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Apr 08, 2022

CBI Registers Enquiry against Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra

The turf war within the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) offices. The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) against IOA president Narinder Batra for using Hockey India (HI) funds for personal interests.
It is understood that the matter is related to the renovation of Batra's office situated at the second floor of the IOA Bhawan in Qutab Educational Area. As per IOA treasurer Anandeshwar Panday, who raised the issue last year, a sum of Rs 36.19 lakh was spent to redo the office. Panday alleged that a few invoices indicated that the money may have come from HI, although the federation's book has no entry of this transaction.

Apr 07, 2022

Federation Cup: Punjab's Kirpal Singh Batth Breaks Record

Punjab's Kirpal Singh Batth broke the 22-year-old men's discus throw meet record with an effort of 61.83 metres at the 25th AFI National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships.
Batth, whose previous best of 59.74 m was recorded nearly six years ago, produced a good string of throws at the CH Muhammed Koya Stadium. Four of his attempts saw the discus soar past the 60 m mark, two of them breaching 61 m as well. His first and last throws were over 59 m, giving him a series to remember.
His best effort — 61.83 m — fell short of making him only the third Indian male athlete to hurl the discus past 62 m. Anil Kumar held the old record (59.55 m).

Apr 06, 2022

Shotgun World Cup: Indian Men Trap Bronze

India opened their account at the ISSF World Cup for shotgun as the trio of Kynan Chenai, Manavaditya Singh Rathore and Shapath Bharadwaj won the bronze medal in the men's trap team event after beating Brazil in a shoot-off here.
In the bronze-medal match, both teams were tied at 5-5 after five series of five shots each, before India clinched third place in the first shoot-off shot which Brazil missed.
Veteran Shagun Chowdhary narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the women's trap event. Shagun shot 111 in the qualifiers to make it to the second semifinal in sixth place. She made it to the final after topping the second semifinal with 24 hits out of 25.

Ross Taylor Bids Adieu to International Cricket

New Zealand legend Ross Taylor ended his final international match in style as he bid an emotional farewell to his teammates and others that have supported him throughout his career. Taylor was honoured with a special presentation after New Zealand's third ODI against the Netherlands that brought the curtain down on his record-breaking 16-year international career.
The match was Taylor's 450th appearance for the Black Caps which included many highs but arguably peaked when hitting the winning runs against India in the final of the 2021 ICC World Test Championship.
Taylor played his first ODI in 2006 and made his Test debut the following year. He retires having made 18,199 runs at an average of 42.72 across 112 Tests, 236 ODIs and 102 T20Is.

Apr 05, 2022

Iga Swiatek Crushes Naomi Osaka to Win Miami Open

Iga Swiatek thrashed Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-0 in the Miami Open final to win her third straight WTA 1000 title. Iga Swiatek's dream season continued as she scooped her third successive WTA 1000 title to beat Naomi Osaka in the Miami Open final. The Polish 20-year-old became only the fourth - and youngest - player to win the "Sunshine Double" of Indian Wells and Miami in the same year following Steffi Graf, Kim Cljisters and Victoria Azarenka with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Osaka.

Apr 04, 2022

Anurag Thakur Launches Logo, Mascot Jersey & Anthem of Khelo India University Games 2021

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur and Governor of Karnataka, TC Gehlot launched the logo, jersey, mascot and anthem of the Khelo India University Games 2021 (KIUG 2021), at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. The theme song has been composed by Kannada rapper Chandan Shetty. The KIUG 2021 will be held in Karnataka between April 24 and May 3, 2022.
This will be the second edition of KIUG. The first edition was hosted by Odisha in 2020. KIUG 2021 was postponed for 2022 due to the Covid crisis. A Khelo India App for live updates on the Games has also been launched by Karnataka. Around 4500 athletes, representing 20 sports from across the country will participate in the KIUG 2021.

Australia wins ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022

Australia beat England by 71 runs in the finals to claim their seventh Women's World Cup at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand. Alyssa Healy of Australia scored 170 runs in the match, the highest individual score made by any cricketer, male or female, in the World Cup Final. She was also the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 509 runs.
The Player of the Tournament went to Alyssa Healy. Sophie Ecclestone of England was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 21 dismissals. The 2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup was the 12th edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup. The tournament was held in New Zealand from 4 March to 3 April 2022.

Meghalaya would be Hosting 83rd National Table Tennis Championship 2022

Meghalaya is geared up to host the 83rd National Table Tennis Championship 2022, which will take place at the SAI Indoor Training Centre, NEHU in Shillong from April 18 to 25. This is the second time the Northeast has hosted the world's largest table tennis tournament. This tournament is being hosted in honour of the State's 50th anniversary of statehood. The cost of hosting the tournament is projected to be 1.5 crore rupees, with a total of 10 players from the State scheduled to compete.
The State is expecting around 650 people to attend, with 450 of them being players and the rest being coaches and support personnel. He went on to say that the state is expecting a variety of officers from several states, including Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister.

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