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Nov 19, 2019

Max Verstappen Wins F1 Brazil Grand Prix

Max Verstappen underlined his potential as a champion of the future with a commanding victory for Red Bull in an astonishing and crash-hit Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.
The 22-year-old Dutchman twice passed newly-crowned six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in a thrilling contest that had two safety car interventions and saw the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc clash and retire, before clinching the eighth victory of his career.
His third win this season also made up for his disappointment in last year's race in Brazil when he looked certain to win before a late accident wrecked his hopes of victory.

Kim Joo-Hyung Wins Smog-Hit Panasonic Open India

South Korean teenager Kim Joo-hyung became the second-youngest winner on golf's Asian Tour when he won the shortened Panasonic Open India by one stroke from local challengers Shiv Kapur and S. Chikkarangappa.
The 17-year-old, who was making just his third start on the Tour in 2019, fired a seven-under 65 in the third and final round at the 54-hole, US$400,000 (S$544,000) tournament in Gurgaon near New Delhi to clinch the title with a 13-under 203 total.
Kapur had a share of the overnight lead with Australia's Terry Pilkadaris but was let down by a costly double-bogey seven on his closing hole for a 70. Chikkarangappa shot a 67.

Brazil Defeat Mexico, Lift FIFA Under-17 World Cup Trophy

Brazil secured a 2-1 win over Mexico in the final to lift the FIFA Under-17 World Cup trophy.
With this victory, Brazil have taken their World Cup titles tally to four.
Bryan Alonso Gonzalez Olivan scored the opening goal of the match in the 66th minute to hand Mexico a 1-0 lead over the hosts. However, Kaio Jorge scored an equalizer in the 84th minute of the match through penalty.
As the match was inching closer to the full-time, Brazil's Lazaro Vinicius Marques netted a goal in the 90+3rd minute and handed his side a win.

AOA To Launch 'Grassroot Olympic - Mission Talent Hunt' To Groom Talent

The Assam Olympic Association (AOA) will launch a new programme called 'Grassroot Olympic - Mission Talent Hunt' to identify the sports talent in the state and groom them.
The decision was taken during the executive committee meeting in presence of Sonowal, who is also the President of the Association.
A committee under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman of the Association and Minister of State for Health Pijush Hazarika was also formed during the meeting.

Stefanos Tsitsipas Wins The ATP Finals Becoming The Youngest Winner Since 2001

Tennis saw the future at the O2 Arena, and it worked. In a thrilling finale, a capacity crowd chanted the surname of Stefanos Tsitsipas, the 21-year-old Greek who became the youngest winner of the ATP Finals since Lleyton Hewitt in 2001.
This was the first time that the ATP Finals had ended in such a fresh-faced match-up since Federer took out Hewitt in 2004. And just as Federer's win that day offered a harbinger of the decade that followed, so it would be easy to see Tsitsipas as tennis's next superstar.

Nov 18, 2019

Harmeet Wins Indonesia Open TT Championship

In an all-Indian final, Harmeet Desai, seeded fourth, defeated A. Amalraj, seeded seventh, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9 in the final of the ITTF Challenge Indonesia Open table tennis championship.
This is Harmeet's second International title of the year, after the Commonwealth championship.

Purav Raja-Ramkumar Ramanathan Clinch Doubles Title

India's Purav Raja and Ramkumar Ramanathan clinched their second consecutive doubles title by beating compatriots Arjun Kadhe and Saketh Myneni in straight sets in the final of the KPIT MSLTA Challenger event.
Raja and Ramanathan won 7-6(3), 6-3 to pocket $3100 and 80 ATP points, while Arjun and Saketh had to be content with $1800 and 48 ATP points.
In the men's singles, James Duckworth of Australia won his fourth Challenger title of the year as he defeated Jay Clarke of Britain in a three-setter in the final.

