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Jun 16, 2019

Sarin Wins Blitz Event at Asian Continental Chess Championship

India's 14-year old Grand Master Nihal Sarin won the blitz event in the Asian Continental Chess Championship at Xingtai, China.
Sarin scored eight points from nine rounds and finished a point ahead of the field. He had recently crossed 2600 Elo points on the FIDE rating list and became the third youngest to achieve the feat. Another Indian Srinath Narayanan took the third spot with seven points behind Le Quang Liem of Vietnam.
Meanwhile, four Indians qualified for the World Cup to be held in Russia later in 2019 with impressive performances in the open section. India's Karthikeyan Murali (6.5 points) finished second in the open event behind Liem (7 points).
Along with Karthikeyan, three other Indians-S P Sethuraman, who finished third (6.5 points), Srinath Narayanan (6.5 pts, 4th) and Abhijeet Gupta (6 pts, 7th) qualified for the world cup.

Brazil Makes Winning Start

A brace from Philippe Coutinho handed hosts Brazil a winning start to the Copa America in a 3-0 victory over Bolivia as the absence of superstar Neymar was quickly forgotten.

India Claims Series Finals title

India registered a comfortable 5-1 victory in the final against South Africa to claim the top spot in the competition.
Harmanpreet Singh and Varun Kumar struck a brace each while Vivek Sagar Prasad slotted home the fourth goal.
For South Africa, Richard Pautz scored the lone consolation in the 53rd minute, off a penalty corner deflection.
It was a neat performance from India—they were not expected to be stretched by their opponents here as all of them were ranked quite low. And apart from a 3-1 struggle against Poland, India comfortably won the other games.

Jinson betters own national 1500m record

Reigning Asian Games champion Jinson Johnson set a national record in men's 1500m at an invitation athletics competition in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
In his first meet after recovering from a calf-injury that he suffered during Doha 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in April, Jinson raced well to finish sixth clocking 3.37.62 seconds.
The performance was better than his own previous national record performance of 3:37.86s during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Jinson is trying to gain a berth for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in these European competitions and the qualification standard for Tokyo is set at 3:35s.
Another Indian athlete, PU Chitra, competing in the women's 1500m clinched gold with a time of 4:13.52s. Meanwhile, M Sreeshankar finished second in men's long jump, with a distance of 7.93m, in his debut European meet in Paris.

India Bag Two Bronze in Archery

Jyothi Surekha Vennam produced a stellar show to help India clinch two bronze medals in the compound women's section of Archery World Championships.
The Asian Games silver medallist first led the fightback in the team event by shooting six perfect 10s out of eight arrows as India, also featuring Muskan Kirar and Raj Kaur, bounced back to down Turkey 229-226 in the bronze play-off.

England in Round of 16

As roommates at the Women's World Cup, Jodie Taylor and Beth Mead have built a connection that helped lead England into the second round of the tournament.
Mead delivered a low cross from the left flank and Taylor sneaked into a central location, nudging the ball into the net to earn a 1-0 victory over Argentina and secure England's place in the second round with a game to spare in Group D.

Jun 15, 2019

Toronto Raptors first from outside the US to win NBA Finals

Leonard and the Toronto Raptors captured the country's first major title in 26 years with their most remarkable road win yet in the franchise's NBA Finals debut, outlasting the battered and depleted two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors 114-110 in a Game 6 for the ages.
A Canadian team stood on top of one of the traditional major sports leagues for the first time since the Toronto Blue Jays won the 1993 World Series.

India Book Olympic Qualifiers Berth

India used better skills and greater experience to establish ascendancy and thrashed the Asian Games gold medallists Japan 7-2 to clinch their appointed place in the final and thus claiming a berth in the Olympic qualifiers,, to be held in October-November.
In the final, India will meet South Africa, who edged past USA 2-1 in the other semi-final.

Tendulkar Sues Aus Bat Maker

Sachin Tendulkar has filed a civil lawsuit against an Australian bat manufacturer, accusing it of using his name and image to promote products and then failing to pay him $2 million in royalties.
In Federal Court papers filed in June and reviewed by Reuters, Tendulkar said Sydney based Spartan Sports International agreed in 2016 to pay him at least $1 million a year to use his image, logo and promotional services to sell "Sachin by Spartan" sporting goods and clothing.
The retired star batsman soon went to work promoting the products, and appeared at a range of promotional events in places such as London and the Indian financial hub of Mumbai, the documents showed.
However, by September 2018, Spartan had failed to make a single payment owed, and he made a formal request for payment. When none came, he ended the agreement, asking the company to stop using his name and likeness.
Yet Spartan continued to do so, according to the documents.

