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May 26, 2019

Messi Ends on Top in Europe

Lionel Messi has become the first player to win Europe's Golden Shoe award for three straight years after his nearest challenger Kylian Mbappe failed to score the four goals he needed in Paris St Germain's final league match of the season.
Messi earned the honour, which goes to the leading scorer in league matches in Europe's top divisions, for a record extending sixth time after finding the net 36 times for Barcelona while Mbappe ended the campaign on 33 after scoring PSG's only goal in a 3-1 loss.

May 25, 2019

All India Basketball

The prestigious 54th all-India basketball tournament for men for the Nachimuthu Gounder Cup and the 18th all India tournament for women for the CRI Pumps Trophy will be held at the VOC Park Corporation Sports Complex courts here from May 27 to June 1.
Organised by the Coimbatore District Basketball Association (CDBA), the tournament has attracted some of the top men and women teams in the country.
Defending champion Customs and Indian Overseas Bank (from Chennai) have given it a miss for reasons best known. And that is expected to throw open the contest in the men's section.

An Emotional Win for Sarita Devi

L. Sarita Devi defeated Simranjit Kaur for the women's 60 kg gold medal in the India Open international boxing tournament at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium.
It was an emotional moment for the 37-year-old, who won her maiden gold medal in the event.
The final was not an easy affair for Sarita as Simranjit is 14 years younger and at her peak.
However, Sarita used her experience to move around well, unleash her precise left-right combinations and avoid Simranjit's power-packed counters to register a 3-2 win.

State Junior and Sub-junior Aquatic Championships

Eight records were set on the opening day of the State junior and sub-junior aquatic championships at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Aquatic complex.
The girls stole the show by setting six of them. S. Varsha of Thiruvananthapuram broke the 11-year-old 800m freestyle record, winning group II in 10:45.67s and erased M.R. Nithya's 11:07.62 set in 2007.
The day's other individual records breakers were Shaan Antony (100m breaststroke), Keziah Cathrine John (200m freestyle), Sanaskrita (800m frestyle), Sanaa Mathew (50m backstroke) and Shreya Mary Kamal (200m butterfly).

May 24, 2019

Mary Kom Defeats Nikhat Zareen

Six-time world champion M.C. Mary Kom staved off a strong challenge defeated Asian championships bronze medallist Nikhat Zareen in the semifinals and reach the women's 51kg title clash in the India Open international boxing tournament.
Mary will take on compatriot Vanlal Duati in the final.

May 23, 2019

FIFA Drops Plans for 48-team 2022 World Cup

FIFA shelved a proposed expansion of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 teams, dealing a blow to the world football body's president Gianni Infantino.
The 2022 tournament in the Gulf state will now be played with 32 nations taking part.

May 22, 2019

India Open International Boxing Tournament

Six-time World champion M. C. Mary Kom gave a commanding performance on her return to 51 kg as she defeated Mala Rai of Nepal to reach the semifinals of the second India Open International boxing tournament .
With a target of competing at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, Mary, who had a first round bye, used the opportunity to test herself and boxed for three rounds before recording a victory.

BCCI Elections in October

The Committee of Administrators said that the much-awaited BCCI elections will be held on October 22.
The CoA announced the elections date after due consultation with the apex court-appointed amicus curiae P.S. Narsimha.
The Supreme Court had assigned Narsimha in March to mediate with various state associations which had filed 80 interim appeals.

KSSC Standing Committee

A seven-member standing committee, comprising internationals I.M. Vijayan and George Thomas and president of Kerala Olympic Association, V. Sunil Kumar, was elected, to serve as the executive arm of the Kerala State Sports Council (KSSC).
Besides the trio, the others elected were S. Rajiv, M.R. Ranjith, K. Rafique and Reju Suresh. The election of the committee was unanimous and was conducted in conformity with the decision of the State Government to reconstitute the KSSC.
Olympian Mercy Kuttan will be the new president as reported in these columns in April, but her appointment has been stalled due to the general elections to the Lok Sabha and consequent to the Model Code of Conduct being in force.

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