Lee Wins Home Badminton Title As Protests Rage

Home favourite Lee Cheuk Yiu battled to victory over Indonesia's Anthony Ginting to secure a shock Hong Kong Open win as the city's pro-democracy protests raged nearby.
Lee, 23, came from a game behind and then saw off championship point in a thrilling decider before winning 16-21, 21-10, 22-20 to lift his first major trophy.
The final took place at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

Nov 17, 2019

Seven Indian Boxers Enter Finals Of Asian Youth Boxing Championship File Pic

Seven Indian boxers - two men and five women - have entered the finals of Asian Youth Boxing Championship at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.
Among the men, Selay Soy (49kg) and Ankit Narwal (60kg) made the summit clashes, while Naorem Chanu (51kg), Vinka (64kg) Sanamacha Chanu (75kg), Poonam (54kg) and Sushma (81kg) made to the finals.
Arundhati Choudhury (69kg), Komalpreet Kaur (81kg) and Jaismine (57kg) settled for bronze medals in the women's draw.
Satender Singh (91kg) and Aman (91kg) fetched third-place finishes for India in the men's competition.

India Record Best-Ever 9 Medal Haul At World Para Athletics Championship

India has recorded the best-ever nine medals haul at the World Para Athletics Championship in Dubai.
With two gold, two silver and five bronze, India secured 13 qualifying spots at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Until this edition, London 2017 had been India's best-ever show where the para-athletes finished with five medals in the joint 34th place.
Asian Para Games 2018 champion javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary in F64 category won the Gold for India. In the same event, India had its single two podium finish with Sumit Antil taking the silver (62.88m).
Another gold came from Sundar Singh Gurjar who defended his Worlds title in men's javelin F46 category with a season's best distance of 61.22 metres.
Seasoned high jumper Sharad Kumar claimed the other silver medal for India, clearing the bar at a season-best 1.83 metres in men's high jump T63 finals.
China topped the medals tally with 59 medals including 25 gold. Brazil (39) and Great Britain (28) followed China. The USA ended fourth with 34 medals. Russia, participating in the championships for the first time since the 2016 doping ban, were sixth with 41 medals.

Nov 16, 2019

India Women Beat WI to Take Unbeatable Series Lead

Indian women beat West Indies women by seven wickets in the third T20I at the Providence Stadium in Guyana to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the ongoing five-match series between the two sides.
Batting first, West Indies were restricted to a measly total of 59/9 in their designated 20 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues was unbeaten on 40 as India chased down the total in 16.4 overs for the loss of three wickets.

Mayank Agarwal Surpasses Don Bradman

Mayank Agarwal hit his second double hundred in Test cricket as India continued to dominate Bangladesh in the first Test of the 2-match series in Indore.
With his second double ton in 12th innings, Mayank Agarwal surpassed the legendary Don Bradman (13 innings) in Test cricket to become the second-fastest batsman to take fewest innings to two 200s.
India's former batsman Vinod Kambli leads the list as he took only 5 innings for the first two double tons.
With this double ton, Agarwal became only the second India opener to hit two double tons in a season after Vinoo Mankand, who had achieved this feat in 1955/56.

Roger Federer Outclasses Novak Djokovic

Roger Federer produced a near-flawless performance as he avenged his Wimbledon defeat by Novak Djokovic and qualified for the last four of the ATP Finals.
Defeat for the second seed spells the end of his bid to overtake Rafael Nadal and finish as year-end number one.

Nov 15, 2019

Dutee Chand Features On 'Time 100' List Of Rising Stars

India sprinter Dutee Chand has been named in the TIME 100 Next, an expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential persons in the world.
The list, an initiative of TIME magazine, highlights 100 rising stars who are shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science, activism etc.
Dutee had won two silver medals -- 100m, 200m -- at Jakarta Asian Games and had become the first Indian woman sprinter to win gold at the Universiade in Napoli, where she competed in 100m,
She was invited by the IAAF to compete at the women's 100m event at the Doha World Championships in September but could qualify for the semifinals, fading in the heats after clocking 11.48s.

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