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Mar 03, 2020

Organisers Postpone Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The 29th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was postponed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The tournament was scheduled to be held between April 11 to 18 in Malaysia.
"The health and well-being of the teams, especially Australia, Canada, and Japan, should be taken into consideration as not to jeopardise their preparation for Tokyo Olympics 2020.
The committee has proposed the tournament to be rescheduled from September 24 to October 3.
The decision has been conveyed to FIH, AHF, MHC and the participating teams.
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is an annual invitational international men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia.

Mar 02, 2020

Khelo India University Games 2020 Concludes

Khelo India University Games Odisha concluded in Bhubaneswar on March 1. The University games concluded with a grand celebration.
Panjab University took home the champions trophy and Savitribai Phule Pune University bagged second position. 113 universities bagged medals at the Games.
Khelo India University Games concluding ceremony was attended by various dignitaries. Speaking on the occasion Union Minister, Kiren Rijiju said, "The first edition of the Khelo India University Games has been truly successful".

Rafael Nadal Wins 3rd Mexican Open Title

Rafael Nadal raced to victory in the Mexican Open, dispatching Taylor Fritz in straight sets in Acapulco.
The 33-year-old Nadal, playing in his first tournament since losing in the quarter-finals at the Australian Open last month, didn't drop a set all week and improved to 19-2 all-time at this event.
This was his third Mexico Open title to go with victories in 2013 and 2005.
In the women's final, Great Britain's Heather Watson defeated 17-year-old qualifier Leylah Annie Fernandez, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-1.
It was the fourth career title for Watson, 27, but it was not easy. In the second set, Fernandez, of Canada, fought off five championship points to extend the match to a third set.

Ethiopia's Legese Wins Coronavirus-impacted Tokyo Marathon

Ethiopian Birhanu Legese won the Tokyo Marathon for the second year in a row, racing to victory in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 15 seconds along often empty streets in the Japanese capital.
Locals were strongly discouraged from lining the route because of the coronavirus outbreak, and the race was restricted to a few hundred elite athletes, without the usual retinue of more than 30,000 amateur runners to limit the risk of infection.
Legese hit the front before the 40 kilometre mark, winning by more than half a minute but missing out on Wilson Kipsang's 2017 record of 2:03.58.

Feb 28, 2020

India First to Seal Semi-finals Spot

Teenage prodigy Shafali Verma helped India earn a nail-biting win over New Zealand and reach the women's T20 World Cup semi-finals, as defending champions Australia inched closer to joining them.
New Zealand won the toss at Melbourne's Junction Oval and opted to bowl, restricting India to 133/6 after 16-year-old Verma gave them a strong start with three sixes and four fours in a quickfire 46.
But New Zealand failed with the bat, narrowly missing their target despite a swashbuckling late charge by Amelia Kerr, leaving them on 129/6.

Feb 27, 2020

Maria Sharapova Retires

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova said goodbye to tennis at the age of 32.
The Russian won her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 2004 aged 17 and completed the career slam - all four major titles - by winning the French Open in 2012.
In 2016, she served a 15-month ban after testing positive for meldonium.
She has been dealing with problems in her right shoulder for years and lost the last four matches she played at major tournaments.
Sharapova reached No. 1 in 2005, the year before she won her second major trophy at Flushing Meadows. She added an Australian Open title in 2008, and then won the French Open in 2012 and 2014.

Feb 26, 2020

Teenager Kashvee Gautam Scalps All 10 Wickets

Kashvee Gautam, a 16-year-old medium-pacer from Chandigarh, became the first Indian woman cricketer to take 10 wickets in an innings in a BCCI domestic tournament.
Kashvee achieved the feat, which included a hat-trick, against Arunachal Pradesh in the BCCI Women's U-19 one- day tournament at Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh.
It was not till the age of 13 that Kashvee joined formal training under coach Nagesh Gupta at Government Model Senior Secondary School.
The teenager, who had earlier played for Punjab at the U-14, U-16 and U-19 levels, made the switch to Chandigarh this season and has taken a total of 63 wickets in U-23 and U-19 cricket. She had taken a hat-trick against Arunachal Pradesh in BCCI U-23 T20 Trophy too. Six of her wickets were LBWs while the other four were bowled.

Tsitsipas Defends Marseille Trophy

Stefanos Tsitsipas successfully defended his Marseille title today with a straightforward victory over Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Greek star Tsitsipas eased to a 6-3 6-4 win to leave Auger-Aliassime still waiting for his maiden ATP title after his fifth consecutive final defeat. Tsitsipas, who had arrived in southern France with a 3-4 losing record this season, enjoyed an emphatic return to form as he clinched his fifth ATP trophy.

Kohli, Pant, Shami in Asia Squad for Mujib Centenary T20Is

India skipper Virat Kohli was named in the Asia XI squad, also featuring Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Shami, to take on a World XI side in a two-match T20 series to celebrate the birth centenary of Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Kohli was named by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for one match subject to availability, which is yet to be confirmed by the BCCI. The two matches are scheduled to be held on March 21 and 22. The World XI includes former South African captain Faf du Plessis and veteran big-hitters Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard. The Asia XI features four Bangladeshi players in Mustafizur Rehman, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das.

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