Rose Equals Tiger's Record

Justin Rose roared home with three straight birdies to match Tiger Woods' record for the lowest US Open round ever shot at Pebble Beach, a six-under par 65 that gave him a one-shot lead after the first round.
England's Rose, who won the 2013 US Open at Merion, vaulted over a quartet of players sharing second on five-under-par 66 as Pebble Beach showed a welcoming face in overcast conditions with little wind.

Altibox Norway Chess Tournament

Viswanathan Anand defeated an out of sorts Alexander Grischuk while Magnus Carlsen sealed the title at the Altibox Norway chess tournament with a round to spare.
Anand's chances to be in top three had ended after he lost to American Fabiano Caruana in the previous round.
Carlsen won his sixth title of the year, defeating Yu Yangyi of China in the Classical game itself.
While it was only his second Classical win here, Carlsen also won all the six matches in the Armageddon stage.

Jun 14, 2019

Malaysia's Badminton King Retires

Cancer-hit badminton star Lee Chong Wei announced his retirement, ending a brilliant career in which he collected a swathe of honours but never won a world or Olympic title.
Lee, who spent a total of 348 weeks as world number one but lost six world and Olympic finals.
He has won three-time Olympic silver medals.

Indian Recurve Team Reaches Final

The Indian's men's recurve team reached the final of the World Archery Championships for the first time since 2005 after it shocked a formidable the Netherlands.
The team will seek its maiden title as it faces China in the summit clash. China ousted top seed Korea in the other semifinal.
The Indian team consisting of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin Jadhav has already secured a quota for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic.

Jun 13, 2019

National Crossminton in Ludhiana

The National Crossminton championship will be held at the Govind National College, Narangwal district in Ludhiana from June 27 to 29.
The General Secretary of the All India Crossminton Organisation (AICO), Bilal Ahmad Khan stated that the championship will feature teams from 17 States.
There will be team championship apart from singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

KBFC Signs Sergio Cidoncha

Kerala Blasters FC signed Spanish midfielder Sergio Cidoncha for this year's Indian Super League.
The 28-year-old, who started his football career with the youth ranks of Atletico Madrid, played for Jamshedpur FC in the ISL last season. He has also played for clubs like Real Zaragoza, Albacete and Ponferradina earlier.
Sergio is an all-rounder who can play in several positions and score goals.

Jun 12, 2019

Ashwin Begins a New Spell

The Ashwin Foundation was launched by India all-rounder R. Ashwin.
Prizes and awards were given away to deserving young cricketers from GenNext Cricket Institute to mark the occasion.
The Ashwin Foundation will partner with GenNext, launched in 2012 by his father N. Ravichandran, to unearth young talent in the state, particularly from the poorer sections of the society.
GenNext began with a handful of young cricketers. Now it has around 300 boys across five centres in Chennai and 300 more aspirants in Dubai.
The Ashwin Foundation will be chaired by his wife Prithi Ashwin.

Another Game Abandoned

Sri Lanka's World Cup match against Bangladesh was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain.
The umpires' decision left tournament organisers with the unwanted record for the most number of abandoned games at a World Cup, surpassing the two each at the 1992 tournament in Australia and New Zealand and the 2003 edition in southern Africa.
It was the second successive World Cup match at Bristol that had fallen victim to bad weather, with Sri Lanka's group game against.
Only one of three World Cup matches scheduled to take place in Bristol produced any play.

Highest-paid Athlete in Forbes 2019 List

The top 100 athletes in the 2019 list are from 10 sports across 25 countries. The list is headed by Barcelona and Argentina football superstar Lionel Messi who has dethroned retired boxer Floyd Mayweather as the sports world's highest earner.
His total earnings are USD 127 million via salary and endorsement deals.
Messi is ahead of long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who is second on the list with earnings of USD 109 million.
India cricket team captain Virat Kohli has once again become the sole Indian in the Forbes 2019 list of world's highest-paid athletes

Indians One Win away from Olympic Berths

Indian men's recurve team stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the World Archery Championships with a commanding victory over Norway and is now just one win away from securing an Olympic quota.
The trio of Tarundeep Rai, Pravin Jadhav and Atanu Das will next face Canada's Eric Peters, Crispin Duenas and Brian Maxwell in a bid to secure the three-athlete quotas for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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