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Dec 07, 2019

Praggnanandhaa Youngest Indian to Cross 2,600 Rating

R. Praggnanandhaa crossed the Elo rating of 2,600 at the age of 14 years, 3 months and 26 days, becoming the youngest Indian ever to get past the 2,600 milestone, and the second-youngest in the world.
Praggnanandhaa achieved this career-high rating at the London Chess Classic. Praggnanandhaa, who is also India's second-youngest Grandmaster, broke Nihal Sarin's record of being the youngest Indian to cross 2,600 — Sarin did it at the age of 14 years and 10 months in June 2019. Sarin had beaten the record set by Parimarjan Negi in 2009. The youngest-ever player to reach the 2,600-mark in Elo is USA's John Burke, who rose to 2601 in September 2015 at the age of 14 years and 2 months.
Viswanathan Anand remains the top Indian player at world No. 15, with an Elo rating of 2,757. Chess's rating system is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physics professor.

South Asian Games

Shuttlers led the way as India clinched 41 medals, including 19 gold and 18 silver, on the fifth day of the 13th South Asian Games. India's tally now reads 165 medals (81 gold, 59 silver, 25 bronze).
The badminton stars won four gold and two silver on the day, while table tennis players took gold and silver in both men's and women's singles. Weightlifters also added to the tally with three gold and a silver.
Track and field athletes, who were leading the Indian charge in the past few days, fetched the maximum 12 medals but just two were gold.
In shot put, Tejinder Pal Singh Toor broke the Games record with an 20.03m effort, while Abha Khatuwa won the women's event.

Dec 06, 2019

India's Medal Rush Continues at South Asian Games

Led by strong performances from the wushu players and swimmers, India breached the 100-mark by winning a whopping 50 medals on the fourth day to consolidate its top position in the South Asian Games (SAG).
India secured its best medal haul on a single day so far in the Games to lead the table with 58 gold, 41 silver and 19 bronze for a total of 118. Nepal is far behind in the second spot with 36 gold, 26 silver and 34 bronze, followed by Sri Lanka (16 gold, 31 silver, 52 bronze) at third.

G. S. Lakshmi Set to Make History

G. S. Lakshmi from India is all set to go down in the history books of cricket as she has been appointed the match referee for the third series of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 which will kick off in UAE this weekend.
This is the second significant achievement for Lakshmi this year, following her appointment as the first woman in the ICC International Panel of Match Referees in May.

ICC Extends its OPPO Tie-up

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the extension of its global partnership with smartphone brand OPPO till the end of 2023.
The Chinese smartphone major had in July 2019 opted out of its deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India, passing on the Team India sponsorship rights Byju's and still taking a major cost for the transfer deal. But it continues its innings with the global governing body for the sport.
OPPO as part of the revised contract will continue to be the official mobile handset and headset partner of the ICC and all associated ICC events starting with the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 in South Africa and both the men's and women's T20 World Cups in Australia 2020.

Dec 05, 2019

Arthur to Be Sri Lanka's Next Coach

Mickey Arthur, who previously coached South Africa, Australia and Pakistan, is set to take up the next assignment in his coaching career, as head coach of Sri Lanka, ahead of their upcoming two-Test series in Pakistan.
Grant Flower will join the set-up as the batting coach, while David Saker and Shane McDermott will take over as bowling and fielding coach respectively. Sri Lanka Cricket has agreed to a two-year contract with the new staff, although Flower will only work with the limited overs team.

Alka Rehani Bhardwaj is CAG Nominee in BCCI Apex Council

The BCCI will have senior India Audit and Accounts Service officer Alka Rehani Bhardwaj as the Comptroller and Auditer General (CAG) representative in its Apex Council as per the new constitution approved by the Supreme Court.
Rehani Bhardwaj is a 1993 batch IA&AS officer and is currently serving as a Director of Regional Training Institute in Mumbai.
As per the SC-approved BCCI constitution passed on August 9, 2018, the apex council will constitute a representative of the CAG as its member.
Accordingly, Rehani Bhardwaj will officially become the first government nominee in a BCCI working group.

