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Sep 05, 2022

Brian Lara Appointed Head Coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad

West Indies batting legend Brian Lara was appointed as the new head coach of 2016 IPL champions Sunrisers Hyderabad. Lara, who was the strategic advisor and batting coach of the Sunrisers in the 2022 IPL season, succeeded Tom Moody for the top position in the upcoming seasons of the tournament.
Moody's first stint as the head coach of the Sunrisers ran from 2013 to 2019. Under him, Hyderabad reached the playoffs five times and won the IPL for the first time in 2016. In 2020, Moody was replaced by fellow Australian Trevor Bayliss as head coach in 2020.
But in 2021, Moody returned to the franchise.

AIFF Gets its First Player President- Kalyan Chaubey

Kalyan Chaubey defeated Bhaichung Bhutia to become the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president.
Chaubey, a former Mohun Bagan and East Bengal goalkeeper won 33-1 against former captain, Bhutia. This is the first time in the history of the Federation that a former player has become its president.
N A Haris, a sitting Congress MLA and the president of the Karnataka Football Association won the vice president post defeating Manvendra Singh of Rajasthan FA. While, Kipa Ajay beat Gopalakrishna Kosaraju for the treasurer's post.
Later, the AIFF Executive Committee unanimously appointed Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran as the new AIFF Secretary General.

Pallathuruthy Boat Club Wins 68th Edition of Nehru Trophy Boat Race

Pallathuruthy boat club won the 68th edition of Nehru Trophy for a boat race held on Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha district of Kerala.
In the boat race, 'Mahadevikkadu Kattil Thekkethil' by Pallathuruthy boat club won the trophy while NCDC Boat club's 'Nadubhagam' of Kumarakam won the title of runner's up.
Initially, 22 snake boats were supposed to participate in the race, but two withdrew their participation from the race, and brought it down to 20.
This 68th edition of Nehru Trophy Boat Race, which held after a break of two years due to Covid-19 pandemic, was flagged off by chief guest DK Joshi, Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar.
The snake boat dimensions and crew are typically about 40 metres long, 1.5 metres wide, with 130 oarsmen.

Apeksha Becomes First Indian Woman to Reach WJS Championship Final

Apeksha Fernandes became the first Indian woman to make the Junior World final by finishing eighth overall. Apeksha Fernandes set a new national record with a time record of 2:18.18. She finished eighth in the women's 200m butterfly final by clocking 2:19.14 at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022.
The previous National record was set in June 2022 at 2:18.39 which was set by Apeksha Fernandes. She has one of the fastest reaction times of 0.65s.

Sep 03, 2022

Asia Cup: Rohit Sharma Becomes India's 2nd Most-successful T20I Skipper

Rohit Sharma overtook Virat Kohli and became India's second most successful T20I captain.
Sharma, who had taken up T20I captaincy after Kohli stepped down, has won 31 matches in the 37 outing while Kohli achieved 30 wins in 50 T20I matches.
Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has helped India win 41 T20I matches under his captaincy from 72 matches, is still on top of the list.

Sep 02, 2022

Indian Super League New Season Starts 7 October in Kochi

The 2022-23 Hero Indian Super League (ISL) kicks off on October 7, 2022 when last season's runners-up Kerala Blasters host East Bengal FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Kerala.
Featuring 117 matches of high-octane football action, the Hero ISL returns to entertain its fans across ten venues around the country. For the first time ever, the ISL league stage will run for close to five months apart from the playoffs, semi-finals and final. Each club will play 20 league matches - 10 each at home and away through the autumn till next spring as the league stage draws to a close on February 26th.

Sep 01, 2022

Colin de Grandhomme Retires from International Cricket

New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme announced his retirement from international cricket. The New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed the development.
De Grandhomme retired with an impressive record, especially in the Tests. He represented New Zealand in 29 matches, scoring 1432 runs at 38.70 and picking up 49 wickets. He featured in 18 wins, playing a key role in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship campaign against India in Southampton.
The all-rounder also proved his mettle in the ODIs, scoring 742 runs in 45 games and scalping 30 wickets at an average of 41.00. He also played in 41 T20Is, scoring 505 runs at a strike rate of 138.35 and taking 12 wickets at 38.41.

Amlan Borgohain Breaks 100m National Record at All India Railway C'ships

Amlan Borgohain, who holds the 200m national record, added the 100m record to his name.
The 24-year-old from Assam clocked 10.25s (wind speed +1.8, legal) to break the six-year-old national record of Amiya Kumar Mallick (10.26s) at the 87th all-India inter-Railway athletics championships in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh.
Borgohain's previous best, 10.34s, came at the National Open in Warangal last year. However, it is not anywhere close to the entry standard (10.00s) for next year's World Championships in Budapest.

Aug 31, 2022

Rural Olympic Games Begin in Rajasthan

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated month-long Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games, for which around 30 lakh villagers have registered.
Gehlot inaugurated the event along with Sports Minister Ashok Chandana and state Sports Council Chairman Krishna Poonia.
Gehlot also announced to make the games an annual event and assured to organise similar sports events in urban areas.
Gehlot termed the event the first-of-its-kind in the entire country.

England's James Anderson Becomes most Successful Pacer in International Cricket

England's James Anderson became the first-ever fast bowler to complete 950 wickets in international cricket. He attained this historic feat on Day 3 of the second Test against South Africa. He broke the record of Australia's Glenn McGrath (949 wickets). The most successful bowlers in international cricket are Sri Lankan spin wizard, Muttiah Muralitharan (1,347 wickets), late Aussie spin great Shane Warne (1,001 wickets) and Indian spin great Anil Kumble (956 wickets).
Anderson, who marked his international debut in 2003, now has 951 wickets across formats at an average of 27.18.

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