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Jul 18, 2019

Qatar in India's Qualifying Group

India have been drawn alongside Oman, South Asian rivals Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Asian champions Qatar in the preliminary joint qualification Round 2 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
While Qatar will play the 2022 World Cup as hosts, they will have the chance of booking their place for the 2023 Asian Cup in China by topping this group.
In case they win their 2nd round group, Qatar will be given the choice of playing the third round, subject to FIFA approval.
Held in Kuala Lumpur, the draw saw 40 teams being divided across eight groups of five each. The eight group winners from this round as well as four of the best second place finishers will progress to the third round of World Cup qualifying and also seal berths in the 2023 Asian Cup main rounds.
The rest of the teams will fight it out for the remaining 12 spots for the Asian Cup.
India have played only one competitive fixture against Qatar in the past, losing 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier in 1996.
They have played Oman on more occasions, however, including twice in the World Cup qualifiers in 2015. India lost both those games — 2-1 at home and 3-0 away.
North Korea and South Korea are drawn together in Group H. The two teams had been drawn together in two stages of the 2010 World Cup qualifying as well.
At the time, North Korea's home games against their southern rivals were shifted to Shanghai after the country refused to play the national anthem and fly the national flag of South Korea.

Inzamam Steps Down as Pak Selector

Inzamam-ul-Haq announced his decision to step down as Pakistan's chief selector when his contract expires on July 31, 2019.
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam, who was appointed to the role in April 2016, oversaw a period which included Pakistan's victory in the Champions Trophy two years ago.
Inzamam's final assignment was to select the Pakistan squad for the World Cup, where the Sarfaraz Ahmed-led team finished fifth in the group stage and failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
During Inzamam's tenure, players such as Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Abbas, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi and Usman Shinwari made their international debut.

Anish Wins 25m Rapid Fire Gold

Anish Bhanwala won his second ISSF Junior World Cup gold in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol, consolidating India's position at the top of the standings in Suhl, Germany.
Anish shot a solid 584 in qualification to top the charts. In the final, Anish led from the front and never shot below three hits out of five in each of the 10 series of shots.
Agneya Kaushik combined with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Udhayveer Sidhu to win the team bronze with a total of 1709. India won two more medals on the day in the 10m air rifle mixed team junior.
The pair of Shreya Agrawal and Yash Vardhan won silver. Mehuli Ghosh and Hriday Hazarika won the bronze.
India now has eight gold, eight silver and four bronze from the tournament for a total of 20 medals.

Hima Das Clinches Fourth Gold

Indian sprinter Hima Das clinched her fourth gold in a fortnight as she won the 200m race with a creditable timing in the Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic.
Hima won the race in 23.25 seconds, which had a mediocre field with most of the competitors representing clubs of Czech Republic. Compatriot VK Vismaya was second with a season's best of 23.43. Hima has a 200m personal best of 23.10 seconds.
This was 19-year-old Hima's fourth gold since July 2, 2019 when she ran her first competitive race in Europe. She has been improving since her first race.

Jul 17, 2019

Australia Targets T20 World Cup in 2020

Australia is banking big on women and men T20 cricket world cups in 2020 to achieve the mark of half million tourists in a year, a target which it had set for 2022.
With a record 3,64,600 visitors in 2018-19, Tourism Australia is in talks with airports in Australia and Indian airlines to increase the capacity between two countries.
According to the data provided by Tourism Australia, visitors from Delhi and Maharashtra contribute heavily to the tourist inflow and with 7.5 lakh Indians living there, the Australian government is hopeful to achieve 5 lakh tourist by the end of 2020.
Since last five years, the island nation has seen double digit growth in Indian visitors every year with majority of them visiting Canberra and South Australia.

Jul 16, 2019

India to ISSF World Cup 2020

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) confirmed the dates, March 15 to 26, for the World Cup in rifle, pistol and shot gun to be hosted at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, New Delhi in 2020.
This will be preceded by the Shotgun World Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, from March 4 to 13, 2020.
The World Cup in rifle, pistol and shotgun, a test event for the Olympics, will be staged in Tokyo from April 15 to 27, 2020.
It will be followed by the World Cup in rifle and pistol in Munich, Germany, from June 2 to 9, 2019, and the combined World Cup for all three events in Baku, Azerbaijan, from June 22 to July 3, 2019.

BCCI to Invite Fresh Applications for Support Staff

The BCCI would soon invite fresh applications for the Indian cricket team's support staff, including the head coach, and incumbent Ravi Shastri would need to reapply once his contract expires after August 2019 tour of the West Indies.
The support staff comprising Shastri, bowling coach Bharat Arun, batting coach Sanjay Bangar and fielding coach R. Sridhar were given a 45-day extension following the World Cup, covering the West Indies tour from August 3 to September 3, 2019.
All of them can reapply but the team is set to have a new trainer and physio after the departure of Shankar Basu and Patrick Farhart respectively following India's semifinal exit in the World Cup.

ICC World Cup XI

Tournament top-scorer Rohit Sharma and pacer Jasprit Bumrah were the only Indians named in the ICC's World Cup XI, captained by New Zealand's admirable skipper Kane Williamson and dominated by champions England.
Player of the Tournament Williamson leads a team that includes six players from the dramatic final (2019) at the Lord's.
Newly-crowned world champions England are the most represented with four players in the XI while runners-up New Zealand have two in the team, named by a panel selected by the ICC to honour all those who performed well in the tournament.
The other representatives come from the losing semi-finalists India and Australia, who have two each, while Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan rounds out the team.

Jul 15, 2019

Cricket World Cup 2019

England defeated New Zealand to win the World Cup 2019.
New Zealand scored 241 for eight, England, after thriving on Ben Stokes (84 n.o.), was bowled out for 241.
The World Cup's summit clash was tied and a super-over was needed to break the stalemate at Lord's.
As a tense evening waned, England scored 15 with Stokes and Jos Buttler having a biff against Trent Boult.
New Zealand replied with 15 too, with James Neesham clouting a six off Jofra Archer in a mad over that ended once Martin Guptill got run-out while going for the winning run.
Yet, England prevailed as it had more boundaries (26) than what New Zealand (17) scored through the pulsating contest.

Wimbledon 2019

Novak Djokovic saved two match points to clinch a fifth Wimbledon title and 16th Major, shattering Roger Federer's bid to become the oldest Grand Slam champion in the longest final ever played at the tournament.
At 4 hours and 57 minutes, it was the longest Wimbledon final ever played and settled by a final set tiebreak for the first time.
Djokovic is the first man in 71 years to win the title from match points down.
He is now level with Bjorn Borg as a five-time Wimbledon winner.

Jul 13, 2019

Deepika Fourth in Olympic Test Event

Former World No. 1 Deepika Kumari was ranked fourth in the women's recurve qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympic Games test event.
Deepika shot 668 out of a possible 720 points at the 72-arrow 70-metre round to qualify for the knockout round while Atanu Das was ranked 19th in the men's section.
Deepika's impressive show enabled India to get a fourth rank in the mixed pair event at the Yumenoshima Archery Field which hosted its first international competition.

Ajay Singh Rewrites Records

Ajay Singh rewrote Commonwealth records in clean and jerk and total on his way to take the men's 81kg gold medal in the Commonwealth weightlifting championships.
Ajay did 190 kg in clean and jerk and 338 kg in total to better Canadian Alex Bellemarre's records of 183 kg and 337 kg, respectively.

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