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Jun 23, 2019

Prakash Nanjappa Shooting Academy

The state-of-the-art Prakash Nanjappa Shooting Academy was inaugurated at Esteem Mall in Hebbal.
The 6000-square-foot facility, established by the Asian and Commonwealth Games medallist Prakash Nanjappa, was described by him as the first private shooting arena of its quality in the country.
The Academy boasts 10 shooting lanes with electronic targets and a touch-screen display, and eight lanes with manual targets.
Also under the same roof is a gym, a sports massage therapy centre, and an area for yoga and pilates.

Indian Women Secure Olympic Qualifiers Berth

India secured its place in the final round of the Tokyo Olympic qualifiers by beating Chile 4-2 in the semi-finals of the women's FIH Series Finals tournament.
The top two teams from the tournament secured berths in the Olympic Qualifiers to be held later in 2019.
India will take on Japan in the summit clash.

Second Indian to Take World Cup Hat-trick

Mohammed Shami became the second Indian after Chetan Sharma to take a hat-trick in World Cups. Chetan Sharma had achieved the milestone in 1987 against New Zealand.
Mohammed Shami replaced Bhuvneshwar Kumar who was injured during India's victory over Pakistan.

Zimbabwe Cricket Body Suspended

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) was suspended with immediate effect by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC), the governing organisation of all registered sporting associations in the country.
ZC acting managing director Givemore Makoni was also suspended.
The SRC move comes a week after it issued a directive that ZC's electoral process be suspended following alleged complaints about the nomination process and the violation of constitution, as well as various other controversies.

Jun 22, 2019

Spain Striker Fernando Torres Retires

Spain`s World Cup-winning striker Fernando Torres announced his retirement from football, bringing an end to a glittering 18-year career.
Torres made his Spain debut in 2003 and scored the winning goal in the 2008 European Championship final against Germany before helping his country win their first World Cup in 2010.
Torres is a Spanish international and made his debut against Portugal in 2003. He has been capped over 100 times and is his country's third-highest goalscorer of all-time.
With Spain, he has participated in six major tournaments: UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012, and the 2014 World Cup.
Spain won the three tournaments from 2008 to 2012, with Torres scoring in the finals of both Euro 2008 and Euro 2012.
He scored the winning goal in the 2008 European Championship, and won the Golden Boot for highest goalscorer in 2012.

Jun 21, 2019

Marta Creates History

Marta became the top scorer in the history of FIFA World Cups, including the men's tournament, after scoring her 17th overall goal in Brazil's 1-0 win against Italy in the Women's World Cup in Valenciennes in France.
With her 17th goal, she surpassed the 16 goals netted by Germany's Miroslav Klose, thus setting a new record in the history of the World Cup in both the men's and women's categories.
Marta is also the only player, male or female, to have scored in five different World Cups.

Rohan and Anargya Claim Titles

Rohan Jamadagni and Anargya Manjunath won the youth boys' and youth girls' titles in the state-ranking table tennis tournament.
Rohan Jamadagni defeated Kaustubh Milind.
Anargya Manjunath defeated Karruna Gajendran.

IOC Lifts Hosting Restrictions on India

The uncertainty over India's hosting of international sporting events officially ended with the International Olympic Committee communicating the same and lifting any restrictions in place over India's future hosting rights.
The IOC EB decided to lift, with immediate effect, all provisional measures and restrictions imposed under points 2 and 3 of the IOC EB decision of 21 February 2019 in relation to awarding and hosting any international sports events in India; and informed the International Sports Federations accordingly.

Jun 20, 2019

Hockey India Sacks Jude Felix

Hockey India sacked the junior men's hockey team coach Jude Felix after the National side finished a disappointing sixth in the just-concluded eight-nation tournament in Madrid.
The development came to light after HI advertised for the position on its official website.
The decision of HI to remove Jude was on expected lines following a series of below-par performances by the reigning junior world champions.

Stewart Knocked Out

Rory Stewart was knocked out of the race to become Britain's next Prime Minister, leaving four candidates led by former foreign secretary Boris Johnson.
International development secretary Stewart received the fewest votes in the third ballot of Conservative MPs and so drops out of the contest, while Johnson extended his commanding lead among his colleagues in Britain's governing party.
Former London mayor Johnson received 143 votes, ahead of foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt on 54, environment secretary Michael Gove on 51 and interior minister Sajid Javid on 38.
Stewart won 27 votes - 10 fewer than he received in the second ballot.

