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Jun 28, 2019

Dutee Pulls Out of Central Asian Events

India's fastest woman, sprinter Dutee Chand, pulled out of the Kosanov Memorial at Almaty, Kazakhstan (July 6-7) and the Tatyana Kolpakova meet at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (July13-14) as she wants to concentrate on the World University Games (WUG) in Napoli, Italy from July 3 to 14.
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) selection committee selected a 27-member team, including Chand, for back-to-back exposure trips.
But the 23-year-old from Odisha, who was selected in 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay events, said that her focus was to compete at WUG and achieve qualification standard for the World Championships at Doha in September, 2019.

Vijender Singh Set for US Debut

Indian boxing star Vijender Singh would make his debut in the US professional circuit in July, 2019 against local favourite Mike Snider in Newark, New Jersey.
Undefeated in his 10-bout pro career so far, the 33-year-old Indian was originally scheduled to have his first fight on US soil in April in Los Angeles but an injury sustained during a sparring session delayed it.
Vijender had signed up with Hall of Famer Bob Arum's Top Rank Promotions for his US stint. During his injury-forced break, Vijender returned to India and contested the Lok Sabha elections on a Congress ticket. He fought from the South Delhi constituency but could not win.

Fed Cup Gets Revamp

The Fed Cup's existing format would be scrapped in 2020 when a 12-nation Finals week would be staged in Budapest in April, the International Tennis Federation confirmed.
The move follows a revamp of the men's Davis Cup which would culminate in an 18-nation event in Madrid in November, 2019.
At a news conference held at Queen's Club it was confirmed that Budapest would host the event until 2022.

Jun 27, 2019

India Submits Bid to Host 2023 IOC Session in Mumbai

India proposed to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai, which is expected to choose the host city for the 2030 Winter Olympics.
Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra and IOC member Nita Ambani submitted the formal bid to the IOC chief Thomas Back on the sidelines of the governing body's 134th session.

Jun 26, 2019

India's 63rd Grandmaster

Girish A. Koushik took the long road there but finally arrived at the destination of his dreams.
The 22-year-old from Mysuru became India's 63rd Grandmaster at the 37th Balaton International Chess Festival in Hungary.
Girish had completed his second GM norm in Mallorca late in May 2019, and the third in Budapest the following week.
Only 11 Elo rating points separated him from the figure of 2500 (live), and he duly crossed the line in Balatonlelle.

England Openers Script World Cup History

David Warner and Aaron Finch during their group stage encounter against England, the duo became the first opening pair to post five consecutive 50+ scores in World Cups.
Earlier, there were four opening pairs who had four consecutive 50+ scores to their name but with yet another 100-run stand at the Lord's, Finch and Warner were able to claim the impressive milestone.

Jun 25, 2019

Historic Firsts for Shakib

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan stamped his authority in the ongoing World Cup by breaking multiple records and in the process helped Bangladesh register a 62-run win over Afghanistan in Rose Bowl Southampton.
The left-arm spinner went on to return the tournament's best bowling figures of 5 for 29 against Afghanistan.
Shakib matched Yuvraj Singh's unique World Cup record of scoring 50+ runs and taking 5 wickets in the same World Cup match. Yuvraj had become the first cricketer to do the same in 2011 World Cup against Ireland.
Shakib became the first cricketer in World Cup history to score 400+ runs and pick-up 10 wickets in the same tournament. Shakib, currently the highest run-scorer of World Cup 2019 with 476 runs to his name has also picked up 10 wickets in just 6 innings.
Shakib also became the first player in the World Cup history to score two centuries and claim two 4 (+) wickets.
He became the join third fastest to 1000 ODI runs batting at No. 3. He has taken 21 innings to do the same. England's Jonathon Trott and Scotland's C McLeod had also taken the same number of innings.

Pune Wins Inter-district's Women's Football Championship

Pune defeated Buldhana in a close encounter, and became the champion of the WIFA Inter-district's Women's Football Championship.
The championship was held at Shivchatrapati Shivaji Maharaj sports complex, Jalgaon.
The following are the individual awards of the tournament:
Best player – Sonali Chimate (Pune), Best goalkeeper – Anjali Barke (Pune), Best defender – Nikita Jadhav (Buldhana), Highest goal scorer – Pratiksha Mithai (Kolhapur), Player of the final match – Dipika Hiwale (Buldhana).

Puducherry Premier League

The BCCI gave permission to Puducherry to conduct its own Twenty20 Premier League.
Replying to a request for the same from the Cricket Association of Puducherry (CAP), the Board CEO Rahul Johri said that while the BCCI had no objection to the Puducherry Premier League (PPL), it, according to a clause in the BCCI advisory, could not conduct the competition from August 25 to September 10 as sought by the CAP.
This means it will be hard for the CAP to hold the tournament this year since the Twenty20 leagues cannot be conducted once the BCCI domestic season commences from late September.
Still, the BCCI agreeing to the PPL is a significant development since the tournament can be conducted next year.
The league would have four teams, featuring the districts of Puducherry, Yanam, Mahe and Karaikal.

Russell Ruled Out of WC

West Indies was dealt a severe blow ahead of its crucial match against India after all-rounder Andre Russell was ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup with a knee injury.
In the four matches out of six he played in the World Cup, Russell managed just 36 runs at an average of 12.

Jun 24, 2019

Kohli Fined

Indian skipper Virat Kohli was fined 25% of his match fee for violating Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the course of the World Cup game against Afghanistan at the Hampshire Bowl.
The ICC issued a statement and mentioned that Kohli breached Article 2.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which relates to excessive appealing.

India Outplays Japan

India outplayed Japan 3-1 to clinch the FIH Women's Series final.
India, ranked World No. 9, had already qualified for the FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019 after securing a place in the final of the competition.
Rani was adjudged the best player of the tournament while Gurjit emerged the top-scorer.

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