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Mar 16, 2020

Aadil Bedi Wins Bengal Open Golf Championship

Aadil Bedi won his maiden title in the Bengal Open golf championship at the Tollygunge Club.
Chandigarh-based Bedi triumphed in style with a chip-in birdie on the sixth playoff hole to end Pune golfer Udayan Mane's incredible three-match winning streak on the PGTI Tour.
The tournament, worth Rs. 30 lakh, witnessed the longest-running playoff on the PGTI. The previous record for the longest playoff was four holes which was set three times. The last event decided on the fourth playoff was the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2019 where Ajeetesh Sandhu prevailed over Rashid Khan.

Sanjay Manjrekar Dropped from BCCI Commentary Panel

Former India batsman and now a renowned broadcaster Sanjay Manjrekar reacted to being dropped from the commentary panel of BCCI. In a tweet, Manjrekar said that he accepted the decision from the Indian cricket board. It is up to my employers whether they choose to have me or not & I will always respect that.
Manjrekar, who has been a regular feature in the commentary box during India's home matches for the past couple of years or so, is now expected to not be included in IPL 2020 too, which is now slated to begin from April 15, instead of March 29 because of the global outbreak of coronavirus.

Mar 15, 2020

Nita Ambani, Serena Williams & Simone Biles in Influential Women in Sports List 2020

Sports business network, iSportconnect released the 'Influential Women in Sport' list for 2020, which named Nita Ambani, Serena Williams and Simone Biles along with 7 other women.
Nita Ambani led her Mumbai Indians franchise to become the most successful in IPL history and is in many sports projects across different sports in the country.
Tennis player, Serena Williams's overall impact both on the court, (the greatest female player of all times), & as a businesswoman.
Gymnast Simone Biles currently (as in 2020) one of the greatest athletes in the world & an ever-growing voice for women in sport.
Footballer Megan Rapinoe is never afraid to speak her mind and talk about social issues and has become a prominent figure in women's sport.
Other women who made in on the list are: Ellie Norman- Director of Marketing and Communications of Formula 1, Cathy Engelbert- Commissioner of Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), Fatma Samoura- Secretary-General of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Mary Davis- Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Special Olympics, Clare Connor- Managing Director of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Women's Cricket and Naomi Osaka- Tennis player.

Sharath Kamal Clinches Oman Open

Ace Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal ended his decade long wait for a title, producing a sensational performance to win the ITTF Challenger Plus Oman Open. Despite being a game down, the 37-year-old Indian recovered well to outclass top seeded Marcos Freitas of Portugal 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 3-11, 17-15 in the summit clash. It was in 2010 when Sharath had bagged his last title at Egypt Open. Since then he made two semi-final appearances -- Morocco Open in 2011 and India Open in 2017 -- but couldn't manage to get through.

Mar 14, 2020

Pankaj Advani Wins 34th National Snooker Title

Pankaj Advani clinched the National 6-Red Snooker Championship with a convincing 7-3 final over Maharashtra's Ishpreet Singh in Ahmedabad. It is the 34th national title for Advani.
After trailing 1-3 in the summit clash, the 23-time world champion proved why he is the best in the business. He dazzled the Gujarat crowd with sublime potting and supreme safety play.

Mar 13, 2020

Russian Federation Fined $10 million for Breaching Anti-doping Rules

According to World Athletics, the Russian athletics federation was fined $10 million for breaching anti-doping rules and a maximum of 10 Russian track and field athletes will be allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics as neutrals.
Russia's athletics federation was suspended in 2015 after a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of mass doping among track and field athletes in the country.
That vetting process will be suspended again if Russia fails to pay half of the $10 million fine by July 1.

Mar 12, 2020

Bhawna Dehariya Scales Australia's Highest Mountain Peak

Indian Mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya from Madhya Pradesh (MP) successfully scaled Mount Kosciuszko (2, 228 metres), the highest mountain peak in Australia.
Dehariya had scaled Mount Kilimanjaro (5, 895 metres) on the occasion of Diwali in the year 2019 and also felt fortunate that she had celebrated 2 biggest festivals of India at the mountain peaks.

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