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Feb 0216

Feb 06, 2019

India Bids to Host Next Hockey World Cup

As per the International Hockey Federation, India is among the six countries that have presented bids to host the next edition of the hockey World Cup.
India has proposed conducting the event for either men or women in the January 13 to 29, 2023 window, which has also been preferred by Australia and New Zealand. India has hosted the men's World Cup thrice, the latest being last year in Bhubaneswar.
Spain, Malaysia and Germany have proposed organising the event in the July 1 to 17, 2022 window.

Feb 03, 2019

Smriti Rises to No.1 Ranking in ICC ODI Batting

India opener Smriti Mandhana has rocketed to the No.1 spot in the latest ODI batters rankings, the ICC announced.
Smriti cracked her fourth ODI century and an unbeaten 90 in India's 2-1 win in the three-match series against New Zealand.

Vizag to host first Oz T20I

Vishakhapatnam will host the first of the two Twenty20 matches between India and Australia on February 24 at the ACAVDCA stadium.
BCCI decided to swap the venues of the matches after the Karnataka State Cricket Association expressed its inability to host the match on that day due to non-availability of security as a four-day air show was scheduled during that time.
Bengaluru would host the second Twenty20 International on Feb. 27

Greg Chappell set to retire from CA

Greg Chappell, who is considered one of Australia's most influential voices in the field of cricket, is set to exit the stage as the selector and national talent manager following the end of the Ashes later this year.
In the midst of extensive debate about the role of the national selection panel, Chappell informed colleagues of his intention to depart Cricket Australia.

Feb 01, 2019

First Female Cricketer to Play 200 ODIs

India captain Mithali Raj became the first female cricketer to play 200 ODIs, adding another achievement to her illustrious career.
She is also the highest run-getter in ODIs with 6622 runs at an average of 51.33, including seven hundreds.
Mithali made her ODI debut way back in 1999 and has featured in 200 games out of the 263 ODIs India have played. She has also played 10 Tests and 85 T20s.

International Race Walk

For the first time, perhaps, India will host an exclusive International invitational race walking (20 km) meet.
Scheduled to be held in Chennai on February 16 and 17, the event will have leading Indian athletes and second-rung walkers from China, Japan, Korea and Australia.
Three more events, apart from the International meet, will be held — under-20 (20 km) boys and girls and the National championship (50 km) only for men and under-18 boys and girls (10 km).
The International and under-20 events will be held on February 16, while the men's Nationals will be on February 17.

Outlay for Sports in Kerala Budget

A sum of Rs. 117 crore has been pegged as the outlay for sports in Kerala during the 2019-20 fiscal year.
Though it marks an increase of only Rs. 10 crore compared to the estimates for 2018-19, in reality the allotment will be up by nearly Rs. 25 crore, given that 20 per cent of the plan outlays of all departments was downsised soon after the floods that struck Kerala last year.
Presenting the budget in the Kerala Assembly, Finance Minister Dr. T.M. Thomas Issac said that the Kerala Infrastructure Fund Board (KIFB) had already given approval for 27 projects worth Rs. 528.90 crore in the sports sector.

Jan 31, 2019

Table Tennis Rankings

Leading Indian paddler G. Sathiyan rose to a career-high 28 in the world rankings while compatriot Manika Batra became the first female from the country to break into the top-50.
Veteran Sharath Kamal, who was conferred with the Padma Shri last week, dropped three places to be 33rd in the men's singles standings.
Indian table tennis experienced a historic 2018 when the men's team won the country's first medal at the Asian Games to end a 60-year-wait.

Shubman Gill 227th ODI Player for India

Young Shubman Gill got to make his debut in the fourth ODI at Hamilton. Gill, who was man of the series in the Under 19 World Cup last, has already received rave reviews from all quarters and was in roaring form in Ranji Trophy.
He received his cap from M. S. Dhoni and thus, became the 227th player to represent India in ODI cricket.
Shubman Gill replaces Kohli in the fourth ODI.

Jan 30, 2019

Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik retires

Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik, regarded as one of the strongest players in the world, announced on Tuesday he was retiring from professional competition.
Kramnik, 43, made waves in 2000 when he defeated defending champion Garry Kasparov at the World Championship.
Currently ranked seventh by the World Chess Federation, he became the undisputed world champion in 2006.

Goa National Games postponed yet again

The organising committee of the 36th National Games in Goa, grappling with "cash crunch" to complete infrastructure projects, has been imposed a ~10 crore fine by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for postponing the event to October-November from March.
After several postponements, the organising committee had promised to hold the Games from March 30 to April 14 this year.
The Goa government expressed its inability to hold the Games in March saying, 'Logistically it wouldn't be possible due to several issues including Lok Sabha polls'.

India Clinches ODI Series Against New Zealand

Opener Smriti Mandhana led the chase for India with panache after a feisty bowling performance that steered the side to a series clinching eight-wicket triumph over New Zealand women in the second one-dayer.
Opting to field, India produced an excellent effort to bowl out New Zealand for a paltry 161 in 44.2 overs before Player-of-theMatch Smriti (90 not out) and skipper Mithali Raj (63 not out) stitched a 151-run unbroken third-wicket stand to guide the team to an easy win.

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