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Aug 24, 2019

Asian Avengers: Sai, Sindhu Win Big

As two of protégés—PV Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth—created history at the World Championships, defeating reigning Asian Games champions to enter their respective semi-finals and assuring themselves of medals in Basel, there was an outpour of emotions. With Tai Tzu Ying's final shot going wide, Sindhu fell to the floor in sheer delight.
Sai beat Indonesian Jonatan Christie in the quarter-final to become the first Indian in 36 years to assure himself of a men's singles medal at the Worlds since Prakash Padukone's bronze in Copenhagen 1983.
This is also only the second time Indian shuttlers will return from the Worlds with two medals after Sindhu and Saina Nehwal won silver and bronze, respectively, in Glasgow 2017.
The Indians also ensured that they continue the trend of winning medals at every Worlds since 2011.

WADA Suspends India's National Dope Testing Lab

In a massive jolt to the country's anti-doping programme, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended India's dope testing laboratory (NDTL) for six months for not conforming to the international norms of testing.
Eleven years ago, India had got the WADA approval for its own National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and subsequently in 2008, NDTL, based in Delhi, got the WADA accreditation.
The development comes as Indian athletes are preparing for Tokyo Olympics, barely 11 months away, and has added to the headache of the sports ministry and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

Bronze In Archery

Indian junior compound men's team won a bronze while Sukhbeer Singh assured himself of a second medal in the World Archery Youth Championships. Sukhbeer helped India open its medal account when he teamed up with Sangampreet Bisla and Tushar Phadtare to shoot a flawless final round and beat Colombia 234-231 for bronze.
Trailing by one point till the penultimate end, the Indian trio made a fine recovery, shooting 60/60 to defeat Colombia, who scored 56. Sukhbeer also assured himself of at least a silver when he partnered Raginee Markoo to defeat Iranian duo of Geesa Bybordy and Danial Heidarzadehdehkordi 154-151 in the semifinal of compound mixed event.

Hesson Joins Coaching Staff Of RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore appointed former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson as director of cricket operations and Australian Simon Katich as the new head coach.
The RCB in his new capacity, Hesson will be responsible for the the team's overall cricket operations, including defining policy, strategy, programs, scouting, performance management and bringing in the best practices in "all aspect's of the outfit's cricketing pathway".
Hesson will work closely with all the players and the coaching team and will be an integral part of the RCB team management. Former Australia batsman Katich, in his new role as head coach, will "inculcate the high-performance culture" in the team.

Srihari Breaks Record Again, Finishes Sixth

India's Srihari Nataraj continued his national record breaking spree in the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest as he improved on the 50m backstroke mark for the third time in two days, eventually finishing sixth in the final.
Srihari, was third fastest off the blocks with a reaction time of 0.59s behind Wyatt Davis of USA (0.55) and eventual gold medallist Jan Cejka of Czech Republic (0.58) as he clocked 25.50 seconds to finish sixth.
Davis won silver with 25.23s behind Cejka (25.08) while Thomas Celccon of Italy clinched bronze clocking 25.35. Srihari, thus, cut the national record of 25.52 he had set in the semi-finals by 0.02s.
Srihari had twice broken the national record in 50m backstroke. He clocked 25.52s in the semis after shaving 0.2 seconds off his national record in the heats, clocking 25.63s to erase the mark of 25.83s he had set in the Senior World Championships in South Korea.

Aug 23, 2019

Nataraj Breaks National Record, In Backstroke Final

Teenage swimmer Srihari Nataraj broke his own national record twice in 50m backstroke on way to qualifying for the final at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Nataraj first clocked 25.63 sec in heats to improve upon his national record of 25.83, set at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea in July, 2019. The 18-year-old Bengaluru boy reduced the record further with a timing of 25.52 in the semi-final.
Nataraj had achieved the 100m backstroke Olympic 'B' selection mark with a timing of 54.69 sec. He finished the final at seventh place, clocking 54.85 secs.
Since the 50m backstroke is not there at the Olympics, Nataraj will be eyeing the 200m backstroke event on Saturday to have another shot at Olympic qualification. He holds the national record in that event too with a timing of 2:02.08 sec.

India's Davis Cup Match In Pakistan Pushed To Nov

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) postponed India's Davis Cup Asia/ Oceania Group I tie against Pakistan to November 2019 under "exceptional circumstance" after the All India Tennis Association (AITA) requested to either postpone the tie scheduled to take place in Islamabad from September 14-15, 2019 or shift it to a neutral venue.
The revised dates of the tie will be confirmed before September 9, 2019. The All India Tennis Association (AITA) had requested ITF to either postpone the tie scheduled to take place in Islamabad from September 14-15 to November or shift it to a neutral venue 'suo motu' at ITF's cost in the wake of the rising diplomatic tension between the two countries.
The Indian team members had also expressed their reservation on travelling to Pakistan.
The ITF's Davis Cup Committee reviewed India's request and decided to postpone the tie.

Vikram Rathour Appointed India's Batting Coach

Former opener Vikram Rathour will replace Sanjay Bangar as India's batting coach while Bharath Arun and R Sridhar were retained as bowling and fielding coaches.
The senior national selection committee headed by MSK Prasad recommended 3 names each for all the support staff positions.

Aug 22, 2019

Paytm Retain BCCI Title Rights, To Pay ₹3.80cr Per Game

One 97 Communications Pvt Limited, owners of Paytm, retained the sponsorship rights for the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) international and domestic matches with a winning bid of ₹3.80 crore per match.
The BCCI announced the deal with the Paytm, which had previously acquired the rights in 2015 for a four-year period which ended in 2019.

