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Sep 04, 2019

Virat Kohli Becomes Most Successful Test Captain Overseas

Virat Kohli has become India's most successful test captain after the Indian team won the match against West Indies by 257 runs in Jamaica. It was India's 28th win in 48 Tests, led by Virat Kohli. He has surpassed Mahendra Singh Dhoni, led by India in 27 of 60 Test matches.

Virat Kohli as most successful test captain:

• India has lost only 10 Test matches under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. However, the Indian team had to face defeat in 18 matches under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.

• Sourav Ganguly is third on the list and Mohammad Azharuddin is fourth.

• India played 49 Test matches under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, and won 21 of them.

• At the same time, under the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin, India won just 14 of the 47 Test matches.

• MS Dhoni announced his retirement from the longest format of the game during the tour of Australia in 2014 and Kohli took over the charge.

• Since then, Virat Kohli is leading India to victories over England, Australia and New Zealand at home and 4-1 and 2-1 losses in England and South Africa respectively.

• Virat Kohli is just 32 behind with 68 hundreds from Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record of 100 hundreds. Meanwhile, Kohli, the top-ranked batsman in ODIs and Tests, became the first batsman to score 20,000 runs in a decade.

Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary Win Gold

Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary staged a remarkable comeback to claim the mixed 10m air pistol gold, ending India's campaign on a rousing note in the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.
Representing the other Indian team in the same event, Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma won the silver as India picked up the maximum possible medals on the final day of the tournament.
World number one in women's 10m air rifle, Apurvi Chandela, had earlier partnered Deepak Kumar to win India their fourth gold on the concluding day of the event. The pair won the top medal in the mixed air rifle event.
The results ensured an unprecedented top finish for the country across all four ISSF World Cup stages in 2019 including the lone junior world cup.

Sep 03, 2019

ISSF World Cup Shooting Championship: India finish at Top With 5 Gold

India finished at the top of the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol Championship in Rio De Janeiro with 5 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. Indian pair of Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Choudhary of India defeated their compatriot rivals Yashaswini Deswai and Abhishek Verma in the summit clash of 10-Metre Air Pistol mixed team event.
India has now finished as the leading nation in the ISSF Senior World Cup events in 2019 with 16 gold, 4 silver and 2 Bronze medals. Earlier, World number one Apurvi Chandela, partnered with Deepak Kumar to win India their fourth gold medal in 10-Metre mixed team air rifle event.
The result ensured an unprecedented top finish for the country across all four ISSF World Cup stages this year including the lone ISSF junior world cup.

Charles Leclerc Dedicates First Formula One Win To F2 Driver Who Died At Track

Charles Leclerc just held off Lewis Hamilton to win the Belgian Grand Prix from pole position, securing the first victory of his Formula One career and ending Ferrari's long wait for a win.
Hamilton was within one second of Leclerc on the final lap, but the 21-year-old from Monaco held his nerve.
He dedicated it to French driver Anthoine Hubert, who died following a heavy crash during an F2 race held on the same track.

Best Fifa Football Awards 2019

Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk has been named as a finalist in the Best Fifa Football Awards along with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, as has England and Lyon defender Lucy Bronze.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp and Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino are the final three for the men's coach award.
Lionesses boss Phil Neville is in the running for the women's coach award.
The winners will be announced in a ceremony in Milan on 23 September, 2019.

Jinson Betters Own 1500m National Record By Winning Silver In Berlin, Qualifies For World Champio...

Asian Games gold medallist Jinson Johnson bettered his own 1500m national record while clinching a silver in the ISTAF Berlin event in Berlin.
Johnson clocked 3 minute 35.24 seconds to finish second behind Joshua Thompson of United States at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
The earlier national record in the name of the 28-year-old Kerala runner was 3:37.62 which he had clocked at Nijmegen in the Netherlands in June. He also holds the 800m national record (1:45.65).

Rishabh Pant Is Fastest Indian Keeper To 50 Dismissals, Surpasses Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Young Rishabh Pant became the fastest Indian wicket-keeper to claim 50 dismissals in Test cricket, surpassing former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The 21-year-old wicket-keeper batsman on Sunday claimed his 50th victim in his 11th Test while Dhoni had taken 15 Tests to touch the milestone.
Pant took an easy catch to dismiss West Indies' Kraigg Brathwaite off an Ishant Sharma delivery in the second innings of the hosts in the second Test.
In December 2018, Pant had equalled the world record for most catches in a Test by a wicket-keeper when he snared 11 Australian batsmen at Adelaide Oval.

