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Oct 17, 2019

Kiran Uniyal Sets Another World Record

Kiran Uniyal, w/o a serving Colonel of Indian Army has created Individual Guinness World Records for "The most full contact knee strikes in three minutes (one leg) (female), 263 strikes" & "The most full contact knee strikes alternate legs in one minute(female),120 strikes". The earlier records were of 177 strikes and 102 in female category respectively.
The objective of both her records was to promote martial arts for girls and women safety and self-defence.
While creating the record for the most full contact knee strikes for three minutes, she surpassed the existing male category record of 226 knee strikes.
She has so far achieved 15 World Records, including 10 Guinness World Records in Martial Arts, Fitness and Social Work.

Lionel Messi Awarded Sixth Golden Shoe For Scoring Most Goals In European Leagues

Barcelona captain Leo Messi received his sixth Golden Shoe as the top scorer in the European leagues.
Messi won the trophy for a third straight year after scoring 36 goals, three more than his closest challenger, Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain.
Messi now has two more Golden Shoes than his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo. Luis Suarez is one of nine players on two. The award was created in 1967 when it was won by Eusebio.

Oct 16, 2019

ICC Scraps Boundary Count In Change To Super Over Rule

It has come three months after a major tournament final was decided by boundary count, but the International Cricket Council tweaked the Super Over rule for all its major events.
England beat New Zealand on the basis of scoring more boundaries (fours and sixes) in its allotted 50 overs and the Super Over combined.
Following that nerve-wracking final, the ICC faced the wrath of fans and former players over the controversial rule.
Now it has finally made changes to the rule and in case a situation arises where both teams are tied even after the Super Over in a final or semifinal, the Super Over will be repeated until there is a clear winner.

India vs Bangladesh, FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifier

Saad Uddin gave Bangladesh the lead in the 42nd minute and the visitors looked like going back home with all the three points in the Group E FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifier second round match at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
Adil Khan, however, ensured that India at least secure a point from the home match as he rose highest to nod home a Brandon Fernandes corner kick in the 88th minute. A defeat at home would have severely dented India's hopes of advancing in the next round.
India had lost to Oman 1-2 in their opening match before holding Asian champions Qatar to a goal-less draw in their previous match.
They now have two points from three matches, while Bangladesh stay at the bottom with one point from three games.

Priyanshu Rajawat Claims Men's Singles Title At Bahrain International Series

Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat claimed the men's singles title at the Bahrain International Series Badminton at Isa Town. Seventeen year old Rajawat beat top-seed Jason Anthony Ho-Shue from Canada in the finals 16-21, 21-7, 21-12 in the summit clash.
Top-seeded Indian mixed double pair of Juhi Dewangan and Venkat Gaurav Prasad also finished at the top.
They defeated Thailand's Pannawat Theerapanitnun and Kanyanat Sudchoeichom 21-18, 21-16 in 34 minutes to bag the gold medal.
In women's singles, Ira Sharma finished second best. Second seeded Indian men's doubles pair of Rohan Kapoor and Saurabh Sharma settled for the runners-up position.

Oct 15, 2019

Simone Biles Sets World Championship Medal Record

Simone Biles became the most decorated gymnast in world championship history when she won the beam and floor finals in Stuttgart to take her career tally to 25 medals while Great Britain's Joe Fraser took a stunning gold medal on the parallel bars.
Biles arrived on the final day of competition with gold medals in the team, all-around and vault finals.
For most gymnasts that would have been sufficient, but Biles had a point to prove on the balance beam.
At the Rio Olympics she took bronze after losing her balance and grabbing hold of the beam, and in 2018, she fell off the beam in the all-around final at the world championships.
This time Biles produced one of the greatest beam routines of her career, taking gold with a score of 15.066 and not a single wobble.
The most remarkable part of her enduring success is that, after 25 medals, 19 of them gold, she is only getting better.

Oct 14, 2019

Valtteri Bottas Wins Japanese Grand Prix As Mercedes Win Constructors' Title

Valtteri Bottas won the Japanese Grand Prix with team-mate Lewis Hamilton third behind Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, securing a Formula 1 record sixth straight World Championship double for Mercedes.
The result sealed the constructors' title with four races to go and, while Hamilton is not quite world champion yet, only Bottas can catch him.
It breaks the record set by Michael Schumacher and Ferrari from 2000 to 2004, and confirms this Mercedes team as the greatest in F1 history.

Daniil Medvedev Leapfrogs Roger Federer After Winning Shanghai Masters Title

Daniil Medvedev moved up to No 3 in the race to London after winning the Shanghai Masters title.
It means the Russian is on course to finish the season ahead of Roger Federer in the world rankings.
The 23-year-old has reached the final of the last three tournaments he has entered.
Federer fell at the quarter-final stage and thus resides on 5,690 points in 2019 - 185 less than Medvedev.
Medvedev returns to action at the Kremlin Cup, where he reached the semi-final of the ATP 250 event in 2018.
However, he is defending 435 in the remaining tournaments so most likely must add to his tally to keep Federer at bay.

Coco Gauff Becomes Youngest WTA Title Winner In 15 Years

American teenager Coco Gauff won her first WTA title by beating Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 to capture the Upper Austria Ladies.
The 15-year-old Gauff, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and third round at the US Open, bounced back after losing a one-sided second set to win comfortably.
Gauff had earlier called Linz "my little lucky place" and its charm held for the teenager through the final despite a late wobble.
After racing out to a 5-0 lead in the deciding set, Gauff dropped two late games to Ostapenko before closing out the match.

