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SPORTS - June 2016

Jun 2016

Jul 20, 2022

Former West Indies Captain Ramdin Retires from International Cricket

Former West Indies skipper Denesh Ramdin announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.
Ramdin played his last match for West Indies in a T20I in December 2019. However, he will continue to play franchise cricket.
He has played 74 Tests, 139 ODIs and 71 T20Is. He started out in Test cricket, making his debut against Sri Lanka in Colombo in July 2005.
Ramdin led West Indies in 17 matches – 13 Tests, three T20Is and an ODI after he was named West Indies' Test captain in 2014, taking over from Daren Sammy, who had retired from the format. Jason Holder replaced him at the helm in 2015.

Mairaj Ahmad Khan of India Writes History by Winning gold Medal in Skeet

Two-time Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan created history and became the first Indian shooter to win the gold medal in the men's skeet event at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea.
Mairaj Ahmad Khan recorded 37 hits out of a possible 40 in the final to win gold. South Korea's Minsu Kim struck 36 for silver while Ben Llewellin of Great Britain won bronze with 26 hits.

Dutch Domination Continues in Women's Hockey

The Netherlands women's hockey team beat Argentina 3-1 in the final to win its ninth World Cup title. It was the third consecutive title for the Dutch, who also have four Olympics gold. Australia beat Germany 2-1 to win bronze.
Heading into the fifteenth edition of the World Cup, Netherlands were the reigning champions and had won more women's World Cups than any other nation.

Jul 19, 2022

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Wins 5th World 100m Title in Eugene, Oregon

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her record fifth world 100m title in Eugene, Oregon, leading an unprecedented Jamaican clean sweep of the podium.
Fraser-Pryce had an electric start and led from gun to tape, winning in a championship record of 10.67 seconds.
Shericka Jackson took silver in a personal best of 10.73sec, with four-time Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah claiming bronze (10.81).
Fraser-Pryce is also the first athlete to ever win five gold medals in a track event at the World Championships in the same discipline, with this win following 100m gold in 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019.

England All-rounder Ben Stokes Announces Retirement from ODI Cricket

Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes made a surprise announcement to retire from ODI cricket.
He played his last ODI against South Africa at his home ground in Durham.
Stokes' ODI career would forever be remembered for his Player-of-the-Match performance in the 2019 World Cup final against New Zealand at Lord's.
His unbeaten 84 helped to send the match into a Super Over as England claimed their first 50-over World Cup title in the most thrilling of circumstances.
Stokes, who is England's Test captain, has scored 2919 runs in 104 ODIs and taken 74 wickets.

Jul 18, 2022

Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Announces Retirement from T20 Internationals

Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from T20 Internationals following his side's 50-over series win against the West Indies.
He played 78 T20 Internationals, scoring 1758 runs at 24.08.
In January, Tamim had taken a six month break from the shortest format but he did feature in a domestic tournament during that period.
Tamim is one of the best openers to have come out of Bangladesh, having scored 5082 runs in Tests and 7943 runs in ODIs.

P.V. Sindhu Wins Singapore Open 2022

India's badminton star P.V. Sindhu thrashed China's Wang Zhiyi in the final of the Singapore Open 2022. She defeated Zhiyi 21-9 11-21 21-15 in the summit clash.
Sindhu is the second Indian women's shuttler, and third Indian overall, to win the Singapore Open title. Saina Nehwal (2010) and B. Sai Praneeth (2017) have earlier lifted the title in women's and men's singles, respectively.

Nithya Wins Gold, Bhagat Silver in Para Badminton

India's Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan won the gold medal in the women's singles SH6 class, while world No. 1 Pramod Bhagat finished runner-up in the men's singles SL3 category in the 4 Nations Para Badminton International in Dublin. The mixed doubles pairing of Chirag Baretha and Mandeep Kaur settled for silver in the SL3-SU5 classification.

Tokyo to Host 2025 World Athletics Championships

Tokyo was selected as the host city for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, the sport's governing body announced.
The event would return to the site of last year's Olympic Games in the year that the Japanese Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) celebrates its centenary.
Nairobi, Silesia and Singapore had also bid for the championships, while Budapest will host the 2023 version.
Tokyo held the event in 1991, highlighted by the incredible world-record-breaking long jump duel between gold medallist Mike Powell and Carl Lewis, while it was also held in Japan in 2007 with Osaka hosting.
This year's (2022) Championships, delayed from 2021, begin in Oregon.

Jul 17, 2022

Rifle Teams Fire India Atop Podium with 3 Gold

India topped the medals tally at the ISSF Shooting World Cup after a string of fantastic performances by its shooters.
India finished the tournament with eight medals, three gold, four silver and a bronze, were way ahead of hosts South Korea and Serbia on the medals table.

Jul 16, 2022

AFI and RIL Sign Long Term Partnership to Support Talented Athletes

Athletics Federation of India (AFI) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced a long-term partnership to provide world class facilities to talented athletes, with special focus on women.
The partnership aims to nurture and develop Indian athletes from across the country and provide them with world-class facilities, coaching and sports science support.
As AFI's principal partner, the Reliance brand will appear across the national team's jerseys and training kits at key national, international competitions and training camps.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly Wins Fischer Random Event at 55th Biel Chess Festival

Indian Grandmaster Surya Sekhar Ganguly emerged winner in the Fischer Random event at Biel Chess Festival with compatriot S.P. Sethuraman finishing in second place.
GM Gabguly scored 6.5 points from 7 rounds to take the top prize ahead of Sethuraman (5.5 points) and French Woman Grandmaster Vera Nebolsina (5.5 points).
Ganguly remained unbeaten through the seven rounds, securing six wins and drawing one game with Alexandra Kosteniuk.
Gabguly's wins came against Arashavir Musaelyan (Switzerland) Sai Kalluri Hari Charan (India), Robin Angst (Switzerland), Jose Antonio Herrera Reyes (Spain), Sethuraman and Konstantinos Ragios (Greece).

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