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May 18, 2019

New Office-bearers for SFI

A new set of office-bearers took charge at the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) AGM, with R. N. Jayaprakash of Tamil Nadu and D. Chokshi Monal (Gujarat) being unanimously elected as president and secretary.

Federer Pulls Out of Italian Open

Roger Federer pulled out of the Italian Open before his quarterfinal match with a right leg injury.
Federer, a four-time Rome finalist, had been due to meet Greek eighth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas for a place in the semifinals.
The Swiss 20-time Grand Slam winner was playing in Rome to prepare for his return to the French Open for the first time since 2015.

May 17, 2019

First Indian in CPL Players' Draft

Irfan Pathan created history after becoming the first Indian cricketer to be included in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) players' draft.
The player draft for CPL 2019 was announced with Irfan being the only Indian in the list.
If Irfan does manage to find a buyer in the auctions then he will also become the first Indian cricketer to play in a major overseas T20 league.
Over the years, BCCI has maintained a tough stance in not allowing Indian cricketers to participate in T20 leagues like BBL, CPL, BPL, Ram Slam T20 but all of that is set to change with Irfan's inclusion in the CPL 2019 players' draft.

May 16, 2019

Guardiola Beats Klopp to Manager of the Year Award

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola edged out Jurgen Klopp to a trophy for the second time in three days as the Catalan claimed the League Managers' Association manager of the year.
Guardiola's City retained the Premier League title, beating Klopp's Liverpool by a single point at the end of a thrilling title race.
Having also won the League Cup earlier in the campaign, Guardiola's side could complete a first ever domestic treble in English football when they face Watford in the FA Cup final at Wembley.
Guardiola topped the vote ahead of Jurgen Klopp, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, who has led Spurs to their first ever Champions League final, and Nuno Espirito Santo of Wolves, who finished seventh in their first season back in the top flight.

AIFF Appoints Stimac as India Coach

Croatian World Cupper Igor Stimac was appointed head coach of the Indian football team for a two-year term.
The national team has been without a coach since the departure of Stephen Constantine in January, following the creditable show at the AFC Asian Cup.
Stimac comes with an experience of over 18 years in coaching, structuring, and developing football and players back home, and internationally.

May 15, 2019

Serena Withdraws from Italian Open

Serena Williams withdrew from the Italian Open with a recurring left knee injury handing sister Venus a walkover into the third round.
However, the 23-time Grand Slam winner insisted she would still be competing in the French Open later in May.

Anti-corruption Officer for ICC World Cup

In a first, all the 10 participating teams at the upcoming ICC World Cup will have a dedicated anti-corruption officer attached with it to deliver a corruption-free tournament.
The ICC will attach an official with each team starting from warm-up matches till the end of the tournament.
Previously, the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit had personnel deployed at each venue, meaning that teams would deal with a number of officials over the course of a tournament.

First Female Match Referee G. S. Lakshmi

The International Cricket Council welcomed India's G. S. Lakshmi as the first female to be appointed to the ICC International Panel of match referees.
Following close on the heels of Claire Polosak, who earlier in May became the first ever woman umpire to stand in a men's ODI,
Lakshmi will be eligible to referee international games with immediate effect.

May 14, 2019

Most Successful Women Spinner in ODIs

Pakistan off-spinner Sana Mir became the most successful women spinner in the history of one-day internationals after dismissing South Africa's Sune Luus during the third match of the ICC Women's Championship which ended in a draw at the Willowmoore Park in Benoi.
Luus' wicket was Mir's 147th in her 118th ODI appearance, helping the Pakistani spinner climb up to the third spot in the list of all-time leading wicket-takers in women's cricket behind Indian pacer Jhulan Goswami (218) and Australia's Cathryn Fitzpatrick (180).

Mary Kom to Compete in India Open

Following her return to 51 kg, six-time World champion and London Olympics bronze medallist M. C. Mary Kom will compete in her first event in the Olympic weight class when she takes the ring in the $70,000 India Open boxing tournament to be held at Guwahati from May 20 to 24.
Keeping the World championships and the Olympics in mind, Mary, who clinched her sixth World title in 48 kg in Delhi in 2018, will use the India Open as a preparatory event.

Arnav and Moumita in Indian Squad

Bengaluru teenagers Arnav Gupta and Moumita Mishra were included in the Indian squad which will compete in the second junior NBA Global Championship, a youth basketball tournament.
The tournament will be held from August 6 to 11, at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World near Orlando, USA.
The junior NBA Global Championship will feature boys and girls divisions, separated into U.S.A. and international brackets.
The winners of the U.S.A. and international brackets will play in the global championship game on August 11.

Serena to Take On Venus

Serena Williams made a winning return from injury, beating Swedish qualifier Rebecca Petersen to advance to the second round of the Italian Open clay-court tournament.
She will meet her elder sister Venus, who beat Elise Mertens in a marathon match that lasted over three hours.
The sisters last played each other in Rome 21 years ago, when a teenage Venus went on to win the tournament.

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