Lakshya Sen Wins Dutch Open, Clinches Maiden BWF World Tour Title

Rising Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched his maiden BWF World Tour title by winning the Dutch Open men's singles title after beating Yusuke Onodera of Japan in the summit clash.
The 18-year-old Indian rallied from a game deficit to defeat his world no. 160 opponent 15-21 21-14 21-15 in a final that lasted 63 minutes.
The Dutch Open is a BWF World Tour Super 100 tournament.

Manju Rani Clinches Silver After Losing To Russia's Ekaterina Paltceva In Final

Indian boxer Manju Rani's stupendous debut run at the Women's World Championships ended with a silver medal after she lost the light flyweight (48kg) final to Russia's Ekaterina Paltceva.
The Haryana-boxer, who was seeded sixth, went down 1-4 to the second-seeded local favourite in the first final of the day.
Rani was the lone Indian to make the finals after six-time champion MC Mary Kom (51kg), Jamuna Boro (54kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) clinched bronze medals. In case of Borgohain, it was her second successive third-place finish.

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei Breaks Marathon World Record

Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets world record at Chicago Marathon. Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old world record by winning the Chicago Marathon in 2 hours, 14 minutes and four seconds.
Radcliffe was present at the Chicago Marathon and witnessed the fall of her record.
It was also Kosgei's second straight win at the Chicago Marathon.
25-year-old Kosgei also won the London Marathon in April 2019 and recorded the fastest half-marathon in history this year by winning in 1 hour, 4 minutes and 28 seconds.
Kosgei crossed the finish line alone, with Ethiopians Ababel Yeshaneh and Gelete Burka came a distant second and third in 2:20:51 and 2:20:55.

Oct 13, 2019

Tejinder Pal Singh Toor Betters Own National Shot Put Mark

Tejinder Pal Singh Toor broke his own national record at the 59th Open National Athletics Championship, claiming shot put gold with a throw of 20.92m. Despite a below-par show at the World Championships, Toor managed to better his Asian Games record of 20.75m.
Foul throws troubled Toor in Doha. Even in Ranchi, he had three. Despite the achievement, coach Mahinder Singh Dhillon was unhappy as they were targetting Olympic qualification.
In women's 400m, favourite VK Vismaya raced to gold with a 52.71s effort. While Jisna Mathew did not finish, Anjali Devi surprised everyone, finish only third (53.03s).
She has been the fastest 400m runner this season. In the men's event, Noah Nirmal Tom pipped Amoj Jacob and IS Jeevan to claim gold with 45.88s.
Long jumper M Sreeshankar retained his nationals crown as he bagged gold with an effort of 7.93m.

AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships Ulan-Ude 2019

The 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships were held in Ulan-Ude, Russia from 3 to 13 October 2019.
Wales' Lauren Price has won gold at the Women's World Boxing Championships in Russia after a successful appeal.
The middleweight initially lost the final against the Netherlands' Nouchka Fontijn on a split decision.
Three judges had given the fight to Fontijn (30-27, 30-27 and 29-28), while two had Price ahead 29-28, but GB Boxing appealed and the decision was overturned.
Price, 25, is the first Welsh boxer to win World Championship gold.

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge Becomes First To Run a Marathon In Under Two Hours

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge made history, busting the mythical two-hour barrier for the marathon on a specially prepared course in a huge Vienna park.
With an unofficial time of 1hr 59min 40.2sec, the Olympic champion became the first ever to run a marathon in under two hours in the Prater park with the course readied to make it as even as possible.
The 34-year-old already holds the men's world record for the distance with a time of 2hr 01min 39sec, which he set in the flat Berlin marathon on September 16, 2018.

Gilchrist Beats Kothari To Reclaim World Billiards Title

Peter Gilchrist of Singapore dethroned Sourav Kothari as world billiards champion by beating the Indian in the long-up format played over five hours in three sessions.
Gilchrist beat Kothari 1307-967 to reclaim the title after six years. It was a sweet revenge for Gilchrist who lost to Kothari in Leed in 2018.
Gilchrist last won the title in 2013 by defeating David Causier of England.
The final hour saw Gilchrist showing exceptional calmness as he produced a lethal blow of 300 to go ahead by 300 odd points with only five minutes left on the clock before winning the contest.

Mary Kom Secures Eighth World Medal

Six-time champion M.C. Mary Kom (51kg) assured herself an unprecedented eighth medal at the World Women's Boxing Championship after advancing to the semifinals of the event.
Mary Kom defeated a spirited rival in Colombia's Valencia Victoria, fetching a unanimous 5-0 verdict to make the last-eight stage.
With this, Mary Kom bettered her own record as the most successful boxer in the history of the marquee tournament.

World Youth Chess Championship

14-year-old R. Praggnanandhaa provided the 'golden' embroidery to India's best-ever haul of seven medals in the World Youth chess championship.
But unexpected was India's eventual tally that was made possible by a series of favourable 11th-round results in five age-groups.
In terms of quality, Russia finished ahead with five medals including three gold medals.
Out of the 18 medals at stake across six competitions in three age-groups, India collected three silver and as many bronze medals, in spite of drawing a blank in the girls' under-16 section.
Since 2015, when this championship was reduced to three age groups from six, this is India's best performance.
India's silver medals came from Vantika Agarwal (girls' under-18), S. L. Srihari (under-14) and Divya Deshmukh (girls' under-14).
The bronze medals went to Aronyak Ghosh (under-16), M. Sreeshwan (under-14) and Rakshitta Ravi (girls' under-14).

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