.

B Sai Praneeth faced Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto. Sindhu opens her campaign against China’s Han Yue in women's singles on 24 July 2019.

The men's doubles partners Manu Attri and Sumeeth B Reddy took on Goh Seh Fei and Nur Izzudin of Malaysia.

Harmeet, Ayhika won gold: TT Championship

In Table Tennis, host India claimed all the seven gold medals at the 21st Commonwealth Championships, which concluded in Cuttack on 22 July 2019.

Harmeet Desai and Ayhika Mukherjee won the men's and women's singles titles and claimed gold.

Anthony Amalraj and Manav Thakkar claimed the men's doubles gold by stunning top seeds Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal 3-1.

PV Sindhu clinched silver in Indonesia Open

Fourth seed Akane Yamaguchi defeated PV Sindhu in straight games 21-15, 21-16 to lift her maiden Indonesia Open title at Istora Senayan Stadium in Jakarta.

Sindhu had to settle for just a silver medal in her first final of 2019.

The last time the Indian lost to the Japanese was at the semifinals of the All England Championship in 2018.

Manny Pacquiao won WBA welterweight title

Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao claimed the WBA welterweight championship after scoring a split-decision win against Keith Thurman.

He ended the American Keith Thurman’s undefeated run at the MGM Grand, where two judges had the fight 115-112 in favour of the 40-year-old Pacquiao.

One judge scored the welterweight bout 114-113 to Thurman, who was knocked down by Pacquiao in the opening round

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the three Indian squads (ODIs, T20Is and Tests) for the upcoming tour of the West Indies. India's tour of the West Indies will begin on August 3, 2019 in Florida.

Ravinder Kumar Malik has clinched Mr. South Asia title. He was crowned the champion at 12th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship held in Kathmandu.

Hima das won gold in 400 m race

Hima Das won a gold medal in the 400-meter race with a season-best time of 52.09 seconds at Nove Mesto in the Czech Republic on 21 July 2019.

It was Hima's fifth gold medal since July 2 when she ran her first competitive race in Europe.

Hima has already won gold in 200 meters race at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix and Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland earlier in July 2019.

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The Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) has been granted the status of a Full Member of the BCCI by the Committee of Administrators (CoA).

Squash players Anahat Singh won the girls’ U13 title while Neel Joshi won the boys’ U17 title.

North Korea won the second edition of Intercontinental Cup football tournament beating Tajikistan in the final match on 19 July 2019.

Algeria lifted Africa Cup of Nations

Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for the 2nd time when a freak 2nd-minute goal by Baghdad Bounedjah gave them a 1-0 win over gallant Senegal in the final.

Algeria committed 32 fouls according to official match statistics.

Senegal was awarded a penalty for handball in the second half but the decision was revoked following a VAR review.

Sanjivani Yadav handed 2-year suspension

India's runner Sanjivani Yadav has been handed a 2-year suspension by the IAAF's Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a doping violation.

She won the 10,000m bronze at the 2019 Asian Championships and 5000m bronze in the 2017 edition.

She admitted to her first violation resulting in disqualification all past results since June 29, 2018.

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In Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship held in Cuttack, India made a record by winning gold in both men’s and women’s category. The Indian women team won gold for the first time in the history in the commonwealth games.

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju launched the All India Football Federation's Golden Baby Leagues handbook 2019-20 on the sidelines of the Intercontinental Cup in Ahemadabad.

Aishwarya Pratap Singh clinched gold

In the Shooting Junior World Cup, Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar clinched gold with a junior world record in the final of rifle 3-position event in Suhl Germany.

After qualifying in the 4th place with a total of 1171, Tomar with a score of 459.3 score won a gold.

India finished the ISSF tournament on top of the table with 10 gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze for a total of 24 medals.




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Sports II

The Maharashtra sports department has sought funds of over Rs one crore for ace shooter Rahi Sarnobat. She has qualified for the next year's Tokyo Olympics.

India is in line to get the Asian Games gold in 4x400 mixed relay as Kemi Adekoya of Bahrain, who was part of the gold winning team, has been handed a four-year ban for failing a dope test.

PT Usha nominated for IAAF veteran pin

Former Olympic track and field athlete P T Usha has been nominated for the International Association of Athletics Federations Veteran Pin for her ‘long and meritorious service to the cause of World Athletics’.

She will receive the pin during the opening ceremony of the 52nd IAAF Congress in Doha.

Usha is often called the 'queen of track and field'.

Sachin: 6th Indian in ICC Hall of Fame

International Cricket Council has inducted Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Donald and Cathryn Fitzpatrick into the ICC’s Hall of Fame.

Other Indians on the list are Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid.

Sachin Tendulkar has 34,357 runs across formats and is the only batsman to have 100 internationals hundreds under his belt.

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In Shooting, extending India's domination at the ISSF Junior World Cup, Sarabjot Singh shot a 239.6 to bag the men's 10 metres air pistol gold. This is India's ninth yellow metal at the event in Suhl, Germany.

The International Cricket Council, ICC has suspended Zimbabwe Cricket with immediate effect over violation of global body's constitution which doesn't allow any government intervention.

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At the ISSF Junior World Cup, Anish Bhanwala claimed gold in 25m rapid fire pistol competition in Suhl, Germany on 17 July 2019. Adarsh Singh came 4th, while Agneya Kaushik 6th with 9 points.

Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq has decided to step down as Pakistan chief selector. He would not seek an extension or renewal of his contract, which is due to expire by the end of July 2019.

Hima Das won 4th gold medal in 15 days

Hima Das clinched her 4th gold in a fortnight as she won the 200m race with a creditable timing in the Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic on 17 July 2019.

Hima won the race in 23.25 seconds, which had a mediocre field with most of the competitors representing clubs of Czech Republic.

In men's 400m, Muhammad Anas won in 45.40 seconds, KS Jeevan was third with a timing of 46.60 seconds.

Deepika Kumari clinched silver

India's top-ranked woman archer Deepika Kumari clinched silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games test event.

This was Deepika's first individual final in a world event since she won a gold at the third stage of the World Cup in Salt Lake City in June 2018.

In the men's category, Atanu Das made a second round exit, losing to Bae Jaehyeon of Korea 4-6.

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Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports gave Arjuna Awards to Smriti Mandhana and Rohan Bopanna on 16 July 2019.

Smriti Mandhana and Shri Rohan Bopanna were selected for Arjuna Awards 2018 for their outstanding achievements in Cricket and Tennis respectively.

They could not receive the Awards from President of India during the Award Ceremony held on 25th September 2018.

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The 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship began in Cuttack on 17 July 2019. 12 countries including Australia and England are participating in the event. The event will conclude on 22 July 2019.

Vijayveer Sidhu picked up his 3rd gold medal of the ongoing ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to clinch the men's 25m pistol event.

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Indian youth boxers clinched four Silver and a bronze medal at the 37th Golden Glove of Vojvodina International Tournament held in Serbia.

Novak Djokovic's successful defence of his Wimbledon crown ensured that he remained at world number one in the latest ATP rankings. He collected his fifth Wimbledon title and 16th major on 14 July 2019.

Kohli, Bumrah at top spots in ICC rankings

Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah retained their number one position in the ICC batsmen and bowlers' rankings for the One-Day Internationals.

Another notable gainer in the rankings for batsmen is Ravindra Jadeja who has been lifted by 24 places to 108th position.

In the team Rankings, England has increased their lead over India to three points after their maiden World Cup triumph.

India bagged 2 gold at ISSF Junior World Cup

India bagged 2 Gold and 1 Silver medal in the Women's 10-metre Air Rifle event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.

In the Individual section of the category, Elavenil Valarivan claimed the top honours with a total score of 251.6.

India remains at the top of the medals tally with 14 medals, six Gold, six Silver and two Bronze. China is 2nd.

PV Sindhu to spearhead at IOB

PV Sindhu will spearhead the Indian campaign at the Indonesia Open Badminton tournament beginning in Jakarta on 16 July 2019.

Sindhu, seeded fifth, will play her opening game against Japan's Aya Ohori on 17 July 2019.

Srikanth will face Japan's Kenta Nishimoto, Praneeth will take on Wong Wing Ki of Hong Kong.

Prannoy will meet second-seeded Chinese Shi Yuqi.

Vijendra Singh won 11th pro bout

Boxer Vijender Singh clinched a Technical Knockout over Mike Snider on his debut in the US professional circuit at Newark in US.

He prevailed in four rounds for his 11th consecutive victory in the circuit.

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The triumph came in the second minute of the fourth round when Vijender cornered Snider with a flurry of straight punches.

Indian House to be set up in Tokyo

Indian House would be set in Tokyo with all facilities for the Indian players as a part of preparations of Tokyo Olympics 2020.

The nutritional food as per the advice of the coach and nutritionist would also be made available at proposed India house.

The government is now also creating a system to help those players who had won medals but were not in good financial condition.

Djokovic claimed 5th Wimbledon title

In Tennis, Serbian Novak Djokovic won his fifth Wimbledon title after defeating Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 4-6, 13-12.

The match had to be decided in the fifth set, as both of them won two sets each in the longest ever final to be played so far.

This is Djokovic's 16th Grand Slam and 5th Wimbledon title. He is now level with Bjorn Borg as a five-time Wimbledon winner.

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Lewis Hamilton made a thrilling victory in the Silverstone circuit to win his sixth British Grand Prix, his seventh victory in ten races in 2019.

India wrestler Vinesh Phogat won gold in the 53kg category at Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul. Phogat beat her Russian opponent Ekaterina Poleshchuk 9-5 in the final match to bag the gold medal.

England lifted ICC World Cup

England lifted their maiden ICC World Cup cricket trophy beating New Zealand in a nerve-wracking final that was decided via a dramatic Super Over in London.

In the Super Over, England batted first and the duo of Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler made 15.

England's Ben Stokes was named player of the match while New Zealand's Kane Williamson was adjudged player of the tournament.

Indian won 6 medals on day 2 of ISSF World Cup

India bagged 6 medals, including two Gold, on day two of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup at Suhl in Germany.

In the Men's 50 metres Pistol event, Gaurav Rana claimed the top honours, while Arjun Singh Cheema settled for a Silver.

In Women's 50 metres Pistol event, Priya Raghav won Silver, while Vibhuti Bhatia claimed the Bronze.

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In Wimbledon Tennis, seventh seed Simona Halep has won the women's singles Wimbledon title of 2019.

She defeated Serena Williams in the final match.

India has secured three Gold Medals in the Yasar Dogu Ranking series wrestling tournament in Turkey.

Weightlifter Pardeep Singh created a new Commonwealth record in the clean and jerk category at the Commonwealth Championships in Apia.

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The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes.

In Archery, Deepika Kumari finished fourth in the women's recurve qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympic Games test event on 12 July 2019.

In Table Tennis, G. Sathiyan and Anthony Amalraj won the bronze at the World Tour Platinum Australian Open on 13 July 2019.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga sets records

In Weightlifting, Youth Olympics gold medallist Jeremy Lalrinnunga smashed three records at the Commonwealth Championships in Apia, Samoa.

Jeremy, competing in the 67 kg category, obliterated the Youth World, Asian and Commonwealth records in the snatch category with a lift of 136 kgs.

Achinta Sheuli lifted a total of 305 kgs to win the senior and junior men's 73kg gold.

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Papul Changmai clinched the silver medal in 81 kg category by lifting a total of 313 kgs at the Commonwealth Championships 2019 in Apia, city of Samoa.

P Anuradha lifted 221 kg to grab the first place in the men's 87 kg category.

Commonwealth gold medallist RV Rahul settled for the second spot by lifting 325 kg in the 89 kg event.

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Indian weightlifter Ajay Singh has won Gold in 81 kg category at the Commonwealth Championships 2019 in Apia, city of Samoa.

He also created a new Commonwealth record in the clean and jerk category by lifting more than double his body weight (190 kg) to score vital points at the Olympic qualifying event.

He also smashed the national record in the same category.

FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019

The Estádio Bezerrão in Brasília (Gama) will make football history on 26 October when it hosts the opening match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

It is the first-ever edition of this prestigious tournament to be staged in Brazil.

Three cities and four stadiums will host the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019.

In the past it has hosted 1950 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, as well as 2016 Olympics.

Rakhi Halder & Davinder Kaur won a gold medal

Rakhi Halder and Davinder Kaur won a gold medal each in the senior women’s section in Commonwealth Weightlifting championship 2019.

Kaur lifted a total of 184 kg (80+104) to win the women’s 59 kg gold.

while Halder clinched the yellow metal with a combined effort of 214 kg (94+120) in the 64 kg category.

India also won five other gold medals in the junior and youth sections.

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MS Dhoni became the only second Indian player to reach the 350-game mark in One-Day International cricket (ODI). The first Indian to set the record was Sachin Tendulkar.

India physiotherapist, Patrick Farhat’s tenure ended after India lost to New Zealand in the World Cup 2019.

Elina Svitolina became first Ukrainian woman to reach Wimbledon major semi finals.




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Commonwealth Weightlifting championship I

India won 13 medals on the opening day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Apia, Samoa.

The medals comprised 8 Gold, 3 silver and 2 Bronze.

Former world champion Mirabai Chanu led the Indian medal rush in the senior women's 49 kg event to win the gold medal in the Olympic qualifying event.

Commonwealth Weightlifting championship II

Jhilli Dalabehra also clinched the first place on the podium with a lift of 154 kg in the senior women's 45 kg event which is not an Olympic weight category.

In the senior women's 55 kg, Soroikhaibam Bindyarani Devi won the gold while silver went to Matsa Santoshi.

In the senior men's 55kg category, Rishikanta Singh grabbed the gold with a total lift of 235 kg.

Dutee Chand clinches gold medal

Dutee Chand clinched a gold medal in the World Universiade in 100 m dash event at Napoli in Italy.

With this, she became the first Indian woman track and field athlete to win Gold.

She took 11.32 seconds to finish the race.

Dutee has now become the second Indian sprinter to win a gold in a global event after Hima Das.

