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Sep 10, 2019

Kieron Pollard named as West Indies New ODI and T20 Captain

Kieron Pollard was named as West Indies' new ODI and T20I captain. Jason Holder remains the West Indies Test captain.
Pollard takes over the ODI side despite not having played an ODI since October 2016.
Pollard takes over the ODI role from Holder who has captained the side since 2015.
Since his ODI debut in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Pollard has played in 101 ODI games. No cricketer has played more than his 451 T20 matches across the world and he was part of West Indies' T20 World Cup winning campaign in 2012.

Sergio Ramos Equals Iker Casillas Record

Sergio Ramos equalled Iker Casillas' record of 167 international appearances for Spain as he started their Euro 2020 qualifier against the Faroe Islands in Gijon.
The Real Madrid centre-back made his international debut 14 years ago in a friendly match against China.
Sergio was part of the Spain sides which lifted the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2008 and Euro 2012 titles.
He took over the Spain captaincy in 2016 after goalkeeper Casillas' final match and would set a new record in October 2019 if he plays against either Norway or Sweden.
He is now only nine caps short of the European record held by Italian stopper Gianluigi Buffon (176) and 17 adrift of Egyptian Ahmed Hassan's world record of 184.

Rafael Nadal Wins His 19th Grand Slam

Rafael Nadal captured his 19th career Grand Slam title by winning the US Open final, outlasting Russia's Daniil Medvedev to seize his fourth crown in New York.
The Spanish left-hander moved one shy of Roger Federer's all-time men's record 20 Grand Slam triumphs and became the second-oldest New York champion in the Open era after Ken Rosewall in 1970 at age 35.

Sep 09, 2019

Bianca Andreescu Wins The U.S. Open, Defeating Serena Williams

Teenager Bianca Andreescu became Canada's first Grand Slam singles champion with a rollercoaster 6-3, 7-5 win over 23-time major champion Serena Williams in the US Open final.
The 19-year-old Andreescu became the youngest Grand Slam winner since Maria Sharapova at the 2006 US Open, handing Williams a fourth consecutive defeat in the final of a major to again deny her a record-equaling 24th Slam title.

Charles Leclerc Ends Ferrari's 9-Year Wait For Italian GP Win

Charles Leclerc ended Ferrari's nine-year wait for victory at its home circuit as he held off the Mercedes duo to win Formula One's Italian Grand Prix.
The 21-year-old Leclerc secured his second successive F1 race win in the process, having recorded his first ever Belgian GP.
Leclerc, who started from pole position, was roared on by the passionate Ferrari tifosi and he let out an equally joyful cry as he crossed the line 0.8 seconds ahead of Valtteri Bottas and 35.1 seconds ahead of championship leader Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari's last win at Monza came in 2010 through Fernando Alonso.

Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey

Central Secretariat (CS) booked a place in the semifinals with a 4-2 win over Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) in the 2019 Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai.
Meanwhile, Punjab National Bank (PNB) also sealed a semis berth after it drew 3-3 with defending champion Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) in its final group game.
With a semis spot at stake, both PSB and CS began aggressively as Harmanjit Singh opened the scoring for the latter in the 13th minute with a good finish at the near post.
CS came out all guns blazing in the second quarter as skipper Govind Singh Rawat pulled his side level in the 19th minute.
Dharmanbir Yadav (24') and Gaurav Kumar Singh (30') scored in the space of six minutes to put CS in the driving seat.

Sep 08, 2019

Wakhare, Easwaran Star As India Red Clinch Duleep Trophy

Right-arm off-spinner Akshay Wakhare picked up a brilliant five-wicket haul to hand India Red the Duleep Trophy title as they defeated India Green by an innings and 38 runs in the final.
On the final day of the match, India Red bowled out India Green for a mere 119 runs inside 40 overs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Only Siddhesh Lad (42) and Akshath Reddy (33) could manage to stay at the crease for a while as none of the India Green batters were able to cope with the pressure created by Wakhare and Avesh Khan. The duo finished with figures of 5/13 and 3/38 respectively.
Earlier in the day, India Red started from their overnight score of 345/6, 114 runs ahead of India Green's first-innings total of 231.
Aditya Sarvate and Jaydev Unadkat, who had remained unbeaten on 30 and 10 on Stumps on Day 3, managed to add another 8 and 22, respectively to their individual scores as India Red were eventually bundled out for 388 runs.

