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Jun 03, 2019

India Retains the Title

The Indian team maintained its impressive record of not dropping a set in 20 matches as it beat Czech Republic 4-0 in the super league and retained the title in the 21st USIC World Railways tennis championship.
In the league stage, India had beaten Slovakia and Czech Republic.

Jun 02, 2019

Universal Tennis Rating Tournament

The first ever UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) tournament organised by DreamBig Events for the 12-18 age group will be held at the Ahmedabad Racquet Academy from July 5 to 7.
With an entry fee of $60, the event will offer at least three matches for every player. The UTR system provides an accurate measurement of a player's level from novice to professional. It is the rating that is used by American Colleges to recruit players.
Rian Pandole, is the top-ranked Indian at the moment with a UTR of 13.23, competing on the Collegiate circuit from the Columbia University.
Top performers from the tournament will get direct entry to the DreamBig Silver and Gold series tennis camps, scheduled for 2019.

Vissesh Rewrites National Mark

Vissesh Parameshwar Sharma (Prime Star, Dubai) set a National record, clocking 00.28.84s, to win the gold in the Group 2 boys' 50m backstroke on day one of the sub-junior & junior State aquatic championship at the Velachery complex.

May 31, 2019

ISSF World Cup

India won both the gold medals on offer, and bagged a silver, in mixed team events on the final day of competition to finish the ISSF World Cup in Munich with a staggering five gold medals, their best performance in a World Cup.
the 10m air rifle event saw two Indian teams pitted against each other for the gold medal match-up. Anjum Moudgil and 17-year-old Divyansh Singh Panwar defeated Apurvi Chandela and Deepak Kumar with a comprehensive 16-2 margin.
The Belarusian pair of Maria Martynova and Ilia Charheika won a thrilling bronze-medal match against Austrian Olivia Hofmann and Alexander Schmirl 16-14.
It was the second successive World Cup gold for Anjum and Divyansh, who had taken the top spot in Beijing too.
The two shot a combined 631.9 to top the eight-team standings in the first stage of the finals. Apurvi and Deepak were in second spot with an effort of 630.2.
Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker continued to dominate the 10m mixed team air pistol event, winning gold in all three World Cups this year.
The teenagers topped in the New Delhi and Beijing World Cups, and also won the Asian Airgun Championships in Chinese-Taipei for four gold medals this season.
Manu and Saurabh were on target right from round one, topping the 76-team field with a score of 586 and then consolidating in round two with 591. Saurabh shot a 100 in his last series.
India topped the overall medals tally with five gold medals and one silver, leaving behind China at second place with nine medals — two gold, two silver and five bronze medals.
Apurvi Chandela (10m air rifle women), Rahi Sarnobat (25m pistol women) and Saurabh Chaudhary (10m air pistol men) had won individual gold medals.

Yennaris becomes China's first naturalised player

Former Arsenal and Brentford midfielder Nico Yennaris has become the first overseas-born player to be called up for the China national team after he was included in Marcello Lippi's squad for upcoming friendlies against the Philippines and Tajikistan.
Yennaris, known as Li Ke in China, was born and grew up in England and is eligible to play for China through his mother, who was born in the country.
The 26-year-old signed for Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan in January and has been granted Chinese citizenship, making him eligible for selection by Lippi as the Italian seeks to boost the fortunes of the country's struggling national team.
Yennaris' inclusion marks a significant shift in policy by the Chinese Football Association, which had previously resisted calls to include naturalised players in the national set-up despite it being common practice in many other countries.

First Spinner to Bowl the First Over in a World Cup

South Africa's Imran Tahir became the first spinner to bowl the first over in a World Cup.
In the 1992 World Cup, New Zealand off-spinner Dipak Patel had bowled the second over in the match against Australia.
Tahir also became the oldest South African to play in a World Cup match. The previous record was held by his compatriot Omar Henry.

May 30, 2019

ICC World Cup 2019-05-30

The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup is the 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by England and Wales, from 30 May to 14 July 2019.
The hosting rights were awarded in April 2006, after England and Wales withdrew from the bidding to host the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, which was held in Australia and New Zealand. The first match will be played at The Oval while the final will be played at Lord's. It is the fifth time that the Cricket World Cup will be held in England and Wales, following the 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 World Cups.
The format for the tournament will be a single group of 10 teams, with each team playing the other nine once, and the top four at the end of the group phase progressing to the semi-finals.

Manu Wins Olympic Quota

Manu Bhaker missed a medal by 0.1 point but captured the Olympic quota place in women's air pistol in the shooting World Cup.
Despite shooting a 10.3 Manu was overtaken by eventual gold medalist Anna Korakaki of Greece.
Manu's quota is India's seventh for Tokyo 2020, behind Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela, Saurabh Chaudhary, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Abhishek Verma and Rahi Sarnobat.

AITA Championship Series Under-12 Tennis Tournament

Unseeded Mrinalika Swami knocked out top seed Snighda Ruhil in the girls' semifinals of the AITA Championship series under-12 tennis tournament at the Modern School courts.
Boys (semifinals): Ashravya Mehra defeated Yatharth Paliwal; Raunak Kashyap defeated Aaditya Singh Jadon. Quarterfinals: Yatharth Paliwal defeated Tavish Pahwa; Aashravya Mehra defeated Tanmay Tomar; Aaditya Singh Jadon Singh defeated Shourya Kumar; Raunak Kashyap defeated Jefrey Khushwin.
Girls (semifinals): Mrinalika Swami defeated Snighda Ruhil; Pehal Khardkar defeated Vanshika Jain. Quarterfinals: Snigdha Ruhil defeated Sharmin Dalal; Mrinalika Swami defeated Kum Kum Kumari; Pehal Khardkar defeated Swasti Singh; Vanshika Jain defeated Sirisha Dheer.

Pakistan Awarded 2020 Asia Cup

The next edition of the Asia Cup could also be UAE-bound with Pakistan given the hosting rights of the tournament in 2020, as organising it in its own country will cast serious doubts on India's participation owing to diplomatic tensions.
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in its meeting in Singapore awarded the continental meet, to be held in T20 format, to Pakistan, which will most likely organise it in the neutral venues of the United Arab Emirates.
Last year the Board of Control for Cricket in India hosted the Asia Cup in UAE because of the political tensions between Pakistan and India.

May 29, 2019

KSSC Gets New President

The Kerala government cleared the appointment of Olympian Mercy Kuttan as the new president of the Kerala State Sports Council (KSSC).
Kuttan is the third woman president of the apex body of sport in Kerala, following the footsteps of Padmini Thomas and Anju Bobby George.
She got Kerala its first ever yellow metal in the women's section in long jump at the 1991 Asian Athletics Championships in Lahore.

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