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Jan 09, 2020

Ladakh Lifts 7th National Ice Hockey Championship Women Trophy

Ladakh lifted the 7th National Ice Hockey Championship Women trophy. The match was held at the Karzoo Ice Hockey Rink .
The tournament was organised by the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) in association with the Ladakh winter sports club. Four women teams representing Chandigarh, Delhi, Maharashtra, and Ladakh participated in the tournament.
The chief guest at the event, Ladakh Buddhist Association President PT Kunzang, distributed the trophies and certificates to the players.

Jan 08, 2020

Sadio Mane: Liverpool And Senegal Forward Named Caf African Player Of The Year

Liverpool's Sadio Mane has been named the Confederation of African Football's (Caf) Player of the Year.
The Senegal forward beat Liverpool team-mate and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah and Manchester City's Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez to the award.
Mane, 27, helped the Reds to the 2018-19 Champions League title, scoring 30 goals in all competitions last season.
He has scored 15 goals so far in 2019-20, with Liverpool 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

Jan 07, 2020

Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold in National Shooting Championship

World No.1, Youth Olympics champion and Asian Games gold medallist, 17-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary asserted his class yet again as he won the men's gold in 10-metre air pistol in the 63rd National shooting championship.
After having topped qualification with 583, Saurabh shot 246.4 in the final to beat Sarabjot Singh by 2.5 points. Saurabh's final score was 0.1 point behind the world record set by Kim Song Guk in the Asian Championship in Doha, Qatar.
In a strong field of 728 shooters, it was a commendable fare by Saurabh who had dominated the season by winning two individual gold medals in the World Cups, apart from sweeping all the four gold medals in the mixed air pistol with Manu Bhaker.

India's Magesh Chandran lifts Hastings International chess title

India's P. Magesh Chandran remained unbeaten in nine rounds to win the title in the 95th edition of the prestigious Hastings International Chess Congress in Hastings, England.
The 36-year old Grand Master (GM) with a FIDE rating of 2479, remained unbeaten and finished in clear first place with 7.5 points from nine games after securing a 33-move draw in the final round against compatriot G.A. Stany.
He beat fellow Indian GM Deep Sengupta in the eighth round.

Jan 06, 2020

India-Sri Lanka first T20I abandoned

The opening match of the India-Sri Lanka three-match T20I series at the ACA Stadium, Barsapara, was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to wet patches on the pitch.
The much-anticipated contest, the first match in a T20 World Cup year, had a bizarre end as rain water seeped through the covers and on to the wicket.

Kenya's Felex Rop wins Chennai Marathon

Kenya's Felex Rop and India's K Suguna won the men's and women's full marathon respectively in the Chennai Marathon.
In a competitive race, Rop 1. Felex Rop won in a time of 2 hours 29.03 minutes while Suguna from Rasipuram in Tamil Nadu finished on top with a time of 3:44:30.
Mikiyas Yemata (02:32:19) and S Vinoth Kumar (02:41:10) finished second and third in the men's marathon.
In the women's event, Aakriti (04:09:22) and Vishwa Sanghavi (04:43:18) took the second and third spots respectively.

Jan 05, 2020

35-Year Old Irfan Pathan Announces Retirement

Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on January 4, 2020. A 19-year-old Pathan made his India debut against Australia in 2003 and his last international appearance was during the 2012 World T20 in Sri Lanka.
Pathan featured in 29 Tests (1105 runs and 100 wickets), 120 ODIs (1544 runs and 173 wickets) and 24 T20 Internationals (172 runs and 28 wickets).

Komal Rewrites Steeplechase Record

Komal Jagadale bettered the women's 3000m steeplechase meet record by nearly 11s in the 80th National inter-university athletics championship.
Kerala's P.O. Sayana won the women's 400m while Madras' R. Rajesh took the men's quartermile gold. Madras' R. Swaminathan finished on top in men's long jump with an effort of 7.78m.

Shri Nityanand Rai Inaugurates 4th All India Police Judo Cluster Championship

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai, inaugrated the 4th All India Police Judo Cluster Championship in New Delhi.
The 4th All India Police Judo Cluster Championship organized this year by CRPF is being attended by 34 participating teams consisting of 1207 sports persons from across the country, with a total of 15 Trophies and 214 Medals, including one Medal for the Best Gymnast, in contention.
This cluster has been organized by Sashtra Seema Bal (SSB) in 2016, West Bengal Police in 2017 and Odisha Police in 2018.

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