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Jan 27, 2020

Ghosal into Final of Pittsburg Open Squash

India's Saurav Ghosal made his way into the final of Pittsburgh Open squash tournament with a hard-fought win over Egypt's Omar Mossad.
Ghosal, seeded second, defeated the fifth seed Eyptian in a thrilling 1 hour 13 minute contest.
Ghosal, who is searching for his first World tour win, will now take on top seed Egyptian Fares Dessouky in the summit clash.

Anand Draws with Kovalev at Tata Steel Masters

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Vladislav Kovalev of Belarus to share the sixth spot after the 12th and penultimate round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament.
USA's second seed Fabiano Caruana took an unsurpassable 1.5-point lead over Magnus Carlsen and ensured the title with a round to spare.
Caruana (9) defeated Poland's Jan-Krzysztof Duda to reach nine points. Carlsen (7.5) drew with Russia's Vladislav Artemiev.
In the Challengers category, Surya Shekhar Ganguly (6.5) lost to Pavel Eljanov (7.5) and Nihal Sarin (6) drew with Vincent Keymer. Spain's David Anton Guijarro (8) continued to lead despite losing to Max Warmerdam.

Jan 26, 2020

World Archery Lifts Suspension of Archery Association of India

World Archery conditionally lifted the suspension of the Archery Association of India (AAI) following elections that were held in New Delhi.
The AAI had been suspended since August 5, 2019, with Indian athletes only allowed to compete under a neutral flag at events that directly affected their qualification chances for the Olympics.
With the uplifting of the suspension, Indian archers will henceforth be allowed to compete in World Archery events under the national flag.
Union Minister Arjun Munda was on January 18 elected president of the AAI after the much-delayed elections were held in the presence of three observers, including one from World Archery. Munda defeated BVP Rao by a margin of 34-18.

Jan 25, 2020

ICC Announces 6 Host Cities for Women's Cricket World Cup 2021

New Zealand's capital Wellington and five other cities will host the 31 matches of ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2021. The other cities apart from Wellington where the matches are scheduled are Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Christchurch and Dunedin.
A total of eight countries are taking part in the Women's Cricket World Cup 2021 which will have 31 matches played between February 6 and March 7, 2021.
Host New Zealand have their matches at all the six venues. The two semi-finals will be hosted at Hamilton's Seddon Park and Tauranga's Bay Oval while tournament final will be a day-night affair at Christchurch's Hagley Oval stadium.

Jan 24, 2020

Australia to Host Indoor Cricket WC

Australia is set to host the 11th edition of the Indoor Cricket World Cup from 10-17 October.
The tournament will be held at the state-of-the-art indoor cricket venues in Melbourne — Casey Stadium and CitiPower Centre, the World Indoor Cricket Federation announced.
Last held in Dubai in 2017, Australia are the reigning men's and women's champions and the hosts will be seeking to continue the run of never losing a World Cup in either division in the 25-year history of the tournament.
Cricketers from up to 10 countries will compete in the tournament in four divisions: under-21 men and women and open men and women.

Jan 23, 2020

Australian Open

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova crashed out of the Australian Open after losing 6-4, 1-6, 4-6 to local hope Ashleigh Barty in a round of 16 tense thriller at Rod Laver Arena. The 15th seeded Australian staged a stunning turnaround in the biggest match of her career, beating the 2008 champion to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. After dropping the first set, Barty scored a thrilling victory, capped with a dramatic final game in front of a packed home crowd. She becomes just the fourth Australian female quarterfinalist at Melbourne Park, and the first since Jelena Dokic made a thrilling run to the last eight in 2009. With Alex de Minaur, Alex Bolt and Alexei Popyrin all falling in third round of the men's draw, Barty is the sole Australian standing at the Australian Open.

Indians Claim Four Silvers

The seasoned M. Meena Kumari (54 kg) was among the four Indians who claimed silver medals at the 9th Nation's Cup boxing tournament for women in Sombor, Serbia.
None of the Indians could win their summit bouts with Monika (48 kg), Ritu Grewal (51 kg) and Bhagyabati Kachari (75 kg) being the other silver medal winners apart from Meena.
Signing off with bronze medals were Pavitra (60 kg) and Pwilao Basumatary (64 kg).

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