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Dec 11, 2019

India Signs Off with a Record Haul of Medals

India ended its South Asian Games campaign with a best-ever medal haul of 312 and finish on top for the 13th time-in-a-row, in the regional multi-sporting event.
India collected 174 gold, 93 silver and 45 bronze after 10 days of competitions to surpass the 309 it had won in the previous edition at home in 2016.
Sri Lanka was a distant second with 251 medals while Nepal finished with 206.

Memorable Day for Sanjay Yadav

Meghalaya all-rounder Sanjay Yadav entered the Ranji records books by taking nine wickets against Nagaland at the Nagaland Cricket Satadium in Sovima.
Sanjay moved to Meghalaya from Tamil Nadu as a gust player ahead of the 2019-20 session.

Arsenal Ends Worst Winless Run in 42 Years

Arsenal ended its worst winless run in 42 years by coming from behind at halftime to beat West Ham 3-1 in the English Premier League.
Arsenal's nine-match winless streak looked set to reach 10 after a lifeless first half in which the Gunners conceded to West Ham's Angelo Ogbonna. They were booed off at the break.

Dec 10, 2019

Manohar Not to Run for a Third Term

The first independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Shashank Manohar, told his ICC director colleagues that he will not run for a third two-year term in May 2020.
Manohar, who has been the independent chairman since June 2016, will bring an end to his office at the ICC annual conference at Cape Town in July next year.
Manohar had resigned in March 2017, eight months after taking over, but persuaded by colleagues, he continued. He was re-elected unopposed in June 2018.

Russia Banned from International Sports for Four Years

In a significant decision, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decided to ban Russia from international sports including Olympics 2020 for four years over a doping scandal.
Russia was accused of manipulating laboratory doping data and Wada's Compliance Review Committee (CRC) earlier in 2019 declared that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) was non-compliant over inconsistencies in a key database of athletes' test results.
According to a report, the anti-doping body took this unanimous decision in the wake of Russia's attempt to conceal, obfuscate and frustrate attempts to unmask the beneficiaries of a state-powered doping program, remarkable for its sophistication and scope.

Dec 09, 2019

Vidarbha Seeks Ranji Hat-trick

Vidarbha will look to become the only team other than Mumbai to win three consecutive Ranji Trophy titles when the 86th edition of India's premier domestic cricket competition gets underway.
Mumbai, then Bombay, won 15 titles in a row across three decades, starting in the 1950s before winning three consecutive titles in the 1970s. There have been a few states, including Delhi and Karnataka, who have won two in a row but never three. Vidarbha, who depend mostly on solid teamwork as they have no major, current international stars, won the last two titles and will be eyeing their third title.

Russia Doping Scandal

Russia could face an unprecedented four-year ban from major international sporting events over accusations that it manipulated laboratory doping data.
The decision will be made later at a meeting of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Russia could be banned from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. It could also be ruled out of the 2022 Football World Cup in Qatar.

Indian Junior Women's Team Wins Three-nation Hockey Tournament

The Indian junior women's team won the three-nation hockey tournament even though they lost to Australia 1-2 in the final game at Canberra. The Indian eves finished top on the point table, with seven points from four matches. They were ahead of the hosts, Australia on goal difference. New Zealand finished third, with only three points from their four matches.

Dec 08, 2019

Smith Approached to Become SA Director of Cricket

Former captain Graeme Smith is set to become Cricket South Africa's (CSA) director of cricket, the governing body's president Chris Nenzani announced.
If Smith agrees to take the job he will have just over two weeks to put a selection panel and coaching staff in place before the first of four Tests against England, starting in Centurion on December 26, 2019.

South Asian Games: India Crosses the 200-mark

India breached the 200-mark in medal count, backed by a century of gold, in the South Asian Games as the swimmers and wrestlers produced strong performances.
With a whopping 49 medals, including 29 gold, on Saturday (7-12-2019), India tally stood at 214 (110 gold, 69 silver, 35 bronze).
Nepal was in the second spot with 142 (43 gold, 34 silver, 65 bronze).

Dec 07, 2019

Praggnanandhaa Youngest Indian to Cross 2,600 Rating

R. Praggnanandhaa crossed the Elo rating of 2,600 at the age of 14 years, 3 months and 26 days, becoming the youngest Indian ever to get past the 2,600 milestone, and the second-youngest in the world.
Praggnanandhaa achieved this career-high rating at the London Chess Classic. Praggnanandhaa, who is also India's second-youngest Grandmaster, broke Nihal Sarin's record of being the youngest Indian to cross 2,600 — Sarin did it at the age of 14 years and 10 months in June 2019. Sarin had beaten the record set by Parimarjan Negi in 2009. The youngest-ever player to reach the 2,600-mark in Elo is USA's John Burke, who rose to 2601 in September 2015 at the age of 14 years and 2 months.
Viswanathan Anand remains the top Indian player at world No. 15, with an Elo rating of 2,757. Chess's rating system is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physics professor.

South Asian Games

Shuttlers led the way as India clinched 41 medals, including 19 gold and 18 silver, on the fifth day of the 13th South Asian Games. India's tally now reads 165 medals (81 gold, 59 silver, 25 bronze).
The badminton stars won four gold and two silver on the day, while table tennis players took gold and silver in both men's and women's singles. Weightlifters also added to the tally with three gold and a silver.
Track and field athletes, who were leading the Indian charge in the past few days, fetched the maximum 12 medals but just two were gold.
In shot put, Tejinder Pal Singh Toor broke the Games record with an 20.03m effort, while Abha Khatuwa won the women's event.

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