Dec 04, 2019

Lionel Messi: Barcelona forward won Ballon d'Or for record sixth time

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player for a record sixth time.
It is the 32-year-old Argentine's first Ballon d'Or since 2015 and comes after he scored 54 times for club and country in 2018-19, in which Barca won La Liga.
Virgil van Dijk was second - one of four Liverpool players in the top seven, including Sadio Mane in fourth.
Juventus and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the award five times, was third in the voting.

Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award: New Zealand won 2019 prize

New Zealand's team was awarded the 2019 Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award.
The team was recognised for their sporting conduct following a dramatic defeat by England in the men's World Cup final at Lord's in July.
New Zealand lost on boundaries scored in the match after the scores were tied after 50 overs and a super over.
"In the heat of battle they displayed a level of sportsmanship that was fitting for such a fantastic final, and indeed tournament.
"It is a testament to their squad that even after a match that will live long in the memory for the cricket that was played, we are still talking about the Spirit of Cricket. Their actions deserve this recognition."

Messi, Rapinoe took Ballon d'Or for world's best footballers 2019

Lionel Messi won a record sixth men's Ballon d'Or award at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, while Megan Rapinoe won the women's title.
A day after scoring his 614th career goal for Barcelona, Messi reclaimed the trophy he last won in 2015.
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk was second in the polling, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, who shared the record of five Ballon d'Ors with Messi until Monday.
Messi's and Ronaldo's 10-year grip on the prestigious individual award organized by France Football magazine was ended last year by Luka Modric.
But Messi was back on top of his game over the past 12 months. Messi scored 36 times last season en route to the Spanish Liga title, and was the Champions League top scorer.

NATIONAL SIKH GAMES 2020 WILL BE ORGANISED IN NEW DELHI

National Sikh Games (NSG) 2020 that is a modelled replica of Australian Sikh Games will be organized at New Delhi from from Jan 9,2020 to Jan 11,2020 across various venues in National Capital in which around 2500 athletes from 10 states will participate in over 16 sports competition said Manjinder Singh Sirsa President Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Committee.
National Sikh Games, dedicated to 550 th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji will be organised by Delhi based philanthropic Jap Jaap Sewa Trust in active partnership with Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee and various sports,cultural associations with the aim to bring sports to the heart of the Sikh community and tap in a unique sporting talents of Sikh Youths to tackle problem of Obesity, Drugs menace among sikh childrens through sports and physical activities .

Dec 03, 2019

Anjali Chand Rewrites History Books with Record-breaking Spell

Nepal bowler Anjali Chand rewrote history taking 6 wickets for zero runs as Nepal thrashed Maldives by 10 wickets in a T20 international between the sides in Pokhara.
To make matters worse for Maldives, they were bowled out for a paltry total of 16 runs inside 11 overs by Nepal. The home side did not waste any time in chasing down that total as it took just 5 balls for them to reach the target.
Chand took three wickets in the 7th over and then removed two more batswomen in the 9th to complete her five-wicket haul. But she wasn't finished as she took her sixth scalp and wrapped Maldives' innings inside 11 overs. Chand took just 2.1 overs to pick up 6 wickets.

Ramkumar for Oz Open Wild Card

Ramkumar Ramanathan will be the third best ranked player at 176 to compete in the Australian Open wild card play-off, scheduled to be staged in Zhuhai, China, from December 3 to 8, 2019.
Jason Jung of Chinese Taipei and Tatsuma Ito of Japan are the better ranked players at 128 and 148 respectively. Sasi Kumar Mukund, ranked 271, is the other Indian player in the main event.
Sidharth Rawat and Arjun Kadhe will play each other in the qualifying event, in search of a main draw berth. Twelve players will be joined by four qualifiers in the main draw.
Arjun Kadhe is scheduled to compete for the doubles wild card in partnership with Ramkumar Ramanathan. The Indian pair is expected to be seeded No.2, behind the Korean team of Nam Ji Sung and Song Min-Kyu.
In the concurrently held junior event, the 499th ranked Aaryan Zaveri is the only Indian entry.

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