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Magnus Carlsen won the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour title. India’s Viswanathan Anand ended up with 4.5 points and finished 11th.

Arinjeeta Dey, a 10-year-old girl, has won a silver medal in the World Youth Cup held in Umag, Croatia. The tournament was organised by World Karate Federation affiliated to the International Olympic Association.

Vinesh Phogat won gold medal

India’s wrestler Vinesh Phogat won her first gold medal after shifting to 53 kg category at the Grand Prix of

Spain 2019 at Madrid, Spain. Divya Kakran claimed the top honours in the 68 kg category.

In the championship, India finished second with 130 points in team championship behind Russia which secured 165.

Vinesh defeated Jessica Blaszka (Dutch) at the finals.

P Kashyap gets silver medal

In Badminton, India's Parupalli Kashyap lost to Li Shi Feng of China in the men's singles title clash of the Canada Open.

He got silver medal in the tournament.

Kashyap entered the final, defeating Taiwan's Wang Tzu-wei in a semi-final encounter at Calgary.

Rohit Sharma made history

Rohit Sharma made history by making 5th century in 2019 World Cup against Sri Lanka.

5 centuries is an all-time record for most tons in a single edition of the tournament. Kumar Sangakkara, with 4 centuries in the 2015 World Cup, was the previous holder of this record.

Rohit became the second Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to score 600 or more runs in a single World Cup edition.

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Jasprit Bumrah became the second-fastest Indian bowler to bag 100 ODI wickets.

JP Duminy and spinner Imran Tahir of South Africa ended their One-day International careers at Old Trafford.

Roger Federer created the history by becoming the first player – man or woman – to win 350 singles matches at the majors.

Elavenil won silver medal in 10 m air rifle

India’s Elavenil Valarivan outshone everyone at the 30th World University Summer Games to score 630.8, a new university world record in the qualification stage.

She won a silver medal in 10m air rifle event at Napoli, Italy on 4 July 2019.

Elanevil finished ahead of Lin Ying-Shin and Lucie Brazdova in Qualification round to create the university record.

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Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Ikram Ali Khil achieved a rare feat as he broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record of the highest score by a teenager in the World Cup. With a 86-run innings, Khil broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar of scoring 84 runs in 18 years 323 days in the World Cup 1992 World Cup.

Dutch winger Arjen Robben announced he is ending his playing career at the age of 35.

Hima Das won gold in women's 200 m

Indian sprinter Hima Das won the women's 200m gold in the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland.

National record holder shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor bagged a bronze.

Asian champion Toor won the men's shot put bronze with a best effort of 19.62 metre.

KS Jeevan won the men's 400-metre bronze in 47.25 seconds.

Ambati Rayudu retired from cricket

Indian middle-order batsman Ambati Rayudu retired from all forms of cricket on 3 July 2019.

The Andhra Pradesh batsman was in India's official standbys list for the on-going World Cup but was omitted twice.

Rayudu played 55 ODIs for India, scoring 1694 runs at an average of 47.05.

He, however, did not play any Test.

Records created for India at World Cup

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul broke the record for the first wicket partnership for India at the ICC cricket World Cups.

The duo added 180 for the first wicket against Bangladesh at Edgbaston which is the record for India at the World Cups.

Previous best was between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan at Seddon Park in Hamilton during the 2015 World Cup.

India went on to win the match by 8 wickets.

Sports

The 28th Yonex Sunrise Smt. Krishna Khaitan Memorial All India Junior Selection Badminton Tournament will be held from August 13-18 in Panchkula.

Rohit Sharma slammed his fourth century of the World Cup 2019 to become the leading run-scorer of the ongoing tournament during the match against Bangladesh. He equals the record of Kumar Sangakkara of hitting four centuries in a World Cup.




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15 year old beats Venus Williams

15 year old Cori Gauff beats five time champion Venus Williams in first round at Court 1 of the All England Club.

By doing so she became the youngest player to win a match at the premier tournament.

Gauff became the youngest player since 1991 to register a win in the first round of women's singles at Wimbledon.

Vaibhav won WBC Asia title

Indian pro boxer Vaibhav Yadav became the World Boxing Council (WBC) Asia silver welterweight champion.

He defeated Thailand's Fahpetch Singmanassak in the title bout held in Pattaya, Thailand.

The fight, which took place last night, was conducted by the Asian Boxing Council and approved by the WBC.

Kohli scripted history

Kohli became the first captain in the history of the Cricket World Cup to score five consecutive fifties. Only Steve Smith of Australia has scripted this feat of scoring five consecutive fifties in the 2015 World Cup.

Mohammed Shami made a record by taking four wickets or more in three consecutive World Cup matches. This was held previously only by Shahid Afridi.

Formula 1: Max Verstappen wins Austrian GP

Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix for a second straight year.

He defeated Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

Championship-leading team mate Lewis Hamilton, winner of the previous four races, finished fifth and behind Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.

Dennis van de Pol conducting 7-day camp

Hockey goalkeeping trainer Dennis van de Pol of the Netherlands is conducting a 7-day special camp for nine Indian custodians from 1 July 2019.

The camp will be held at the Sports Authority of India centre in Bengaluru and overseen by India's chief coach Graham Reid.

This is the first goalkeeping camp of 2019.

Wimbledon 2019 began

The iconic tennis championships Wimbledon 2019 began from 1 July 2019.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been placed on one half of the draw after the Spanish superstar was seeded No 3 for the tournament.

World No 1 Ashleigh Barty, defending champion Angelique Kerber and 2018 runner-up Serena Williams are all in the top quarter of the draw.

Veer won U-19 Asian Squash title

In Squash, Veer Chotrani won gold by beating compatriot Yash Fadte in the Under-19 title at the Asian Junior Championship in Macau, China.

With this victory, Veer became the third Indian to win the Asian trophy after Ravi Dixit and Vela Senthilkumar.

India finished the tournament with one gold, three silver and as many bronze medals.

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Girish A. Koushik from Mysuru became India’s 63rd Grandmaster at the 37th Balaton International Chess Festival in Hungary.

Girish had completed his second GM norm in Mallorca late in May, and the third in Budapest the following week.

He became Karnataka’s third GM after MS Thej Kumar and GA Stany.

BCCI unveiled India's away jersey

India's away kit for ICC Cricket World Cup was unveiled by BCCI on 28 June 2019.

Virat Kohli's men will be sporting the jersey for their big-ticket World Cup match against England in Birmingham.

As both England and India don blue colour jerseys, they will wear their away kits as per ICC regulations.

The colour of the new jersey is blue and orange.

India beat England in ODI rankings

India dethroned England to rise to the top of ODI rankings, just three days ahead of their blockbuster World Cup clash.

As per the latest rankings released by the ICC, India led the chart with 123 points, followed by England (122) and New Zealand (114).

India is also the top-ranked Test side and lie fifth in T20 Internationals.

Virat Kohli regained top spot in ICC ODI rankings.

SAI withdrew controversial orders

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) withdrew its controversial circular to ban parents and personal coaches of shooters from the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi during practice.

Recently, an order issued at the shooting range restricted the movement of parents and coaches inside the range.

As per international guidelines, they will, however, be not allowed on Field of Play.

Central Railway, Union Bank emerge champions

In Hockey, the Central Railway beat Western Railway 3-2 in an absorbing women's final of the St Peters Youth Centre Open Hockey Tournament in Mumbai on 27 June 2019.

In the men's final, Union Bank of India prevailed over Coorg eleven by a comfortable 2-0 margin to emerge champions.

Olympian Preeti Yadav was adjudged the Best player of the Tournament.

Virat became fastest cricketer to score 20,000

Virat Kohli became the fastest cricketer to score 20,000 international runs.

The India captain reached the milestone when he reached the score of 37 against West Indies at Old Trafford.

Rahul Dravid is the third fastest Indian on the list of players to have score 20,000 international runs.

He bettered the time taken by legends such as Sachin Tendulkar and Brain Lara.

Murray clinched doubles titles

Andy Murray won the Queen's Club championships doubles title with Feliciano Lopez.

He and Spaniard Lopez claimed a 7-6(6) 5-7 10-5 over Briton Joe Salisbury and American Rajeev Ram.

Murray is a five times singles champion at the grasscourt event and three-time Grand Slam champion.




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Breakdance moved closer to Olympic debut

Breakdancing, known as breaking in Olympic circles, moved a step closer to the 2024 Olympics.

The street dance competitions will have 16 athletes in each of the men’s and women’s medal events in Paris.

IOC members formally endorsed requests from Paris officials in February 2019 to provisionally add breakdancing to the program.

Junior women's boxing team adjudged best

In Boxing, India's junior women pugilists clinched seven medals, including five gold.

The team was adjudged the best of the tournament in the Black Forest Cup in Villingen, Schwenningen, Germany.

Haryana's Neha (54kg) and Karnataka's Anju Devi (50kg) claimed the honours of best boxer and promising player of the tournament.

Countries including Ukraine and Germany took part in the tournament.

Indian women's rugby team claimed victory

The Indian women's rugby team claimed a historic 1st-ever international Rugby 15s victory with a 21-19 win over Singapore.

They finished 3rd in the Asia Women's - Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship in Manila.

China won the tournament with a 68-0 victory over hosts Philippines in a one-sided final.

It was one of the qualifying rounds for the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

Brazil, Venezuela entered Copa America q.final

In Copa America, Brazil and Venezuela have become the first two teams to enter the quarter-finals.

Both teams won their third and final Group-A matches to advance to the last-eight stage.

In the other game at Minas Gerais, Venezuela got the better of Bolivia, three-one to end second in the group.

New headquarters of IOC in Switzerland

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) opened its new headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, exactly 125 years after the Olympic Games were revived.

The Olympic House has been built on the site of the former headquarters, and 95% of the old materials were reused and recycled.

The signature feature is a central staircase linking together the five Olympic rings.

Indian women's hockey team clinched FIH series

Indian women's hockey team beat Asian Games champions and hosts Japan 3-1 in the summit clash of the FIH Series Finals in Hiroshima 23 June 2019.

Indian men had won the FIH Series Finals in Bhubaneswar recently.

The Indian team qualified for the FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019 after securing a place in the finals of the competition with a win over Chile in the semi-final.

Virat fined 25% of his match fee

Virat Kohli has been fined 25% of his match fee for aggressive appealing during World Cup match against Afghanistan.

He was found to have breached ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.




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One demerit point has also been added to the disciplinary record of the Indian skipper.

It is his second offence since the introduction of the revised code in September 2016.

Maharashtra SSAC to have dope tests

Maharashtra State Senior Athletics Championship will have dope tests for the first time ever in a state championship in Mumbai.

The two-day Athletics Championship will begin on 25 June 2019.

The National Anti-Doping Agency-NADA will conduct dope tests.

There is zero-tolerance to doping and the association has pushed the government to have a dope control in every single state meet.

Women's cricket nominated: Commonwealth 2022

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) nominated the inclusion of women's cricket in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

The inclusion of women's cricket in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games would be a landmark moment in the development of the sport.

This is a part of the global ambition for cricket to inspire and empower women and girls around the world.

Pranati Nayak won bronze in gymnastics

In Gymnastics, India's Pranati Nayak clinched a bronze medal in vault event at the Senior Asian Artistic Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

She came up with a score of 13.384 to claim the bronze medal.

She had scored 13.400 and 13.367 in the first and second vault.

China's Yu Linmin and Japan's Ayaka Sakaguchi won the gold and silver medal at the event.

Pankaj clinched Asian Snooker Championship

Pankaj Advani clinched the 35th men's Asian Snooker Championship in Doha to complete a career grand slam in cue sports.

He defeated Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 6-3 in the final to become the only one to win the Asian and World championships in all formats.

He will now take part in IBSF World Cup next week in Doha.

Abhinav Bindra appointed to sort AAI Mess

Abhinav Bindra was appointed as an independent person by the World Archery to sort out the ongoing mess in the national federation (AAI).

The world body de-listed the Archery Association of India for violating the constitution by unanimously electing two parallel bodies in Chandigarh and New Delhi.

He will be part of the selection panel, also consisting of IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta.

India named 23-member squad for AJBC

India named a 23-member squad to represent the country at the Asian Junior Badminton Championship.

The tournament will be held in Suzhou, China from 20 July 2019.

The boys' singles challenge will be spearheaded by Manipur's Maisnam Meiraba Luwang.

The girls' team will be spearheaded by Malvika Bansod of the Airport Authority of India.

Morgan hit record 17 sixes

England captain Eoin Morgan created a new world record for maximum sixes in ODI innings.




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He hit 17 sixes en route to his breathtaking 148 off just 71 balls against Afghanistan in their World Cup tie at Old Trafford.

The previous record (16 sixes) was held jointly by Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma and AB de Villiers.

Srikanth only Indian in Race to Guangzhou

K. Srikanth is ranked 6th in the HSBC Race to Guangzhou Rankings, which will determine the qualifiers to the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals.

Sindhu and Saina are ranked 13th and 12th in the women’s singles list headed by Thailand’s Ratchanok Inthanon.

Srikanth is the only Indian in the HSBC Race to Guangzhou Rankings which is being headed by Jonatan Christie.

Gary Woodland won US Open

Gary Woodland won the 119th US Open, capturing his first major title, in golf.

He defeated two-time defending champion Brook Koepka at Pebble Beach, California.

The two-time defending champion Koepka finished second with a score of 10-under.

Joshna Chinappa won squash title

Joshna Chinappa won a record 17th national squash title after outplaying Tamil Nadu's Sunayna Kuruvilla in the final.

She won the match 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-5 and thus broke a 27-year-old record set by Bhuvneshwari Kumari, who had won 16 titles.

In the men's category, top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar lived up to his billing to emerge as the winner.

Naomi, Novak continue as World no. 1

Japan's Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic of Serbia continue as World No.1 in the latest WTA and ATP rankings.

Naomi Osaka is just 252 points ahead of world No.2 Ashleigh Barty of Australia in unchanged top 20 WTA rankings.

