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Nov 2014

Feb 21, 2023

India Qualifies for Women's T20 World Cup Semi-finals

Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana stood out with a career-best 56-ball 87 as India entered the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup with a five-run win over Ireland in a rain-affected match.
On a surface that was far from ideal for batting and where most struggled to force the pace, Mandhana led by example with nine delectable fours and three sixes to help India reach 155 for six in the stipulated 20 overs.

Meghalaya to Face Punjab in Santosh Trophy Semi-finals

Meghalaya beat former champions West Bengal 2-1 to finish second in their group and qualified for the semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy National Football Championships for the first time. In the semi-finals, Meghalaya will face Punjab, while Services will take on Karnataka. The knockouts will be played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Carlos Alcaraz Clinches Argentina Open Title

World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz clinched the Argentina Open title on his season debut.
In his tournament debut, the Spaniard brushed aside Great Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-3, 7-5 and claimed his seventh ATP Tour title and his first since last year's (2022) US Open.

Feb 20, 2023

Varun Bags 10m Air Pistol Bronze at Cairo World Cup

Teenager Varun Tomar bagged a bronze medal in the men's 10m air pistol competition, opening India's account at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Cairo. Tomar got the better of Sarabjot Singh in a shoot-off after both had tied for the third spot with a score of 250.6. Slovakia's Juraj Tuzinsky defeated Italy's Paolo Monna 17-15 to win gold.
This is Tomar's first senior ISSF World Cup stage medal.

Saurashtra Bags Second Ranji Trophy Title

Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat claimed a match haul of nine wickets, including 6/85 in the second innings, as Saurahstra thrashed Bengal by nine wickets in the Ranji Trophy final.
Having given away a big first innings lead of 230, Bengal, who were overnight 169/4 in their second essay, folded for 241, handing the visitors a mere 12 runs' target.
In reply, Saurashtra's Jay Gohil was out for a duck. Saurashtra, however, went past the target in 2.4 overs to wrap up the match with one day and two full sessions to spare.

India Secures Bronze in the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship 2023

In badminton, India's campaign at the Asia Mixed Team Championships came to an end. The P.V. Sindhu led side faced a 2-3 defeat against China in the semi-finals and settled for the bronze medal.
World No. 9 H. S. Prannoy and Sindhu lost their respective singles contest. Men's doubles pair Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty won the contest to keep India in the game. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also won the Women's Doubles. However, Mixed Doubles pair Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto suffered defeat in straight games.

Feb 18, 2023

Badminton Asia Mixed Championships: India Qualifies for Knockouts

Team India defeated UAE 5-0 as Lakshya Sen, Aakarshi Kashyap and India's three doubles teams proved too strong for the hosts in the second tie of Group B at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 in Dubai.
The win ensured India a top-two finish in Group B and a place in the quarter-finals. To seal the top spot in the group and avoid Group A winners, India must defeat the mixed team champions of the Commonwealth Games Malaysia.

Feb 17, 2023

Manju Rani Walks Away with Gold

Ram Baboo and Manju Rani rewrote the men's and women's 35km race walk national records en route winning gold medals on the concluding day of the National Race Walking Championships in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Rani, representing Punjab, became the first Indian woman to clock a sub-three-hour in the event, winning in 2 hours, 57 minutes and 54 seconds to better the record of 3:00.04 set last year (2022) by Ramandeep Kaur.
Uttar Pradesh's Baboo, on the other hand, improved his own national mark of 2:36.34 by nearly five minutes to 2:32.36.
However, they failed to match the World Athletics Championships qualifying standards of 2:29.40 (men) and 2:51.30 (women).

Katya Coelho Becomes First Indian Female iQFoiler to Qualify for 2023 Asian Games

Katya Coelho became the first female IQFoiler to qualify for the Asian Games after winning gold at the third trial in the IQFoil event, a windsurfing class in sailing sport, organised by the Army Yachting node of India.
Katya won gold in the IQ Foil Women's Class at YAI Senior Nationals in the 2nd round of Asian Games Selections Trials for the IQFoil category held at INWTC, Mumbai. She also won gold at Senior Nationals and 1st round of Asian Games Selection Trials for the IQ Foil Category.
The 23-year-old international windsurfer has won 2 medals at the Asian Open Championship in 2015 and over 10 national gold medals and also has a silver in the Asian championships 2022 — the first international medal in IQFoil by any Indian.

Feb 16, 2023

Racewalker Akshdeep Singh Becomes the First Indian to Qualify for the Paris Olympics

India's Priyanka Goswami and Akshdeep Singh qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics and as well as the 2023 World Athletics Championships in 20 km Racewalk after attaining the automatic qualification standard at the India Open National Racewalking Competition in Ranchi.
Goswami, who also competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, clocked an impressive 1:28.50 to surpass the women's 20km qualification standard of 1:29.20 set for both the Olympics and World Championships.
Akshdeep Singh emulated the feat in men's 20km racewalk with a national record effort in Ranchi. He clocked 1:19.55 to become the first-Indian to complete a 20km racewalk in less than 1 hour and 20 minutes. The previous national record stood in the name of Sandeep Kumar at 1:20.16. Akshdeep also surpassed the qualification standard for 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2023 World Championships set at 1:20.10 for men.

FIFA Confirms USA, Mexico, Canada Automatically Qualify for 2026 World Cup

USA, Mexico and Canada earned a spot in the next edition of the FIFA World Cup in 2026, which the three nations will be jointly hosting. While FIFA usually allows host nations to surpass qualification rounds, the fact that three countries were to jointly host the 2026 edition had raised queries whether this time too the same rule would come in to play.
It must be noted that USA and Mexico have usually eased into World Cups by going through the CONCACAF qualifying event with ease. Canada, on the other hand, qualified for the recently-concluded event in Qatar after a 36-year hiatus. At Qatar 2022, Canada lost all three of its group-stage matches.

Sania Mirza to Mentor Women's Premier League Team RCB

India's tennis icon Sania Mirza was appointed as the mentor of Royal Challengers Bangalore women's team in the Women's Premier League.
Mirza retired from the sport after the Australian Open earlier this year, where she and her partner Rohan Bopanna finished runners-up in the mixed doubles event.
On the appointment of Mirza as mentor, Rajesh V. Menon, head and vice president of RCB said, "We are glad and honoured to welcome Sania Mirza as mentor of the RCB women's team. She is the perfect role model with her success stemming out of her sheer hard work, passion, and determination, despite many challenges in her playing career."

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