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Nov 24, 2019

ISSF World Cup Final: Manu Bhaker, Elavenil Valarivan, Divyansh Panwar Win Gold

Shooting sensations Manu Bhaker, Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar, bagged their maiden ISSF World Cup Final gold medals in women's 10m Air Pistol , 10m Air Rifle and men's 10m Air Rifle respectively, at the Chinese Shooting and Archery Administration Center in Putian, China.
Elavenil bettered her Qualification ranking to finish at the top of the leaderboard with 250.8 points, pipping Chinese Taipei's Lin Ying-Shin by 0.1 points. Romania's Laura-Georgeta Coman won bronze.
The 20-year-old Cuddalore born shooter remained at the top throughout the Elimination round, only to give the onlookers a scare, after she scored a 9.4 in her penultimate shot. However, the initial gap proved to be too much for Ying-Shin to overcome, even though she shot a 10.6 and a 10.8 off her last two chances.
India's Mehuli Ghosh, participating in the same event, went down fighting, to settle for the sixth place.

Madhya Pradesh Govt To Give 5% Reservation To Sportspersons In Jobs

Sportspersons in Madhya Pradesh will now get a 5 per cent reservation state government jobs.
Madhya Pradesh Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Jitu Patwari announced it while inaugurating the Regional Olympic Games in Gwalior.
Jitu Patwari said that sportsperson who have won medals on national and international levels often remain without jobs
and providing the 5 per cent reservation will benefit these players.
Jitu Patwari also announced that under-16 zonal Olympics will be held in Madhya Pradesh to facilitate talented children.

Lakshya Sen Wins Scottish Open Title

In badminton, India's Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open men's single title, defeating Brazilian Ygor Coelho to seal his fourth title in three months.
Entering the tournament as the top seed, the world number 41 registered an 18-21, 21-18, 21-19 win in 56 minutes to claim the title in Glasgow.
The 18-year-old Indian started his year with a silver medal at the Polish Open International Challenge in March. After a series of disappointing exits, Sen went on to win the Belgian International in September, his first title of the year.
Within a month, Lakshya won his first BWF Super 100 title at the Dutch Open, with the second one coming soon after, at the SaarLorLux Open in Germany. He will be next seen in action in the Syed Modi International Championship, starting tomorrow in Lucknow.

Equestrian Fouaad Mirza Secures India's First Olympic Quota In Sport

Double Asian Games medallist equestrian Fouaad Mirza secured an Olympic quota after finishing as the top-ranked rider in his group in the qualifiers, ending a wait spanning nearly two decades.
The 27-year-old was the highest-ranked rider in Group G for the South East Asia, Oceania in the individual eventing category after the end of the Europe.
File image of Fouaad Mirza. AFP
However, the official confirmation will be announced by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) on 20 February, 2019.

India Bag 28 Medals Including 13 Gold In U-15 Asian Wrestling c'Ships

In wrestling, India concluded its campaign at the Under-15 Asian Championships with 28 medals, including 13 gold, 14 silver and a bronze. The superb show by Indian grapplers continued as they won 5 gold on the last day at Taichung, China. Led by 2019 Cadet World Championships bronze medallist Deepak Chahal, the freestyle grapplers captured four gold while one gold came in the Greco-Roman category.
While Chahal won the gold in 75kg, Vishal in 62kg, Sagar Jaglan in 68kg and Jatin in 85kg were the others who finished on the top podium. Most impressive of the lot was Sagar. He was down 1-6 against Bexultanov Yerkhan of Kazakhstan before making a remarkable turnaround in the last 20 seconds to win the bout 7-6. Harsh remained unbeatable in 44 kg category of Greco Roman.
For the first time, India finished on top of the team rankings in freestyle category with 225 points as all 10 wrestlers finished on the podium. Kazakhstan finished second while Japan was third.

Vijender Singh Claims 12th Successive Professional Win

Indian boxing star Vijender Singh demolished Ghana's former Commonwealth champion Charles Adamu to claim his 12th successive win and ensure that his four-year unbeaten streak in the professional circuit remained intact.
The 34-year-old former Olympic bronze-medallist prevailed unanimously in an eight-round super middleweight contest against the 42-year-old.
The Indian's right hand was just too precise and powerful to handle for Adamu, who looked intimidated and was thrown off-balance more than once.