Novak Djokovic leads the men's ATP tennis rankings ahead of French Open champion Rafael Nadal and former world number one Roger Federer.

Rohit Sharma smashed ton, broke record

India's vice-captain Rohit Sharma struck his 24th ODI hundred in the ongoing World Cup.

He brought up his 3rd century in World Cup.

He got to his 100 in 85 balls, hitting nine fours and three sixes.

He, along with K.L. Rahul broke a 23-year-old record set by Sachin Tendulkar and Navjot Singh Sidhu for the highest opening partnership in a World Cup match against Pakistan.

Virat became fastest to score 11,000 ODI runs

Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to reach 11,000 runs in one-day internationals after scoring a fine half century against Pakistan.

He broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar, who had reached the milestone in 276 innings.

Kohli, who took only 222 innings to achieve the record, has become the third Indian and ninth overall to reach the 11,000 mark in ODIs.

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The Indian men's recurve team bagged a silver medal in the Archery World Championships.

The competition was held at Den Bosch in The Netherlands.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam helped India clinch two bronze medals in the compound women's section of Archery World Championships in the Netherlands.

Australia to participate in Copa America 2020

Australia and Qatar will be the guest teams to participate in Copa America 2020, the South American Football Federation (CONMEBOL) announced on 13 June 2019.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup host Qatar is making its Copa America debut in 2019.

The 2020 Copa America tournament will be held jointly in two countries -- Colombia and Argentina.

India static at 101 in FIFA rankings

The Indian football team remained static at 101st place in the FIFA rankings issued on 14 June 2019.

India had finished third in the King's Cup in Thailand.

The Indian team is at 18th spot among the Asian countries led by Iran (20th), Japan (28), Korea (37), who form the top five in Asia.

Belgium continued to top world rankings, followed by France, Brazil, England, and Portugal.

Indian team for Gymnastics Champ announced

Gymnastics Federation of India announced the Indian team for the Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships to be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 19-22 June 2019.

The four men's team comprises Rakesh Kumar Patra, Yogeshwar Singh, Debang Dey, and Arik Dey.

Pranati Nayak, Shraddha Talekar, Pranati Das, and Papiya Das are in the women's team.

Indian archery team secured Olympic quota

Indian men's archery team secured the Olympic quota for the 2020 Tokyo Games by storming into the quarterfinals of the World Championships with a 5-3 win over Canada in the Netherlands.

This is for the first time after the 2012 London Olympics that Indian men could secure a team quota.

Ashleigh Barty became world no. 2

Ashleigh Barty has risen to the no. 2 position from number eight in the latest Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings after winning the French Open title.

She is now 136 points away from the number one ranked women's tennis player Naomi Osaka (6486).

Barty is the first Australian woman to win the French Open since Margaret Court in 1973.

Shikhar ruled out from the World Cup

In-form senior India opener Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of at least two World Cup matches after his left thumb was found to have a hairline fracture.

Dhawan will miss the game against New Zealand and the marquee clash against Pakistan.

Dhawan was the hero of India's win over Australia with a knock of 117 off 109 balls.

US won Women's FIFA World Cup

In Football, the United States recorded the biggest-ever victory in the Fifa Women's World Cup.

They crushed Thailand, 13-nil in a Group-F match at Reims in France.

Alex Morgan scored five times for the three-time winners and defending champions.

The US has lost just one international game since July 2017 and has now won seven games in a row.




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Novak Djokovic tops ATP rankings

Novak Djokovic topped the ATP rankings released on 11 June 2019.

Austrian Dominic Thiem is at fourth place behind Roger Federer.

Ashleigh Barty leaped six places to world number two in the WTA rankings released after his win at the French Open.

Hamilton won 7th Canadian GP

Lewis Hamilton secured a record-breaking 7th win at the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix after Sebastian Vettel was penalised for dangerous driving.

A five-second race time penalty was given to Vettel.

Ferrari will appeal against the decision over the five-second penalty given to Vettel which costed him the race.

Rafael Nadal won French Open

In Tennis, world number two Rafael Nadal lifted the French Open Men's Singles title for the 12th time.

He became the first player to win 12 Singles titles at the same Grand Slam and has now won 18 majors overall.

Nadal is now just 2 titles behind Roger Federer's all-time record of 20 majors and is 3 ahead of world number one Novak Djokovic.

India announced U-19 squad for ODI series

All-India Junior Selection Committee announced the squad for the upcoming U-19 Tri-nation ODI series to be played against England and Bangladesh.

The series will begin from July 21 and will be played in England.

The first match will be played between India and England at Worcester.

2019 Women's World Cup began in France

The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup is the 8th edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup which began in France.

It is being contested by the women’s national teams between 7 June and 7 July 2019.

The first time the country will host the tournament, and the third time a European nation will.

Liverpool's Champions league triumph

Liverpool overcame Tottenham Hotspur in a cagey game to win Europe’s biggest club tournament for a historic sixth time.

Liverpool has won the Champions League for the sixth time.

India routed Russia in Int Fed. of Hockey

In the International Federation of Hockey men's series Finals, India routed Russia 10-0 in their opening match.

The match began in Bhubaneshwar on 6 June 2019.

Harmanpreet Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored braces as six others got on the score sheet.

Nilakanta Sharma was declared man of the match.

China will host 2023 Asian Cup, confirms AFC

China will stage the 2023 Asian Cup football after South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia dropped their bids.




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This was confirmed by the Asian Football Confederation in Paris on 4 June.

It will mark the second time for China to host the quadrennial continental tournament.

In the 2004 edition, China had finished runners-up to Japan.

Women's hockey team clinches Fitzgerald U21

The Indian junior women's hockey team clinched the Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations title after beating Ireland 1-0 in the final at Dublin, Ireland on 4 June.

The win meant India ended the tournament with an unblemished record.

With three goals in four games, Mumtaz Khan finished as the highest goal scorer of the tournament.

Anton re-elected as Badminton Asia President

Indonesia's Anton Aditya Subowo was re-elected as the President of Badminton Asia (BA).

There were seven other people who were selected as the vice-presidents. They are Wei (China), Kim Jong Soo (Korea), Darmadji (Indonesia), Chang Kuo-Tso (Chinese Taipei), Ali Almarri(Kuwait), Himanta Biswa(India), Mohammad Taqawi (Bahrain)

BA also got in a new Secretary-General Moosa Nashid (Maldives)

India won 21st USIC World Railways tennis.

The Indian team maintained its impressive record of not dropping a set in 20 matches as it beat Czech Republic 4-0 in the super league and retained the title in the 21st USIC World Railways tennis championship

It was a consistently solid performance by Nitin Kumar Sinha, Mohammed Fahad, P.C. Vignesh and Prithvi Sekhar.

In the league stage, India had beaten Slovakia and Czech Republic.

Petrucci wins Italian Grand Prix

Ducati's Danilo Petrucci fought off a stiff challenge from Marc Marquez to win the Italian Grand Prix, his first ever MotoGP victory.

Petrucci's win comes a day after he recorded the highest speed in MotoGP history.

Petrucci, an Italian riding for local team Ducati.

5-time MotoGP champion Marquez on a Honda briefly took the lead in the last lap but Petrucci recaptured first place and won.

South Korea U18s stripped of trophy

South Korea Under-18s football team have been stripped of a trophy for "immoral" celebrations after a player posed for a photo with his foot on it.

South Korea beat China by 3-0 to win the Panda Cup but the team was forced to apologize after they were criticized online for the "unforgivable" images.

Even the tournament organizers suggested South Korea would not be invited back.

Del Potro beat Nishiokal in five set battle

Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro makes the sign of the cross as he celebrates after winning against Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka during their men's singles second round match on day five of The Roland Garros 2019 French Open tennis tournament in Paris.

Juan Martin del Potro was pushed to the limit before eventually taming Japan’s plucky Yoshihito Nishioka to reach the French Open third round.




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India concludes best ISSF WC performance

In Shooting, India topped the medals tally with five golds and a silver at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany.

Second-placed China bagged nine medals two gold, two silver, and five bronze medals.

India gold medallists included Apurvi Chandela in the Women's 10 meters Air Rifle, Rahi Sarnobat in the Women's 25m Pistol and Saurabh Chaudhary in the men's 10m Air Pistol.

Europa League final: Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1

Chelsea got the better of its English Premier League rivals to win the Europa League final Wednesday, beating Arsenal 4-1 in the Baku Olympic Stadium.

Chelsea won their fifth major Uefa European competition final, with only Liverpool winning more among eight English clubs.

FIDE to restore Elo ratings of Indian players

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has decided to restore the Elo ratings of dozens of Indian players, whose ratings were banned by the All-India Chess Federation (AICF) nearly a decade ago.

The country's national chess body (AICF) had banned several players for taking part in tournaments conducted by rival chess association and in unrecognised events.

Rahi Sarnobat won gold in WC

Indian shooter Rahi Sarnobat won the gold in 25m Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup 2019 in Munich.

She also sealed a quota place for India in the event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Rahi scored a total of 37, beating Ukraine's Olena Kostevych, who was champion at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Saurabh Chaudhary won gold

In ISSF shooting World Cup 2019, in Munich Germany, India's Saurabh Chaudhary has won 10m Air Pistol Gold.

He scored 246.3 bettering his previous best of 245 points that was set in New Delhi World Cup Shooting in February this year.

He has already secured a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

This is India's second Gold in the championship.

Lewis Hamilton won Monaco Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the Monaco Grand Prix 2019 in a triumphant tribute to his Mercedes team’s late Formula One great Niki Lauda.

Mercedes, who extended their winning run to six, lead Ferrari by 118 points in the constructors’ standings.

Hamilton has 137 to 120 for Bottas, with Vettel moving up to third place on 82.

Odisha govt to sponsor Indian hockey teams

Both the men and women's Indian hockey team will be sponsored by the state government of Odisha.

The announcement was made by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in New Delhi.

The state government has decided to support the team for a period of five years.

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The men's compound team of Rajat Chauhan, Abhishek Verma and Aman Saini won a bronze medal in the Archery World Cup Stage III at Antalya in Turkey.

The trio put up a solid performance to edge out higher seeded Russian team of Anton Bulaev, Alexander Dambaev and Pavel Krylov 235-230 in the bronze medal play-off.

Mahesh Mangaonkar won Sekisui Open

In squash, India's Mahesh Mangaonkar triumphed for the second time in the Sekisui Open 2019 in Kriens, Switerzland.

Sekisui Open is a Challenger tour event of the Professional Squash Association (PSA).

Top-seeded Mahesh beat third seed Bernat Jaume of Spain in four games 11-9, 3-11, 11-5, 11-5 to win his 8th PSA title.

China won 2019 Sudirman Cup

China won the badminton world mixed-team championship, Sudirman Cup 2019 in Nanning.

They beat Japan in men's doubles, women's singles and men's singles to clinch the title for the 11th time.

In the latest Men' singles match Shi Yuqi stunned world champion Kento Momota 15-21, 21-5,21-11.

Japan has never won the Sudirman Cup.

Apurvi won gold in ISSF World Cup

Apurvi Chandela grabbed a gold, winning the women's 10m Air Rifle competition in the ISSF World Cup 2019.

She shot a score of 251 in the final to outshine Wang Luyao of China, who shot 250.8.

Manu Bhaker shot 289 and was a bit behind in 24th spot, while Chinki Yadav shot 276 to be in 95th place.

Shakib tops ICC ODI all-rounders rankings

Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan stands 1st now with 359 points followed by Afghanistan's Rashid Khan who has 339.

Shakib hit 140 runs and picked up 2 wickets in the recent Tri-nation series.

Kedar Jadhav is the highest ranked Indian all-rounder at the 12th position.

Mary Kom, Sarita won gold at India Open

Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom and Sarita Devi won gold medals at the second India Open boxing tournament.

The tournament concluded on 24 May 2019.

India won medals in 52 kg, 81 kg, 91 kg and +91 kg men's categories.

While, 51 kg, 57 kg and 75 kg in women's to conclude the campaign with 12 of the 18 gold medals available.

Sethu crowned Indian Women's League champion

Sethu FC clinched their first ever Indian Women’s League trophy defeating Manipur Police.

The match was held at the Guru Nanak Stadium, in Ludhiana, Punjab.

The third edition of the Indian Women's League (IWL) was held in Ludhiana, Punjab.

The Indian Women's League is the top division women's professional football league in India.

The league is ran by the All India Football Federation.

Mary Kom entered 51kg category final

In Boxing, Mary Kom has entered the women's 51kg category final by defeating Nikhat Zareen.

Mary Kom will face Vanlal Duati of Mizoram in the gold-medal bout on 25 May 2019.




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Sachin Siwach will have a gold medal clash against Asian Games gold medalist Amit Panghal.

32-team format in 2022 World Cup

FIFA shrugged off any possibility of expansion from 32 to 48 teams at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

On January 10, 2017, FIFA Council unanimously decided in favour of expanding the FIFA World Cup to a 48-team competition as of the 2026 edition.

Nadal clinched Italian Open 2019

In Tennis, defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain has clinched the Italian Open 2019 title after beating Novak Djokovic.

This is Nadal's ninth Italian Open title. It is the 81st title of Nadal's career.

Whereas, in Women's single Czech's Karolina Pliskova registered two straight-set victory against Britain's Johanna Konta to claim the Italian Open title.

Anirudh and Niki won ITF Tennis title

Anirudh Chandrasekar and Niki Poonacha won the 2019 International Tennis Federation (ITF) men’s Futures tennis tournament title in Kampala, Uganda.

The pair defeated Simon Carr and Ryan James Storrie and secured 6-3, 6-4.

It was the maiden international title for Anirudh, while it was fourth doubles title for Poonacha.

2 new Badminton formats launched

Recently, Badminton World Federation (BWF) launched two new formats of Badminton named as AirBadminton & Triples.

BWF launched AirBadminton at Guangzhou with new dimensions of the court and an innovative shuttlecock called Airshuttle.

The AirBadminton will be an outdoor game as compared to traditional badminton which is indoor games.

