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Oct 04, 2019

Kapil Dev resigns as BCCI Cricket Advisory Committee Chief Orld Cup-Winning Former India Captain

Kapil Dev is the latest to quit Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Cricket Advisory Committee.
Kapil Dev resigned as the chief of the CAC days after Shanta Rangaswamy stepped down from the 3-member committee.
Kapil did not reveal the reason for his resignation but wrote an email to the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), informing them about his decision.
Kapil Dev was appointed the chief of the ad-hoc committee former in July 2019.
The CAC was tasked with the role of picking the head coaches of India women's and men's cricket teams.
Kapil-led CAC had conducted interviews and re-appointed Ravi Shastri as head coach of Virat Kohli-led senior national team.

India Gets Its First-Ever Floating Basketball Court In Mumbai

The NBA brought to India the first-ever floating Basketball Court in the Arabian Sea near Bandra Worli Sealink in Mumbai.
There were some sports enthusiasts enjoying the floating court and were accompanied by NBA legend Jason Williams.
NBA India on December 20, 2018, had announced that the first-ever NBA game in the country would be organized on October 4 and 5, 2019 in Mumbai.
The NBA India Games 2019 will feature the Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers, who will play two pre-season games on October 4 and 5 at the Dome, NSCI, SVP Stadium.

Australia's Alyssa Healy Sets World Record With Highest Score

Australian cricketer Alyssa Healy set a world record for the highest individual score in women's T20I as she smashed an unbeaten 148 off 61 balls against Sri Lanka in the third and final match at the North Sydney Oval.
Healy, who completed 100 T20I appearances in the last ODI against Sri Lanka, brought up her century off 46 balls, the second fastest in history and fastest by an Australian. Her record included 7 sixes and 19 fours.

First Indian to Qualify for World Championships

India's Avinash Sable qualified for the finals of the men's 3000-meter steeple chase under dramatic circumstances after bettering his own national record at the World Championships in Doha.
Avinash became the first Indian man to qualify for a track event final. He clocked 8 minutes 25.23 seconds bettering his earlier national record of 8:28.94, to finish seventh in the first round.

Oct 02, 2019

Annu Rani Becomes First Indian Woman to Reach World Championship Javelin Final

Annu Rani became the first Indian to reach the finals of the women's javelin throw event in the World Championships in Doha.
The 27-year-old, who finished third in Group A, threw the javelin 62.43m in her second attempt and emerged as the fifth-best performer of the qualification round.
In the process, Annu also smashed her national record of 62.43m, which she had achieved in March, 2019.
The Indian opened with a 57.05m throw before coming up with her career-best throw in the second round.
Annu failed to cross the automatic qualification mark of 63.50m, as she could only manage a throw of 60.50m in her third and final attempt.

Oct 01, 2019

IAAF World Championships

THE WOMEN'S 100M FINALS
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins the gold! Dina Asher-Smith bags the silver and Maria-Josee Ta Lou claims the bronze. Fraser-Pryce finishes the race at an impressive timing of 10.71s.
4x400 METRES MIXED RELAY FINAL
Muhammed Anas to begin the race for India in Lane 7. Vismaya is next. Jisna Mathew has received the baton. Noah Nirmal completes the race for India.
USA gets gold, Jamaica bags silver and Bahrain claims bronze.
The United States team comprising of Wilbert London, Allyson Felix, Courtney Okolo and Michael Cherry has created a NEW WORLD RECORD!
India registers a season-best timing. Bahrain breaks the Asian record.
Poland came up with an interesting strategy as it was the only team to begin the race with two male athletes. However, the Polish team could only finish fifth.
And it's finally time for the first-ever mixed relay final in the IAAF World Championships history!
- WOMEN'S 100 METRES SEMIFINALS -
Maria-Josee Ta Lou, Elaine Thompson, Taehna Daniels, Dina Asher-Smith, Jonielle Smith, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Murielle Ahoure and Dafne Schippers are the eight athletes who have qualified for the final.
BREAKING: Reigning two-time 200m World Champion Dafne Schippers has withdrawn from the 100m final.
We are 20 minutes away from the 4*400m mixed relay final featuring the Indian team!
There are seven more days left in the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships and more Indians will be in action every single day from here on.
MEN'S 200 METRES HEATS
There were seven heats in total and Adam Gemili of Great Britain has done the best timing - 20.06s (Heat 1), which is a season-best for him.
Zhenye Xie (China - Heat 2), Alex Quinonez (Ecuador -Heat 3), Kyle Greaux (Trinidad & Tobago - Heat 4), Aaron Brown (Canada - Heat 5), Miguel Francis (Great Britain - Heat 5), Andre De Grasse (Canada - Heat 6) are the others to finish with an under-20.2s timing.
ICYMI: Newly crowned world 100m champion Christian Coleman has withdrawn from the 200m at the World Championships, the United States Track and Field Federation confirmed Sunday.

Sumit Nagal Wins Men's Singles Title ATP Challenger Tournament

In Tennis, Sumit Nagal has won the men's singles title of ATP Challenger Tournament at Buenos Aires in Argentina. He defeated local favourite Facundo Bognis in straight-sets 6-4, 6-2 in an hour and 37 minute match to claim the 54,160 US dollars prize money.
The 22-year-old from Haryana seeded seventh, outclassed 8th seed Bognis of Argentina to become the first Indian to win on South American clay court.

