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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.

Jun 15, 2022

Manpreet Kaur Creates New National Record in Women's Shot Put

Shot putter Manpreet Kaur from Haryana qualified for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham by clocking 18.06 m on Day 2 of the 61st National inter-state senior athletics championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The qualification mark set for CWG was 17.76 m. Manpreet's effort saw her break the National record of 17.96 m she had set way back in 2015. The second and third place was bagged by Uttar Pradesh's Kiran Baliyan (16.84 m) and Maharashtra's Abha Khatua (16.69 m).
Earlier, Manpreet had thrown the iron ball at a distance of 18.86 m at the Asian GP in 2017. But that record was considered invalid after Manpreet failed four dope tests and was banned for four years. Manpreet's ban came to an end in 2021 and ever since, she has been slowly but steadily making her way back to the record books.

Viktor Axelsen, Chen Yufei Clinch Singles Titles at BWF Indonesia Masters

Olympic champions Viktor Axelsen and Chen Yufei clinched the respective men's and women's singles titles at the BWF Indonesia Masters 2022 at the Istora Senayan. Denmark's Axelsen needed just 41 minutes to secure a comfortable straight-game victory over his rival, third-seeded Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei. The Dane wrapped up proceedings 21-10, 21-12 against the world number four, clinching his third individual title of the season in the process. He had previously clinched victory at both the prestigious All England Open, as well as at the European Championships in Madrid.
Meanwhile, the Chinese shuttler Chen was tested by Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon, who was seeking a rare victory over the Chinese. The Olympic champ was taken to a third-game decider before she finally saw off Intanon's challenge 21-16, 18-21, 21-15. For Chen, triumph in Jakarta marks a first individual tournament victory since she won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games, and her first on tour since claiming the Malaysia Masters trophy in January 2020.

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