Ashish to lead gymnastics team

A three-member team led by Ashish Kumar will represent India at the second World Challenge Cup Series gymnastics tournament in Osijek, Croatia.

It will be held from 23-26 May 2019.

Besides Ashish, the Indian contingent will also have Rakesh Kumar Patra and Shraddha Talekar.

The World Challenge Cup is a major FIG event with broader participation of 110 gymnasts from 30 different countries.

Sneha Sharma shines in F4 SEA Champ.

India’s top woman racer Sneha Sharma jumped into the lead in the ladies’ category after Round 3 of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship.

Sneha won the leading trophy in each of the 4 races to grab the Overall Cup for women in the Thailand round.

She even clocked a best time of 1:46:6 to finish in the Top Eight against 11 of the finest racers from 10 different countries.

PV Sindhu to spearhead Indian challenge

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Top shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will spearhead the Indian challenge at this prestigious tournament.

Sudirman Cup is a mixed team Badminton Championship held every two years.

2nd India Open Boxing Tourn. began

The Second India Open International Boxing Tournament began at Sarusajai stadium in Guwahati on 20 May 2019.

16 countries will participate in the tournament where nearly 200 boxers will vying for the podium.

India has fielded a strong contingent of 38 men and 37 women in the tournament including Mary Kom in 51-kilogram category.

Female referee team to officiate AFC Cup game

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that for the first time an all-female referee team will take charge of a men’s continental club cup clash.

Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita and assistants Makoto Bozono and Naomi Teshirogi will officiate the AFC Cup match between Myanmar’s Yangon United and Cambodia’s Naga World.

ICC Commentary Panel for World Cup 2019

Former Indian cricketers Sourav Ganguly and Sanjay Manjrekar are inducted into the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) commentary panel for World Cup 2019.

World Cup 2019 will begin from May 30, 2019 in England and Wales.

The debut commentary will be made by Michael Clarke, a former Australian batsman.

China to host 2023 Asian Cup

China has become the sole contender to host the Asian Cup Football tournament in 2023.

The announcement came after South Korea has announced to withdraw its bid to host the game.

The 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup.

It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

The tournament will involve 24 national teams.

Virat Kohli bagged cricketer of the year

India captain Virat Kohli bagged the International Cricketer and Batsman of the Year award during the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2019.

Pacer Jasprit Bumrah was adjudged as International Bowler of the Year.

Ashutosh Aman was awarded Domestic Cricketer of the Year.

Mohinder Amarnath was bestowed with the 'CCR International Lifetime Achievement Award'.

GS Lakshmi on ICC international panel

India's G.S. Lakshmi has become the first woman to be appointed to ICC's international panel of match referees.

She will be eligible to officiate in international games with immediate effect.

Claire Polosak had become the first ever woman umpire to stand in a men's ODI, earlier in May 2019.

India to host Syria, Tajikistan

The All India Football Federation confirmed the participation of Syria, DPR Korea, and Tajikistan in the 2nd edition of the Intercontinental Cup, starting on July 7, 2019.




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The Blue Tigers (Indian football team) come into the competition as defending champions, having won the inaugural edition in June 2018 by defeating Kenya.

New Zealand and Chinese Taipei were the other two teams in the fray

Manchester City won Premier League Title

Manchester City won another Premier League title.

It retained the title after defeating Brighton 4-1 at the Amex Stadium.

It's the first time a team has won back-to-back titles since Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United in 2009.

City's total of 98 points is the second highest haul in Premier League history.

Mary Kom to debut in Indian Boxing Tournament

Mary Kom will make her competitive debut in 51kg in the second edition of the India Open boxing tournament.

It will be held in Guwahati from 20th to 24th of May 2019.

India Open will witness 35 men and 37 women boxers from India vying for glory, even as close to 200 pugilists from 16 boxing powerhouses will participate in the tournament.

Sana becomes highest wicket-taking spinner

Pakistan off-spinner Sana Mir has become the most successful woman ODI spinner in history.

She took her 147th wicket, highest ever by any spinner in One-day International (ODI) cricket.

It was her 118th appearance for Pakistan and surpassed West Indies spinner Anisa Mohammed and Australia’s Lisa Sthalekar, who had accumulated 146 wickets each.

1st women's cricket magazine launched

World’s first exclusive women’s cricket magazine CRICZONE has released.

It has Indian women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana featured as the cover story.

The publisher of the magazine is Yash Lahoti.

The objective of this magazine is to empower young aspiring women cricketers to take the sport as a profession and able to make a sustainable living.

Jehan won FIA Formula 3 Championship

Indian racer Jehan Daruvala, won the inaugural round of the FIA Formula 3 Championship, one of the support events to Formula One in Barcelona on 12 May 2019.

The FIA F3 Championship was created by merging the erstwhile GP3 Championship and FIA F3 European Championship.

Jehan is the only Indian to win a Grand Prix when he won the New Zealand Grand Prix.

Novak won Madrid Open Title

Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-3, 6-4 to win his third Madrid Open title on 12 May 2019.

Djokovic lifted the title in Madrid and has now won 33 Masters 1000 titles - the same number as Rafael Nadal and five more than Roger Federer.

Mumbai Indians won IPL 2019

Mumbai Indians became IPL champions for the fourth time after defeating Chennai Super Kings by one run in Hyderabad on 12 May 2019.




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Last ball dismissal of Shardul Thakur by paceman Lasith Malinga registered final win for Mumbai over Chennai.

MS Dhoni became the most successful wicket-keeper in the history of IPL by taking his dismissals tally to 132, surpassing Dinesh Karthik.

FIFA announces two new award categories

FIFA announced two new award categories to promote women's football across the globe.

The two new award categories are off Women's goalkeeper of the year and a women's team of the year.

This announcement means and both men and women will be up for receiving accolades in the same categories at the FIFA Best ceremony in Milan on September 23.

Amul to be sponsor of Afghanistan cricket team

Dairy major Amul will be the principal sponsor of the Afghanistan cricket team for the upcoming ICC World Cup hosted by England and Wales.

This is the third time that Amul is sponsoring a cricket team in the World Cup.

The logo of brand Amul will appear on the team jerseys as well as on training kits throughout the World Cup.

Esha and Akull won silver in the Shooting

India’s Esha Singh and Akull Kumar won silver in junior mixed air pistol event in the International Shooting Competition at Hannover, Germany.

They secured 5.4 points and defeated by the German pair of Jan Luca Karstedt and Vanessa Seeger.

It was the second mixed medal for Esha, after the one she won recently with Anmol Jain in Plzen, Czech Republic.

Tiger Woods awarded Presidential medal

US President Donald Trump bestowed Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honour.

Woods is only the fourth and the youngest golfer ever to have received the highest American civilian award.

Mr. Trump praised Mr. Woods as one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports.

Indian boxers won 6 medals

Indian boxers finished with six medals, including two gold at the 36th Feliks Stamm International Boxing Tournament in Warsaw, Poland.

Gaurav Solanki and Manish Kaushik bagged one gold each.

Indian boxers also clinched a silver and three bronze.

The six-day competition saw boxers from all over the world participating in 10 categories in the men's section.

Roger climbed 3rd in men's rankings

Former world number one Roger Federer has returned to third in the ATP Men's rankings released on 6 May 2019.

He replaced Alexander Zverev after he was knocked out of the Munich Open at the quarter-finals stage.

Novak Djokovic remains first ahead of Rafael Nadal to mark the Serb's 250th week as world number one.

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Ace Indian squash players Saurav Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa won their respective Asian Individual Squash Championship titles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Saurav Ghoshal defeated Leo Au Chun Ming of Hong Kong to win the men's title. He is the first Indian male player to reach top ten of the world rankings.

Joshna Chinappa retained her title by beating Annie Au of Hong Kong in the women's final

Jaipur to host Women Handball Championship

Jaipur will host the 8th Asian Youth Women Handball Championship in which 10 teams will be participating.

The tournament would be played in the city from 21 to 30 August 2019.

Earlier Delhi had hosted it in 2015 where the hosts India had finished seventh.

2017 edition was held at Jakarta in Indonesia.

Semenya wins Doha 800m

Caster Semenya won the 800 metres at the Doha Diamond League.

The South African, a two-time Olympic champion, timed 1min 54.98sec to defeat Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba, who clocked 1min 57.75sec and Ajee Wilson of the United States in 1min 58.83sec.

India on top spot in ICC Test rankings

India retained its top position in the ICC Test rankings, and gained two points to become the world's second best ODI team.

England remained the number one ODI side in the latest annual rankings released in Dubai.

New Zealand gained three points in the Test rankings to move two points behind India.

Bajrang Punia Wins Gold In Wrestling

Bajrang Punia won the gold medal in the Ali Aliyev wrestling tournament held in Kaspiisk, Russia.

In his final bout, he defeated Russian Viktor Rassadin by 13-8 in men's 65kg freestyle.

The 25-year-old currently holds the number one spot in World Wrestling Rankings.

G Sathiyan in top 25 of ITTF Rankings

India’s G Sathiyan has become the first Indian to break into the top-25 of world rankings in Table Tennis.

Sathiyan rose four spots to be 24th in the latest ITTF rankings, following his impressive sixth place finish in the Asia Cup in Yokohama.

India’s number one female player, Manika Batra, slipped three spots to be 59th.

Kumar Sangakara: 1st Non-British Pres of MCC

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara was appointed as the first non-British president of the Marylebone Cricket Club.

He will be the first overseas MCC president in the organization's 233-year history.

His nomination announced by current President Anthony Wreford will begin with one-year tenure in October.

Sreejesh nominated for Rajiv Gandhi awards

Indian goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by Hockey India.

Chinglensana Singh Kangujam and Akashdeep Singh and women's team defender Deepika have been nominated for the Arjuna Award.




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Hockey India has also nominated R.P. Singh and Sandeep Kaur for Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Apurvi attained world number 1 spot

Indian shooting ace Apurvi Chandela attained the world number one position in the women's 10 metres air rifle event.

Anjum Moudgil rose to number two after consistent performances in recent years.

Among men, Divyansh Singh Panwar reached world number four spot in 10 metres air rifle category.

Nitendra finished at 27th in London Marathon

Indian marathon runner, Nitendra Singh Rawat finished 27th in the men’s Elite race of Virgin Money London Marathon 2019 at London, the UK.

It was won by EliudKipchoge of Kenya for record fourth time.

This was the fourth fastest in his career and his second fastest time in this season.

Bajrang :1st Indian to fight at Madison sq.

Bajrang Punia is set to become the first wrestler from India to fight at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York.

He is currently the World No.1 in the 65-kg weight category.

Bajrang will be up against two-time US national champion Yianni Diakomahlis at the 'Grapple at the Garden -- Beat the Streets' event.

India to bid for 2024 World TTC

Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) has decided to bid for the 2024 edition of the biennial World Team Championships.

The last time India hosted a World Championships was way back in 1987.

The last big ITTF event was staged in India was in 2012 when Hyderabad hosted the World Junior Championships.

Indian para-athletes clinched medals

Indian para-athletes secured a silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Road para-cycling championships at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Divij Shah clinched silver while Asian Para Games bronze medallist Gurlal Singh and Hand cyclist Sudhakar Marathe claimed bronze.

Petra won Maiden Grand Prix 2019

World number three tennis player Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) to win Stuttgart’s Porsche Grand Prix for her second title of the year.

Kvitova is a two-time Wimbledon champion.

The championship was held at Stuttgart, Germany.

Dominic won Barcelona Open Title

Dominic Thiem clinched the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2019 title held at Barcelona, Spain which was held from April 22- 28, 2019.

He secured 6-4, 6-0.

He became just the fourth player in the past 15 years to lift the title in Barcelona, joining Rafael Nadal, Kei Nishikori, and Fernando Verdasco.




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He’s also the first Austrian winner at this event since Thomas Muster in 1996.

Eliud Kipchoge won London Marathon tilte

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge clinched his fourth London Marathon 2019 crown on 28th April 2019 at London, UK.

Kipchoge strode clear of the field to win with the second fastest-ever time of 2:02:37.

He set the world record time of 2:01.39s at Berlin in 2018.

In the women’s section, Brigid Kosgei won the title.

She finished the course in 2:18:20 and defeated Vivian Cheruiyot and Roza Dereje.

Valtteri Bottas won Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Valtteri Viktor Bottas of Mercedes won Formula 1 State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019.

He defeated Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Bottas finished the race 1.5 seconds ahead of Hamilton Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari finished with 3rd position and Max Verstappen Red Bull gained 4th position.

NZ Open Badminton Tournament began

The New Zealand Open Badminton tournament began in Auckland on 30 April 2019.

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal will be aiming to win her second title this year.

Parupalli Kashyap, B Sai Praneeth, HS Prannoy, Subhankar Dey and Laskshya Sen will be seen in action in the Men's section.

Raheem: Footballer of the year 2019

Raheem Sterling has been named the 2019 footballer of the year by the Football Writers' Association (FWA).

The Manchester City and England forward topped the poll of the 400-strong FWA membership as a winner, with 62% of the votes.

He was more than 100 votes ahead of Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk.

Claire to become first women umpire

Australia’s Claire Polosak created history as the first woman umpire ever to stand in a men’s One-Day International

She took the field in the final of the ICC World Cricket League Division 2.

She was the first woman to stand in a men’s domestic fixture in Australia in her first List A match in Australia in 2017.

Hima Das included in World Relays team

Hima Das was named in India's women 4x400m relay team for the World Relays to begin in Yokohama, Japan next month.

Hima made the cut despite pulling out of the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha earlier this month due to lower back pain.

She was dropped out midway through her 400-metres heats and was later ruled out of the Women's 4x400m relay and Mixed 4x400m relay races.

ISSF World Cup: India won 3 golds, 1 silver

India topped the standings at the International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF World Cup on the final day in Beijing, bagging four medals- 3 Gold and a Silver.




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Anjum Moudgil and young Divyansh Singh Panwar won a gold in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team competition.

