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Nov 01, 2022

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Win French Open Men's Doubles Title

Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the French Open Super 750 title with a straight-game victory over Chinese Taipei's Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han in the men's doubles final.
Satwik and Chirag, who were the runners-up in the 2019 edition, continued their dream run this year, having won the Indian Open super 500, Commonwealth Games gold, Thomas Cup and World Championships bronze.
For the Indian duo, the French Open marks their third world tour title after the 2019 Thailand Open and the 2022 Indian Open. Satwik and Chirag also became the first Indian pair to win a Super 750 tournament.

Oct 31, 2022

Team India Shows Nerves of Steel to Defeat Australia and Win Sultan of Johor Cup

The Indian Junior Men's Hockey Team put in a fine display on a thriller evening against Australia, to win the 10th Sultan of Johor Cup after a tense penalty shootout.
The two teams were tied at 1-1 in regulation time, following which 9 penalty shots were needed to decide the winner.
India edged the shootout 5-4 and won their third Sultan of Johor Cup title. The top-scorer at the 10^th Sultan of Johor Cup was India's Sharda Nand Tiwari with 7 goals to his name, and the Player of the Match in the Final against Australia was Sudeep Chirmako.

Akanksha Vyavahare Creates Three New National Records at Khelo India Weightlifting Meet

Akanksha Vyavahare, who is a Maharashtra-based weightlifter has created three new national records in the 40 kg weight category at the Khelo India National Ranking Women's Weightlifting Tournament.
Akanksha Vyavahare was also a part of the Target Olympics Podium Scheme and created records in snatch, clean and jerk, and total.
Akanksha has improved her existing snatch national record by lifting 60 kg.
She recorded 71 kg in the clean jerk and the process registered a total lift of 131 kg.
The opening ceremony of the Khelo India National Ranking Women's Weightlifting Tournament was felicitated by Tokyo Olympics Silver medalist Mirabai Chanu.
Mirabai Chanu won the gold medal in Phase 1 of the Khelo India Weightlifting Tournament in Himachal Pradesh.

Saudi Arabia Wins Bid to Host 2029 Asian Winter Games at NEOM:

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it has won a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a planned mountain resort in the Gulf Arab state's $500 billion flagship NEOM project.
The project is expected to be completed in 2026 and will offer outdoor skiing, a man-made freshwater lake and a nature reserve, according to the project's website.
"With the unlimited support by the Saudi leadership & HRH Crown Prince to the sport sector we are proud to announce we have won the bid to host AWG TROJENA2029 as the first country in west Asia," Sports Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al-Faisal said on Twitter.

Oct 30, 2022

Cricket Association of Bengal Gives Legendary Cricketer Award to Jhulan

Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) conferred former India women's team pacer Jhulan Goswami with the Legendary Cricketer award at its annual prize distribution day.
The cricketer recently retired from cricket after playing for nearly 20 years and establishing many records.
CAB held its annual prize distribution day on October 29 after a gap of two years.
This year, prizes were given to players for the season 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
Special awards were also conferred to various players on occasion.
Indian women's cricketer Deepti Sharma was conferred the Iconic Cricketer award for winning silver medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Uday Bhanu Banerjee and Gargi Banerjee were awarded Kartick Bose Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019-2020.

Oct 29, 2022

Rohan Bopanna, Matwe Middelkoop Enter in the Quarter-finals of Erste Bank Open

India's Rohan Bopanna and Dutch Matwe Middelkoop beat the Argentine pairing of Pedro Cachin and Diego Schwartzman in straight sets to progress to the quarter-finals of Erste Bank Open in Austria.
The Indo-Dutch combination defeated Cachin and Schwartzman 6-1 6-3. Bopanna and Middelkoop will face Andres Molteni and Santiago Gonzalez next. The Argentine-Mexican pair of Malteni and Gonzalez defeated second seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski 7-6(6) 7-5 in another match.
Bopanna and Middelkoop had won their third title of the season in Tel Aviv early this month.

BCCI Announces Equal Pay for Centrally Contracted Men and Women Indian Cricketers

In a historic move, BCCI announced equal pay for all centrally contracted men and women Team India cricketers. BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced the development.
According to the current system, Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. will earn match fees of Rs. 15 lakh per Test, Rs. 6 lakh per ODI and Rs. 3 lakh per T20I, the same as their men counterparts.
Earlier this year, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) had struck a deal with the country's players' association, which enabled the women cricketers to earn as much as the mail players, while Cricket Australia (CA) is also working to do away with gender disparity.

Oct 28, 2022

Harmanpreet Named Captain for India's FIH Pro League Matches in Bhubaneswar

Harmanpreet Singh was named captain of a 22-member Indian men's hockey team for the season opening FIH Pro League matches against Spain and New Zealand in Bhubaneswar.
Manpreet Singh has been named as his deputy.

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