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Jun 20, 2022

Sourav Kothari Clinches Pacific International Billiards Championship in Melbourne

It was double delight for former world billiards champion Sourav Kothari, who clinched the Pacific International Billiards Championship title in Melbourne, just days after bagging the Snooker crown in the same event.
Kothari edged past multiple-time English champion Rob Hall of England 1500-1321 in the final of the Level 5 World Billiards ranking event to win the title.

PM Modi Launches Historic Torch Relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the historic torch relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi. This year, for the very first time, the International Chess Body, FIDE, has instituted the Chess Olympiad Torch which is part of Olympic tradition but was never done in the Chess Olympiad. India will be the first-ever country to have the Chess Olympiad Torch Relay.
Notably, taking the Indian roots of Chess to a greater height, this tradition of Torch Relay for the Chess Olympiad will henceforth always begin in India and travel across all continents before reaching the host country.
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich handed over the torch to Prime Minister, who in turn handed it over to Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand.
This torch will then be taken to 75 cities in a span of 40 days before the final culmination at Mahabalipuram near Chennai.

Jun 19, 2022

FIFA U-17 Women's WC: Navi Mumbai to Host Final

The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai will host the summit clash of the U-17 Women's World Cup on October 30 while the semi-finals will be played in Goa, FIFA and Local Organising Committee (LOC) announced.
Bhubaneswar is set to host India's three group stage matches beginning on October 11.
The 24 group stage games will conclude on October 18 and the matches will be shared among all three host states – Odisha, Goa and Maharashtra.
The quarter-final rounds of games will be held on October 21 and 22 following which the semi-finals will be held on October 26.

Jun 18, 2022

ICC Retains Menon in Elite Panel, Set for Maiden Neutral Umpire Appearance

India's Nitin Menon retained his place in the ICC Elite Panel and is set to make his maiden appearance as a neutral umpire in Sri Lanka later this month.
Menon from Indore remained the only Indian in the 11-member Elite Panel of Umpires.
Menon was promoted to the Elite Panel at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, becoming the third Indian to enter the club after S. Venkataraghavan and S. Ravi.

Jun 17, 2022

Indian Racing Festival: RPPL to Debut Three Races in Nov-Dec 2022

Racing Promotions Pvt Ltd (RPPL) announced the debut of the Indian Racing Festival. The festival, which will bring in multiple franchise into the format, will enthrall the audience on weekends in multiple cities including all kinds of exciting racing tracks and even a street circuit. The festival will begin from the weekend of November 11 and run every weekend until the weekend of December 10 across 5 weekends across multi-city locations including the former F1 track at BIC Greater Noida, the debut of the India's first street track at Hyderabad, Coimbatore and MMRT Chennai.
The Indian Racing Festival RPPL will host 3 race events - Formula Regional Indian championship, Formula 4 Indian Championship and the Indian Racing League. Formula Regional Indian championship and the F4 Indian championships will be certified by the FIA; championship winners will be awarded FIA Super License points.

Jun 16, 2022

Neeraj Chopra Smashes Own National Record

Neeraj Chopra could not have asked for a better way to return to competitive action for the first time since Tokyo Olympics as the Olympic gold medalist set a new National Record and personal best of 89.30 m at the Paavo Nurmi Games 2022, a Continental Tour event in Turku, Finland.
Neeraj Chopra shattered his own National Record of 88.07 m from March 2021. It was also the fifth-best throw of the season in the world so far. Neeraj had set his sights on crossing the 90 m-mark after the Tokyo Games glory and it is safe to say that the Indian athlete is heading in the right direction.

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