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Mar 15, 2020

Nita Ambani, Serena Williams & Simone Biles in Influential Women in Sports List 2020

Sports business network, iSportconnect released the 'Influential Women in Sport' list for 2020, which named Nita Ambani, Serena Williams and Simone Biles along with 7 other women.
Nita Ambani led her Mumbai Indians franchise to become the most successful in IPL history and is in many sports projects across different sports in the country.
Tennis player, Serena Williams's overall impact both on the court, (the greatest female player of all times), & as a businesswoman.
Gymnast Simone Biles currently (as in 2020) one of the greatest athletes in the world & an ever-growing voice for women in sport.
Footballer Megan Rapinoe is never afraid to speak her mind and talk about social issues and has become a prominent figure in women's sport.
Other women who made in on the list are: Ellie Norman- Director of Marketing and Communications of Formula 1, Cathy Engelbert- Commissioner of Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), Fatma Samoura- Secretary-General of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Mary Davis- Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Special Olympics, Clare Connor- Managing Director of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Women's Cricket and Naomi Osaka- Tennis player.

Sharath Kamal Clinches Oman Open

Ace Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal ended his decade long wait for a title, producing a sensational performance to win the ITTF Challenger Plus Oman Open. Despite being a game down, the 37-year-old Indian recovered well to outclass top seeded Marcos Freitas of Portugal 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 3-11, 17-15 in the summit clash. It was in 2010 when Sharath had bagged his last title at Egypt Open. Since then he made two semi-final appearances -- Morocco Open in 2011 and India Open in 2017 -- but couldn't manage to get through.

Mar 14, 2020

Pankaj Advani Wins 34th National Snooker Title

Pankaj Advani clinched the National 6-Red Snooker Championship with a convincing 7-3 final over Maharashtra's Ishpreet Singh in Ahmedabad. It is the 34th national title for Advani.
After trailing 1-3 in the summit clash, the 23-time world champion proved why he is the best in the business. He dazzled the Gujarat crowd with sublime potting and supreme safety play.

Mar 13, 2020

Russian Federation Fined $10 million for Breaching Anti-doping Rules

According to World Athletics, the Russian athletics federation was fined $10 million for breaching anti-doping rules and a maximum of 10 Russian track and field athletes will be allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics as neutrals.
Russia's athletics federation was suspended in 2015 after a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of mass doping among track and field athletes in the country.
That vetting process will be suspended again if Russia fails to pay half of the $10 million fine by July 1.

Mar 12, 2020

Bhawna Dehariya Scales Australia's Highest Mountain Peak

Indian Mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya from Madhya Pradesh (MP) successfully scaled Mount Kosciuszko (2, 228 metres), the highest mountain peak in Australia.
Dehariya had scaled Mount Kilimanjaro (5, 895 metres) on the occasion of Diwali in the year 2019 and also felt fortunate that she had celebrated 2 biggest festivals of India at the mountain peaks.

Mar 10, 2020

Amit Panghal Earns Olympic Quota

Amit Panghal defeated Philippines' Paalam Carlo in 52 kg quarterfinal match to earn himself an Olympic quota. The World Championship silver medalist Amit, fighting in the right corner, defeated his opponent via a 4-1 split decision. He lost the first round via a split 3-2 decision from the judges, but won the next two rounds via a 4-1 split decision to win the bout.
Panghal had earlier beaten him in the semifinals of the 2018 Asian Games and the quarterfinals of the 2019 world championships. He will next face Hu Jianguan of China in the semis.

Wasim Jaffer, Test Opener and Domestic King Retires

Former India opener and domestic cricket giant, Wasim Jaffer, announced his retirement from all cricket. The 42-year-old was part of 10 Ranji Trophy-winning sides, eight with Mumbai and the last two with Vidarbha.
Jaffer played 31 Tests between 2000 and 2008—he made his debut against South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in 2000—scoring 1,944 runs at an average of 34.01 with five centuries and 11 half-centuries. Jaffer, known for his resolve and stylish drives and flicks, hit his highest Test score of 212 against West Indies at St John's, Antigua in 2006. The same year Jaffer played both his ODIs, against South Africa. He also scored a superb 202 against Pakistan at Kolkata in November 2007.
Jaffer became the first cricketer to play 150 Ranji matches in December 2019, and the only Ranji batsman to complete the 12,000-run mark two months later. Of his record Ranji aggregate, 1,037 runs in 15 innings at 69.13 came for Vidarbha in their victorious 2018-19 campaign, thus becoming the only batsman to score 1,000 plus runs in two seasons, the previous effort having come in 2008-09.

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