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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).

Sep 27, 2019

Vedaant Wins Silver Medal In International Swimming Championship

Actor R Madhavan's son Vedaant has brought laurels to his family by winning a silver medal in an international swimming championship.
The 14-year-old participated at the Asian Age Group Swimming Championship and bagged the medal for 4 X 100m freestyle relay.
This was Vedaant's first official medal representing India and his father couldn't be happier.
He took to Instagram to share the news with his fans and colleagues.

Sep 26, 2019

Sumariwalla Re-Elected As IAAF Council Member For Second Term

Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille Sumariwalla is re-elected as the member of the IAAF Council for a second four-year term during the 52nd Congress of the sport's world governing body.
Sumariwalla received 121 votes to get elected as one of the 13 individual members of the IAAF Council.
The four vice-presidents will sit on the powerful IAAF Executive Board along with the president and three professional employees.
Britain's Sebastian Coe was re-elected unopposed as president of the IAAF for a second term. Sergei Bubka, Geoffrey Gardner, Nawaf Bin Mohammad Al Saud and Ximena Restrepo were elected as vice-presidents.

Pankaj Advani-Aditya Mehta Pair Wins World Team Snooker Title

The Indian duo of Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta has won the IBSF World Snooker Team title at Mandalay, Myanmar.
The Indian pair beat Thailand's team comprising C.Pongsakorn and D.Poramin 5-2 in the final.
This takes Advani's world title tally to a phenomenal 23 while Aditya claimed his maiden title.
Earlier in the day, the Advani-Mehta duo defeated the Thai pair of Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon and Kritsanut Lertsattayathor 4-1 in the semi-final.

Sep 25, 2019

Manipur clinch 25th Senior Women's National Football Championship

Defending champion Manipur have clinched the title of the 25th Senior Women's National Football Championship for the 20th time.
In the final at CHF Ground in Pasighat, Manipur defeated Railways 1-0 in a thrilling contest. The first half witnessed no goals from either side.
Bala Devi is the highest scorer in the tournament with 20 goals. Railways' Sanju was declared the Player of the tournament.
Arunachal Pradesh had hosted the tournament for the first time.

Sep 24, 2019

WFI Launches Zee Kushti Dangal

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd launched an eight-team league called the Zee Kushti Dangal that will start from November 3, 2019.
The inaugural edition of the league will feature eight teams -- each featuring seven wrestlers, including a female grappler.
A total of 86 wrestlers across seven weight categories will form the 11-member squads and contest in 151 bouts to decide the champions.
The league Zee Kushti Dangal, to be held in Varanasi and Jaipur, will feature players from Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.

Naomi Osaka Wins Toray Pan Pacific, Her 1st Title On Japan Soil

Naomi Osaka won her first singles title since the Australian Open in January, 2018 by beating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-3 in the Toray Pan Pacific final.
Enjoying strong support from a parochial crowd, the former No. 1-ranked Osaka dominated the match with her powerful groundstrokes and broke Pavlyuchenkova's serve twice to take the opening set in 31 minutes.
It is Osaka's first title in the country of her birth as she lost finals in Tokyo in 2016 and '18 and fourth in her career.
She won back-to-back majors at the 2018 U.S. Open in 2018 and the Australian Open in January 2019.

Koneru Humpy Wins Grand Prix Tourney

At the Russian village of Skolkovo, Koneru Humpy won the first leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix series after finishing her campaign unbeaten.
All she needed was a draw in the final round from the reigning World champion and top seed Ju Wenjun of China. She got that without too much trouble, in 35 moves.
This is Humpy's finest performance since she returned to the chessboard in 2018, after being away for over 15 months following childbirth.
It should be a morale booster for the 32-year-old from Vijayawada.

Laver Cup: Team Europe Clinch Dramatic 13-11 Win Over Team World

Alexander Zverev won a deciding rubber against Milos Raonic in Switzerland to earn Team Europe a dramatic 13-11 win over Team World in the Laver Cup.
Zverev beat Raonic 6-4 3-6 10-4 for Team Europe's third victory in a row.
Team World were 7-5 down overnight but John Isner and Jack Sock overcame Roger Federer and Stefanos Tsitsipas 5-7 6-4 10-8 in the doubles to put them 8-7 up.
Taylor Fritz beat Dominic Thiem to make it 11-7 but Team Europe won after Federer beat Isner and Zverev also won.

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