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Aug 19, 2019

India Clinched Gold At u-12 Asian Tennis Team Championship In Kazakhstan

India have won gold at the Under 12 Asian Tennis Team championship held in Kazakhstan. India defeated Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the summit clash to win the title.
The final was a tie of three matches – 2 singles and one doubles and India won both the singles matches while lost the doubles encounter.
The team comprised Manas Dhamme, Arnav Paprakar and Tamil Nadu's Pranav Rethin. Manas and Rethin won their singles matches. Manas and Arnav, however, lost their doubles encounter. 12-year-old Manas remained unbeaten in the entire tournament.

Kotla Stand To Be Named After Virat Kohli

Ferozeshah Kotla where Virat Kohli took the first big steps of becoming the batting genius.
The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) announced the naming of a stand at the Kotla after Kohli. The function will be held on September 12, 2019.
This places him along side Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni, who too have stands named after them at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi, respectively.
The Kotla has stands named after former India stalwarts, former skipper Bishan Singh Bedi and Mohinder Amarnath. Gates at the Kotla are named after Delhi players Virender Sehwag and Anjum Chopra while a 'Hall of Fame' has been named after former India captain MAK Pataudi.

Aug 18, 2019

Esow Bags Cycling Sprint Silver

India's Esow Alben bagged a silver medal in men's individual sprint.
Esow was beaten 2-1 by Greek cyclist Konstantinos Livanos in a closely-fought final as he settled for second place.
Having led India to a gold medal in team sprint and then bagged a keirin bronze earlier in the competition, Esow has now completed his medal collection in Frankfurt with the individual sprint silver.

Aug 17, 2019

Bajrang Nominated For Khel Ratna Award

Asian and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia was nominated for the country's highest sporting honour — the Khel Ratna award, a year after he threatened to move court for not getting his due.
His name was finalised by a 12-member selection committee on the opening day of a two-day meeting.
The panel comprises the likes of Bhaichung Bhutia and MC Mary Kom among others and is headed by Justice (Retd) Mukundakam Sharma.

Ravi Shastri Retained As Head Coach Of Team India Till 2021

An impressive success rate and solid understanding with captain Virat Kohli helped Ravi Shastri extend his reign as the India head coach for a further two years, up to the 2021 T20 World Cup in India.
After interviewing the five candidates for the job at the BCCI office, the three-member committee of Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy declared that Shastri was chosen unanimously as the best candidate for the most high pressure coaching job in world cricket.
The panel looked at five parameters: coaching philosophy, coaching experience, achievements in coaching, communication and knowledge of modern coaching tools.

Domingo to coach Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) named South Africa's Russell Domingo as the new head coach of the national team, replacing Englishman Steve Rhodes.
The 44-year-old has agreed to a two-year term with the BCB.
Domingo was the assistant coach of South Africa in 2011. He replaced Gary Kirsten as national team head coach of the Proteas in 2013 and remained there 2017.
He led South Africa to semifinals of the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.

Dutee Claims Gold In 100m

Star sprinter Dutee Chand clocked 11.42 seconds to clinch the 100m gold at the Indian Grand Prix V at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports.
Tamil Nadu's Archana Suseentran gave Dutee a stiff competition before taking the silver with a time of 11.53 while Punjab sprinter Manvir Kaur settled for the bronze with a timing of 12.28 seconds.
In the women's 200m, Archana won the two-woman race in a career best time of 23.18 seconds but could not meet the World Championship qualification standard (23.02 seconds).
Having finished second behind Dutee in the 100m, she returned to the track determined to make the half-lapper one to remember.

Aug 16, 2019

World Jr Cycling Gold For India

The Indian national anthem rang out for the first time at the award ceremony of the Junior Track Cycling World Championships as Esow Alben, L Ronaldo Singh, Y Rojit Singh and Jemsh Singh stepped on to the podium.
The Indian boys' sprint team were making history—this was India's first gold at a world cycling event, senior or junior.

Aug 15, 2019

Deepak Punia Bags Gold

Deepak Punia clinched gold in the men's 86kg freestyle wrestling at the Junior World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Punia beat Russia's Alik Shebzukov 2-2 (won by scoring the last point) after settling for silver in 2018.
Vicky Chahar claimed bronze in the men's 92kg freestyle.
This was India's first gold in world juniors since 2001 when Palwinder Singh Cheema and Ramesh Gulia emerged champions.

India Won T20 Physical Disability World Cricket Series

T20 Physical Disability World Cricket Series was held in England which India won by defeating the hosts by 36 runs in the final at Blackfinch.
In the final, India posted 180/7 after opting to bat.
India had earlier defeated Pakistan, the day of Eid, where opening batsman, the 25-year-old Iqbal, was man-of the-match scoring a 43-ball 75 chasing 150.
India, coached by former Mumbai player Sulakshan Kulkarni, had won by eight wickets. It is for the first time that teams from all participating countries have the backing of their cricket boards, including the BCCI.

England Cricket Club Introduces 'Vegan Ball' To Replace Traditional Leather Ones

The cricket club have gone the full hog and introduced a vegan cricket ball -- a synthetic animal products-free one covered in rubber instead of leather.
WG Grace and Don Bradman have switched to using a vegan ball from the traditional leather one.
This was down to their founder and chairman Gary Shacklady who found most cricket club teas consisted of ham sandwiches, not much use to him when he became a vegan.

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