Sep 07, 2019

U-19 Asia Cup: Tilak, Azad Centuries Help India Beat Pakistan

India crushed Pakistan by 60 runs in an Under-19 Asia Cup ODI encounter at Moratuwa in Sri Lanka.
Batting first, India scored a challenging 305 for 9 in 50 overs, riding on the 183-run second-wicket stand between Arjun Azad and Tilak Verma. Both Arjun and Tilak scored centuries.
Pakistan were bowled out for 245 in 46.4 overs.
Left-arm spinner Atharva Ankolekar took 3 for 36 in 10 overs. Medium pacers Vidyadhar Patil and Sushant Mishra chipped in with a couple of wickets each.

Asian Championships TT: Payas Jain Settles For Silver

India's Payas Jain settled for a silver medal in the 25th Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships which concluded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Jain lost to top-seed and world number 1 Yuanyu Chen of China 0-4. Jain's silver medal earned him a berth in the Asian squad which will participate in the World Cadet Challenge at Wladyslawowo (Poland) in October 2019.
India's campaign at the championships ended with two silver medals -- one by the junior boys team and another by Jain.

CoA of BCCI Appoints a Committee To Run BCA And Conduct Elections

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) of BCCI has appointed a three-member Independent Supervisory Committee to run the cricketing affairs of Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) and also conduct fresh elections.
The CoA, chaired by Vinod Rai, took the decision after deliberating on the issue during a meeting in Mumbai.
The Committee will have the power to supervise, regulate and suspend the powers, duties and functioning of all post holders in the BCA, appoint or replace electoral officer, ombudsman and ethics officer.
It will also have the power to appoint selectors, team officials and match officials and also assign auditors to investigate utilization of funds granted by the BCCI.

Sep 06, 2019

India Lose To Oman Despite Taking Lead In Opening FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifier

Captain Sunil Chhetri's early strike went in vain as India surrendered a one-goal advantage to lose 1-2 to Oman in their opening fixture of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier.
The 87-ranked Oman rallied to score twice through Rabia Alawi Al Mandhar in the last eight minutes of regulation time.
India Lose to Oman Despite Taking Lead in Opening FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifier
Sunil Chhetri's opener was beaten by two goals from Rabia Alawi Al Mandhar as Oman defeated India 2-1 in Guwahati.
The 35-year-old Chhetri, international football's second-highest scorer among active players, pushed India ahead in the 24th minute with his 72nd strike.

Rahmat Shah Becomes First Cricketer From Afghanistan To Score Test Century

All-rounder Rahmat Shah became the first cricketer from Afghanistan to score a Test century.
Shah achieved the feat during Afghanistan's one-off Test match against Bangladesh. The right-handed batsman smashed 102 runs in 187 balls before returning to the pavilion.
Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat first in Chittagong.
Rahmat came into the middle in the 13th over after the dismissal of opener Ihsanullah. He went on to put on a 120-run stand with former skipper Asghar Afghan. At the end of the first session, Rahmat was on 97.
He finally crossed the coveted mark with a four off Nayeem Hassan.

Eric Cantona Felicitated With UEFA President's Award 2019

Former Manchester United and France legend Eric Cantona, aged 53, was honoured with Union of European Football Association's (UEFA) President's Award 2019 at the Champions League draw in Monaco.
He has won 5 English championships with Leeds and Manchester United in the 1990s and 2 French titles with Marseille.
He became the third Manchester United player to receive the award after Bobby Charlton (2008) and David Beckham (2018).
The previous recipients of the award include Johann Cruyff, Alfredo Di Stefano and Eusebio. He played 45 times for France between 1983 – 1998. He was best known for his role in Ken Loach's quirky 2009 comedy drama Looking for Eric.
He was also nominated for a Palme d'Or.The President's Award recognises outstanding achievements, professional excellence and exemplary personal qualities.

Prakash Padukone Academy Partners with Infosys Foundation

The Infosys Foundation and the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy signed a memorandum of understanding to groom young players in tier-2 and tier-3 cities from across the country.
The agreement was signed by Prakash Padukone, who heads the sports academy and Sudha Murthy, who leads the philanthropic wing of Infosys at the Foundation office in the city.
According to the agreement, the Infosys Foundation will provide a fund of Rs 16 crore, which will be spent for the next five years.

Rashid Khan Becomes Youngest Ever Test Captain

Ace leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who is captaining Afghanistan in the one-off Test against Bangladesh which got underway, has become the youngest player ever to lead a Test side.
Rashid, who turned 20 years and 350 days, surpassed the record of Tatenda Taibu who led Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka at Harare in 2004 at the age of 20 years and 358 days.
Third in the list is Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who was 21 years and 77 days old when he led India against the West Indies in Bridgetown in 1962.
Afghanistan is not a part of the ICC World Test Championship as only the top nine full member nations are competing in a total of 71 Tests across 27 bilateral series over two years.

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