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Sep 14, 2019

Basketball World Cup: Spain and Argentina to Battle For Title

Argentina will face Spain in the Basketball World Cup final in China after beating France 80-66 in the semi-finals.
France could not repeat their quarter-final heroics, when they knocked out the USA, as Argentina dominated.
Earlier Spain beat Australia 95-88 in double overtime to claim their place in Beijing final.
They were on the verge of going out but Australia missed a foul shot in the dying seconds with the game tied 71-71.
Spain took control in the second of two added periods to reach their first final since their 2006 win.
Their NBA champion Marc Gasol was his team's top scorer, the Toronto Raptors star hitting 33 points in the comeback victory, while point guard Ricky Rubio contributed 12 assists to go with his 19 points.
Patty Mills, the San Antonio Spurs point guard, was Australia's driving force, leading all scorers with 34 points.

2020 Women's U-17 World Cup

The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, to be hosted by India, will be held from 2nd to 21st November, 2020.
The age group showpiece event of the FIFA will be held in four cities across the country. The Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar has been provisionally confirmed as a venue, pending FIFA approval.
Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, Panaji and Ahmedabad are in the running for the other three host cities.
India was announced as the host country in March, 2019.
Spain are the defending champions, having won the title of the biennial tournament in 2018.
As India has got an automatic qualification as hosts, it is not entering the Asian qualification campaign in the AFC U-16 Women's Championship which will be held in Thailand from 15th to 28th September, 2019.

Sep 13, 2019

Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium Renamed After Arun Jaitley

The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) rechristened Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as Arun Jaitley Stadium in a renaming ceremony which was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah was the chief guest for the function, where a new pavilion stand at the stadium was also dedicated to India skipper Virat Kohli, to recognise his outstanding achievements in the field of cricket.
Bishan Singh Bedi and Mohinder Amarnath are the two other Delhi players who have stands after their names but the honour came their way after their retirements.

Sep 12, 2019

India Holds Asian Champion Qatar To Goalless Draw - Match In Numbers

Igor Stimac's Indian football team put up a resolute defensive display to hold reigning Asian champion Qatar to a goalless draw during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier at Doha's Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.
Qatar had the better of chances, as many as 17 of them, but could not find the back of the net owing to some phenomenal goalkeeping from stand-in captain Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
The Indian defence stood strong and the forwards even managed to work out a couple of chances, but neither side could break the deadlock and shared the spoils.

Sep 11, 2019

Ministry Of Youth Affairs And Sports Derecognises Paralympic Committee Of India

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports derecognised the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for violating the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011.
The government has suspended PCI in accordance with provisions under clause I (ix) and (x) of Annexure-III of National Sports Development Code of India 2011.
In the letter addressed to J Chandrashekhar, the Secretary-General of Paralympic Committee of India, it has been mentioned that a complaint was received against the PCI from Rao Inderjit Singh regarding his removal from the post of President of PCI.

ICC Rankings: Steve Smith Extends His Lead Over Virat Kohli

Australian batsman Steve Smith has extended his lead over India skipper Virat Kohli at the number one spot in the ICC Test batsmen rankings.
Smith now has a lead of 34 points over Kohli as the rankings were revealed. The 30-year-old batsman scored 293 runs in the fourth Test and as a result, he has further consolidated his position.
With this, he is virtually assured of the top spot after the end of the five-match series between Australia and England.
Aussie pacer Pat Cummins also remains at the top spot in the bowlers' rankings. The bowler took seven wickets in the recently concluded match and as a result, he has 63-rating points ahead of the second-placed Proteas bowler Kagiso Rabada.

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei Sets New World Record In Half-Marathon

Kenyan athlete Brigid Kosgei shattered the world record for the fastest half-marathon by a woman, as she completed the Great North Run in one hour, four minutes and 28 seconds.
Her timing was 23 seconds faster than the previous record, set by fellow Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei in 2017.
Kosgei led a Kenyan sweep of the top four places, with Magdalyne Masai second (1:07.36) and Linet Masai third (1:07:44).
She had previously won the London Marathon earlier in 2019.

Sep 10, 2019

Kieron Pollard named as West Indies New ODI and T20 Captain

Kieron Pollard was named as West Indies' new ODI and T20I captain. Jason Holder remains the West Indies Test captain.
Pollard takes over the ODI side despite not having played an ODI since October 2016.
Pollard takes over the ODI role from Holder who has captained the side since 2015.
Since his ODI debut in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Pollard has played in 101 ODI games. No cricketer has played more than his 451 T20 matches across the world and he was part of West Indies' T20 World Cup winning campaign in 2012.

Sergio Ramos Equals Iker Casillas Record

Sergio Ramos equalled Iker Casillas' record of 167 international appearances for Spain as he started their Euro 2020 qualifier against the Faroe Islands in Gijon.
The Real Madrid centre-back made his international debut 14 years ago in a friendly match against China.
Sergio was part of the Spain sides which lifted the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2008 and Euro 2012 titles.
He took over the Spain captaincy in 2016 after goalkeeper Casillas' final match and would set a new record in October 2019 if he plays against either Norway or Sweden.
He is now only nine caps short of the European record held by Italian stopper Gianluigi Buffon (176) and 17 adrift of Egyptian Ahmed Hassan's world record of 184.

Rafael Nadal Wins His 19th Grand Slam

Rafael Nadal captured his 19th career Grand Slam title by winning the US Open final, outlasting Russia's Daniil Medvedev to seize his fourth crown in New York.
The Spanish left-hander moved one shy of Roger Federer's all-time men's record 20 Grand Slam triumphs and became the second-oldest New York champion in the Open era after Ken Rosewall in 1970 at age 35.

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