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Oct 20, 2019

Sultan Of Johor Cup: Before Final Clash, India-Britain Play Out 3-3 Draw

The Indian junior men's hockey team and Britain played out an entertaining 3-3 draw in their final round robin match of the 9th Sultan of Johor Cup .
In a cagey first quarter, India controlled the pace of the game and was at the forefront of most attacks but unable to breach the Britain defence in the final third.
It won the first penalty corner of the game in the 11th minute. From the injection the ball fell to Dinachandra Singh whose shot on goal was parried by Oliver Payne. The two teams went into the break locked at 0-0.

Oct 19, 2019

President Xi Jinping Kick Starts 7th Military World Games In Wuhan

President Xi Jinping kick started the 7th Military World Games wherein more than 10,000 military officials from over 100 counties, including India participated with a record-high 329 events across 27 sports.
It is for the first time that China is hosting the Military World Games which is also known as Military Olympics. The Olympics commenced on October 18, 2019 and conclude on October 27, 2019.
With an objective to improve its previous records, as many as 54 players of Indian Armed Forces' sports contingent are also participating in the nine-day long Military Olympics.
Indian military athletes will be showing their might in 10 games including archery, boxing, cycling, diving, modern pentathlon, shooting, TRAC and Field gymnastics, wrestling and tennis.

Oct 18, 2019

HCL-SCFRI Tour: Mahesh Mangaonkar Loses To Malaysia's Ivan Yuen In Final

In the Chennai leg of the HCL-Squash Racket Federation of India tour, the top-seed Ivan Yuen of Malaysia won the Championship in the men's category.
In the summit clash of the PSA World Tour tournament, Yuen took on India's second seed Mahesh Mangaonkar in Chennai. In the epic battle, the visitor won 7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8.
In the women's category, Rachel Arnold from Malaysia overpowered her compatriot Wen Li Lai 11-1, 11-44, 6-11, 11-5.

Oct 17, 2019

Kiran Uniyal Sets Another World Record

Kiran Uniyal, w/o a serving Colonel of Indian Army has created Individual Guinness World Records for "The most full contact knee strikes in three minutes (one leg) (female), 263 strikes" & "The most full contact knee strikes alternate legs in one minute(female),120 strikes". The earlier records were of 177 strikes and 102 in female category respectively.
The objective of both her records was to promote martial arts for girls and women safety and self-defence.
While creating the record for the most full contact knee strikes for three minutes, she surpassed the existing male category record of 226 knee strikes.
She has so far achieved 15 World Records, including 10 Guinness World Records in Martial Arts, Fitness and Social Work.

Lionel Messi Awarded Sixth Golden Shoe For Scoring Most Goals In European Leagues

Barcelona captain Leo Messi received his sixth Golden Shoe as the top scorer in the European leagues.
Messi won the trophy for a third straight year after scoring 36 goals, three more than his closest challenger, Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain.
Messi now has two more Golden Shoes than his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo. Luis Suarez is one of nine players on two. The award was created in 1967 when it was won by Eusebio.

Oct 16, 2019

ICC Scraps Boundary Count In Change To Super Over Rule

It has come three months after a major tournament final was decided by boundary count, but the International Cricket Council tweaked the Super Over rule for all its major events.
England beat New Zealand on the basis of scoring more boundaries (fours and sixes) in its allotted 50 overs and the Super Over combined.
Following that nerve-wracking final, the ICC faced the wrath of fans and former players over the controversial rule.
Now it has finally made changes to the rule and in case a situation arises where both teams are tied even after the Super Over in a final or semifinal, the Super Over will be repeated until there is a clear winner.

India vs Bangladesh, FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifier

Saad Uddin gave Bangladesh the lead in the 42nd minute and the visitors looked like going back home with all the three points in the Group E FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifier second round match at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
Adil Khan, however, ensured that India at least secure a point from the home match as he rose highest to nod home a Brandon Fernandes corner kick in the 88th minute. A defeat at home would have severely dented India's hopes of advancing in the next round.
India had lost to Oman 1-2 in their opening match before holding Asian champions Qatar to a goal-less draw in their previous match.
They now have two points from three matches, while Bangladesh stay at the bottom with one point from three games.

Priyanshu Rajawat Claims Men's Singles Title At Bahrain International Series

Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat claimed the men's singles title at the Bahrain International Series Badminton at Isa Town. Seventeen year old Rajawat beat top-seed Jason Anthony Ho-Shue from Canada in the finals 16-21, 21-7, 21-12 in the summit clash.
Top-seeded Indian mixed double pair of Juhi Dewangan and Venkat Gaurav Prasad also finished at the top.
They defeated Thailand's Pannawat Theerapanitnun and Kanyanat Sudchoeichom 21-18, 21-16 in 34 minutes to bag the gold medal.
In women's singles, Ira Sharma finished second best. Second seeded Indian men's doubles pair of Rohan Kapoor and Saurabh Sharma settled for the runners-up position.

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