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May 12, 2020

Sania Mirza first Indian to win Fed Cup Heart Award

Tennis player Sania Mirza became the first Indian to win the Fed Cup Heart Award for her successful return to the court post motherhood. Sania won the award for Asia/Oceania zone after securing a whopping 10,000 plus votes out of the total 16,985 cast for this year's three regional Group I nominees.
The Fed Cup Heart Award winners were determined via online voting by fans which went on for a week starting from May 1, 2020. Sania's vote share of over 60 per cent of the total votes is a testimony to the global popularity of the Indian star at the Fed Cup competition.

Deepa Malik Announces Retirement, Will Head India's Paralympic Committee

Deepa Malik, India's lone woman Paralympics silver medallist, announced that she will be hanging her boots from active sports in order to serve as the president of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) in accordance with the National Sports Code.
The 49-year-old took to Twitter and clarified that she was declaring her retirement from the sport for her affiliation with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS).

Atalanta Midfielder Dies Aged 19 After Suffering Aneurysm

Atalanta midfielder Andrea Rinaldi has died aged 19 after suffering a brain aneurysm while training at home during the coronavirus lockdown.
Rinaldi was part of the youth system at Atalanta and had been on loan at Serie D side Legnano this season.

Yu Yangyi Helps China Win Nations Cup; India Fifth

China won the inaugural $180,000 FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup following a 2-2 draw against USA.
China, which lost to USA in the concluding league match, was declared the winner on the basis of topping the points table in the round-robin stage.
China won $48,000, USA $36,000 and others received $24,000 each.
India concluded its campaign by playing to its seeding and finished fifth, ahead of sixth seed Rest of the World.
With Viswanathan Anand taking a break on the final day of the league stage, India lost 1.5-2.5 to third seed Russia, which eventually took the fourth spot.

May 08, 2020

Magnus Carlsen Wins $70,000

World champion Magnus Carlsen has won the richest online chess tournament in history, bagging the history-making $70,000 winner's prize.
Appropriately enough, the Norwegian grandmaster conquered American Hikaru Nakamura in the final of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, his namesake event.
With a total prize fund of $250,000, the tournament is the most lucrative online chess tournament in history and was organized by Carlsen to fill the void of live, over-the-board chess.

May 05, 2020

Sandeep Kumari Banned for Four Years by WADA

Discus thrower Sandeep Kumari has been slapped with a four-year ban by WADA's Athletics Integrity Unit for flunking a dope test , nearly two years after her sample was deemed clean by the NDTL.
The National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) had failed to detect the banned substance — a steroid — which was present in her blood sample, collected by NADA officials during the National Inter-State Championships in June 2018 in Guwahati.

May 04, 2020

Former World Snooker Champion Peter Ebdon Retires from Sport

United Kingdom's former world snooker champion Peter David Ebdon (49) announced his retirement from a 29 years career in the sport to avoid having to undergo spinal surgery.
He won the 2002 world championship, beating Stephen Hendry in a 18-17 final thriller, reached the 1996 and 2006 finals (runner-up), 2006 Maplin Electronics UK Championship, UK Championship runner-up in 1995.

May 03, 2020

Sania Mirza, First Indian To Be Nominated for Fed Cup Heart Award

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza became the first Indian to be nominated for the Fed Cup Heart Award from the Asia/Oceania zone along with Indonesia's Priska Medelyn Nugrorho.
Sania had recently made a comeback to Fed Cup after four years.

Australia Replace India at Top of World Test Rankings

Australia have returned to the top of the Test rankings for the first time in four years.
Justin Langer's side replace India, despite having not won an away series since beating New Zealand in 2016.
The Black Caps move up to second as India slip to third, with England fourth on the International Cricket Council's list.
Australia also head the Twenty20 table, while 2019 World Cup winners England remain top in one-day cricket.
India had been top of the Test rankings since October 2016.

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