Nov 23, 2019

Wriddhiman Saha Became the Fifth Indian Wicket-keeper to Cross 100 Dismissals in Tests

Wriddhiman Saha became the fifth Indian wicket-keeper to affect 100 dismissals in the longest format of the game.
He achieved the feat in the ongoing day-night Test between India and Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens.
The 35-year-old Saha affected two dismissals in Bangladesh's first innings. He affected his 100th dismissal when Umesh Yadav had Shadman Islam (29) caught at the hands of the wicket-keeper.
Former skipper MS Dhoni has affected the most dismissals for an Indian keeper in the longest format of the game. He has 294 dismissals to his name.
Apart from Dhoni and Saha, Syed Kirmani, Kiran More and Nayan Mongia are the other wicket-keepers to have affected 100 dismissals in Tests.

Nov 22, 2019

Karman Upstages Ankita In Marathon

Karman Kaur Thandi bounced back strong to beat second seed Ankita Raina 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) in the pre-quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF women's tennis tournament at the Arera Club.
It was a commendable performance by the 21-year-old Karman, ranked 611th in the world, as she was playing only her second tournament after missing nearly eight months of the season owing to a shoulder injury.
In a gripping contest that lasted three hours and 11 minutes, Karman had led 3-0 in the first two sets. In the decider, it was Ankita who led 3-0 before Karman went ahead 5-4. The 187th-ranked Ankita had to save four match points in the 12th to force the tie-break.

Nov 21, 2019

Indian Football Team Virtually Knocked out of 2022 World Cup Qualifying Round

The Indian football team was virtually knocked out of the 2022 World Cup qualifying round after losing 0-1 to Oman in Muscat. Mohsin Al Ghassani scored the all-important goal in the 33rd minute at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Stadium as Oman beat India for the second time in the campaign.
Oman had defeated India 2-1 in the first leg in September 2019 in Guwahati. With just three points from five matches, India still remains at fourth spot in the Group E table, headed by Asian champions Qatar who have 13 points from five matches. Oman are at second spot with 12 points.
The Indian team is, however, still in the hunt for a third-round berth for the 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Chinese sprinter Su Appointed to World Athletics Athletes' Commission

Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian has been appointed to the Athletes Commission of World Athletics, formerly known as the International Association of Athletics Federations.
30-year-old Su, who holds the Asian 100m record of 9.91s, joins world 3,000m steeplechase champion Milcah Chemos Cheywa of Kenya, Syrian high jumper Majd Eddin Ghazal, Olympic triple jump gold medalist Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan, South African sprinter Akani Simbine and 2019 world 100m silver medalist Marie Josee Ta Lou of Cote d'Ivoire, all of whom were appointed by the World Athletics Council.

Nov 20, 2019

India-Pakistan Davis Cup Tie Shifted to Kazakhstan Capital Nur-Sultan from Islamabad

India will travel to Nur-Sultan to take on Pakistan in the upcoming Davis Cup tie. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has nominated the Kazakhstan capital to host the matches, ending days of uncertainty over the venue.
The davis cup tie will take place on 29th and 30th November, 2019 in Nur-Sultan, formerly Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
The tie was scheduled to be held in September 2019 but was pushed to November 29-30 after India expressed concerns about the safety of their players.
The side will be led by top singles players Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan while veteran Leander Paes and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan are likely to pair up for the doubles.

Chris Lynn shatters Alex Hales' record of highest individual T10 score

Days after being released by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for next year's edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chris Lynn made a statement by scoring the highest-ever individual score in the T10 format.
Playing for Maratha Arabians in the ongoing third edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 League, Lynn blasted 91 off just 30 balls against Team Abu Dhabi at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
His record innings consisted of nine fours and seven sixes and helped Arabians put up 138/2 in their stipulated 10 overs.
Arabians won the match comfortably by 24 runs as Team Abu Dhabi could only make 114/3 in their full quota of 10 overs.

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