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SPORTS - March 2018

Mar 2018

Aug 04, 2023

Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society Sign MoU with AIFF

For the first time ever, Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society (SMSES) collaborated with All India Football Federation (AIFF) to promote football at grass root level. As part of this MoU, from this edition onwards, a Subroto XI team will be formed in Junior Boys (U-17) category. The team will participate in AIFF Youth Competition from the 2023-24 season. Further, clubs from ISL, I-League and IWL will pick up players from Subroto Cup to represent their teams. This will help the players to showcase their talents at National level. AIFF will also promote the Subroto Cup through their annual media plan and calendar. In order to prevent age fraud in the competition, SMSES will conduct age determination tests using experts. To update and educate coaches, an education workshop will be undertaken by AIFF for coaches of final round teams at Delhi and Bengaluru.
Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society (SMSES) conducts the prestigious Subroto Cup International Football Tournament annually since 1960, under the aegis of Air Force Sports Control Board. This is a unique football tournament wherein school teams from all states starting from grass-root level vie for top honours in football in the country in three categories viz, Sub-junior Boys (U-14), Junior Boys (U-17) and Junior Girls (U-17).

Aug 03, 2023

World University Games: Silver Lining for Shooters

The Indian shooting duo of Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar won a silver medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team event, while Bhavani Yadav Bhagavathi clinched bronze in the women's long jump in the World University Games.
Elavenil and Divyansh lost the gold medal match 13-17 to the Chinese duo of Yu Zhang and Buhan Song to settle for the silver.

Dhiraj Bommadevara Grabs 2nd Spot in World Archery Championship Qualifications

Army man Dhiraj Bommadevara led India's charge with a strong second place finish in the rain-hit recurve men's qualification round of the World Archery Championships.
Dhiraj shot 683 points, five less than Korean double Olympic gold medallist Kim Woo-jin in the competition that will offer the first quota places for next year's Paris Olympics.
Dhiraj's teammates Tushar Shelke (650) and Mrinal Chauhan (640) were the next best Indians at a disappointing 55th and 83rd spot, taking the team ranking to ninth.

Aug 02, 2023

World University Games: Double Delight for Shooter Sift Kaur Samra

Sift Kaur Samra edged out Ashi Chouksey and won the gold medal in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions at the World University Games.
Sift scored 462.9 points, while Ashi finished with 461.6 as India grabbed the top two positions. Sift, Ashi and Manini Kaushik also won gold in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions team event. The trio scored 3,527 points to take the top spot.

Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes Highest Goal Scorer with Headers in Football History

Cristiano Ronaldo became the highest goal scorer through headers when he scored the second goal for Al Nassr against US Monastir in a King Salman Club Cup game at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ronaldo scored his 145th headed goal. He broke the record of Gerd Muller who had 144 goals through headers.
The top four to score the most headers in football history are Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 145, Gerd Muller (Germany) – 144, Carlos Santillana (Spain) – 125 and Pele (Brazil) – 124.

Aug 01, 2023

England's Stuart Broad Announces Retirement after the Ashes

England pacer Stuart Broad announced his retirement from cricket. He will quit from the game after the ongoing Ashes series. He has played 167 Test matches, picking 602 wickets. He has also featured in 121 ODIs and 56 T20Is.
Broad, who made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2007, will go down as one of the great pacers in the sport – he sits at fifth on the all-time list of wicket-takers, and is one of only two fast bowlers to take over 600 wickets, alongside long-time bowling partner Jimmy Anderson.
He is the only English player with two hat-tricks to his name in Test cricket. His finest hour in Test cricket came against his arch-rivals Australia when put himself in cricketing folklore with a stunning 8/15 at Trent Bridge in 2015.

Taylor Fritz Wins Atlanta Open for his 6th Career ATP Tour Title

Taylor Fritz won his sixth career title, beating Aleksandar Vukic of Australia 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at the Atlanta Open.
The top seed and highest-ranked American at No. 9 tuned up for the US Open with his second victory of the season on hard courts, having won the Delray Beach title in February.

Shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar Clinches Gold Medal at FISU World University Games

Rifle shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and the mixed compound archery team of Aman Saini and Pragati won gold medals for India at the FISU World University Games 2023 in Chengdu, the People's Republic of China.
Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, competing in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions, scored a total of 461.7 in the final to take the top podium.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, who represented India at the Tokyo Olympics, made the cut for the eight-man final after finishing second in the qualifying round.

Iga Swiatek Wins Home WTA Title in Warsaw

Iga Swiatek achieved a significant achievement by securing her fourth WTA title of the year and her very first on home soil. The Polish tennis player showcased her dominance in the final, defeating Germany's Laura Siegemund with an incredible 6-0, 6-1 scoreline in just 68 minutes, denying her opponent any break points throughout the match.
Before reaching the final, she triumphed in a challenging semi-final match against Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer, clinching a well-deserved 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) victory.
Iga Natalia Swiatek is a Polish professional tennis player who currently holds the position of world No. 1 in singles according to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. With an impressive record, Swiatek has earned the title of four-time major singles champion, conquering the French Open in 2020, 2022, and 2023, as well as the US Open in 2022.
The WTA Poland Open is a tennis tournament held in Warsaw, Poland, and was first held in 2021.
The WTA was founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King and has evolved into one of the most esteemed and respected sports organizations globally.

Punjab Frames All-encompassing Sports Policy

Aiming to make Punjab number one state in the country in the field of sports and to create a sports culture in the state, Minister of Sports Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer announced new incentives for the sportsmen while releasing the details of the new sports policy passed by the Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
In the new sports policy of the state government, the Sports Minister announced the gifts in the form of cash prizes, paving the way for awards for players as well as coaches and jobs for the players. Starting from the construction of sports nurseries, centres equipped with state-of-the-art facilities will be built in every village of the state.

Jul 31, 2023

World Aquatics Championships 2023 Concludes

The 2023 World Aquatics Championships took place in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.
China topped the medal table with 40 medals. Australia was second place with 30 medals, followed by the United States with 44 medals. The US was ranked third because Australia won 15 gold medals, while the UD won 7 gold medals. The US was followed by Japan, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Great Britain and Canada, respectively.

BWF Japan Open 2023

Olympic badminton champion Viktor Axelsen won the Japan Open 2023 title, beating Indonesian star Jonatan Christie in the men's singles final.
World number one Axelsen of Denmark - who had retained his European title in Poland - won in straight games, 21-7, 21-18.
This was Axelsen's third BWF title of the year.
In the women's singles, world number two An Se Young of the Republic of Korea claimed the title by beating world number five He Bing Jiao of the People's Republic of China.
The men's doubles title went to Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Li of Chinese Taipei.
Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan won the mixed doubles.

Formula 1: Max Verstappen Secures Eighth Straight Win

Formula One leader Max Verstappen raced from sixth on the grid to a crushing eighth win in a row at the Belgian Grand Prix with Sergio Perez a distant second to seal the Belgian Grand Prix one-two for rampant Red Bull. Red Bull's 13th consecutive victory made the team the first in the sport's 73-year history to win the opening 12 races of a season, one more than McLaren managed in 1988 with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.

Indian Women's Team Wins 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation Tournament

The Indian women's hockey team reigned supreme in the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation International tournament, beating hosts Spain 3-0 in a one-sided contest in Barcelona. Goals from Vandana Katariya (22'), Monika (48'), and Udita (58') helped the Indian women's team stand tall in the end and remain unbeaten in the tournament.

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