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Apr 24, 2021

Kohli Becomes First Player to Reach 6,000 Runs in IPL History

India and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli became the first batsman to get to 6,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history.
Kohli, who scored a half-century in a huge century partnership with Devdutt Padikkal for the opening wicket against Rajasthan Royals, turned one to fine leg fence to reach the landmark.
Just before reaching the 6000-run landmark, the right-handed batsman had reached his first half-century of this IPL season.
Kohli is way ahead of Suresh Raina (5448) and Shikhar Dhawan (5428), who both are over 500 runs behind the talismanic batsman.

Apr 23, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Brazil and Germany Drawn in Same Pool

Defending champions Brazil have been clubbed in the same group as powerhouse Germany in the men's Olympic football tournament, the draw for which was announced in Zurich, Switzerland.
Besides the two footballing giants, the other two teams in Group D are Côte d'Ivoire and Saudi Arabia.
The following are the groupings: Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France. Group B: New Zealand, Korea Republic, Honduras, Romania. Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia. Group D: Brazil, Germany, Côte d'Ivoire, Saudi Arabia.

Apr 22, 2021

India Gets its 68th Grandmaster

India got its 68th Grandmaster when Arjun Kalyan, from Chennai, achieved the 2,500 ELO rating mark after he beat Dragan Kosic of Montenegro in the fifth round of the GM Round Robin "Rujna Zora-3" chess tournament in Serbia.
To become a Grandmaster, a player has to achieve at least three GM norms, plus his/her ELO rating has to have passed 2,500 at some point.

Apr 21, 2021

Priyanka Mohite Becomes First Indian Woman to Scale Mount Annapurna

Priyanka Mohite from Satara in western Maharashtra has scaled Mount Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain peak in the world, becoming the first Indian woman climber to achieve the feat.
Mount Annapurna is a massif in the Himalayas located in Nepal that includes one peak over 8,000 metres and is considered to be one of the toughest mountains to climb.
Priyanka has also climbed the world's highest peak Mount Everest (8,849 metres) in 2013, Mount Lhotse (8,516 metres) in 2018, Mount Makalu (8,485 metres) and also Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 metres) in 2016.

India Set to Host its Maiden WBC India Championship

In a major milestone, the World Boxing Council (WBC) has endorsed the Indian Championship fight between the country's two top women boxers -- Chandni Mehra and Suman Kumari -- which will take place in Jalandhar, Punjab on May 1.
The winner of the fight, which is part of the LZ Promotions India Unleashed-Fight Night, will become the WBC India champion.
The WBC is one of the four top organisations which sanctions professional boxing bouts globally, and this will be India's maiden foray into hosting a title card for two female fighters.
Chandni and Suman are India's No. 1 fighters in lightweight and featherweight categories and will challenge each other in this bout, aiming to become the first WBC India champion across both men and women categories.

Apr 20, 2021

Champions League: UEFA announces New format for CL

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced the new Champions League format which will come in force from the 2024 season.
Champions League will now be competed between 36 teams, adding four more teams to the competition. All 36 teams are brought together into one pool instead of the current system of four-team groups.
The reforms come after an extensive consultation across the football family. The changes made are designed to secure the positive future of European football at every level.

India Open Badminton Tournament Postponed

The India Open Super 500 tournament, one of the last three qualifying events for the Tokyo Olympics, was postponed due to raging COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
The USD 4,00,000 India Open was scheduled to be held behind closed doors in the National Capital from May 11 to 16.
Several rounds of discussions were held with BWF as well as the Delhi government and other stakeholders and accessing the safety of players and officials BAI needed to take this decision.

Mirabai Chanu Creates a New Clean and Jerk World Record

Mirabai Chanu set a new World Record in the women's 49kg Clean and Jerk with a massive 119 kg lift at Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent. She won the bronze medal at the event. The gold medal went to Hou Zhihui of China who created a new world record in snatch. Asian Games, held once every 4 years, is the 2nd largest multi-sport event after Olympics.

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