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Nov 17, 2019

Seven Indian Boxers Enter Finals Of Asian Youth Boxing Championship File Pic

Seven Indian boxers - two men and five women - have entered the finals of Asian Youth Boxing Championship at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.
Among the men, Selay Soy (49kg) and Ankit Narwal (60kg) made the summit clashes, while Naorem Chanu (51kg), Vinka (64kg) Sanamacha Chanu (75kg), Poonam (54kg) and Sushma (81kg) made to the finals.
Arundhati Choudhury (69kg), Komalpreet Kaur (81kg) and Jaismine (57kg) settled for bronze medals in the women's draw.
Satender Singh (91kg) and Aman (91kg) fetched third-place finishes for India in the men's competition.

India Record Best-Ever 9 Medal Haul At World Para Athletics Championship

India has recorded the best-ever nine medals haul at the World Para Athletics Championship in Dubai.
With two gold, two silver and five bronze, India secured 13 qualifying spots at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Until this edition, London 2017 had been India's best-ever show where the para-athletes finished with five medals in the joint 34th place.
Asian Para Games 2018 champion javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary in F64 category won the Gold for India. In the same event, India had its single two podium finish with Sumit Antil taking the silver (62.88m).
Another gold came from Sundar Singh Gurjar who defended his Worlds title in men's javelin F46 category with a season's best distance of 61.22 metres.
Seasoned high jumper Sharad Kumar claimed the other silver medal for India, clearing the bar at a season-best 1.83 metres in men's high jump T63 finals.
China topped the medals tally with 59 medals including 25 gold. Brazil (39) and Great Britain (28) followed China. The USA ended fourth with 34 medals. Russia, participating in the championships for the first time since the 2016 doping ban, were sixth with 41 medals.

Nov 16, 2019

India Women Beat WI to Take Unbeatable Series Lead

Indian women beat West Indies women by seven wickets in the third T20I at the Providence Stadium in Guyana to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the ongoing five-match series between the two sides.
Batting first, West Indies were restricted to a measly total of 59/9 in their designated 20 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues was unbeaten on 40 as India chased down the total in 16.4 overs for the loss of three wickets.

Mayank Agarwal Surpasses Don Bradman

Mayank Agarwal hit his second double hundred in Test cricket as India continued to dominate Bangladesh in the first Test of the 2-match series in Indore.
With his second double ton in 12th innings, Mayank Agarwal surpassed the legendary Don Bradman (13 innings) in Test cricket to become the second-fastest batsman to take fewest innings to two 200s.
India's former batsman Vinod Kambli leads the list as he took only 5 innings for the first two double tons.
With this double ton, Agarwal became only the second India opener to hit two double tons in a season after Vinoo Mankand, who had achieved this feat in 1955/56.

Roger Federer Outclasses Novak Djokovic

Roger Federer produced a near-flawless performance as he avenged his Wimbledon defeat by Novak Djokovic and qualified for the last four of the ATP Finals.
Defeat for the second seed spells the end of his bid to overtake Rafael Nadal and finish as year-end number one.

Nov 15, 2019

Dutee Chand Features On 'Time 100' List Of Rising Stars

India sprinter Dutee Chand has been named in the TIME 100 Next, an expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential persons in the world.
The list, an initiative of TIME magazine, highlights 100 rising stars who are shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science, activism etc.
Dutee had won two silver medals -- 100m, 200m -- at Jakarta Asian Games and had become the first Indian woman sprinter to win gold at the Universiade in Napoli, where she competed in 100m,
She was invited by the IAAF to compete at the women's 100m event at the Doha World Championships in September but could qualify for the semifinals, fading in the heats after clocking 11.48s.

Nov 14, 2019

Sumit Nagal Attains career-best Ranking

Indian tennis player Sumit Nagpal moved two places up in men's singles rankings and achieved his career-best 127th spot in the latest Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) rankings released in November 2019.
Nagpal currently has 433 points while Rafael Nadal retained the top rank with 9,585 points.
In doubles rankings, Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan and Purav Raja have all moved up the ladder and currently hold 38th, 46th, and 93rd rank respectively.
Javelin thrower Sundar Singh wins gold in World Para Athletics Championships
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Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar has won India's second gold defending his World Para Athletics Championships title in the men's F46 javelin throw event in Dubai.
With this, India has secured three Tokyo Paralympic Games quota, along with the bronze winner Ajeet Singh and Rinku.
Gurjar came up with his season's best effort of 61.22m to claim the top spot. Singh sent the spear to a distance of 59.46m to clinch the bronze while Rinku finished fourth.
While, Yogesh Kathuniya added a silver for India in men's discus throw F56 event with a best throw of 42.05m.
India now has two gold, two silver and a bronze in the Championships.

IOA to Meet CGF officials

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will meet top officials of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) in New Delhi, to bring Shooting back on the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games roster.
The IOA brass, including President Narinder Batra and Secretary-General, Rajeev Mehta, along with Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju will meet CGF President Louise Martin and CEO David Grevemberg to protest Shooting's exclusion from the CWG.
The sport has been dropped owing to logistical issues cited by the local organising committee.
For the first time since 1974, Shooting has been excluded from the Games roster. In protest, the IOA had threatened to pull out of the Games if it was not reinstated.

Nov 13, 2019

IOCL Retain Beighton Cup

Indian Oil Corporation Limited blanked Punjab National Bank 2-0 to successfully defend their title at the All India Beighton Cup Hockey tournament at SAI Complex.
Both the goals came in the third quarter with Karajwinder Singh and Gurjinder Singh scoring in space of three minutes.
IOCL drew the first blood in the 41st minute while dragflicker Gurjinder scored through a penalty corner in the 44th minute.

Sindhu Advances in Hong Kong Open

World Champion P.V. Sindhu made a positive start to her campaign but Saina Nehwal and Sameer Verma were ousted from the Hong Kong Open after suffering contrasting defeats in the opening round of the USD 400,000 event.
Sixth seed Sindhu, who had faltered in the opening round in a couple of recent tournaments, took 36 minutes to see off world no 19 Kim Ga Eun of Korea 21-15 21-16 to progress to the second round.
The Olympic silver medallist will face Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan next.

Sri Lanka Becomes First South Asian Nation To Criminalise Offences Related To Match-Fixing

Sri Lanka has become the first South Asian nation to criminalise several offences related to match-fixing as its parliament passed all three readings of a bill labelled "Prevention of Offences Related to Sports".
If a person is found guilty of committing an offence related to corruption in sports, then he may find himself jailed for a term up to 10 years and he will also be required to pay various fines.
The newest legislation covers all sports and it is believed that the recent investigation by Anti Corruption Unit prompted this bill to be drafted.
Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Harin Fernando presented the bill in the parliament and former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga who is a now a cabinet minister supported the new legislation during parliamentary debates.

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