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Jun 26, 2022

Ultimate Kho Kho League Gets Odisha Govt. as Fifth Franchise Owner

The Odisha government's sports promotion company will own a team in the upcoming Ultimate Kho Kho. It will be the fifth franchise owner in the six-member league.
The other four franchises are owned by the Adani Group, GMR, Capri Global and KLO Sports. This includes the Gujarat, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chennai teams respectively.
Owning a kho kho team will be the second direct sports venture for the Odisha government, which operated the Kalinga Lancers team in the Hockey India League in 2013.
Kho Kho is very popular in many parts of Odisha.

Jun 25, 2022

Swimming World Championships: Ledecky Extends Record Medal Haul to 21

Katie Ledecky extended her record haul of medals from the world championships to 21, two more than any other female swimmer managed before. All but three of them are gold.
Ledecky claimed her 18th gold at a worlds as the United States won the women's 4x200 freestyle relay final, clocking the fastest split – 1:53.67 – to help the Americans triumph in a championship record 7:41.45.
Claire Weinstein, Leah Smith, Ledecky and Bella Sims finished 2.41 seconds ahead of the Australian team and 3.31 ahead of the Canadians.
Ledecky had already won gold medals in the 1500 freestyle and 400 freestyle to add to the 15 gold she had coming into the competition in Budapest.

Rumeli Dhar Retires from All Forms of International Cricket

Rumeli Dhar, the India seam-bowling allrounder, announced her retirement from international cricket, at the age of 38. Dhar played her last international match in the tri-nation women's T20I series between India, Australia and England, at Brabourne in 2018. In all, she featured in four Tests, 78 ODIs, and 18 T20Is, scoring 1328 runs and taking 84 wickets across formats. She was also part of the India team that had reached the 2005 World Cup final in South Africa.
Having made her international debut in 2003, against England in Lincoln, Dhar made an unlikely comeback, to the Indian team at the age of 34, when she was called up to India's T20 squad for their tour of South Africa in February 2018.

Jun 24, 2022

Lisa Sthalekar Becomes First Woman President of FICA

Legendary Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar became the first woman president of the Federation of International Cricketers' Association (FICA).
The former Australia captain was confirmed in the role at the FICA Executive Committee meeting held in Nyon, Switzerland.
She will take up a position that has previously been held by former South Africa batter Barry Richards, former West Indies all-rounder Jimmy Adams, and most recently by former England batter Vikram Solanki.

India Jump Two Places to 104 in FIFA Ranking after Asian Cup Qualification

The Indian football team reaped a good harvest of its impressive Asian Cup qualification campaign as it gained two places to jump to 104th in the latest FIFA world rankings released in June 2022.
The Blue Tigers were placed just below New Zealand (103rd), who missed out on a 2022 FIFA World Cup spot after losing to Costa Rica 0-1 in the intercontinental play-off.
India's ranking among Asian Football Confederation members, however, still remained static at 19th place. Iran retained the top spot among AFC countries at 23rd place.

Jun 23, 2022

Indian Women's Wrestling Team Wins U-17 Asian Championship, Kyrgyzstan

Indian women's wrestling team won five medals to claim Under-17 Asian Championship title with a total of eight gold at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. India lifted the title with a total of 235 points from eight gold, one silver and one bronze. Japan had to be content with the runners-up trophy with 143 points and Mongolia finished third with 138 points.
Bouts in 5 weight categories of women wrestling were held. Indian women including Ritika won gold in 43 kilogram, Ahilaya Shinde got gold in 49 kilogram, Siksha lifted gold medal in 57 kilogram, Priya received gold in 73 kilogram while Pulkit secured a Silver medal in 65 kilogram. In addition, the competitions in three weight categories of Free Style were also held and Parwinder Singh won Gold in 80 kilogram while Narender secured Silver in 71 kilogram.

England's Matt Fitzpatrick Wins 2022 United States Open Championship in Boston

Matt Fitzpatrick conquered The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, to win the US Open, the first major victory of his career.
Matt had won seven times on the European Tour, but had yet to win a professional event held on US soil.
Entering the final round, Fitzpatrick was tied atop the leaderboard with Will Zalatoris.

Jun 22, 2022

Sunil Chhetri Becomes Joint 5th Highest Goalscorer

Indian Men's football team captain, Sunil Chhetri scored his 84th International goal against Hong Kong during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers and equalled the record of Real Madrid and Hungarian Football Legend Ferenc Puskás.
Sunil Chhetri has scored 84 goals in 129 appearances while Ferenc Puskás (died in 2006 aged 79) scored 84 goals in 85 international matches. Sunil Chhetri is the 3rd highest goal scorer in international football among active players, after Cristiano Ronaldo with 117 goals and Lionel Messi with 86 goals. He is also the highest active goal scorer from Asia and India.
The top five goalscorers are: Cristiano Ronaldo 117 goals, Ali Daei 109 goals, Mokhtar Dahari netted 89 goals, Lionel Messi 86 goals and Sunil Chhetri and Ferenc Puskás with 84 goals.

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