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Jun 22, 2020

Niki Kalayanda Poonacha Elected to ITF Men's Tennis Panel

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced, 25 years old Niki Kalyanda Poonacha, National Champion of India as a member of the ITF World Tennis Tour Men's Panel representing the Asia-Oceania zone with Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei.
In addition to Niki and Ti Chen, the members of the Men's tennis panel include Juan Pablo Paz & Jose Bendeck representing South America, Aldin Sektic & Francesco Vilardo representing Europe.
The panel has an option to appoint additional members if they fulfill the regional and ranking requirements.
The Women's panel includes, Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan and Olivia Tjandramulia of Australia representing Asia-Oceania, Ines Ibbou of Algeria representing Africa, Petra Januskova of Canada representing North and Central America – Caribbean,Yuliana Lizarazo of Colombia representing South America and Tara Moore of Great Britain and Conny Perrin of Switzerland representing Europe.
The Men's and Women's Panel will be headed by Mark Woodforde and Mary Pierce respectively who are the athlete representatives on the ITF board of directors.

Jun 20, 2020

BCCI to Review IPL Sponsorship Deal with Vivo

The Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) has decided to review IPL sponsorship deals, including one with Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Vivo, after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh.
Taking note of the border skirmish that resulted in the martyrdom of Indian soldiers, the IPL Governing Council has convened a meeting next week to review IPL's various sponsorship deals.
The meeting of the IPL Governing Council will review the yearly Rs. 440 crore title sponsorship deal with Vivo among others.
For those unaware, Vivo is the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League.
In 2017, Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Vivo had retained the title sponsorship rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for a period of five years.

Jun 19, 2020

India Clubbed with Korea Republic, Australia, Uzbekistan for AFC U-16 Championship 2020

The Indian Under-16 football team is clubbed alongside Korea Republic, Australia and Uzbekistan in Group C for the upcoming 2020 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 Championship in Bahrain.
The group was made at the official draw for the tournament at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.
India had earlier made it to the main event of the AFC U-16 Championship when they made a top-place finish in qualifiers in Group B, which also consisteed of Uzbekistan (hosts), Bahrain and Turkmenistan.
The Indian colts finished with a total of seven points from three matches after scoring 11 goals and conceding a single goal.
This was India's third consecutive qualification to the AFC U-16 finals and ninth overall, the official statement from the AFC said.
The four teams who make it to the semi-finals of the competition will earn a direct qualification into the FIFA U-17 World Cup Peru 2021.

Jun 18, 2020

Fourth Asian Youth Para Games to be Held in Bahrain

The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) announced that the 4th Asian Youth Para Games will take place in Bahrain from December (1-10) 2021. The event will be organised in partnership with the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Bahrain with the support of the local government.
This is the 1st time Bahrain will host a big para-sport event.
The competition will take place across numerous venues in Khalifa Sports City, a multi-use stadium in Isa Town, and Isa Sports City.

Sports Ministry to Establish Khelo India Centres of Excellence

The Sports Ministry has decided to set up Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) under Khelo India.
While KISCE would be identified in every state, the first phase of the scheme will see eight state-owned facilities being upgraded. The eight have been selected on the basis of facilities available in priority sports, infrastructure and past champions.
The ministry said that the process of selection and shortlisting of venues to be developed into world-class facilities began in October 2019 but only 15 proposals were received for the same. Interestingly, the northern and western parts of the country including the national capital have not found favour in the first phase. While four of these are in the North East, three are in south India. The eighth one would be at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.
The Khelo India State Centre of Excellence are being established to strengthen India's pursuit for excellence at the Olympics. Our effort is to scale up the best sporting facilities available in each state in India into world-class academies.

Jun 16, 2020

Qatar Dedicates New Football World Cup Stadium to COVID-19 Frontline Workers

Qatar showed off the latest stadium to be completed for the 2022 soccer World Cup in a virtual presentation and dedicated it to frontline workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 40,000 capacity Education City stadium is the third venue to be ready with five more under construction.
The Al Rayyan Stadium, also with a 40,000 capacity, and the 60,000-seat Al Bayt Stadium are due to be completed by the end of this year.

Mamedyarov Wins World Stars Sharjah Online

Former World Rapid champion Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won World Stars Sharjah Online International 2020 with an unbeaten 7.5/10. He finished a full point ahead of the runner-up Pentala Harikrishna who scored 6.5/10. In the final round, UAE no.1 Salem Saleh was the only person who got closest to beating Mamedyarov but unfortunately he missed the opportunity after playing a spectacular and arguably the best game of the tournament. Polish GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek secured the third position with 6.0/10. Mamedyarov won US$ 3000 while Harikrishna and Wojtaszek walked away with US$ 2250 and 1750, respectively.

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