Abhishek Verma won India's third gold in men's 10m Air Pistol event.

Kento Momota won Badminton Championship

World number one Kento Momota retained his Badminton Asia Championships title in Wuhan.

He defeated Shi Yuqi of China 21-12, 11-11, 21-18.

Yamaguchi, a silver medallist two years ago, won the women's crown with a victory over He Bingjiao 21-19, 21-9.

India ended with 16 medals at AWC

India wrapped up their campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championships at Xi'an, China, on a resounding note with 16 medals.

Men's freestyle wrestlers bagged eight medals comprising one gold, three silver and four bronze. Women wrestlers claimed four bronze.

These included Harpreet Singh's silver in 82kg and bronze by Gyanender in 60kg on the final day of the competitions.

India ends with 13 medals at ABC

India has won 13 medals, including two gold, four silver and seven bronze at the Asian Boxing Championships.

Boxer Amit Panghal picked up his second successive gold medal of the year, claiming the top honours in the 52-kilogram category.

National champion Deepak Singh and Kavinder Singh Bisht in 56-kilogram category signed off with silver medals after close losses.

Ajinkya Rahane to join Hampshire

Ajinkya Rahane became the first overseas player from India to join Hampshire as South Africa batsman Aiden Markram's replacement.

With this, Rahane becomes the first Indian cricketer to represent Hampshire.

Rahane will feature in eight county matches from May to July, subject to visa clearance

Stephanie Frappart first woman referee

French official Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman to referee a Ligue 1 football match.

She has been selected for the game by the French Football Federation.

She will officiate at her second Women's World Cup later this year.

Frappart, 35, was the first woman to referee a Ligue 2 fixture in 2014.

Fabio Fognini won Rolex Montecarlo Masters

Fabio Fognini became the first Italian to win an ATP Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.

He defeated Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 38 minutes.

Fognini is the eighth player to win his first Masters 1000 title over the past 17 events at the elite level.

In the 92 ATP Masters 1000 events prior to 2017 Rome, only eight players won their first Masters 1000 crown.

ICF won Arjan Singh Int Hockey Tournament

Integrated Coach Factory, Chennai beat South Central Railway, Hyderabad via penalty shootout in the final to win the 2nd Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial International hockey tournament title.




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A total of 16 teams participated in this tournament.

ICF Chennai won 7-5 in the penalty shootout after the two sides were tied 2-2 at the end of the regulation time.

Advani won Asian Snooker Tour title

India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad of Iran 6-4 to claim the inaugural Asian Snooker Tour title.

Advani, a 21-time world snooker and billiards champion, beat Nezhad 52-40, 66(58)-0, 1-63(62), 78-4, 35-47, 0-51, 47-35, 38-39, 53(49)-35, 51(50)-20 in the final.

Advani had earlier won the second leg of the Tour in China.

Divya, Manju won bronze medals in AWC

In Wrestling, India's Divya Kakran and Manju Kumari bagged bronze medals for the country in the women's competition of the Asian Championships in Xi'an, China.

It was double delight for India as Manju also secured a bronze medal earlier in the day by beating Vietnam's Thi Huong Dao 11-2.

Kakran defeated Battsetseg Soronzonbold of Mongolia via fall in the playoffs of the 68-kilogram category.

India bagged 2 gold at ISSF World Cup

In Shooting, India opened its medal account with gold each in 10 m Air Rifle Mixed Team and 10 m Air Pistol Mixed team events on the 3rd day of ISSF World Cup in Beijing.

Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary took the top spot in the 10 m Air Pistol Mixed Team.

Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar opened the country's gold account in the 10 metres Air Rifle Mixed Team event.

International Hockey Tournament 2019 held

2nd Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial International Hockey Tournament was held at Astro Turf Hockey Ground, Chandigarh from 15-25 April 2019.

A Total of 16 teams participated in this tournament.

Air Force teams from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka also participated in this edition, making it truly an international event.

Goswami received best sportsperson award

Jhulan Goswami, world's leading wicket-taker in women's one-day internationals, was awarded the Best Sportsperson' award by the Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club.

Sambaran Banerjee and former India winger Sukumar Samajpati won the Lifetime Achievement awards.

Promising Sportsperson of the Year was given to Neelash Saha.

Best footballer was given to Pritam Kotal.

Jadhav bagged bronze: AAC

Asian Games gold medallist heptathlete Swapna Barman and the 4x400m mixed relay team clinched a silver each on the 3rd day of the Asian Athletics Championships.

Sanjivani Jadhav won a bronze in 10000m race on 23 April 2019.

Barman logged 5993 aggregate points from the seven events to finish second behind Ekaterina Vornina (6198 points) of Uzbekistan.

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India clinched one gold, one silver and bronze at the Asian Wrestling Championship in China's Xian on 23 April 2019.

World number one Bajrang Punia claimed a gold medal in it.

He defeated Kazakhstan's Sayatbek Okassov 12-7 in a nail-biting 65kg men's freestyle final.

In 97 Kg category Satywart Kadian, picked a bronze medal defeating Haobin Gao of China by 8-2.

AWC: Jhili won silver

Youth Olympics gold medallist Jeremy Lalrinnunga went on a record-smashing spree at the Asian Weightlifting Championship.

Jeremy secured second place in group B of the 67Kg men’s event. During his record-smashing spree, he claimed three world marks.

Jhili Dalabehera opened India’s medal account, claiming a silver medal in the women’s 45kg category.

BCCI shifted finals to Hyderabad

The IPL final scheduled on May 12 was shifted from Chennai to Hyderabad after the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) failed to get requisite permission from the government to open the three closed stands.

The 3 stands make up for more than 12,000 tickets and BCCI would have lost out on a few crores of the gate money.

Asian Badminton Championships began

The Asia Badminton Championships began at Wuhan in China on 23 April 2019.

It will continue till 28 April 2019.

India will be represented by Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma in men's singles and P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal in women's singles.

India bagged 5 medals in the opening day: AAC

India won five medals on the opening day of the Asian Athletics Championships on 21 April 2019.

Annu Rani and Avinash Sable led the charge with a silver medal.

M P Poovamma, 5000m runner Parul Choudhary and 10000m runner Gavit Murali Kumar bagged a bronze each.

Asian Weightlifting Championships began

The Asian Weightlifting Championships began in Ningbo, China on 20 April 2019.

The competition will continue till the 28 April 2019.

As many as 278 participants from 28 nations and regions, including China, Japan, South Korea, India, Iran and North Korea have registered for the competition.

Former World Champion, Mirabai Chanu will spearhead India’s challenge at the Championship.

Services lifted Santosh Trophy

In Football, the Services lifted the Santosh Trophy, beating Punjab 1-nil in the final at Ludhiana on 21 April 2019.

In the first half, both the teams were goal-less.

In the second half, Services scored the lone goal and held on till the final whistle.

Services beat Karnataka 4-3 in the semis via a penalty shootout to book a place in the title clash for the 11th time.

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Christian Garin claimed his first ATP title at the US Men's Clay Court Championships.

With this, Garin becomes first Chilean ATP champion in a decade.

He defeated Casper Ruud in the final match.

Garin also won their only previous career meeting last month in Sao Paulo, Brazil and earned his first title in just his 11th career tournament.

Bajrang at top spot in world wrestling

Bajrang Punia regained the world number one spot in the men’s 65kg freestyle category in the rankings issued by United World Wrestling.

He won gold in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games as well as a silver in the World Championships 2018.

He won a gold at the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament in Bulgaria in March 2019.

Mirabai to superhead India's campaign

Former World Champion, Mirabai Chanu will spearhead India’s challenge at the Asian Weightlifting Championship, 2019 that began at Ningbo, China on 20 April 2019.

She will be competing in the 49kg category from 48kg following the International Weightlifting Federations’s rejig of weight categories.

Among male weightlifters, India’s hopes will be on Jeremy Lalrinnunga.

Int. Hockey Fed imposed fine on Pakistan

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) imposed a fine of 1,76,000 Euros on Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) for not honouring the Pro League commitments.

The FIH has given the Pakistan sports body time until 20th June to pay the fine or else the penalty would be doubled.

PHF was fined for not sending the national team for the Pro League matches in Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand.

Karnataka, Punjab win in Santosh Trophy

Punjab defeated Sikkim 1-0 while Karnataka thrashed Assam 5-1 in Group B matches on the 8th day of the 73rd National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy.

In the first match of the day, Karnataka proved too good for Assam in a lopsided match.

Punjab skipper Taranjit Singh scored the all-important goal in the 20th minute.

Harsheel Dani won Dutch Title

India’s Harsheel Dani defeated Mads Christophersen of Denmark, world no 149, to clinch the 20th Victor Dutch International Badminton title in Wateringen.

He won the Ghana international crown in 2018 and Karvy All India junior-ranking badminton tournament in 2012.

The Victor Dutch International is the Netherlands’ second biggest badminton event Prize money of $10.000.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran rose to ranking 80

In tennis, India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieved a career-high ranking of 80 in the latest ATP rankings released on 15 April 2019.

He broke into the top 100 in February 2019, improved 2 places to become the sixth highest in terms of singles ranking in the history of Indian tennis.




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Another Indian Ramkumar Ramanathan dropped 16 spots to slip out of the top 150. He is now at the 157th position.

Lewis Hamilton won Formula One's 1,000th race

In motor racing, Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix for a record sixth time on 14 April 2019.

He seized the overall lead from his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in Formula One’s 1,000th world championship race.

Valtteri Bottas was second for his team’s third one-two finish in as many races this season. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel took third place.

Meena Kumari clinched gold in Boxing World Cup

India finished with 5 medals in the Boxing World Cup which concluded at Cologne, Germany on 13 April 2019.

Meena Kumari Maisnam won gold in the 54 kg category.

Sakshi (57 kg) and Pwilao Basumatary (64 kg) settled for the silver.

Pinki Rani (51 kg) and Parveen ( 60 kg) won bronze.

Tiger Woods clinched his 5th Masters

Golfer Tiger Woods clinched his fifth Masters and a 15th major title.

He is just three majors behind the all-time record of Jack Nicklaus.

Burka and Milaw won Paris Marathon

Ethiopians Abrha Milaw and Gelete Burka won the men and women’s races to end Kenya’s dominance at Paris Marathon on 14 April 2019.

Milaw won it in 2 hours, 07 minutes and 04 seconds.

Clémence Calvin of France settled fourth in a personal best of 2:23:36.

Kento Momota won Singapore Open

Japan's Kento Momota won the Singapore Open final 10-21, 21-19, 21-13 on 14 April 2019.

The World champion dug deep to fight back from 16-11 behind in the second game to force a decider.

In the women's final, Tai Tzu-ying claimed her second Singapore Open title with a 21-19, 21-15 victory over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara.

Anand secured 5th place in chess

Viswanathan Anand secured 5th place in the Shamkir Chess 2019 tournament, Shamkir, Azerbaijan.

He drew with Veselin Topalov in the ninth round to finish fourth with 4.5 points, the same as Alexander Grischuk and Teimour Radjabov.

He was placed fifth in the rankings behind Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Sergey Karjakin, and Grischuk.

Inzamam become MCC Honorary Life Members

Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mark Boucher, the former South Africa wicketkeeper, were made Honorary Life Members of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on 12 April 2019.

The two have been included in recognition of their outstanding achievements in cricket.

Inzamam is now the fifth Honorary Life Member of the MCC from his country, after Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shahid Afridi.

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Indonesian Eni Nuraeni was named by Asian Athletic Association (AAA) as the best athletic coach in Asia for the short-haul run category in 2019.

It was announced by Indonesian athletic sports association (PB PASI).

Eni coaches young sprinter Lalu Muhammad Zohri to win the 100m gold medal in 10.20 seconds in the 2019 Grand Prix Malaysia Open athletics championships.

Paralympics medallist won Fellowship

Rio Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik was named as the recipient of the New Zealand Prime Minister's Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2019 in recognition of her 'inspiring achievements'.

She will work to promote sporting, cultural as well people-to-people relationship between India and New Zealand.

She is a recipient of India's civilian honour Padma Shri and the Arjuna Award.

Virat Kohli: Wisden's Leading Cricketer

Team India captain Virat Kohli has been named as the Wisden Almanack’s ‘Leading Cricketer of the Year’ for the third time in a row.

He smashed 2,735 runs in 47 international innings at an average of 68.37 in 2018, including 11 hundred and 9 fifties.

Smriti Mandhana has been named the Women’s Leading Cricketer of the Year for 2018.

Muguruza claimed Monterrey Open Title

Garbine Muguruza of Spain successfully claimed back-to-back Monterrey Open title 2019 as Victoria Azarenka succumbed to injury in the final.

Asia Muhammad & Maria Sanchez claimed women's doubles title in Monterrey Open.

The Monterrey Open is a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.

Kushagra Rawat qualified for 2020 Olympics

Indian swimmer Kushagra Rawat qualified for 2020 Olympics on 7 April 2019.

He did so after achieving the B standard of the 800m freestyle event at the Speedo Thailand Age Group Championships in Bangkok.

Rawat clocked 08.07.99 to cross the Olympic Games B standard qualifying time of 08:08.54 for the men's 800m freestyle event.

Lin Dan clinched Malaysia Open

Chinese badminton ace Lin Dan clinched the Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur on 7 April 2019.

After an electric performance, he beat countryman Chen Long 9-21, 21-7, 21-11.

The title is Lin's first win this year, and also his first major success since taking the Malaysia Open in 2017.

Rasikh: 2nd cricketer from J&K to play in IPL

Rasikh Salam Dar has become second ever cricketer from Jammu & Kashmir to play in Indian Premier League.

He made his debut for Mumbai Indians in the tournament.

Parvez Rasool is the first player from Jammu and Kashmir to play in the Indian Premier League.

Indian women's team registered win: Football

In Football, the Indian women's national team registered a 2-0 win over Indonesia in its opening match of the Olympic Qualifiers Round two in Mandalay, Myanmar on 4 April 2019.




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With this win, India went a step closer to making it to the 2020 Tokyo Games.

