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Jan 12, 2020

Qatar Open 2020

The season of good tidings is finally beginning to dawn in the world for Indian tennis as the duo of Rohan Bopanna and Welsey Koolhof pulled off a stunning comeback to lift the Qatar Open title. Fighting their way back from a set down, Bopanna and Koolhof displayed quality tennis en route to scripting victory in 3-6, 6-2, 10-6 and bagging the first doubles title of the season.
The third-seeded pair has taken down quite a few big names while making it to the summit clash against the unseeded British-Mexican duo of Luke Bambridge and Santiago Gonzalez in Doha.

Jan 10, 2020

Fouaad Mirza Becomes 1st Indian Equestrian To Qualify For Tokyo Olympics

Double Asian Games medallist equestrian Fouaad Mirza on 7 January, 2020 officially became the first Indian to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, ending a wait spanning two decades.
As per the latest rankings issued by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI), which include all results between January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, Mirza's Tokyo Games qualification has been confirmed.
The 27-year-old Mirza, who had won a silver in individual eventing in the 2018 Asian Games, had scored 34 points on his first horse Fernhill Facetime and 30 with his second horse Touchingwood.

Jan 09, 2020

Ladakh Lifts 7th National Ice Hockey Championship Women Trophy

Ladakh lifted the 7th National Ice Hockey Championship Women trophy. The match was held at the Karzoo Ice Hockey Rink .
The tournament was organised by the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) in association with the Ladakh winter sports club. Four women teams representing Chandigarh, Delhi, Maharashtra, and Ladakh participated in the tournament.
The chief guest at the event, Ladakh Buddhist Association President PT Kunzang, distributed the trophies and certificates to the players.

Jan 08, 2020

Sadio Mane: Liverpool And Senegal Forward Named Caf African Player Of The Year

Liverpool's Sadio Mane has been named the Confederation of African Football's (Caf) Player of the Year.
The Senegal forward beat Liverpool team-mate and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah and Manchester City's Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez to the award.
Mane, 27, helped the Reds to the 2018-19 Champions League title, scoring 30 goals in all competitions last season.
He has scored 15 goals so far in 2019-20, with Liverpool 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

Jan 07, 2020

Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold in National Shooting Championship

World No.1, Youth Olympics champion and Asian Games gold medallist, 17-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary asserted his class yet again as he won the men's gold in 10-metre air pistol in the 63rd National shooting championship.
After having topped qualification with 583, Saurabh shot 246.4 in the final to beat Sarabjot Singh by 2.5 points. Saurabh's final score was 0.1 point behind the world record set by Kim Song Guk in the Asian Championship in Doha, Qatar.
In a strong field of 728 shooters, it was a commendable fare by Saurabh who had dominated the season by winning two individual gold medals in the World Cups, apart from sweeping all the four gold medals in the mixed air pistol with Manu Bhaker.

India's Magesh Chandran lifts Hastings International chess title

India's P. Magesh Chandran remained unbeaten in nine rounds to win the title in the 95th edition of the prestigious Hastings International Chess Congress in Hastings, England.
The 36-year old Grand Master (GM) with a FIDE rating of 2479, remained unbeaten and finished in clear first place with 7.5 points from nine games after securing a 33-move draw in the final round against compatriot G.A. Stany.
He beat fellow Indian GM Deep Sengupta in the eighth round.

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