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May 05, 2019

First Win for Semenya since CAS Ruling

Caster Semenya won the 800 m at the Doha Diamond League meeting in her first race since losing her appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sport over a controversial gender ruling, claiming "actions speak louder than words".
The South African, a two-time Olympic champion, timed 1min 54.98 seconds to defeat Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba and Ajee Wilson of the United States.
Semenya's victory could be her last over 800 m with new IAAF rules governing testosterone levels coming into operation on May 8.

Lee and Roca in Shortlist

The All India Football Federation's (AIFF) technical committee has short-listed four candidates, including two-time South Korean World Cupper Lee Min-sung and the familiar Albert Roca, for the job of the chief coach of the men's national team.
Besides Lee Min-sung and Roca, who tasted immense success at Bengaluru FC, the other two are ex-Croatia manager Igor Stimac and former Sweden coach Hakan Ericson.
The technical committee, headed by Shyam Thapa, will hold another round of discussion with the short-listed candidates.

May 04, 2019

Serb to Coach Men's V'ball Team

According to Volleyball Federation of India, Serbia's Dragan Mihailovic will take over as head coach of the Indian men's team.
Pryemyslaw Gaszyoski (Poland) and Valadimir Radosevic (Serbia) will be the physio and physiotherapist, respectively.
The three, who will also work with the U-23 men's and other junior India teams, have been appointed for five months and will guide the team for the Asian Championships scheduled to be held in Iran in September.
Prasidh and Mukhtar to train in Australia
Seamers Prasidh Krishna from Karnataka, and Mukhtar Hussain of Assam have been selected by the MRF Pace Foundation to undergo a two-week training programme in Australia.
MRF head coach M. Senthilnathan, said that the boys will practise in the National Cricket Academy in Brisbane. Prasidh Krishn and Mukhtar Hussain will be guided by acclaimed coach Troy Cooley.

May 02, 2019

Apurvi Chandela is World Number One

Indian shooting ace Apurvi Chandela attained the World No.1 position in the women's 10 m air rifle event while compatriot Anjum Moudgil rose to No.2 after consistent performances in recent years.

First Non-British MCC President

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has been appointed as the first non-British president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
The wicketkeeper-batsman, whose nomination was announced by current president Anthony Wreford, will begin his one-year tenure in October.
Sangakara is already an honorary life member of the MCC and has sat on its influential world cricket committee for the past seven years.

May 01, 2019

India at Sudriman Cup

Olympic medallists P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal along with Kidambi Srikanth will lead a strong Indian contingent at the 2019 Sudirman Cup mixed team championship, to be played in Nanning, China from May 19 to 26.
Four-time World Championships medallist Sindhu won a silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics while Saina won a bronze medal in the 2012 London Olympics.
Srikanth is currently ranked eighth in the world among the men's singles shuttlers.
India has been seeded eighth in this edition of the tournament. In 2018 at Gold Coast, Australia, India had reached the quarter-finals.

Stage Set to Create a World Record

The Stage is set to create a World record of maximum participation of table tennis players in an event.
Over the next five days, around 4000 players including Soumyajit Ghosh, Sudhanshu Grover, Arjun Ghosh, Abhishek Yadav, Jubin Kumar and Payas Jain, will be seen in action in the first Indian Table Tennis Marathon 2019 at the Sant Sujan Singhji International School at Swaroop Nagar.
The event offers prizes worth over Rs. 10 lakh, including Rs. 3 lakh in cash, and trophies to the top-eight finishers in each of the eight sections.
The World record, set in March 2013 in China stands at 2,048 participants.
The Guangzhou Baiyun District table tennis tournament, held in the Guangzhou Gymnasium at Baiyun, attracted 2336 entries, but 288 players were later disqualified for not turning up for some of their matches.
Competitions will be held for boys and girls separately in under-8, under-10, under-12, under-14, under-16 and under-18 sections.

Apr 30, 2019

Bajrang and Vinesh Nominated for Khel Ratna

The Wrestling Federation of India recommended Asian Champion Bajrang Punia and last year's Asian Games gold-medallist Vinesh Phogat for the country's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
The National shooting federation has suggested the names of pistol ace Heena Sidhu and trap shooter Ankur Mittal for the Khel Ratna.

2024 World TT

Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) has decided to bid for the 2024 edition of the biennial World Team Championships.
According to TTFI secretary M.P. Singh, the time has come for India to host a high-profile event. The last time India hosted a World Championships was way back in 1987.

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