India will face Nepal in the second match of the group stage on 6 April 2019.

India won ICC Test Championship mace

India has won ICC Test Championship mace for the third year in a row after finishing at the top of ICC Test team rankings on the cut-off date of April 1.

India has also been awarded $1-million cash prize.

New Zealand, who are ranked second, won $500,000 prize money after finishing with 108 points, eight behind India.

South Africa finished 3rd with 105 points.

India Open 2019 concluded

The 2019 India Open, officially the YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2019 badminton tournament concluded.

It took place in New Delhi, India.

Viktor Axelsen of Denmark won in the men’s singles category while India’s Srikanth Kidambi became the runners-up.

Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand won in Women’s singles category.

Lewis Hamilton won Bahrain Grand Prix 2019

Five times world champion Lewis Hamilton won Bahrain Grand Prix 2019.

He defeated Valtteri Bottas of Finland who secured the second position.

Charles Leclerc was finished at the third position and became Ferrari’s youngest ever race winner at the age of 21.

Asian Airgun Championships

India ended the 12th Asian Airgun Championships 2019 in Taiyuan, Taipei, with an overall tally of 25 medals including 16 gold, 5 silver, and 4 bronze.

On the concluding day of the championship, Yash Vardhan and Shreya Agrawal struck gold in the men’s and women’s junior 10m air rifle event respectively.

They also won the team gold in the events with their respective partners.

South Korea won Azlan Shah Hockey Cup

South Korea won the Azlan Shah hockey cup 2019 by defeating India.

South Korea won this for the 3rd time, earlier in 1996 and shared with India in 2010.

The host country for Azlan Shah hockey cup was Malaysia which finished 3rd after defeating Canada by 4-2 goals.

Sports

Sanju Samson became the first player to hit a century in the twelfth edition of the Indian Premier League.

England's Football captain Harry Kane received an MBE award from Prince William at Buckingham Palace following the Three Lions' World Cup heroics.

Roger Federer wins Miami Open with 6-1 6-4 victory over John Isner.

Sports

Elavenil Valarivan dominated the women’s air rifle in winning the gold in the 12th Asian Airgun championships.

Divyansh dominated the men’s air rifle in winning the gold in the 12th Asian Airgun championships.




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Chelsea striker Gonzalo Higuain has announced his retirement from the Argentina national team.

Air Staff Chief felicitated sportsmen

A ceremony was held at Air Force Station New Delhi on 28 March 2019 to felicitate meritorious sportsmen of IAF who have excelled at National and International arena.

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff felicitated 21 sportsmen and seven teams of IAF and gave away the mementos.

Savita to lead Indian Women's Hockey team

Goalkeeper Savita will captain an 18-strong Indian women's hockey team for the five-match series against Malaysia starting from 4 April 2019.

She will stand in for regular skipper Rani Rampal, who is nursing an injury.

The 8-day tour to Kuala Lumpur will have defender Deep Grace Ekka as Savita's deputy.

Rajani Etimarpu has joined the squad as the second goalkeeper.

Breakdancing to be added to Olympic 2024

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended adding breakdancing, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The addition of these 4 sports to the Paris medal program offers the opportunity to connect with the young generation.

All 4 sports will be assessed in terms of how they are managed, the integrity of competitions and judging.

Manu and Saurabh bagged gold medal

Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary bagged a Gold medal in the 10 m Air Pistol Mixed team event at the 12th Asian Airgun Championship at Taoyuan in Taipei.

The teenage Indian duo went on to win the five-team final with a score of 484.8 points.

The duo won the ISSF World Cup stage gold at the same event in Delhi in February 2019.

Seamaster 2019 ITTF concluded

Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Oman Open, concluded at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bausher on 25 March 2019.

Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-Ju, in the title-deciding contest, beat Sweden’s Mattias Falck (11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8).

Japan’s Hina Hayata, the no.9 seed, beat Chinese Taipei’s Cheng I-Ching, the top seed, in the final (11-3, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8).

India's G Sathiyan won bronze medal

India’s top-ranked paddler G Sathiyan won a bronze medal at the ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open on 24 March 2019.

It was disappointing for India in women singles as both Madhurika Patkar and Riti Shankar failed to go past the first round of the main draw.

In men’s doubles, Sathiyan and Sharath lost their quarterfinals to the Russian pair of Denis Ivonin and Vladimir Sidorenko 2-3.

Peter Tabichi won Global Teacher Prize 2019

Peter Tabichi won the Global Teacher Prize 2019.

Peter was chosen from our top 10 finalists who come from all corners of the globe.




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Peter has dedicated his life to helping others.

He gives 80% of his teaching salary to local community projects, including education, sustainable agriculture, and peace-building.

Edin Dzeko reached 100 Bosnia caps

Bosnia and Herzegovina captain Edin Dzeko became the first player from his country to reach 100 international caps in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier against Armenia on Saturday.

The 33-year-old was presented with a shirt bearing the number '100', and a bouquet of flowers.

He made his Bosnia debut on June 2, 2007.

Dzeko is currently playing his club football for Italian giants Roma.

Annual TSJA awards announced

Saina Nehwal was named ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ at the annual Telangana Sports Journalists Association (TSJA) Awards on 19 March 2019.

P.V. Sindhu was given the ‘Outstanding Performer’ Award.

P. Gopichand was presented the ‘Coach of the Year’ Award.

The Indian badminton team was adjudged the ‘Team of the Year’.

The Badminton Association of Telangana was named ‘Association of the Year’.

ESPN CricInfo ties up with IIT Madras

Sports news website ESPNcricinfo in a partnership with the IIT Madras launched a tool called ‘Superstats’ for analyzing cricket statistics on 20 March 2019.

Superstats use data science to give a context to every event in a game, for forecasting and to explore the idea of assessing luck.

It will analyse data to reveal trends and patterns during different periods of play.

Sports

Formula One racer Valtteri Bottas won the Australian Grand Prix on 17 March 2019.

Bengaluru FC won the maiden Indian Super League Football title.

Lasith Malinga will retire from international cricket after 2020 T20 World Cup.

FIFA banned former Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) President Luis Chiriboga for life.

Hockey India launches its Coaching Education

Hockey India launched its ambitious 'Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway' on 22 March 2019.

It aims to provide certification to those candidates who are already coaches or wish to pursue coaching as a career option.

The program consists of a combination of web-based modules and face-to-face interactive courses.

Sports

According to the Chennai SuperKings' director, the entire ticket proceeds of the inaugural match will be given to the families of CRPF personnel killed in the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has allowed Test-playing nations to have the players sport their names and numbers on their jerseys.

India won SAFF Women's C'ship for fifth time

On 22 March 2019, in football, India won the SAFF Women's Championship for the fifth time in a row.

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India's Indumathi Kathiresan and Sabitra Tamang of Nepal remained top scorer of the tournament, both scored four-goal each.

This is India's 23rd straight victory in the championship since the inception of the tournament in 2010.

CCFC was crowned the I League champion

Chennai City Football Club (CCFC) was officially crowned the I-League champion.

Special awards were given to:

Fair play award: Shillong Lajong

Top goal scorer: Pedro Manzi (CCFC) and Willis Plaza (Churchill Brothers) (21 goals each)

Best goalkeeper: Bilal Khan (Real Kashmir)

Best defender: Roberto Eslava (CCFC)

Best midfielder: Nestor Gordillo (CCFC)

Hero of the League: Manzi

Special Olympics World Games

Special Olympics World Games concluded on 21 March 2019.

India has bagged 368 medals - 85 Gold, 154 Silver, and 129 Bronze at Special Olympic Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi.

The next Special Olympic Games are set to take place in Sweden in 2021.

RR launched academy in England

Rajasthan Royals tied up with the Star Cricket Academy in Surrey, England to re-launch the facility as the 'Rajasthan Royals Academy'.

The centre has a state-of-the-art cricket centre named the Jarrett Centre.

It is an indoor cricket training centre run by former professional batsman Siddharth Lahiri, along with his team of coaches.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch unveiled

Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics unveiled a cherry-blossom shaped torch for the Games.

The shiny rose-gold torch is 71 centimetres (28 inches) long and weighs 1.2 kilograms (2 pounds 10 ounces).

Fukushima was chosen as the starting point for the Olympic torch relay.

The passing of the flame is scheduled to start on March 26, 2020.

Special Olympics World Games

In Judo, Sonu Kumar from Rohtak, Haryana won the gold medal by winning all three bouts.

Muskan bagged a silver each in squat and bench press. She also won a gold in deadlifting.

India has sent a 378-strong contingent that is participating in the 15th edition of the Games.

The closing ceremony of Special Olympics World Games is scheduled for March 21.

Abu Dhabi to host T10 league for five years

Abu Dhabi Cricket, in partnership with Abu Dhabi Sports Council and the Department of Culture and Tourism-Abu Dhabi, has signed a five-year agreement with the organisers of the T10 Cricket League.

The shortest form of the game will now be played exclusively at Zayed Cricket Stadium.

The first match of the T10 League 2019 will be held on October 23.

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Lakshya Sen and Riya Mookerjee broke into the top-100 among Men’s and Women’s singles players in the latest World Badminton Rankings.

Lakshya Sen is placed 76th while Riya Mookerjee is placed at 94th.

In the women's singles rankings, P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal are at 6th and 9th position respectively.

Kidambi Srikanth is the best placed Indian in the men's rankings at 7th.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran rose to 84th position

In Tennis, India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran rose to career-high rank of 84 in the latest men's rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals(ATP).

In the Women's Tennis Association rankings, Ankita Raina continues to be India's top-ranked player at 168.

She was followed by Karman Kaur Thandi, who jumped seven places to 203.

McIlroy secured 15th title on PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy secured his 15th PGA Tour title by winning The Players tourney, coming in two under par at 70 at the TPC Sawgrass.

It was McIlroy's 23rd career title worldwide, earning him the $2.25 million purse and getting him into the top slot of the FedEx Cup standings.

So far in his career, he has won four majors - the 2011 US Open, the 2012 and 2014 PGA and the 2014 British Open.

Military bands to perform in CSK-RCB opener

Military bands will perform at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium ahead of the opening fixture of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

BCCI will also contribute Rs. 20 crore for the welfare of the armed forces in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, where 44 CRPF personnel were killed.

Indian players had also paid their respects by sporting Army camouflage caps in the third ODI in Ranchi.

Gopi Thonakal qualified for World Athletics

Gopi Thonakal qualified for the World Athletics Championships in marathon, to be held in Doha in September-October 2019.

He achieved it after finishing 11th in the Seoul International Marathon, clocking his personal best time of 2 hours 13 minutes 39 seconds.

This was the 2nd best ever by an Indian after the 4-decade old national record of 2 hours 12 minutes held by Shivnath Singh.

Thiem won his Maiden Masters Title

Dominic Thiem claimed the biggest title of his career by defeating Roger Federer in the BNP Paribas Open final.

He secured his first ATP Masters 1000 trophy in his third final appearance.

Thiem denied Roger Federer a record sixth BNP Paribas Open crown.

Special Olympics

In Special Olympics, in Roller Skating, Supreet Singh from Haryana in 1000-meter, Rishabh Jain from New Delhi in 1000-meter and Priya Prakash Gada from Maharashtra in 100-meter won a Gold Medal each.

Amanjot Singh won gold in the squat contest after lifting 385 kg.

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Kohli retains top spot in ICC ODI rankings

Indian skipper Virat Kohli and pacer Jasprit Bumrah have retained top positions in the latest ICC ODI rankings.

Kohli remained at the number one spot in the list of batsmen.

Rohit Sharma remained number two.

In the team rankings, India is second, behind England.

India came second at Asian Youth C'ships

In Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Hong Kong, boys medley relay team won a gold medal for India.

Indian youth team finished second in the overall medals tally with a total of 26 medals including eight gold, nine silver, and nine bronze medals.

China topped the overall medals tally with 31 medals that included 12 gold, 11 silver, and 8 bronze medals.

K T Irfan qualified for Tokyo Olympics

A 29-year-old Indian athlete from Kerala, K.T. Irfan qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

He finished fourth in the men’s 20-kilometer category at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan.

He got qualified for next year's Tokyo Olympics.

The Two other Indian race walkers, who qualified for the World Championship are Devinder and Ganapati.

Sports

Diksha Dagar became only the second Indian woman golfer to win the Ladies European Tour.

China's Badminton player Shi Yuqi won the Swiss Open Badminton tournament in Basel on 17 March 2019.

Javelin thrower Annu Rani qualified for the Asian Championships to be held in Doha next month.

Dream11 to be official partner for IPL

On 15 March 2019, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Dream11, Indias biggest sports game, as the official partner for the Indian Premier League (IPL).

This four-year exclusive partnership will begin with the upcoming IPL 2019 season.

Additionally, the 'Official Fantasy Game' of IPL will also be powered by Dream11.

Sports

In Athletics, Kamalpreet Kaur won a gold medal in the women's discus throw event. Kaur also qualified for the Asian Championships in the process on the opening day of Federation Cup in Patiala.

Shivpal Singh also booked a berth in the next month's Asian Championships in Doha in men's javelin throw by crossing the qualifying standard set by Athletics Federation of India.

Asian Youth Athletics Championships

India bagged 5 medals, including two gold, on the opening day of the Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Hong Kong.

Philip Maheswaran Thabitha grabbed the first gold for India by winning the boys' 110 metres hurdles.

Vipin Kumar added the second gold medal for India in the boys' hammer throw.

Harshita Sherawat, Deepak Yadav, and Ajay are the other three who won silver and bronze medals.

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On 15 March 2019, International Football Federation (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino announced that India will host the U-17 Women's World Cup in 2020.

This will be the second FIFA tournament India will be hosting, after the U-17 Men's World Cup in 2017.

As the host country, India automatically qualified for the U-17 Women's World Cup event.

Karnataka won Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Karnataka defeated Maharashtra by 8 wickets in the finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

It was played at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.

