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Jun 25, 2019

Historic Firsts for Shakib

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan stamped his authority in the ongoing World Cup by breaking multiple records and in the process helped Bangladesh register a 62-run win over Afghanistan in Rose Bowl Southampton.
The left-arm spinner went on to return the tournament's best bowling figures of 5 for 29 against Afghanistan.
Shakib matched Yuvraj Singh's unique World Cup record of scoring 50+ runs and taking 5 wickets in the same World Cup match. Yuvraj had become the first cricketer to do the same in 2011 World Cup against Ireland.
Shakib became the first cricketer in World Cup history to score 400+ runs and pick-up 10 wickets in the same tournament. Shakib, currently the highest run-scorer of World Cup 2019 with 476 runs to his name has also picked up 10 wickets in just 6 innings.
Shakib also became the first player in the World Cup history to score two centuries and claim two 4 (+) wickets.
He became the join third fastest to 1000 ODI runs batting at No. 3. He has taken 21 innings to do the same. England's Jonathon Trott and Scotland's C McLeod had also taken the same number of innings.

Pune Wins Inter-district's Women's Football Championship

Pune defeated Buldhana in a close encounter, and became the champion of the WIFA Inter-district's Women's Football Championship.
The championship was held at Shivchatrapati Shivaji Maharaj sports complex, Jalgaon.
The following are the individual awards of the tournament:
Best player – Sonali Chimate (Pune), Best goalkeeper – Anjali Barke (Pune), Best defender – Nikita Jadhav (Buldhana), Highest goal scorer – Pratiksha Mithai (Kolhapur), Player of the final match – Dipika Hiwale (Buldhana).

Puducherry Premier League

The BCCI gave permission to Puducherry to conduct its own Twenty20 Premier League.
Replying to a request for the same from the Cricket Association of Puducherry (CAP), the Board CEO Rahul Johri said that while the BCCI had no objection to the Puducherry Premier League (PPL), it, according to a clause in the BCCI advisory, could not conduct the competition from August 25 to September 10 as sought by the CAP.
This means it will be hard for the CAP to hold the tournament this year since the Twenty20 leagues cannot be conducted once the BCCI domestic season commences from late September.
Still, the BCCI agreeing to the PPL is a significant development since the tournament can be conducted next year.
The league would have four teams, featuring the districts of Puducherry, Yanam, Mahe and Karaikal.

Russell Ruled Out of WC

West Indies was dealt a severe blow ahead of its crucial match against India after all-rounder Andre Russell was ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup with a knee injury.
In the four matches out of six he played in the World Cup, Russell managed just 36 runs at an average of 12.

Jun 24, 2019

Kohli Fined

Indian skipper Virat Kohli was fined 25% of his match fee for violating Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the course of the World Cup game against Afghanistan at the Hampshire Bowl.
The ICC issued a statement and mentioned that Kohli breached Article 2.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which relates to excessive appealing.

India Outplays Japan

India outplayed Japan 3-1 to clinch the FIH Women's Series final.
India, ranked World No. 9, had already qualified for the FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019 after securing a place in the final of the competition.
Rani was adjudged the best player of the tournament while Gurjit emerged the top-scorer.

Jun 23, 2019

Prakash Nanjappa Shooting Academy

The state-of-the-art Prakash Nanjappa Shooting Academy was inaugurated at Esteem Mall in Hebbal.
The 6000-square-foot facility, established by the Asian and Commonwealth Games medallist Prakash Nanjappa, was described by him as the first private shooting arena of its quality in the country.
The Academy boasts 10 shooting lanes with electronic targets and a touch-screen display, and eight lanes with manual targets.
Also under the same roof is a gym, a sports massage therapy centre, and an area for yoga and pilates.

Indian Women Secure Olympic Qualifiers Berth

India secured its place in the final round of the Tokyo Olympic qualifiers by beating Chile 4-2 in the semi-finals of the women's FIH Series Finals tournament.
The top two teams from the tournament secured berths in the Olympic Qualifiers to be held later in 2019.
India will take on Japan in the summit clash.

Second Indian to Take World Cup Hat-trick

Mohammed Shami became the second Indian after Chetan Sharma to take a hat-trick in World Cups. Chetan Sharma had achieved the milestone in 1987 against New Zealand.
Mohammed Shami replaced Bhuvneshwar Kumar who was injured during India's victory over Pakistan.

Zimbabwe Cricket Body Suspended

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) was suspended with immediate effect by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC), the governing organisation of all registered sporting associations in the country.
ZC acting managing director Givemore Makoni was also suspended.
The SRC move comes a week after it issued a directive that ZC's electoral process be suspended following alleged complaints about the nomination process and the violation of constitution, as well as various other controversies.

Jun 22, 2019

Spain Striker Fernando Torres Retires

Spain`s World Cup-winning striker Fernando Torres announced his retirement from football, bringing an end to a glittering 18-year career.
Torres made his Spain debut in 2003 and scored the winning goal in the 2008 European Championship final against Germany before helping his country win their first World Cup in 2010.
Torres is a Spanish international and made his debut against Portugal in 2003. He has been capped over 100 times and is his country's third-highest goalscorer of all-time.
With Spain, he has participated in six major tournaments: UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012, and the 2014 World Cup.
Spain won the three tournaments from 2008 to 2012, with Torres scoring in the finals of both Euro 2008 and Euro 2012.
He scored the winning goal in the 2008 European Championship, and won the Golden Boot for highest goalscorer in 2012.

Jun 21, 2019

Marta Creates History

Marta became the top scorer in the history of FIFA World Cups, including the men's tournament, after scoring her 17th overall goal in Brazil's 1-0 win against Italy in the Women's World Cup in Valenciennes in France.
With her 17th goal, she surpassed the 16 goals netted by Germany's Miroslav Klose, thus setting a new record in the history of the World Cup in both the men's and women's categories.
Marta is also the only player, male or female, to have scored in five different World Cups.

Rohan and Anargya Claim Titles

Rohan Jamadagni and Anargya Manjunath won the youth boys' and youth girls' titles in the state-ranking table tennis tournament.
Rohan Jamadagni defeated Kaustubh Milind.
Anargya Manjunath defeated Karruna Gajendran.

IOC Lifts Hosting Restrictions on India

The uncertainty over India's hosting of international sporting events officially ended with the International Olympic Committee communicating the same and lifting any restrictions in place over India's future hosting rights.
The IOC EB decided to lift, with immediate effect, all provisional measures and restrictions imposed under points 2 and 3 of the IOC EB decision of 21 February 2019 in relation to awarding and hosting any international sports events in India; and informed the International Sports Federations accordingly.

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