Tajinderpal Singh Toor's Asian Games 2018 gold medal in shot put was India's first in athletics and the boy from Punjab achieved the same by smashing the Games Record and the National Record in his fifth attempt with a throw of 20.75.
Satwiksairj and Chirag create history
Satwiksairaj Rankreddy and Chirag Shetty created history on Sunday as they became the first Indian men's doubles pair to win a Super 500 title. The unseeded Indian duo stunned reigning world champions Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen in the final of Thailand Open to win their biggest career title on the BWF tour.
Aug 03, 2019
Neeraj Enters Final of Umakhanov Boxing
Reigning India Open gold medallist Neeraj defeated 2016 World Champion Alessia Mesiano and entered the final of the Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia.
Neeraj, a bronze medallist at the Strandja Memorial, eked out a narrow 3-2 win over Mesiano in the 57kg category to assure herself at least a silver medal.
Gaurav defeated Russia's Maksim Chernyshev 3-2 in a split verdict to enter the last-four round of 56kg category.
Sahani beat Tajikistan's Shermukhammad Rustamov in the 49kg category.
Thailand Open
India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty qualified for the men's doubles semi-finals at the Thailand Open but B. Sai Praneeth crashed out of the men's singles event.
While Rankireddy and Shetty registered a hard-fought win over qualifiers Choi Solgyu and Seo Seung Jae of Korea, while Sai Praneeth suffered a straight-game defeat against seventh seed Kenta Tsuneyama of Japan.
Aug 02, 2019
Nominations for Best FIFA Player of the Year
Ten players were put forward for the prestigious FIFA The Best Men's Player award, which is now in its fourth year
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk are among the 10 players nominated for the prestigious prize.
The shortlist compiled by a panel of experts took into accounts achievements from July 16, 2018 to July 19, 2019.
Thailand Open
Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap crashed out of the Thailand Open. Kidambi Srikanth was defeated by Khosit Phetpradab 21-11, 16-21, 12-21.
Parupalli Kashyap was outclassed by Chou Tien Chen.
These defeats recorded by the duo were further accompanied by a second-round exit for star shuttler Saina Nehwal after a 21-16, 11-21, 14-21 defeat against Japan's Sayaka Takahashi.
Aug 01, 2019
Badminton World Federation Ranking
Ace Indian shutter PV Sindhu has maintained her fifth spot in the women`s singles ranking released by Badminton World Federation (BWF), while her compatriot Saina Nehwal remained at eight. Nehwal will be competing at the Thailand Open after an injury lay-off had forced her to miss the Indonesia Open and Japan Open.
Sindhu, the Rio Olympic silver medallist, has had a roller-coaster fortnight in which she finished runner-up at the Indonesia Open and lost in the quarter-final of the Japan Open, losing to Japanese shuttler Akane Yamaguchi on both the occasions.
CAB Agrees to Give Voting Rights to Former Players
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) agreed in principle to give voting rights to former internationals.
At present, the CAB has 121 members with voting rights. At least 15 cricketers from the state have played at international level.
Following a special general meeting (SGM) of the CAB, association president Sourav Ganguly said that we will give them voting rights if the court does not change the verdict. After this we will be fully Lodha (Committee recommendation) compliant.
The CAB would wait for the Supreme Court hearing on August 8 before changing its constitution to incorporate the new provision, as per the decision taken at the the SGM.
Jul 31, 2019
Shaw Handed Eight-month Doping Suspension
A statement BCCI said that Prithvi Shaw, young India batsman and the 2018 U-19 World Cup-winning skipper, has tested positive for a banned substance and banned for eight months. The 19-year-old, who scored a ton on last year's Test debut against West Indies, gave his sample during the February Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament in Indore. It came positive for Terbutaline, a banned substance in the World Anti-doping Agency (Wada) list. The Mumbai opener, who played in IPL for Delhi Capitals after that, has been handed a back-dated ban from March 16 that will run until November 15.