Jasprit Bumrah Becomes 3rd Indian Bowler To Pick Up a Test Hat-Trick

Jasprit Bumrah became only the third Indian bowler after Harbhajan and Irfan Pathan to get a hat-trick in Test cricket when he achieved the feat on Day 2 of the ongoing 2nd Test against West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston.
Legendary spinner Harbhajan Singh, who became India's first-ever to pick up a hat-trick in Test cricket, heaped rich praise on Jasprit Bumrah after the pacer joined an elite list of Indian bowlers in Jamaica.
Bumrah came up with a fiery spell of fast bowling and sent back Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks and Roston Chase in three successive deliveries to pick up his maiden Test hat-trick.
The India pacer finished with figures of 6/16 as West Indies were reeling at 87/7 at stumps, trailing India's 1st innings score by 329 runs.

Sep 02, 2019

Yashaswini Deswal Wins Gold At ISSF World Cup

Young shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal won gold in the women's 10meter Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup at in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. With the win, she has also secured an Olympic quota for India.
This is India's ninth quota in shooting for 2020 Tokyo Games. World no.1 Olena Kostevych of Ukraine claimed the silver, while Serbia's Jasmina Milavonovic bagged the bronze.

Romania Record Biggest T20I Win After Indian-Origin Sivakumar Periyalwar's Blistering Century

Romania have broken the record for the biggest win (by run-margin) in Twenty20 Internationals when they crushed Turkey by a massive 173 runs at the ongoing Romania Cup 2019.
Romania posted a mammoth 226/6 thanks to Sivakumar Periyalwar who blasted an unbeaten 105 off 40 deliveries. Periyalwar was born in Tamil Nadu and is an engineer by profession. He moved to Romania where he now works in a software company.

Sep 01, 2019

India Thrash Nepal 7-0 To Win U-15 SAFF Championship

A convincing India U-15 team thrashed Nepal 7-0 to lift the SAFF U-15 title at the Kalyani Stadium. Striker Sridarth Nongmeikapam scored a hat-trick while Maheson Singh, Amandeep, Sibajit Singh and Himanshu Jangra scored one goal apiece.
In the process, the Bibiano Fernandes-coached side scored 28 goals without having conceded any in the five matches they played in the tournament, including the final.
The victory also meant that India is now the most successful team in the tournament's history -- winning the title for a record third time after previous wins in 2013 and 2017, both of which came in Nepal.

Shot Putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor Clinches Silver In Czech Republic

Shot putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor clinched a silver medal during an athletic meet at Decin in the Czech Republic. The Asian Games gold medallist came up with the best throw of 20.09m in his last attempt at the event.
Tejinder has been awarded the Arjuna Award in 2019.
The 24-year-old Indian, who has a personal best of 20.75m, has already qualified for World championship being the Area champion following his gold-winning feat at Asian Athletics Championships in April, 2019.

Nadubhagam Chundan Lifts 67th Nehru Trophy

Nadubhagam Chundan, the snake boat of Pallathuruthy Boat Club, lifted the 67th edition of the coveted Nehru Trophy at the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha.
In a nail-biting finish, the Nadubhgam earned nine points, clocking 4.24 minutes to cover the distance of 1,050 metres, leaving behind their fellow competitors 'Chambakkulam Chundan' and "Karichal Chundan" who came in the second and third positions respectively.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the event in the presence of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who was the chief guest of the event. Tendulkar also took a boat ride and cheered the competing teams.

Aug 31, 2019

BFI Allows Pro Boxers to Compete in Domestic Amateur Events

BFI decided to allow professional boxers to compete in domestic amateur events with immediate effect, bringing itself in sync with the stand taken by world body AIBA.
The decision was taken at a BFI Executive Committee meeting and is applicable with immediate effect.
The national championships for men are scheduled to be held in October 2019, followed by the women's tournament and both the events might see participation by professional boxers for the first time.
The concession will not be extended to boxers who are participating in tournaments organised by "unauthorised" bodies.

Indians Win Gold and Bronze Medals in 10m Air Pistol in Rio

Asian Games medallist Abhishek Verma won the gold while teen sensation Saurabh Chaudhary claimed the bronze as Indian shooters dominated the podium in the men's 10m air pistol event of the ongoing ISSF World Cup.
Verma, a part-time lawyer, shot 244.2 in the eight-man final, while the 17-year-old Chaudhary's 221.9 was good enough to get him the bronze after five gold medals in 2018. The silver medal went to Turkey's Ismail Keles, who aggregated 243.1 in the season's fourth ISSF World Cup for rifle and pistol shooters.
India is now placed at the top of the medals tally with two gold, one silver and a bronze. India has already exhausted the maximum Olympic quotas available per country in this event.

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