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Sep 13, 2019

Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium Renamed After Arun Jaitley

The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) rechristened Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as Arun Jaitley Stadium in a renaming ceremony which was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah was the chief guest for the function, where a new pavilion stand at the stadium was also dedicated to India skipper Virat Kohli, to recognise his outstanding achievements in the field of cricket.
Bishan Singh Bedi and Mohinder Amarnath are the two other Delhi players who have stands after their names but the honour came their way after their retirements.

Sep 12, 2019

India Holds Asian Champion Qatar To Goalless Draw - Match In Numbers

Igor Stimac's Indian football team put up a resolute defensive display to hold reigning Asian champion Qatar to a goalless draw during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier at Doha's Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.
Qatar had the better of chances, as many as 17 of them, but could not find the back of the net owing to some phenomenal goalkeeping from stand-in captain Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
The Indian defence stood strong and the forwards even managed to work out a couple of chances, but neither side could break the deadlock and shared the spoils.

Sep 11, 2019

Ministry Of Youth Affairs And Sports Derecognises Paralympic Committee Of India

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports derecognised the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for violating the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011.
The government has suspended PCI in accordance with provisions under clause I (ix) and (x) of Annexure-III of National Sports Development Code of India 2011.
In the letter addressed to J Chandrashekhar, the Secretary-General of Paralympic Committee of India, it has been mentioned that a complaint was received against the PCI from Rao Inderjit Singh regarding his removal from the post of President of PCI.

ICC Rankings: Steve Smith Extends His Lead Over Virat Kohli

Australian batsman Steve Smith has extended his lead over India skipper Virat Kohli at the number one spot in the ICC Test batsmen rankings.
Smith now has a lead of 34 points over Kohli as the rankings were revealed. The 30-year-old batsman scored 293 runs in the fourth Test and as a result, he has further consolidated his position.
With this, he is virtually assured of the top spot after the end of the five-match series between Australia and England.
Aussie pacer Pat Cummins also remains at the top spot in the bowlers' rankings. The bowler took seven wickets in the recently concluded match and as a result, he has 63-rating points ahead of the second-placed Proteas bowler Kagiso Rabada.

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei Sets New World Record In Half-Marathon

Kenyan athlete Brigid Kosgei shattered the world record for the fastest half-marathon by a woman, as she completed the Great North Run in one hour, four minutes and 28 seconds.
Her timing was 23 seconds faster than the previous record, set by fellow Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei in 2017.
Kosgei led a Kenyan sweep of the top four places, with Magdalyne Masai second (1:07.36) and Linet Masai third (1:07:44).
She had previously won the London Marathon earlier in 2019.

Sep 10, 2019

Kieron Pollard named as West Indies New ODI and T20 Captain

Kieron Pollard was named as West Indies' new ODI and T20I captain. Jason Holder remains the West Indies Test captain.
Pollard takes over the ODI side despite not having played an ODI since October 2016.
Pollard takes over the ODI role from Holder who has captained the side since 2015.
Since his ODI debut in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Pollard has played in 101 ODI games. No cricketer has played more than his 451 T20 matches across the world and he was part of West Indies' T20 World Cup winning campaign in 2012.

Sergio Ramos Equals Iker Casillas Record

Sergio Ramos equalled Iker Casillas' record of 167 international appearances for Spain as he started their Euro 2020 qualifier against the Faroe Islands in Gijon.
The Real Madrid centre-back made his international debut 14 years ago in a friendly match against China.
Sergio was part of the Spain sides which lifted the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2008 and Euro 2012 titles.
He took over the Spain captaincy in 2016 after goalkeeper Casillas' final match and would set a new record in October 2019 if he plays against either Norway or Sweden.
He is now only nine caps short of the European record held by Italian stopper Gianluigi Buffon (176) and 17 adrift of Egyptian Ahmed Hassan's world record of 184.

Rafael Nadal Wins His 19th Grand Slam

Rafael Nadal captured his 19th career Grand Slam title by winning the US Open final, outlasting Russia's Daniil Medvedev to seize his fourth crown in New York.
The Spanish left-hander moved one shy of Roger Federer's all-time men's record 20 Grand Slam triumphs and became the second-oldest New York champion in the Open era after Ken Rosewall in 1970 at age 35.

Sep 09, 2019

Bianca Andreescu Wins The U.S. Open, Defeating Serena Williams

Teenager Bianca Andreescu became Canada's first Grand Slam singles champion with a rollercoaster 6-3, 7-5 win over 23-time major champion Serena Williams in the US Open final.
The 19-year-old Andreescu became the youngest Grand Slam winner since Maria Sharapova at the 2006 US Open, handing Williams a fourth consecutive defeat in the final of a major to again deny her a record-equaling 24th Slam title.

Charles Leclerc Ends Ferrari's 9-Year Wait For Italian GP Win

Charles Leclerc ended Ferrari's nine-year wait for victory at its home circuit as he held off the Mercedes duo to win Formula One's Italian Grand Prix.
The 21-year-old Leclerc secured his second successive F1 race win in the process, having recorded his first ever Belgian GP.
Leclerc, who started from pole position, was roared on by the passionate Ferrari tifosi and he let out an equally joyful cry as he crossed the line 0.8 seconds ahead of Valtteri Bottas and 35.1 seconds ahead of championship leader Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari's last win at Monza came in 2010 through Fernando Alonso.

Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey

Central Secretariat (CS) booked a place in the semifinals with a 4-2 win over Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) in the 2019 Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai.
Meanwhile, Punjab National Bank (PNB) also sealed a semis berth after it drew 3-3 with defending champion Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) in its final group game.
With a semis spot at stake, both PSB and CS began aggressively as Harmanjit Singh opened the scoring for the latter in the 13th minute with a good finish at the near post.
CS came out all guns blazing in the second quarter as skipper Govind Singh Rawat pulled his side level in the 19th minute.
Dharmanbir Yadav (24') and Gaurav Kumar Singh (30') scored in the space of six minutes to put CS in the driving seat.

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