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Feb 08, 2020

Bangladesh to Meet India in final

Bangladesh stormed into its maiden ICC under-19 World Cup final with a comprehensive six-wicket win over New Zealand, setting up a title clash with record four-time champion India on 9th February.

SAI and Hockey India Launch 7 High Performance Hockey Centres

Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Hockey India announced the establishment of the High Performance Centers in 7 places across the country, for the young hockey players (14 to 24 years of age) to participate in 2024 and 2028 Olympic games.
The 7 High Performance Hockey centres will be set up under the Khelo India scheme and will have expert professional training, utilisation of sports science & education for the youngsters.

Feb 07, 2020

Avishek Becomes Youngest CAB President

Former BCCI president late Jagmohan Dalmiya's son Avishek became the youngest president of the Cricket Association Bengal at the age of 38 after being elected unopposed.
Snehasish Ganguly, a former Bengal left-hander, is the new joint secretary, a post that has been vacated by Dalmiya junior before his elevation.
The CAB president's post was lying vacant after former India captain Sourav Ganguly took over the reins of BCCI.
Avishek thus became the 18th president of CAB with his father holding the office for two terms.

Shooting: Olympic Selection Trials from Feb. 20

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) announced Olympics selection trials in rifle, pistol and shotgun for those shooters who do not have the required number of scores to rate them as per the selection policy.
The trials will be held at the Dr. Karni Singh Range in Tughlakabad, Delhi from February 20 to 25, 2020. Tejaswini Sawant and Yashaswini Singh Deswal are the only two shooters who have won an Olympic quota but will still be subject to these trials, which are basically meant for shooters on the periphery.

Feb 06, 2020

Sambo Lapung Scripts National Record

Lifter Sambo Lapung scripted a new National record of 188 kg in clean and jerk on his way to take the gold medal in men's 89 kg in the National Weightlifting Championships at the Khudiram Anusilan Kendra in Kolkata.
Lapung, who had secured the silver medal in 81 kg in 2019, hoisted 145 kg to take a one kg lead over R.V. Rahul in snatch. Later, he broke the clean and jerk record of 187 kg in his final attempt to aggregate 333 kg.
Hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, Lapung – a former National champion in 69 kg – won a National title after four years.

Feb 05, 2020

Visa Issues Cloud Asian Wrestling Meet

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is under pressure to expedite the process of granting visas to participating nations for the upcoming Asian Championships from February 18 to 23 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. This includes granting visas to the Chinese wrestling team, as well as to wrestlers from Pakistan.
United World Wrestling (UWW), the world governing body in wrestling, has warned the Indian federation that all participating nations need to be given visas, or else India may be penalised by being barred from the Asian Olympic qualifier scheduled in March in China. As per UWW bidding rules, it's mandatory for hosts to ensure all participating countries get visas for a tournament. UWW has also written to the Bulgarian federation to allow Chinese athletes to participate in the World Olympic qualifiers, the last qualifying event, from April 30 to May 3 at Sofia.

India into Under-19 Cricket World Cup Final

India thumped the arch-rivals Pakistan in the first semi-final of the ongoing Under-19 World Cup in South Africa. The boys in blue dominated throughout and kept the opposition under the lid. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the star of the day with the bat as he smashed an unbeaten century as India chased down 173 comfortably without even losing a single wicket and with more than 14 overs to spare.

Feb 04, 2020

Rohit Ruled Out of New Zealand Tour

In a blow to India, Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the upcoming ODI and Test series against New Zealand after sustaining a calf injury during the fifth T20 International in Mount Maunganui.
Going by the pecking order, Mayank Agarwal is likely to be the reserve opener in the ODI format just like during the home ODIs against the West Indies. However, Shubman Gill, with a double hundred in the ongoing A series Tests against New Zealand A, is also back in the mix.

Fati Youngest to Net La Liga Brace

Barcelona's teenage star Ansu Fati set another scoring record when he became the youngest player to get two goals in a Spanish league game.
Fati struck from a pair of passes by Lionel Messi to help Barcelona beat Levante 2-1, keeping the defending champion within three points of leader Real Madrid. Fati got his record brace at the age of 17 years, 94 days. That beat the previous mark established by then Malaga striker Juan Miguel Jiménez in 2010 at 17 years, 115 days.

Under-19 World Cup 2020: India's Road to the Semi-finals

Four-time champions India will back themselves to reach their third successive final at the U-19 World Cup when they face arch-rivals Pakistan.
Both teams go into the semi-finals unbeaten. While India beat Australia in the quarter-finals, Pakistan outplayed Afghanistan.
The last time Pakistan beat India at the U19 World Cup was way back in 2010 and the Rohail Nazir-led side will look to end their losing streak and also prevent India from reaching their third successive final at the U19 World Cup.

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