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Jan 18, 2020

ICC U19 World Cup

Afghanistan's Shafiqullah Ghafari ran through hosts South Africa's batting line-up in the opening match of the ICC U19 World Cup 2020 at Kimberley.
Shafiqullah Ghafari returned with stunning figures of 6 for 15 as South Africa were bowled out for a paltry 129 after opting to bat first in the tournament opener.

Sania-Kichenok Pair Enters Hobart International final

Sania Mirza extended her dream run on her return into the professional circuit after two years, as she made the doubles final in partnership with Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine, beating Marie Bouzkova and Tamara Zidansek 7-6(3), 6-2 in the $275,000 WTA women's tennis tournament in Hobart, Australia.
In the final, Sania and Nadiia will play the second seeded Chinese pair of Shuai Peng and Shuai Zhang.

Rohit Sharma Breaks Hashim Amla World Record

Rohit Sharma became fastest to reach 7000 ODI runs as an opener in the 2nd ODI against Australia at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Rohit, who was dismissed for 42 off 44 balls, went past South African's Hashim. Rohit took 137 innings to reach the milestone while Amla had taken 147 innings.
Rohit also became the fourth Indian opener ever to complete 7000 runs in ODIs. The three other openers to reach this milestone were Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag.

Jan 17, 2020

Mohun Bagan and ATK Announce Merger

Mohun Bagan announced its merger with two-time Indian Super League (ISL) champion ATK. The RPSG Group, which owns and runs ATK FC, will acquire majority shares in Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Private Limited.
The merged club will come into existence from June 1, 2020 and will compete in the 2020-21 Indian Super League season and the other competitions organised by the All India Football Federation.
The new football club will have brand names of ATK and Mohun Bagan. RPSG Group will own 80 per cent of the shares, while Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Private Limited will own the remaining 20 per cent.

Sania Enters Women's Doubles Semi-finals of Hobart International

Sania alongside partner Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine defeated the American duo of Vania King and Christina McHale in the quarterfinals.
They will next meet the Slovenian-Czech pair of Tamara Zidansek and Marie Bouzkova in the last four.

Sindhu Loses in Quarter-finals of Indonesia Masters

World champion shuttler P. V. Sindhu suffered a quarter-final defeat at the hands of Sayaka Takahashi of Japan in a closely-fought women's singles contest to bring curtains on the Indian challenge in the Indonesia Masters. Sindhu frittered away a one-game lead to lose 21-16 ,16-21, 19-21.
With Sindhu's defeat, India's campaign in the BWF Super 500 tournament came to an end. World Championships bronze medallist B. Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth and Sourabh Verma had crashed out in the second round.

Abhijeet Regains Title

Raising the bar, Abhijeet Gupta pulled off a clinical win over Aleksej Aleksandrov to regain the title in the Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess tournament.
Winner in 2008 and 2014, Abhijeet tallied 8.5 points from 10 rounds to end the drought of an Indian champion since his last triumph in the richest prize-money event in the country. He ensured Rs. 6.50 lakh and a trophy for his efforts.
Abhijeet scripted a dream comeback by scoring 6.5 points from the last seven rounds, following his third-round loss to Karthik Venkataraman. Interestingly, Aleksandrov who won the title in 2013 led at the start of every round but eventually finished second. Abhijeet never led until his fourth successive victory decided the title.

Jan 15, 2020

Five-year-old Hyderabad Boy Achieves Guinness World Record In Taekwondo

A five-year-old boy Aashman Taneja has made a Guinness world record in Taekwondo for the most full contact knee strikes in one-hour non-stop.
Aashman is an incredible Taekwondo player and an athlete at a very young age. He is a USA World Open Taekwondo Silver medalist and a proud Guinness World Record holder now.
He attempted the Guinness World Record for the most full contact knee strikes in one-hour non-stop and successfully achieved more than 1200 knee strikes.

Australia Beat India By 10 Wickets In First ODI

David Warner and Aaron Finch's record opening stand helped Australia beat India by 10 wickets in the first ODI at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Both batsmen scored centuries as Australia chased down the target in 37.4 overs.
Put in to bat first, the Indian team was bowled out for 255.

