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Oct 06, 2019

Ravindra Jadeja Fastest Left-Arm Bowler To 200 Test Wickets

Ravindra Jadeja broke the record previously held by Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath who had taken 47 games to get to the feat.
Ravindra Jadeja picked up his 200th Test wicket when he got rid of South African centurion Dean Elgar for 160 runs on Day 3 of the first Test in Vizag.
With this, Jadeja became the quickest among left-arm bowlers to reach the landmark in just 44 matches in the longest format of the game, ahead of the likes of Rangana Herath, Wasim Akram (51 matches) and Mitchell Starc.

World Athletics Championships 2019

The USA have finished top of the World Athletics Championships medal table once after an impressive display in Doha, Qatar.
Having dominated at the last world championships in London, winning a total of 30 medals, including 11 golds, USA picked up 29 – 14 of which were gold.
Kenya (11 medals) and Jamaica (12 medals) finished in second and third respectively, with Kenya's five-gold-medal haul pipping it for them.
Great Britain finished in sixth place behind China and Ethiopia, having won five medals in total.
Golds were won by Katarina Johnson-Thompson (heptathlon) and Dina Asher-Smith (200m), while the Men's 4x400m relay team won silver.
Britain also won silver in the Women's 4x100m relay, while Asher-Smith picked up a silver in the 100ms.

IAAF World Championships: Germany's Niklas Kaul Wins Thrilling Decathlon Battle

Germany's Niklas Kaul survived a gruelling final day to win the world championship decathlon gold, after the event was blown wide open by a competition-ending injury to defending champion Kevin Mayer.
Even with French world record holder Mayer out of the way, it was far from smooth sailing for Kaul on a roller-coaster day that saw a different name at the top of the leaderboard after each of the five events.
But 21-year-old Kaul triumphed at the end, winning the final event, the 1,500 metres, to record a score of 8,691 points and become the youngest ever world decathlon champion.

Harmanpreet Becomes First Indian Cricketer To Play 100 T20Is

Almost a year after smashing her first T20I hundred, Harmanpreet Kaur notched up another, less frenzied century.
This one wasn't scripted by the attractive arcs her bat makes when she swings for the fences, but by the longevity of her impressive career.
After making her debut as a 19-year-old a decade ago, Harmanpreet played her 100th T20I in Surat on October 4, 2019.

Fenesta Open: Niki Poonacha, Sowjanya Bavisetti Crowned Champions In Men's And Women's Singles Ev...

In the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship, Niki Poonacha and Sowjanya Bavisetti lived up to their top billing as the duo were crowned champions in the men's and women's singles events in New Delhi.
Niki beat Aryan Goveas 6-2, 7-6 in the men's singles final.
Rising star Sowjanya grabbed the big chance which came her way. Playing against four-time Fenesta Open winner and seasoned pro-Prerna Bhambri, Sowjanya was not bogged down by her opponent's reputation.
She waited for her chance to get the break in each set and pressed the cruise control button for her maiden national title.

Oct 05, 2019

ATP Challenger: Sumit Nagal Moves into quarter-finals

In Tennis, Sumit Nagal entered into the men's singles semi-finals of ATP Challenger Campinas in Brazil. He would face Argentinian Juan Ficovich, who defeated Nicolas Alvarez of Peru in another quarter-final.
Sumit Nagal defeated 13th seed Francisco Cerundolo in the quarter-final of the ATP Challenger. With the win, Nagal now has the highest number of semi-final appearances on the ATP Challenger Tour in 2019.
At the back of this win, Nagal also moved to the world No.129 spot in the ATP live rankings. After winning the Challenger title in Argentina, Nagal had moved to a career-best ranking of 135.

Dalilah Muhammad Breaks 400m Hurdles World Record

Dalilah Muhammad of the United States set a new world record as she powered to victory in the 400 metres hurdles at the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019.
Olympic champion Muhammad took gold with a time of 52.16 seconds at the Khalifa Stadium, bettering her own world record of 52.20 set at the US Trials in Iowa in July 2019.
Sydney McLaughlin of the United States took silver with a time of 52.23 while the bronze medal went to Rushell Clayton of Jamaica in a time of 53.74.

Oct 04, 2019

Kapil Dev resigns as BCCI Cricket Advisory Committee Chief Orld Cup-Winning Former India Captain

Kapil Dev is the latest to quit Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Cricket Advisory Committee.
Kapil Dev resigned as the chief of the CAC days after Shanta Rangaswamy stepped down from the 3-member committee.
Kapil did not reveal the reason for his resignation but wrote an email to the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), informing them about his decision.
Kapil Dev was appointed the chief of the ad-hoc committee former in July 2019.
The CAC was tasked with the role of picking the head coaches of India women's and men's cricket teams.
Kapil-led CAC had conducted interviews and re-appointed Ravi Shastri as head coach of Virat Kohli-led senior national team.