Mayank Agarwal scored an unbeaten 85 off 57 balls to help Karnataka win their first ever Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Anthem of Special Olympics World Games 2019

The official song for Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019 is titled Right Where I’m Supposed To Be.

It was revealed for the first time at the Opening Ceremony of the World Games.

Avril Lavigne's song ‘Fly’ was the official anthem for the 2015 World Games.

Renedy Singh named Neroca FC Coach

Former India midfielder Renedy Singh was named head coach of Neroca FC, succeeding Spaniard Manuel Retamero Fraile, on 13 March 2019.

He had a stint as assistant coach of Indian Super League side Pune City FC in the 2015-16 season. He is an AFC - A Licence holder.

Neroca lost to Real Kashmir 2-3 at home in their final match of the 12th I-League to finish with 26 points (from 20 matches).

Rohit Sharma: 3rd to cross 8000 ODI runs

Rohit Sharma became the 3rd fastest player to cross 8000 runs in ODI cricket.

He is also the 9th Indian batsman to do so after Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Mohammed Azharuddin.

He surpassed MS Dhoni as the player to record for most ODI sixes for India.

Indian Oil won Gold Cup

Indian Oil retained their Bombay Gold Cup Hockey crown on 13 March 2019.

They defeated Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) 9-7 via penalty shootout in the summit clash.

Bharat Petroleum's Darshan Gawkar was adjudged as the most promising player of the tournament and received a cheque of Rs 10,000 awarded by the Sports Journalists' Association of Mumbai.

Special Olympics Worlds Games 2019 began

Special Olympics World Games 2019 is being held from March 14-21, 2019 in UAE.

It made history by welcoming a record-breaking 200 nations ahead of the Games.

Of the 200 nations, 195 will compete in the Games and 5 will observe.

It is being held in West Asia for the first time. 7,500 athletes will take part in 24 Olympic-style sports over 7 days.

Zinedine reappointed as coach of Real Madrid

Zinedine Zidane has been re-appointed as the coach of Spanish football club Real Madrid till 2022.

He replaced Santiago Solari, who was sacked after less than five months in charge.




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Zidane resigned from the club after leading it to three consecutive Champions League titles.

India to take on Maldives in 5th SAFF

Defending champion India will take on the Maldives in the 5th South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women's Championship in Biratnagar, Nepal on 13 March 2019.

In the 6-team competition, India has been drawn in Group B with Maldives and Sri Lanka. Host Nepal has been kept in Group A with Bangladesh and Bhutan.

India remained unbeaten in 19 matches from last 4 editions of the championship.

GoDaddy partnered with ICC

GoDaddy announced its partnership with International Cricket Council (ICC) as the official sponsor for the upcoming men's cricket World Cup on 12 March 2019.

The 2019 World Cup will be held in the UK from May 30 to July 14, 2019.

Under the partnership, GoDaddy will get visibility on the ground, perimeter of the boundary, side screen during the matches.

MS Dhoni is its brand ambassador.

Tejaswini won women's 50m rifle event

Tejaswini Sawant of Maharashtra won the 4th national selection trial in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions event on 12 March 2019.

She defeated Punjab's Anjum Moudgil and scored 458.0, while Anjum scored 457.1.

Army's Sandeep Singh won the men's 10m air rifle (T4 trial) with a score of 250.0.

In the men's 25m centre fire pistol, Gurpreet Singh, representing Army, won with 583.

Molinari won the Arnold Palmer

Francesco Molinari of Italy topped an international leaderboard at Bay Hill.

He won the Arnold Palmer Invitational in fine style, with three Englishmen, a Spaniard, a Northern Irishman and two South Koreans all within the top-10.

He is 36-year-old and world number 10 player.

Ronnie O’Sullivan breaks record

Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan (UK) has become the first snooker player to make 1,000 competitive centuries.

The five-time world champion reached the landmark during the last frame of the Players Championship final in Preston, UK.

Kavinder fetched gold in GeeBee

Kavinder Singh Bisht (56kg) struck gold at the 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland on 10 March 2019.

Shiva Thapa (60kg), Govind Sahani (49kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) and Dinesh Dagar (69kg) claimed silver medals in the event.

Sumit Sangwan (91kg), Sachin Siwach (52kg) and Naveen Kumar (+91kg) claimed bronze medals.

AICF recognised as National Sports Federation

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports granted provisional recognition to All India Carrom Federation (AICF) as National Sports Federation with immediate effect.




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It will facilitate the participation of Indian Athletes in the forthcoming National/International competitions.

The recognition means granting a major role to AICF for development of the Carrom sport in India.

KIFI recognised as NSF by Sports Ministry

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports granted provisional recognition to Kudo International Federation India (KIFI) as National Sports Federation with immediate effect.

The recognition means granting a major role to KIFI Association for promotion and Development of Kudo sport in India.

Kudo is an official Japanese Cultural Budo sport under the same category as Judo, Aikido, and Kendo.

Shikha, Jhulan in top 5 women's ODI rankings

2 Indian bowlers, Jhulan Goswami, and Shikha Pandey joined the top 5 club in the latest ICC women's cricket rankings for ODI bowlers issued on March 4, 2019.

Shikha Pandey was placed joint 3rd along with South Africa's Dane van Niekerk.

Veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami topped the latest ICC women's cricket rankings.

ICC's Cricket Committee head: Anil Kumble

The ICC has reappointed former Team India captain Anil Kumble as the chairman of ICC's Cricket Committee during its quarterly meet in Dubai.

Kumble, who has been the chairman of the committee since 2012, will be serving for a final three-year term.

Kumble had replaced former Windies' captain Clive Lloyd in 2012.

Bajrang Punia won gold in Bulgaria

Wrestler Bajrang Punia won a gold medal in 65 KG freestyle in Bulgaria.

The tournament, Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov was held in Ruse.

He overpowered Jordan Oliver of USA by 12-3 in the final on March 2, 2019, and secured the maximum ranking points from the tournament.

This is his 10th medal in international tournaments since the 2017 World Championships in Paris.

Roger Federer claims 100th title

Roger Federer won the Dubai Tennis Open for the 8th time on 2 March 2019.

He defeated Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final match.

With this win, he claimed the 100th title of his remarkable career.

He is the second male player to win 100 singles titles after American Jimmy Connors, who won 109 titles.

K.L. Rahul only Indian in top 10 batsmen

K L Rahul was the only Indian to feature in the top 10 batting list in the latest ICC T20 International Players Rankings released on 27 February 2019.

Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai jumped 31 spots to be placed at career-best seventh position.

In the ICC Men's T20 International Team Rankings, India has retained their second position.

Khelo India app launched by PM

PM Narendra Modi launched Sports Authority of India's (SAI) first-of-its-kind mobile application, 'Khelo India App' on February 27, 2019.

The app will create awareness about sports and fitness in the country.

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The app is available both in Hindi and English and can be used in the offline mode.

Saurabh and Manu clinched Gold

Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker won the gold medal in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event of the ISSF World Cup 2019.

The Chinese duo of Ranxin Jiang and Bowen Zhang won silver with, while the bronze went to the Korean pair of Minjung Kim and Daehun Park.

Earlier, Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal in his first senior World Cup in the same event.

First Indian player to score 8000 runs - Raina

Suresh Raina became the first Indian player to score 8000 runs in T20.

He achieved this feat when he scored 12 runs for UP against Puducherry in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match in Delhi.

He also became the 2nd Indian player to have played 300 T20s after MS Dhoni.

Rohit Sharma is 3rd in the list with 299 matches.

Abhijeet Gupta won Cannes Trophy

Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta lifted the Cannes International Open trophy on 25 February 2019 for chess.

He won the tournament with 7.5 points over nearest rivals Nikita Maiorov of Belarus, Nasuta Grzegorz of Poland and Yuri Solodovnichecko of Ukraine.

He took an easy draw with Pier Luigi Basso of Italy in the ninth and final round.

Karthikeyan received Lifetime Achievement

G.R. Karthikeyan was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the FMSCI annual awards function on 25 February 2019.

He is the father of India’s first Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan.

Raghul Rangasamy received the Upcoming Motorsport Person of the Year award for the Raymond Gautam Singhania Trophy.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran: 94th in Tennis

India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieved his career-best ranking, rising three places to 94th in the latest list on 25 February 2019.

Ramkumar Ramanathan dropped 9 spots to 137, while Yuki Bhambri further slipped to 171.

Ankita Raina continued to be the top-placed Indian at 164 in women's ranking, followed by Karman Thandi at 207 and Pranjala Yadlapalli at 293.

Apurvi Chandela won gold in 10m rifle

Apurvi Chandela has won the gold medal in the women's 10-meter air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup 2019 in New Delhi.

This is India's first medal of the ISSF World Cup 2019.

She set a new world record by registering a score of 252.9 points in the final match.

Zhao Ruozhu and Xu Hong of China won the silver and bronze medal respectively.

Manpreet Singh: Player of the Year

The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) has honoured Indian men's hockey team captain, Manpreet Singh with the '2018 Player of the Year Award'.




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Women hockey team's striker, Lalremsiami bagged the '2018 Rising Player of The Year' award.

Manpreet led the Indian hockey team at the Asian Champions Trophy in Muscat where the team was declared joint winners with Pakistan.

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Belgium's Elise Mertens won the Qatar Open by beating top seed Simona Halep in tennis.

Vidarbha defended its Irani Cup title on 16 Feb 2019 at the Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur.

Nikhat Zareen and Meena Kumari Devi became the first Indian women boxers to win gold medals at the Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Nikhat and Meena won gold medals

Nikhat Zareen and Meena Kumari Devi became the first Indian women boxers to win gold medals at the Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Zareen claimed a 5-0 win in the 51kg category finals against Filipino Irish Magno.

Meena defeated Filipino Aira Villegas 3-2, in the bantamweight (54kg) summit clash.

India won 11 medals including two gold at the 2018 edition.

ISSF Shooting World Cup held

The ISSF (International Shooting Sports Federation) World Cup 2019 began in New Delhi on February 21, 2019.

Various events in the World cup will start from February 23rd and end on 27th at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.

Around 503 shooters from 58 countries will be competing for top honours with 8 of the 10 events offering Olympic quota places.

Mary Kom became women's training ambassador

World amateur boxing champion M.C. Mary Kom signed a 2-year deal with Puma to be their ambassador for women’s training in India.

She is a bronze medallist at the 2012 Olympics and won her record 6th gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in November 2018.

Puma India’s managing director is Abhishek Ganguly.

Jitendra Singh won 50km event

Jitendra Singh Rathore of Rajasthan won the 50 km event in the 6th Open National Race Walking Championship in Chennai on 17 Feb 2019.

He completed the race in a time of 4:23:23.00, pushing Joshi Sagar of Gujarat (4:24:21.00) to second place.

Boys 10 km was won by Suraj Panwar, while Rogi Patel won the Girls 10 km.

Sunil Chhetri got Football Ratna

Sunil Chhetri was conferred the first ever Football Ratna honour by Football Delhi.

The award was presented by Football Delhi President Shaji Prabhakaran, a former player, and administrator at the All India Football Federation and FIFA.

Football Delhi also honoured Shubham Sarangi, youth player from Delhi, currently the player of Delhi Dynamos squad for ISL.

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Saina Nehwal beat P V Sindhu to retain her women's singles crown at the 83rd Yonex Sunrise Senior Badminton Nationals on 16 Feb 2019.

She registered a 21-18 21-15 against P V Sindhu.

Saina Nehwal won her fourth Senior Nationals title.

It was held in Guwahati.

Vidarbha won Irani Cup

Vidarbha defended its Irani Cup title on 16 Feb 2019 at the Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur.

The Irani Cup tournament was conceived during the 1959-60 season to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy championship.

It is related to cricket.

Elise Mertens won Qatar open

Belgium's Elise Mertens claimed the Qatar Open by beating top seed Simona Halep by 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, in tennis.

This is her first-ever WTA Premier-level crown, and the fifth title of her career overall.

Mertens is world number 21.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran: Ranks 97 in ATP

Prajnesh Gunneswaran broke into men's singles top-100 for the first time in his career.

A jump of six places took him to 97th position.

He is only third Indian player to break into the top-100 barrier in the past decade after Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri.

Clouded Leopard: Mascot of National Games

Clouded Leopard, the state animal of Meghalaya, will be the mascot of the National Games, 2022.

This was finalised in a meeting chaired by Banteidor Lyndoh, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs on 11 Feb 2019.

The stadium for the event will be constructed on 50 acres of land at a cost of Rs 300 crore in Mawdiangdiang.

Pat Cummins won Allan Border medal

Pat Cummins won the coveted Allan Border Medal at the Australian Cricket Awards on 11 Feb 2019.

Nathan Lyon became the first specialist finger spinner to win the Test Player of the Year award.

Glenn Maxwell took the T20I award and Matthew Wade bagged the Domestic Player of the Year award.

Jamie Chadwick: First female to win MRF

Jamie Chadwick became the first female winner of the MRF Challenge Series at the final event of the season.

She won 3 of the 5 races in Chennai, India, to close an 18-point margin on Belgium's Max Defourny and take the title.

She became the first woman to win a British F3 race in August 2018.

The last woman to start Formula 1 Grand Prix was Lella Lombardi in 1976.

Railways won Senior Men's Hockey Championship

Railway Sports Promotion Board lifted the 9th Senior National Men's Hockey Championship crown at Gwalior.




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They claimed the gold medal by defeating Punjab by 3-2.

The bronze medal was clinched by Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, beating Punjab and Sind Bank, 4-1.

Shane Warne: Brand ambassador of RR

Shane Warne has been named as the brand ambassador of Rajasthan Royals for the upcoming IPL.

He captained RR for 4 seasons of IPL till 2011, after which he took retirement from all forms of cricket.

Rajasthan Royals has also decided to change its jersey color from blue to pink this year.

Corentin Moutet clinches Chennai Open

France’s Corentin Moutet clinched the Chennai Open ATP Challenger tournament title on 10th Feb 2019.

He beat Andrew Harris of Australia 6-3, 6-3 in the singles final.