National Ice Figure Skating Event

Around 27 ice skaters are participating in the National Ice Figure Skating Championships, organised by the Ice Skating Association of India from June 17 to 25 in Gurugram.
The skaters, aged between 10 and 20, are from Gurugram, Delhi, Noida and even Visakhapatnam and Bengaluru.
According to the organisers, the final competition will be held on June 25, where they will be judged on the sport's four disciplines — single, pair, ice dance and synchronised skating.
Two skaters will be selected from each age group, who will go on to participate in the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy to be held in Beijing, China from August 5 to 9.

Shikhar Dhawan Out of Cricket World Cup 2019

In a major blow to the Indian team, opener Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the Cricket World Cup 2019 after failing to recover from the thumb fracture sustained against Australia earlier in the tournament.
Dhawan was diagnosed with a fracture of the first metacarpal on his left hand after he was hit by a ball from Pat Cummins during his century at The Oval on June 9 with the team management declaring that he was out of action for at least three weeks.

All Out for 6

In the Kwibuka Women's tournament, Rwanda bowled out Mali for a mere six runs, the lowest total in a women's T20Is.
The Mali innings lasted nine overs, but only one of its six runs came off the bat, courtesy opener Mariam Samake. After that, it was a sequence of ducks, with five extras.
It took Rwanda four balls to finish its chase as it created the record for the biggest margin of victory in terms of balls remaining — 116.

Mayors Gold Cup to Be Revived

The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation decided to revive the Mayors Gold Cup football tournament from this year (2019).
The tournament will be held from August 25 to September 1, and would be an all-India affair played in a knockout format. The tournament would feature seven teams from Kerala and five outstation teams.
The inaugural Mayors Gold Cup was held in 1996 and was an all-Kerala tournament. It was won by State Bank of Travancore (SBT). The tournament has not been held since then.

Jun 19, 2019

Lingappa Passes Away

Veteran athletics coach N. Lingappa passed away. He was 95.
Lingappa had trained several international athletes like D.Y. Biradar, P.C. Ponnappa, Uday Prabhu and Ashwini Nachappa during the course of his over 60-year career as a coach. Lingappa belatedly received the Dronacharya Award in 2014.
An athlete himself, Lingappa had qualified as a walker in the 1954 Manila Asian Games, but the event was cancelled.
Prabhu had won the silver medal in the men's 400m at the 1978 Asian Games.

Eoin Morgan Sets a World Record

England captain Eoin Morgan set a world record of 17 sixes in an individual one day international innings as the World Cup hosts thrashed Afghanistan by 150 runs.
Victory at Old Trafford saw favourites England go ahead of Australia to sit top of the World Cup group table on net run-rate.

Everest Summits Smash Records

A record 885 people climbed Everest in May this year (2019), capping a deadly traffic-clogged season that also saw 11 climbers die on the world's highest mountain.
The number smashed last year's record of 807 summits despite a short weather window that resulted in fatal bottlenecks on the peak.
Everest, which straddles the border between Nepal and China, saw 644 people summit from the south, 81 more than last year.
Another 241 reached the top from the northern flank in Tibet.
At least 4 of the deaths this season, the deadliest since 2015 when massive earthquakes triggered avalanches that swept away climbers' camps, have been blamed on overcrowding.
Experts said that too many of the new wave of mountaineers were ill-prepared and inexperienced.
Others have called for a cut in the number of climbing permits, or tougher standards for guides.
Mountaineering in Nepal became a lucrative business since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent of Everest in 1953. But under pressure, Nepal formed a committee to recommend changes to its regulations and rules.

Women's WC in 2021

A total of 31 matches, including the semi-finals and the final, would be held when the ICC women's cricket World Cup 2021 begins in New Zealand in January.
This would be the fourth event to be fully or jointly hosted in New Zealand after two men's World Cups in 1992 and 2015, and women's event in 2000.
The 50-over tournament will run from January 30 to February 20, 2021, New Zealand Cricket (NZC). New Zealand qualified automatically as hosts.
The top four teams, based on the ICC women's championship standings, will gain direct qualification.

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