Reigning India Open gold medallist Neeraj defeated 2016 World Champion Alessia Mesiano and entered the final of the Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia.
Neeraj, a bronze medallist at the Strandja Memorial, eked out a narrow 3-2 win over Mesiano in the 57kg category to assure herself at least a silver medal.
Gaurav defeated Russia's Maksim Chernyshev 3-2 in a split verdict to enter the last-four round of 56kg category.
Sahani beat Tajikistan's Shermukhammad Rustamov in the 49kg category.
Thailand Open
India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty qualified for the men's doubles semi-finals at the Thailand Open but B. Sai Praneeth crashed out of the men's singles event.
While Rankireddy and Shetty registered a hard-fought win over qualifiers Choi Solgyu and Seo Seung Jae of Korea, while Sai Praneeth suffered a straight-game defeat against seventh seed Kenta Tsuneyama of Japan.
Aug 02, 2019
Nominations for Best FIFA Player of the Year
Ten players were put forward for the prestigious FIFA The Best Men's Player award, which is now in its fourth year
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk are among the 10 players nominated for the prestigious prize.
The shortlist compiled by a panel of experts took into accounts achievements from July 16, 2018 to July 19, 2019.
Thailand Open
Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap crashed out of the Thailand Open. Kidambi Srikanth was defeated by Khosit Phetpradab 21-11, 16-21, 12-21.
Parupalli Kashyap was outclassed by Chou Tien Chen.
These defeats recorded by the duo were further accompanied by a second-round exit for star shuttler Saina Nehwal after a 21-16, 11-21, 14-21 defeat against Japan's Sayaka Takahashi.
Aug 01, 2019
Badminton World Federation Ranking
Ace Indian shutter PV Sindhu has maintained her fifth spot in the women`s singles ranking released by Badminton World Federation (BWF), while her compatriot Saina Nehwal remained at eight. Nehwal will be competing at the Thailand Open after an injury lay-off had forced her to miss the Indonesia Open and Japan Open.
Sindhu, the Rio Olympic silver medallist, has had a roller-coaster fortnight in which she finished runner-up at the Indonesia Open and lost in the quarter-final of the Japan Open, losing to Japanese shuttler Akane Yamaguchi on both the occasions.
CAB Agrees to Give Voting Rights to Former Players
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) agreed in principle to give voting rights to former internationals.
At present, the CAB has 121 members with voting rights. At least 15 cricketers from the state have played at international level.
Following a special general meeting (SGM) of the CAB, association president Sourav Ganguly said that we will give them voting rights if the court does not change the verdict. After this we will be fully Lodha (Committee recommendation) compliant.
The CAB would wait for the Supreme Court hearing on August 8 before changing its constitution to incorporate the new provision, as per the decision taken at the the SGM.
Jul 31, 2019
Shaw Handed Eight-month Doping Suspension
A statement BCCI said that Prithvi Shaw, young India batsman and the 2018 U-19 World Cup-winning skipper, has tested positive for a banned substance and banned for eight months. The 19-year-old, who scored a ton on last year's Test debut against West Indies, gave his sample during the February Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament in Indore. It came positive for Terbutaline, a banned substance in the World Anti-doping Agency (Wada) list. The Mumbai opener, who played in IPL for Delhi Capitals after that, has been handed a back-dated ban from March 16 that will run until November 15.
Jul 30, 2019
World Deaf Youth Badminton Championship
Tamil Nadu girl Jerlin Anika won the gold medal in the World Deaf Youth Badminton Championships held in Taipei in July 2019.
Anika bagged four medals in the championship, one gold, two silver and one bronze.
The 15-year-old Anika is a tenth standard student in the Ouvaiyar government in Madurai. She started learning badminton from the age of eight years.
Anjum Moudgil Betters World Record
The World Championship silver medallist, the first to win the Olympic quota for shooting for Tokyo, Anjum shot better than the World record to beat Mehuli Ghosh by 1.7 points for the women's air rifle gold in the 12th Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Masters shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.
In the absence of the World No. 1 and World record holder Apurvi Chandela (252.9) and junior World Cup gold medallist Elavenil Valarivan it was literally a two-horse race.
After shooting the third best score in qualification, 0.3 point behind Mehuli, Anjum was a class act in the gripping final.