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Jun 05, 2019

Konta Ends British Drought

Johanna Konta produced a remarkably dominant performance against last year's runner-up, winning 6-1, 6-4 to become the first British woman to reach the French Open semifinals since Jo Durie in 1983.

Dale Steyn Ruled Out of World Cup

In a major blow to Team South Africa in the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2019, their speedster Dale Steyn has been ruled out of the marquee event.
Steyn, South Africa's fifth highest ODI wicket-taker of all time, withdrew from the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the same issue and has already missed the first two games of his team's campaign at the World Cup.
Steyn would be replaced in the South African squad by left-arm quick Beuran Hendricks who made his ODI debut in January 2019 against Pakistan.

Jun 04, 2019

Indian Women in Final

The Indian women's hockey team continued its unbeaten run and defeated Scotland 2-1 to enter the final of the Cantor Fitzgerald U-21 four-nation tournament.
Mumtaz Khan scored the first goal and Gagandeep Kaur scored the second goal for India, while Margery Justice scored the only goal for Scotland.

Indians to Skip Asian GP Series

With its main bunch training in Europe, Indian athletes will not be in action in the first of the two-leg Asian Grand Prix series which begins in Chongqing, China.
Radhakrishnan Nair, the Deputy National Coach said that our elite athletes are currently training in Europe and the current phase of their training is not ideal for competition, hence we have not sent them to Asian GP.
Their 'pre-competition phase' starts by the middle of June, they will be competing in meets during this period.

Jun 03, 2019

India Retains the Title

The Indian team maintained its impressive record of not dropping a set in 20 matches as it beat Czech Republic 4-0 in the super league and retained the title in the 21st USIC World Railways tennis championship.
In the league stage, India had beaten Slovakia and Czech Republic.

Jun 02, 2019

Universal Tennis Rating Tournament

The first ever UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) tournament organised by DreamBig Events for the 12-18 age group will be held at the Ahmedabad Racquet Academy from July 5 to 7.
With an entry fee of $60, the event will offer at least three matches for every player. The UTR system provides an accurate measurement of a player's level from novice to professional. It is the rating that is used by American Colleges to recruit players.
Rian Pandole, is the top-ranked Indian at the moment with a UTR of 13.23, competing on the Collegiate circuit from the Columbia University.
Top performers from the tournament will get direct entry to the DreamBig Silver and Gold series tennis camps, scheduled for 2019.

Vissesh Rewrites National Mark

Vissesh Parameshwar Sharma (Prime Star, Dubai) set a National record, clocking 00.28.84s, to win the gold in the Group 2 boys' 50m backstroke on day one of the sub-junior & junior State aquatic championship at the Velachery complex.

May 31, 2019

ISSF World Cup

India won both the gold medals on offer, and bagged a silver, in mixed team events on the final day of competition to finish the ISSF World Cup in Munich with a staggering five gold medals, their best performance in a World Cup.
the 10m air rifle event saw two Indian teams pitted against each other for the gold medal match-up. Anjum Moudgil and 17-year-old Divyansh Singh Panwar defeated Apurvi Chandela and Deepak Kumar with a comprehensive 16-2 margin.
The Belarusian pair of Maria Martynova and Ilia Charheika won a thrilling bronze-medal match against Austrian Olivia Hofmann and Alexander Schmirl 16-14.
It was the second successive World Cup gold for Anjum and Divyansh, who had taken the top spot in Beijing too.
The two shot a combined 631.9 to top the eight-team standings in the first stage of the finals. Apurvi and Deepak were in second spot with an effort of 630.2.
Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker continued to dominate the 10m mixed team air pistol event, winning gold in all three World Cups this year.
The teenagers topped in the New Delhi and Beijing World Cups, and also won the Asian Airgun Championships in Chinese-Taipei for four gold medals this season.
Manu and Saurabh were on target right from round one, topping the 76-team field with a score of 586 and then consolidating in round two with 591. Saurabh shot a 100 in his last series.
India topped the overall medals tally with five gold medals and one silver, leaving behind China at second place with nine medals — two gold, two silver and five bronze medals.
Apurvi Chandela (10m air rifle women), Rahi Sarnobat (25m pistol women) and Saurabh Chaudhary (10m air pistol men) had won individual gold medals.

Yennaris becomes China's first naturalised player

Former Arsenal and Brentford midfielder Nico Yennaris has become the first overseas-born player to be called up for the China national team after he was included in Marcello Lippi's squad for upcoming friendlies against the Philippines and Tajikistan.
Yennaris, known as Li Ke in China, was born and grew up in England and is eligible to play for China through his mother, who was born in the country.
The 26-year-old signed for Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan in January and has been granted Chinese citizenship, making him eligible for selection by Lippi as the Italian seeks to boost the fortunes of the country's struggling national team.
Yennaris' inclusion marks a significant shift in policy by the Chinese Football Association, which had previously resisted calls to include naturalised players in the national set-up despite it being common practice in many other countries.

First Spinner to Bowl the First Over in a World Cup

South Africa's Imran Tahir became the first spinner to bowl the first over in a World Cup.
In the 1992 World Cup, New Zealand off-spinner Dipak Patel had bowled the second over in the match against Australia.
Tahir also became the oldest South African to play in a World Cup match. The previous record was held by his compatriot Omar Henry.

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