Barcelona Becomes Highest-Earning Football Club

FC Barcelona has topped the list of the richest football clubs in the world for the first time with a revenue of 840.8 million euros ($935.97 million) during the 2018-19 season.
The increase in its earnings has allowed Barca to surpass its arch-rival Real Madrid, which earned 757.3 million euros, one per cent more than the previous season, when its revenue stood at 750.9 million euros.
The top 10 of the list includes five English clubs -- Manchester United, which is in third place, Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea -- German club Bayern Munich in fourth, France''s Paris Saint-Germain in fifth and Italy''s Juventus in 10th.

Jan 14, 2020

India Topped The Annual Ranking By Nation 2019 By ISSF

India topped the Annual Ranking by Nation (Rifle, Pistol & Shotgun ISSF World Cups for the year 2019 by International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). It is followed by China and the United States. India leads the standings with 30 medals overall. The tally stood at 21 gold, 6 silver, and 3 bronze.
♦ China stood second with a medal tally of 11 gold, 15 silver, and 18 bronze.
♦ The USA stands third with a medal tally of six gold six silver and three bronze.

Real Madrid Beat Atletico Madrid on Penalties to Win 2020 Spanish Super Cup

Real Madrid won the Spanish Super Cup after beating local rivals Atletico Madrid 4-1 in a penalty shootout on Sunday at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Sergio Ramos netted the winning penalty after Dani Carvajal, Rodrygo and Luka Modric had all sent Jan Oblak the wrong way, while Saul Niguez hit the post, and Thomas' spot-kick was saved by Thibaut Courtois.
The match had ended 0-0 after 120 minutes despite chances for both sides.
Zinedine Zidane's first piece of silverware since returning as manager back in March is Real's 11th Super Cup win in total, two fewer than Barcelona's record of 13.

Jan 13, 2020

Pliskova Wins In Brisbane To Fire Australian Open Warning

Pliskova's third Brisbane title in four years and her 16th on the WTA tour stamps her as one of the favourites for the upcoming Australian Open.
The former world number one is yet to win a Grand Slam singles title, but she reached the semi-finals in Melbourne last year, falling in three sets to eventual champion Naomi Osaka.

Men's singles Perodua Malaysian Masters final

Japan's No. 1 men's singles shuttler Kento Momota (pic) ended his wait for a first title in Malaysia when he defeated Denmark's Viktor Axelsen in the Perodua Malaysian Masters final.
The defending world champion, who suffered a first round defeat last year (2019), was a class above as he took 54 minutes to subdue the world No. 5 Axelsen with a 24-22,21-11 win.
In the women's singles, China's world No. 2 Chen Yufei maintained her fiery form by blowing away Taiwan's world No. 2 Tai Tzu-ying 21-17,21-10 in just 37 minutes.
In the men's doubles, South Korea's Kim Gi-jung-Lee Yong-dae completed their great run in the competition when they upset China's world No. 4 pair Li Junhui-Liu Yuchen 21-14 21-16 in 40 minutes.

Novak Djokovic Leads Serbia To Glory Against Spain In Inaugural ATP Cup

Novak Djokovic has now beaten Rafael Nadal 29 times in 55 matches in the greatest tennis rivalry of the modern era, but he agreed that none matched the intensity of the 6-2, 7-6 (4) win that propelled Serbia towards victory in the inaugural ATP Cup here in Sydney.

Kenya's Kipruto Sets 10km Road World Record In Valencia

Kenya's Rhonex Kipruto set a new world record for the 10 kilometers road race in Valencia, Spain, by recording a new time of 26 minutes 24 seconds, 14 seconds shy of the last record.
The previous record had been set just six weeks ago by Joshua Cheptegei, who's feat also came in Valencia but on a different course.
Kipruto also bettered the 5km road world record by reaching the halfway mark of the World Athletics Gold Label event in 13:18.
Benard Kimeli grabbed second place in Valencia to make it a one-two for Kenya, coming second in 27:12 ahead of Switzerland's Julien Wanders who finished third in a new European record of 27:13.

Serena Williams Breaks Three-Year Title Drought With ASB Classic Win

Serena Williams broke a three-year title drought when she beat fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4 to win the singles final at the ASB Classic.
The 23-time major winner donated her $43,000 winner's check to the fundraising appeal for victims of Australian wildfires, joining many other tennis stars, such as Ash Barty, Nick Kygrios, Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova, who have pledged money to the already months-long fire emergency there.

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