This is the second Challenger title for Moutet, who received 80 ATP points, while Andrew got 48 ATP points.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga won silver medal

On 8 February 2019, Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the silver medal in men's 67- kilogram category at the EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Ruben Katoatau of Kiribati took the bronze with a total lift of 285 kilograms.

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won gold in the women's 48-kilogram category with a total lift of 192 kilograms.

Mandhana scored India’s fastest T20I Fifty

Indian opener Smriti Mandhana made the fastest fifty for India in Women’s T20Is.

The left-handed batswoman struck a half-century in just 24 balls.

She made the history in the 1st T20I against New Zealand at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

New Zealand’s Sophie Devine holds the record of the quickest half-century in women’s T20Is. She set the record in 2005 against India in just 18-balls.

Ramit Tandon wins Seattle Open

Ramit Tandon won the final of the Seattle Open, a Squash event by defeating Egyptian Mohamed Al Sherbini on 2nd February, 2019.

This is his fourth overall title in his career and first PSA title in 2019.

He was ranked 58th in the world but was seeded for the Seattle Open.

Sana Mir: 1st woman cricketer to play 100 T20s

Sana Mir from Pakistan became the first Asian woman cricketer to play 100 T20 international matches.

She achieved the milestone during the final T20 against West Indies in Karachi.

Overall, she is the 6th woman cricketer to complete a century of T20 internationals. Daendra Dottin from West Indies ranks first with a total of 109 T20Is to her name.

Haryana Hammers won PWL

Haryana Hammers won the 4th edition of the Pro Wrestling League defeating Punjab Royals by 6-3 in the summit clash.

Padma Shri and Asian Games gold medalist Bajrang scored 11-0 win over Rajneesh.

Aleksander Khotsianivski of Ukraine put Haryana on the road of victory by winning the 125 kg super heavyweight bout against Korey Jarvis by 3-0.

World No. 1 ODI Batswoman: Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana has attained number one ranking in the ICC ODI batting rankings.




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She is now above the Australians Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry after scoring an unbeaten 90 in 3 match series and her fourth ODI century.

Among the bowlers, Poonam Yadav and Deepti Sharma have secured 8th and 9th rankings respectively.

INS Dronacharya won the Regatta trophy

The INS Dronacharya team won the Regatta trophy in the 'Kochi Area Pulling Regatta 2019' of the Southern Naval Command (SNC) on 31 January 2019.

The Boat Pulling Regatta is one of the most prestigious and traditional naval sporting activities conducted by the Navy.

Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) School got second position & Diving School secured the third position.

Mithali is first woman to play 200 ODIs

Indian captain Mithali Raj has become the first female cricketer to play 200 ODIs on February 1, 2019.

The 36-year-old achieved this feat against New Zealand at Hamilton.

Mithali made her ODI debut in 1999 and has also played 10 Tests and 85 T20s.

Viswanathan Anand finishes joint third

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an exciting draw with Ding Liren of China to move to joint third spot.

Viswanathan Anand finished with 7.5 points at the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament.

Anand registered three victories, one defeat and nine draws in the tournament.

Magnus Carlsen won a super tournament for the seventh time.

Ambati Rayudu banned from bowling by ICC

India's Ambati Rayudu has been banned from bowling in international cricket because of a suspect action.

The suspension was done in "accordance with clause 4.2 of the ICC regulations" which deals with the legality of bowling actions.

He is a right-handed middle-order batsman, who occasionally keeps the wicket, and a right-arm off break bowler.

Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open title

Tennis player Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open Men's Singles title at Melbourne on 27 January 2019.

He defeated Rafael Nadal in the final match.

It was his 7th Australian Open Men's Singles title.

He won the Australian Open Men's Singles title in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016.

He also broke a tie with Pete Sampras, for third-most Grand Slam trophies.

Saina Nehwal wins Indonesia Masters title

Badminton player Saina Nehwal won her first Indonesia Masters title 2019 on 27 January 2019.

She won the finals after Spain's Carolina Marin limped out of the final due to a leg injury.

Saina had won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games.

Kartik Sharma won the Golf Championship

India's Kartik Sharma won the New South Wales men's Amateur Golf Championship in Australia.

He defeated Australia's Nathan Barberie in the scheduled 36-hole final to emerge as champion.




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He had also won the Indian golf 'Union Western India Amateur Golf Championship 2018'.

Naomi Osaka won the Australian Open title

Naomi Osaka won the Women's Singles Final of the Australian Open on 26 January 2019.

In Tennis, Japan's Naomi Osaka has become the first player since 2001 to win back-to-back Grand Slam titles.

She also won the US Open in 2018.

She also became the first Japanese player to achieve the world number one ranking.

Shami becomes fastest to reach 100 ODI wickets

Indian cricket bowler Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian to claim 100 wickets in One-day Internationals on 23 January 2019.

He took 100 wickets in 56 ODI matches.

Before Shami, Irfan Pathan reached the 100-wicket mark in 59 ODIs, while Zaheer Khan achieved this mark in 65 matches, Ajit Agarkar got it in 67 matches and Javagal Srinath in 68 matches.

Virat Kohli named Captain of ICC's Test & ODI

On 22 January 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the men’s Test and ODI teams of the year 2018.

Virat Kohli has been named the captain of both sides following a remarkable 2018 as a batsman and captain.

Three players, each from India and New Zealand, were named in Test team while four players, each from India and England, were named in ODI squad.

Virat declared ODI & Test player of the year

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli was named 'Men's Test Cricketer of the Year' and 'Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year' by International Cricket Council (ICC) on 22 January 2019.

He also won the 'Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy' for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year.

Rishabh Pant has been named the 'Emerging Player of the Year' by the ICC for 2018.

Cosmas & Worknesh clinch men’s, women’s titles

Cosmas Lagat of Kenya and Worknesh Alemu of Ethiopia won the men's and women's titles in the Tata Mumbai Marathon in Mumbai on 20 January 2019.

Lagat, winner of the Sevilla Marathon in 2016, completed the 42.195-kilometre race in 2 hours 9 minutes and 15 seconds.

In women's race, Worknesh Alemu completed the race in 2 hours 25 minutes and 45 seconds.

Khelo India Youth Games concludes in Pune

Khelo India Youth Games concluded in Pune on 20 January 2019.

Maharashtra topped the Medal tally with 228 medals, whereas Haryana and Delhi claimed the second and third spot.

Maharashtra bagged 'General Championship of Khelo India 2019' with 85 Gold Medals.

The Khelo India Youth Games was organised by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Ankita wins ITF's tournament in Singapore

India's Ankita Raina has won the International Tennis Federation's $25,000 Women's tournament in Singapore on 20 January 2019.




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She defeated world number 122 Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands in the final match.

It was the first title of the season and eighth singles title of her career.

Srihari Nataraj bags 7 Gold medals

On 15 January 2019, Karnataka's swimmer Srihari Nataraj has emerged as the most prolific gold medal winner at the Khelo India Youth Games.

He has won 7 Gold medals in swimming events.

P Likith from Karnataka won five gold medals and a bronze medal in swimming at the Khelo India Youth Games.

They both were the most decorated gold medalists of the Games.

Gukesh is world's second youngest grand master

Chess player D Gukesh became the second youngest Grand Master (GM) in the world and the youngest Indian to achieve the feat at age of 12 years and 7 months.

He achieved his third and final GM norm at the ongoing 17th Delhi International Open Chess tournament in Delhi.

Gukesh became India's 59th Grand Master.

Ukraine's Sergey Karjakin holds the record of being the youngest Grandmaster.

1st EMRS Sports Meet inaugurated in Hyderabad

The '1st Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) Sports Meet 2019' was inaugurated in Hyderabad on 14 January 2019.

The National Sports Meet is being held from 14th to 16th January 2019.

The Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society is organising the sports meet.

There will be 13 events including Athletics and in Athletics there will be 13 different competitions.

Ali Qamar named women's boxing coach

Mohammed Ali Qamar has taken over as Chief Coach for the country's women boxing on 14 January 2019.

He won India's first Commonwealth Games gold medal in boxing.

He replaced the veteran Shiv Singh.

Ali Qamar has been an assistant coach in the national camp for more than a year.

Rudra won Gold Medal in weightlifting

Weightlifter, S. Rudra Mayan won the gold medal by lifting a total weight of 269 kgs at the Khelo India Youth Games in Pune, Maharashtra.

He is from Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu's S. Darshini won the gold medal in weightlifting in girls Under -21 category.

She managed a lift a total weight of 192kgs.

Akshata reaps Gold in Weightlifting

Akshata Basvani Kamati of Karnataka has won a gold medal in the under-21 age 71 kg category in weightlifting at the Khelo India Youth Games.

Kamati comes from Halaga near Belgaum and her coach is Virpal Kaur.

The 2nd edition of Khelo India Youth Games will be held from January 9 to January 20, 2019, at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, Maharashtra.

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On 14 January 2019, 10-year old Abhinav Shaw became the youngest gold medallist in the shooting at the Khelo India Youth Games in Pune.

He teamed up with Mehuli Ghosh to help West Bengal win the 10m air rifle mixed team event.

Delhi's Devanshi Rana bagged gold in Under-21 girls 25m pistol event.

Bengaluru Raptors win Premier Badminton League

Bengaluru Raptors won the Premier Badminton League (PBL) title on 13 January 2019.

They defeated Mumbai Rockets in the final match.

Bengaluru Raptors consists of Kidambi Srikanth, Mohammad Ahsan, Hendra Setiawan, Sai Praneeth, Mithun Manjunath, Lauren Smith, Sanjana Santosh, Marcus Ellis, Vu Thi Trang, and Nguyễn Tiến Minh.

It is owned by Matrix Badminton Teamworks Pvt. Ltd

Harendra Singh removed as India's hockey coach

Indian men's hockey coach Harendra Singh was removed from the position on 9 January 2019.

The team will be overseen by Hockey India High-Performance Director David John and current Analytical Coach, Chris Ciriello.

Harendra Singh was brought in as men's coach in May 2018 after Sjoerd Marijne was moved back to the women's camp.

Mary Kom attained number one position

Boxer MC Mary Kom attained number one position in the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) latest world rankings.

She won the gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.

She also won a silver at the prestigious 'Strandja Memorial' in Bulgaria.

She successful boxer in the history of World Championship after she won the gold medal in the World Boxing Championship in 2018.

Bavleen won gold medal in gymnastics

Jammu and Kashmir's Bavleen Kaur won the gold medal in the women's Under-17 all-around rhythmic gymnastics event at the Khelo India Youth Games 2019.

Maharashtra's Shreya Bhangale and Krisha Chheda took silver and bronze medals.

The 2019 Khelo India Youth Games are being held in Pune, Maharashtra.

Salah named Caf African Player of the Year

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah was named 2018 Confederation of African Football's (Caf) 'Player of the Year'.

He won the award for the second time.

Houston Dash and South Africa forward Thembi Kgatlana was named Women's Player of the Year.

Salah was voted the 'BBC African Footballer of the Year' for the second time in December 2018.

Khelo India Youth Games begins in Pune

The second edition of Khelo India Youth Games was inaugurated in Pune on 9 January 2019.

Students from colleges and Universities will be allowed to compete in the games.

Tennis and table tennis will also be a part of the games.

The 1st edition of Khelo India games was held in Delhi in January 2018.

The Khelo India games is organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

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The 86th National Billiards and Snooker Championship will be held in Indore from 18 January 2019.

The event will be hosted by Madhya Pradesh Billiards and Snooker Association.

Top cueists, including Pankaj Advani, will take part in the event.

The prize money of the event is 10 lakh rupees.

The event will conclude on 10 February 2019.

Sydney to host new ATP World Team Cup

Sydney will host the finals of inaugural 24-team ATP Cup men’s tennis tournament.

The tennis tournament will be played from 3 January 2020.

Sydney, Brisbane, and one other Australian city will co-host the tournament.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which runs the men's tennis tournament, voted in London to award the tournament to Australia.

Bopanna and Sharan won the Tata Open title

Rohan Bopanna's and Divij Sharan have won the ATP tour Tennis title at the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune on 5 January 2019.

The defeated Britain's Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Maara in the final match.

It was Bopanna's 18th ATP tour title while Sharan won his fourth tournament.

Before this, Bopanna won the Vienna event in October 2017 with Pablo Cuevas.

Rani won gold medal in National's Judo C'Ship

Lady head constable, Rani of 5th Indian Reserve Battalion of Himachal Pradesh Police won a Gold medal in the Senior National Women's Judo Championship on 5 January 2019.

The championship was held in Visakhapatnam.

She won the gold medal in the 78 kg category.

She was also declared the best Judoka at the Championship.

Roger Federer clinched Hopman Cup

Switzerland's Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic won the Hopman Cup on 5 January 2019.

They defeated Germany's Angelique Kerber and Alexander Zverev in the final match.

Roger Federer is the first player to win three Hopman Cups - twice with Bencic and once with Martina Hingis, in 2001.

The Hopman Cup will be replaced by an ATP tournament in 2020.

Vadodara to host 8th International Marathon

Vadodara will host the eighth International Marathon on 6 January 2019.

The marathon will be held across four categories: 42 km, 21 km, 10 km and 5 km.

Other categories include 'divyang paralympic run', 'swachhata run', 'pledge run' and 'jawan run'.

The marathon is accredited to the Association of International Marathon and Distance Races.

National Table Tennis Championship begins

The 80th National Table Tennis Championship began at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha on 4 January 2019.

Odisha State Table Tennis Association (OSTTA) is hosting the National Table Tennis Championship.

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As many as 35 teams, including 550 players from different parts of the country are participating in the championship.

Jasprit becomes highest wicket taker of 2018

Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah became the highest wicket-taker across all formats in 2018.

He took 78 wickets in 2018.

He took 48 wickets in 9 Tests, 22 wickets in 13 ODIs and 8 wickets in 8 T20I matches.

South Africa's bowler Kagiso Rabada is at second place, who took 77 wickets in 2018.

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