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Jun 08, 2019

Nadal Defeats Federer

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the French Open and as a result of this win, the Spaniard has entered the finals, keeping the hopes alive for his 12th Roland Garros title.
It was Nadal`s 14th win in 16 clay-court matches against Federer.

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) between 7 June and 7 July 2019.
In March 2015, France won the right to host the event; the first time the country is hosting the tournament, and the third time by a European nation.
Matches are planned for nine cities across France. The United States enters the competition as defending champions.
There are 24 teams participating in the tournament.

Physical Disability Cricket World Series

All-rounder Vikrant Keni was named captain of the first-ever India team for a six-nation T20 Physical Disability Cricket World Series, to be played in England from August 5-15, 2019.
The event is hosted by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), featuring host England, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe as the other participants.
The BCCI will send the 16-member squad, selected by the Al India Cricket Association for Physically Challenged as the official national squad for the T20 tournament.
The Indian team is named Wadekar Warriors, in honour of the late Ajit Wadekar, noted India skipper and founder of AICAPC.

Jun 07, 2019

BCCI seeks to host Pak women

The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has sought permission from the government to host the Pakistan women's team for an ODI series this year as part of the International Cricket Council's Women's Championship, which will determine qualification for the Women's World Cup in 2021.
Cricket's world body conducts the Women's Championship where teams need to play each other on a home and away basis. The points system of this tournament determines the rankings of the teams to qualify for the World Cup.
As per the schedule of the event, BCCI is to host Pakistan women's team for at least three ODIs in India between July and November. The board would like to seek necessary permission from the government of India before giving its consent to ICC on this subject.

India Plans to Help Maldives Improve Cricketing Standards

India plans to go the whole nine yards to develop Cricket in the Maldives.
It will help the island nation bring its national cricket team to international standards, build a stadium there and also train umpires and scorekeepers.
This is in response to a recent request by the President of the Maldives, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who is a cricket buff.
India has already supplied cricket kits to the island nation.
The Maldives became a member of the Asian Cricket Council in 1996 and followed it up with affiliate membership of the International Cricket Council two years later.

Teenagers in Grand Slam Semis for First Time in 10 Years

Defending champion Simona Halep was knocked out of the French Open 6-2 6-4 by 17-year-old American Amanda Anisimova in a quarter-final shock.
The third seed from Romania had been looking to become the first woman to retain her title at Roland Garros since Belgian Justine Henin won three times in a row from 2005-07.
The unseeded Anisimova, the first player born in the 2000s to reach the last eight at a Grand Slam, can become the first teenager to lift the trophy here since Iva Majoli of Croatia prevailed in 1997.
She next faces Australian eighth seed Ashleigh Barty.

ICC World Cup 2019

Australia pulled off a 15-run victory against West Indies in a tense match.
Mitchell Starc took 5 wickets in a great show of bowling as defending champs Australia was held victorious.

AB de Villiers Offers to Return

AB de Villiers wanted to come out of retirement for the World Cup but Cricket South Africa refused to accept the offer. de Villers made the offer in May, barely 24 hours before the final squad was to be announced by CSA.

Dhoni's Tribute to Army takes a Hit

Mahendra Singh Dhoni sporting an Army insignia on his glove during the India South Africa clash was well appreciated by his fans but the ICC requested the BCCI to have the badge removed, saying it is against its regulations.

Jun 06, 2019

Infantino Re-elected as FIFA President

Gianni Infantino said that he had turned FIFA into an organisation "synonymous with credibility" as he was re-elected for a second term as president of world football's governing body.
It was a formality that Infantino would be waved through for a new four-year mandate, until 2023, as he stood unopposed at the FIFA Congress in Paris.
The FIFA Council chose to back his re-election by acclamation, with Infantino now hoping to build on the work he started in February 2016, when he was voted in to succeed the disgraced Sepp Blatter at the head of the organisation.

Jun 05, 2019

Konta Ends British Drought

Johanna Konta produced a remarkably dominant performance against last year's runner-up, winning 6-1, 6-4 to become the first British woman to reach the French Open semifinals since Jo Durie in 1983.

Dale Steyn Ruled Out of World Cup

In a major blow to Team South Africa in the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2019, their speedster Dale Steyn has been ruled out of the marquee event.
Steyn, South Africa's fifth highest ODI wicket-taker of all time, withdrew from the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the same issue and has already missed the first two games of his team's campaign at the World Cup.
Steyn would be replaced in the South African squad by left-arm quick Beuran Hendricks who made his ODI debut in January 2019 against Pakistan.

Jun 04, 2019

Indian Women in Final

The Indian women's hockey team continued its unbeaten run and defeated Scotland 2-1 to enter the final of the Cantor Fitzgerald U-21 four-nation tournament.
Mumtaz Khan scored the first goal and Gagandeep Kaur scored the second goal for India, while Margery Justice scored the only goal for Scotland.

Indians to Skip Asian GP Series

With its main bunch training in Europe, Indian athletes will not be in action in the first of the two-leg Asian Grand Prix series which begins in Chongqing, China.
Radhakrishnan Nair, the Deputy National Coach said that our elite athletes are currently training in Europe and the current phase of their training is not ideal for competition, hence we have not sent them to Asian GP.
Their 'pre-competition phase' starts by the middle of June, they will be competing in meets during this period.

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