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Aug 27, 2020

Indian Table Tennis Player Poulomi Ghatak Retires

One of the most successful Indian Table Tennis players Poulomi Ghatak announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 37. The Kolkata born Poulomi Ghatak is a seven-time National Champion. She Won the Junior National Championship thrice and the Senior National Championship seven times, held in between 1998 and 2016.
She won the bronze medal at Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006 and bagged the Silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in New Delhi.
She Represented India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics at the age of 16.
She has won the National Championships seven times and is one short of Indu Puri's record.
Ghatak bagged Gold Medal at the 2006 South Asian Federation Games (SAF) in both Women's Singles & Doubles.

James Anderson Becomes First Fast Bowler to Pick 600 Test Wickets

James Anderson became the first fast bowler in history to take 600 Test wickets. Anderson, 38, who started the third Test at the Ageas Bowl was seven wickets away from the feat, dismissed Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali for the milestone on Day 5.
Anderson, who surpassed Glenn McGrath to become the leading Test wicket-taker among fast bowlers in 2018, required less than two years to breach the 600-wicket mark. He is fourth on the list of all-time wicket-takers in Tests, behind Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble.

Aug 26, 2020

India Plans BRICS Games During Khelo India Games Next Year

According to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, India is planning to host BRICS Games in 2021 and may align it with Khelo India Games.
Rijiju's announcement came after he attended a meeting of Sports Ministers of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).
India will get chairmanship of the five-nation independent international group in 2021.
BRICS Games 2021 will be held during the same time and at the same venues as of Khelo India Games 2021 so that our players from various parts of the country who will gather for Khelo India Games will have the benefit of witnessing BRICS Games from close quarters.

Aug 25, 2020

Kallis, Sthalekar and Zaheer Abbas Inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Lisa Sthalekar, Jacques Kallis and Zaheer Abbas became the latest names to be inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame as the global cricket body honoured their stellar careers.
The ICC Cricket Hall of Fame show, hosted by commentator Alan Wilkins, featured retired greats Sunil Gavaskar, Melanie Jones and Shaun Pollock as the main guests and had Wasim Akram, Graeme Smith and Alyssa Healy join in to congratulate and appreciate the 2020 inductees.
Kallis is the fourth South African player inducted and Zaheer the sixth from Pakistan. Lisa is the 27th from Australia and the ninth woman player in the list, which includes five from Australia. In all, 93 players have been inducted so far under the system, which sees retired players become eligible five years after playing their last international match.

Aug 23, 2020

Sevilla Wins Sixth Europa League Title

Sevilla clinched a sixth Europa League title with a roller-coaster 3-2 win over Inter Milan after an overhead kick by defender Diego Carlos deflected by the Italian side`s top scorer Romelu Lukaku settled a thrilling contest.
In the first European final ever staged behind closed doors, it was an astonishing anti-climax for Lukaku after he had earlier set the longest scoring run by a player in UEFA Cup/Europa League history by netting in the 11th successive game.

Aug 22, 2020

Online Chess Olympiad: India Notch up Three Easy Wins

A dominant India notched up three easy wins against Zimbabwe, Vietnam and Uzbekistan, respectively, in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad.
India defeated Zimbabwe 6-0 and rolled over Vietnam 4-2 but the highlight certainly was the win against Uzbeks – 5.5-0.5.
Winning each round got India two points, taking them on top of the pool with six points while they also have the best game points 15.5 after 18 matches.
India is on top of the standings followed by China with an equal number of round points (6) but fewer game points (13.5) and Germany in third also with 6 points (11.5 game points).
India with an average ELO rating of 2419 is seeded seventh in the championship.

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