Sep 30, 2019

World Athletics Championships: Christian Coleman Wins 100m Gold in 9.76 Seconds

Christian Coleman shrugged off the controversy of his build-up to the World Championships to win the 100m final in 9.76 seconds.
The pre-event favourite, who avoided a ban for three missed doping tests, finished well clear of defending champion and fellow American Justin Gatlin, who clocked 9.89 in Doha.
Canada's Andre de Grasse took bronze in 9.90.
Britain's European champion Zharnel Hughes was sixth in 10.03

Lewis Hamilton Wins Russian F1 Grand Prix

Hamilton should never have been in contention to win in Sochi, but for the bumbling Scuderia throwing away a certain one-two after Vettel broke down and Charles Leclerc dropped from first to third.
Lewis ¬Hamilton took advantage of a ¬Ferrari meltdown to win in Russia and edge closer to a sixth Formula One world title.
As the Briton celebrated his ninth victory of the year, moving 73 points clear in the standings with just 130 points remaining, Mattia Binotto, the Ferrari team principal, was attempting to manage a driver crisis following the fallout from a curious agreement struck.

DeAnna Price Becomes First American Woman to Win Hammer World Title

DeAnna Price became the first American woman to win the women's hammer competition in the World Athletics Championship.
She threw 77.54 m in her third attempt to win the gold medal while Poland's Joanna Fiodorow secured silver with 76.35 m throw.

Aryna Sabalenka Beats Alison Riske in WTA Wuhan Final

Aryna Sabalenka became the first player to claim back-to-back titles in Wuhan thanks to a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory over American Alison Riske in the final.
The 21-year-old improved her record at the event to a perfect 12-0 and joins Petra Kvitova as the only two-time Wuhan Open tennis champions.
Both players have enjoyed their greatest success at Chinese tournaments, with Sabalenka lifting her first Premier-level trophy in Wuhan 12 months ago –- one of two titles she had previously won in China -– and Riske reaching six of her nine career finals in the country.
Sabalenka had the better start, racing to a 5-1 lead before Riske slow.

Yusuke Suzuki Grabs Race Walk Title, Olympic Spot at World Championships

Yusuke Suzuki captured Japan's first race walk world title and secured a spot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after winning gold in the men's 50-km contest at the IAAF World Athletics Championships.
Suzuki, who set the national 50-km race walk record earlier this year, stayed ahead of the pack despite severe heat in the Qatari capital that saw many racewalkers drop out, including defending champion and world record holder Yohann Diniz of France.

Doha 2019 - Men's Long Jump Final

Tajay Gayle became the first Jamaican man to ever win a world title in a field event, upsetting favourite Juan Miguel Echevarria of Cuba to grab gold in the long jump at the world athletics championships with the biggest leap of the season.
The 23-year-old sped down the runway at high speed, leaping into the air to claim a distance of 8.69 metres on his fourth attempt, recording a personal best and beating his Cuban rival's 8.65m season best.
Jeff Henderson of the United States, the 2016 Olympic champion, finished second with a jump of 8.39m, his longest effort of the year.
Henderson said he was focused on defending his Olympic title at next year's Summer Games in Tokyo and that he saw the worlds as a stepping stone.

Kaushal Dharmamer Clinches Men's Singles Title at Maldives International Challenge

In badminton, Indian shuttler Kaushal Dharmamer clinched the men's singles title at the Maldives International Challenge with a straight-games win over Siril Verma in Male.
The 23-year-old from Mumbai, who won the Myanmar International Series earlier this month, registered a comfortable 21-13, 21-18 victory over his compatriot in a match that lasted 35 minutes.
In the women's doubles event, the duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy ended as runner-up after going down 10-21, 21-17, 12-21 in a hard fought battle to the Japanese pair of Sayak Hobara and Natsuki Soni.
Saipratheek Krishnaprasad and Ashwini Bhat went down 11-21, 15-21 to Thailand's Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn and Chasinee Korepap in the mixed doubles final.

Sep 28, 2019

India Lift SAFF U-18 C'ship Title for First Time

In football, India defeated Bangladesh by 2-1 in the final of SAFF Under-18 Championship 2019 to lift the title in Kathmandu.
From the beginning India played aggressively and Vikram Pratap Singh did not take much time to hand India a 1-0 lead.
India's Ninthoinganba Meetei was declared Most Valuable Player of the championship. This is India's maiden SAFF U-18 trophy. India remained runners up in 2015 and finished third in 2017. Host Nepal had lifted earlier two editions of the Championship but could not qualify for the semi-finals this time.

Parupalli Kashyap Storms into Semi-Finals of Korea Open

Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap progressed to the men's singles semi-finals of the Korea Open Badminton World Tour Super 500 Tournament with a straight-game win over former world no. 2 Denmark's Jan O Jorgensen in the quarterfinal match played in Incheon.
In a clinical display, the 33-year-old from Hyderabad, who is the lone Indian left in the fray, outsmarted Jorgensen 24-22, 21-8 in 37 minutes to make it to his second semi-final of the season.

Sarah Taylor: England Wicketkeeper Retires From International Duty

England's Sarah Taylor retired from international cricket because of her ongoing battle with anxiety.
Regarded as one of the world's best wicketkeepers, Taylor, 30, is also second on England women's list of run-scorers with 6,533 international runs.
Taylor, who took a previous break from the game in 2016, was a part of England's World Cup-winning teams of 2009 and 2017, scoring 396 runs in the latter tournament at an average of 49.50.
She played in three victorious Ashes series and was named as the best T20 player in the world three times by the International Cricket Council.
Nobody in the history of the women's game has effected more dismissals across all three formats than Taylor (232).

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