India Beat Japan 6-3 To Clinch Final Berth In Olympic Test Event Hockey

Striker Mandeep Singh struck a fine hat-trick to help the Indian men's hockey team beat hosts Japan 6-3 and book a summit clash berth in the Olympic Test Event in Tokyo.
The Indian team bounced back from their 1-2 loss against New Zealand with an impressive display in their third match at the Oi Hockey Stadium.
Mandeep found the target in the 9th, 29th and 30th minutes while Nilakanta Sharma (3rd), Nilam Sanjeep Xess (7th) and Gurjant Singh (41st) were the other scorers for India.
Kentaro Fukuda (25th), Kenta Tanaka (36th) and Kazuma Murata (52nd) scored the goals for Japan.

Nataraj Achieves 'B' Qualification For Tokyo

Indian teenager Srihari Nataraj has achieved the 100m backstroke Olympic 'B' qualification mark, clocking a national record 54.69secs in the semi-finals at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The 18-year-old went on to finish seventh final, clocking 54.85 secs.
Nataraj finished sixth in the semi-finals after improving his national record. The Bengaluru swimmer also holds the national records in the 50m backstroke (25.83 secs) and 200m backstroke (2:02.08 secs)—both marks were set at the senior worlds in Gwangju, South Korea, in July 2019.
Three other Indians have achieved 'B' qualification marks—Sajan Prakash (200m butterfly), Advait Page (1500m freestyle) and Kushagra Rawat (800m freestyle).

CISF Wins 10 Medals At 'World Police And Fire Games' In China

CISF sports personnel have won 10 medals, including five gold, at the recently-concluded 'World Police and Fire Games' in China's southwestern Sichuan province.
The 'World Police and Fire Games-2019', an Olympic-style competition with 10,000 athletes representing law enforcement, fire-fighters and officers from corrections, probation, border protection, immigration and customs from over 70 countries competing in more than 60 sports, were held from August 8 to 18, 2019 in Chengdu city.
The CISF sports personnel represented India in different sporting events and won five gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

Aug 21, 2019

Hima Das Wins Gold In 300m

Top Indian sprinters Hima Das and Mohammad Anas won a gold each in women's and men's 300m races respectively at the Athleticky Mitink Reiter event in Czech Republic.
This was Hima's sixth gold in European races since July 2, 2019 though the field in most of them has been mediocre.
Her last win was on July 20, 2019 when she clinched a gold in her pet 400m event at Nove Mesto in Czech Republic.
Anas, on the other hand, won the men's 300m race in 32.41 seconds.
National record holder Anas has already qualified for 400m event for the World Championships to be held in Doha in September-October, 2019 while Hima is yet to achieve it.

Mumbai To Host World Youth Chess Meet

The World Youth Chess championship is being held under the aegis of the All-India Chess Federation and organised by the All-Marathi Chess Association.
Players from 62 countries have confirmed their participation, including Russia, USA, France, Italy and Azerbaijan, to name a few major chess playing nations.
The world's second youngest GM R. Praggnanandhaa (14) from India, will be taking part at the World Youth chess championship, to be held from October 1 to 13, 2019. Divya Deshmukh will spearhead India's challenge in the girls' category.
The world's best talent in under-14, u-16 and u-18 categories will be on view.

India Retain Top-Spot In ICC Test Rankings

India have retained the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship Mace as they secured the number one spot on the ICC Test Team Rankings while New Zealand have ensured second place.
India secured 116 points under the captaincy of world number one Test batsman, Virat Kohli. While New Zealand's consistent performance over the past year helped them climb from the third position and are just eight points behind India.
India bagged prize money of USD 1 million while New Zealand bagged USD 500,000. South Africa finished third with 105 points while Australia finished fourth with 104 points winning prize money of USD 200,000 and USD 100,000 respectively.

Mitchell Johnson Becomes MCC Honourary Life Member

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), custodians of the game's laws.
The club made the announcement at Lord's, during the second Ashes Test between Australia and England which ended in a draw.
Johnson, who has played 73 international Test matches for Australia claiming 313 wickets at an average of 28.40, was "blown away" by the honour.

Aug 20, 2019

Madison Keys Defeats Kuznetsova To Win Cincinnati Open In Run-Up To US Open

US Open 2017 runner-up Madison Keys won the women's singles title with a 7-5, 7-6(5) win over Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Madison Keys came from a break down in both sets to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 7-6 (5).
The 2017 US Open finalist notched her fifth career title and second this season after a win in Charleston in April 2019.

Daniil Medvedev Clinches First ATP Masters 1000 Title In Cincinnati

Daniil Medvedev claimed his first ATP Masters 1000 title, beating David Goffin in the Western & Southern Open final.
Daniil Medvedev continued his fine form at the Western & Southern Open, beating David Goffin in the final to clinch his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title.
Playing his third final in as many tournaments, the Russian was too good for Goffin in a 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 victory in Cincinnati .
Medvedev holds a 14-2 win-loss record during the North American hard-court swing, an excellent run of form ahead of the US Open.
Having beaten world number one Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, the ninth seed made a flying start to the decider, racing out to a 4-1 lead.

Labuschagne Became 1st Concussion Substitute Cricket Player

Australian player Marnus Labuschagne has become the 1st Concussion Substitute player in the history of International cricket.
A Concussion Replacement Request is the notification made to the ICC Match Referee in accordance with the process set out by ICC.

Rules stated by ICC are:

The Team Medical Representative is the individual designated for the assessment of any head or neck injury sustained by a player.
A Concussion Replacement is a player who takes the place of a player who has been replaced for the remainder of the match. The player will be selected from the list of nominated players provided by that team whose player was injured and will take a full part in the match.
In Ashes Series 2019, Steve Smith was ruled out of the last day of the 2nd Ashes Test match at Lord's due to concussion. Marnus Labuschagne replaced Smith on the last day of the Lord's Test.

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