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May 12, 2019

Madrid Open

Stefanos Tsitsipas pulled off one of the biggest wins by beating Rafael Nadal on Spanish soil to book his place in the Madrid Open final against World No.1 Novak Djokovic.
Kiki Bertens won the biggest title of her career, beating Simona Halep in the final while also becoming the first woman ever to win the championship without dropping a set.
Tsitsipas, 20, had never won a set in his previous three meetings against claycourt specialist and 11-times French Open champion Nadal.

May 11, 2019

Pari Singh Beats Chen

Girls (semifinals): Pari Singh beat Yuyun Chen (Tpe)
Boys doubles (semifinals): Amir Milushev & Bobur Mirzo Yokubjonov (Uzb) beat Ayushmaan Arjeria and Agriya Yadav
Quarterfinals: Ayushmaan Arjeria and Agriya Yadav beat Woohyuk Chang and Chan Hee Han;
Pre-quarterfinal: Ayushmaan Arjeria and Agriya Yadav beat Hayden Khoo Menon and Yuvan Nandal.

International Shooting Competition of Hannover

Former World champion Tejaswini Sawant won the gold in the women's 50m rifle prone, beating Anna Normann of Sweden, in the International Shooting Competition of Hannover.
Esha Singh topped junior women's air pistol with 568 but eventually finished fifth.
Abhidnya Patil and Mahika Tulsyan also made the final among the Indians, but were fourth and seventh.

May 10, 2019

Federer Notches His 1200th Career Win

Roger Federer saved two match-points to defeat Gael Monfils and reach the Madrid Open quarterfinals but women's world no.1 and top seed Naomi Osaka was dumped out.
Federer, playing only his second match of a 2019 comeback to clay after three years away, took two hours to defeat French showman Monfils and record his 1,200th career win.
Osaka fell for the second time in two months to Swiss compatriot Belinda Bencic.

Milind and Bhagat Named Head Selectors

Milind Rege was named chairman of the Mumbai Cricket Association's senior selection committee and U-23 committee for 2019-2020 season.
He will be working with three other selectors, Guru Gupte, Sanjay Patil and Shridhar Mandale.
The senior women's selection committee will be headed by Vrunda Bhagat (chairperson).
Others named are Arundhati Ghosh, Surekha Bhandare, Sandhya Relekar. The four are also the U-23 selectors.

35th Asian Snooker Championship

Pankaj Advani, Laxman Rawat and Aditya Mehta will represent India in the 35th Asian Snooker Championship to be held in Doha from June 16 to 28.
At the end of the selection camp at the KSBA, India will field two sides: Team A (Advani, Rawat and Aditya) and Team B (Kamal Chawla, Sundeep Gulati and Sourav Kothari).

May 09, 2019

Esha-Akull Pair Wins Silver

India's Esha Singh and Akull Kumar topped qualification but were beaten by 5.4 points for the gold in junior mixed air pistol event by the German pair of Jan Luca Karstedt and Vanessa Seeger in the International Shooting Competition.
It was the second mixed medal for Esha, after the one she won recently with Anmol Jain in Plzen, Czech Republic.

May 08, 2019

Gayle Named Vice-Captain

Chris Gayle has been named vice captain of West Indies for the upcoming ODI World Cup slated to be held in England and Wales from May 30.
Gayle, a former captain who last led West Indies in ODIs in June 2010, will be deputy to Jason Holder in what is set to be his final ODI tournament.
Gayle is not a part of the West Indies team currently playing tri-nation series in Ireland. He, however, has been firing for Kings XI Punjab in IPL , with 490 runs from 13 matches.
Gayle is set to retire from ODIs after the World Cup. The left-hander has 10,151 runs in 289 ODIs with career-best of 215, against Zimbabwe during the 2015 edition.
West Indies will open this year's campaign against Pakistan at Trent Bridge on May 31.

SA Pick Morris to Replace Injured Nortje

South Africa have called up all-rounder Chris Morris for their cricket World Cup squad after a hand injury ruled fast bowler Anrich Nortje out of the tournament, in the latest setback for the injury-plagued side.
Nortje fractured his right thumb while practising in the nets and will need six to eight weeks to make a full recovery.
Morris has not played an ODI since February 2018, but is a regular in the T20 set-up and is well-regarded for his swing and 'death bowling'.
He can also be a powerful lower-order batsman, able to easily clear the boundary ropes.
Morris is currently playing in IPL for Delhi Capitals.

MI Enter Their Fifth IPL Final

Mumbai Indians upstaged Chennai Super Kings at their den for the second time this season to seal a spot in the final of the Indian Premier League.
Throughout this IPL season, the slow, treacherous pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium with uneven bounce and sharp turn has dented the reputation of a few big names.
The Qualifier 1 played out to a similar plot as CSK lost to Mumbai Indians by six wickets.

Godin Announces Departure from Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid captain Diego Godin announced that he will leave the club at the end of the season.
Godin has been one of the best central defenders in the world under Atletico coach Diego Simeone, who attended an emotional press conference at the Wanda Metropolitano, along with several players and president Enrique Cerezo.
The 33-year-old would not confirm his next club but indicated regret at not being able to agree a new contract.
Godin has made 381 appearances for Atletico and remains a key figure in the team, but the Uruguayan has rejected offers to extend his contract, which expires on June 30.
He is unlikely to be the last high-profile player to leave Atletico this summer.

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