India Gets Its First-Ever Floating Basketball Court In Mumbai

The NBA brought to India the first-ever floating Basketball Court in the Arabian Sea near Bandra Worli Sealink in Mumbai.
There were some sports enthusiasts enjoying the floating court and were accompanied by NBA legend Jason Williams.
NBA India on December 20, 2018, had announced that the first-ever NBA game in the country would be organized on October 4 and 5, 2019 in Mumbai.
The NBA India Games 2019 will feature the Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers, who will play two pre-season games on October 4 and 5 at the Dome, NSCI, SVP Stadium.

Australia's Alyssa Healy Sets World Record With Highest Score

Australian cricketer Alyssa Healy set a world record for the highest individual score in women's T20I as she smashed an unbeaten 148 off 61 balls against Sri Lanka in the third and final match at the North Sydney Oval.
Healy, who completed 100 T20I appearances in the last ODI against Sri Lanka, brought up her century off 46 balls, the second fastest in history and fastest by an Australian. Her record included 7 sixes and 19 fours.

First Indian to Qualify for World Championships

India's Avinash Sable qualified for the finals of the men's 3000-meter steeple chase under dramatic circumstances after bettering his own national record at the World Championships in Doha.
Avinash became the first Indian man to qualify for a track event final. He clocked 8 minutes 25.23 seconds bettering his earlier national record of 8:28.94, to finish seventh in the first round.

Oct 02, 2019

Annu Rani Becomes First Indian Woman to Reach World Championship Javelin Final

Annu Rani became the first Indian to reach the finals of the women's javelin throw event in the World Championships in Doha.
The 27-year-old, who finished third in Group A, threw the javelin 62.43m in her second attempt and emerged as the fifth-best performer of the qualification round.
In the process, Annu also smashed her national record of 62.43m, which she had achieved in March, 2019.
The Indian opened with a 57.05m throw before coming up with her career-best throw in the second round.
Annu failed to cross the automatic qualification mark of 63.50m, as she could only manage a throw of 60.50m in her third and final attempt.

Oct 01, 2019

IAAF World Championships

THE WOMEN'S 100M FINALS
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins the gold! Dina Asher-Smith bags the silver and Maria-Josee Ta Lou claims the bronze. Fraser-Pryce finishes the race at an impressive timing of 10.71s.
4x400 METRES MIXED RELAY FINAL
Muhammed Anas to begin the race for India in Lane 7. Vismaya is next. Jisna Mathew has received the baton. Noah Nirmal completes the race for India.
USA gets gold, Jamaica bags silver and Bahrain claims bronze.
The United States team comprising of Wilbert London, Allyson Felix, Courtney Okolo and Michael Cherry has created a NEW WORLD RECORD!
India registers a season-best timing. Bahrain breaks the Asian record.
Poland came up with an interesting strategy as it was the only team to begin the race with two male athletes. However, the Polish team could only finish fifth.
And it's finally time for the first-ever mixed relay final in the IAAF World Championships history!
- WOMEN'S 100 METRES SEMIFINALS -
Maria-Josee Ta Lou, Elaine Thompson, Taehna Daniels, Dina Asher-Smith, Jonielle Smith, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Murielle Ahoure and Dafne Schippers are the eight athletes who have qualified for the final.
BREAKING: Reigning two-time 200m World Champion Dafne Schippers has withdrawn from the 100m final.
We are 20 minutes away from the 4*400m mixed relay final featuring the Indian team!
There are seven more days left in the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships and more Indians will be in action every single day from here on.
MEN'S 200 METRES HEATS
There were seven heats in total and Adam Gemili of Great Britain has done the best timing - 20.06s (Heat 1), which is a season-best for him.
Zhenye Xie (China - Heat 2), Alex Quinonez (Ecuador -Heat 3), Kyle Greaux (Trinidad & Tobago - Heat 4), Aaron Brown (Canada - Heat 5), Miguel Francis (Great Britain - Heat 5), Andre De Grasse (Canada - Heat 6) are the others to finish with an under-20.2s timing.
ICYMI: Newly crowned world 100m champion Christian Coleman has withdrawn from the 200m at the World Championships, the United States Track and Field Federation confirmed Sunday.

Sumit Nagal Wins Men's Singles Title ATP Challenger Tournament

In Tennis, Sumit Nagal has won the men's singles title of ATP Challenger Tournament at Buenos Aires in Argentina. He defeated local favourite Facundo Bognis in straight-sets 6-4, 6-2 in an hour and 37 minute match to claim the 54,160 US dollars prize money.
The 22-year-old from Haryana seeded seventh, outclassed 8th seed Bognis of Argentina to become the first Indian to win on South American clay court.

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