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May 01, 2019

India at Sudriman Cup

Olympic medallists P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal along with Kidambi Srikanth will lead a strong Indian contingent at the 2019 Sudirman Cup mixed team championship, to be played in Nanning, China from May 19 to 26.
Four-time World Championships medallist Sindhu won a silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics while Saina won a bronze medal in the 2012 London Olympics.
Srikanth is currently ranked eighth in the world among the men's singles shuttlers.
India has been seeded eighth in this edition of the tournament. In 2018 at Gold Coast, Australia, India had reached the quarter-finals.

Stage Set to Create a World Record

The Stage is set to create a World record of maximum participation of table tennis players in an event.
Over the next five days, around 4000 players including Soumyajit Ghosh, Sudhanshu Grover, Arjun Ghosh, Abhishek Yadav, Jubin Kumar and Payas Jain, will be seen in action in the first Indian Table Tennis Marathon 2019 at the Sant Sujan Singhji International School at Swaroop Nagar.
The event offers prizes worth over Rs. 10 lakh, including Rs. 3 lakh in cash, and trophies to the top-eight finishers in each of the eight sections.
The World record, set in March 2013 in China stands at 2,048 participants.
The Guangzhou Baiyun District table tennis tournament, held in the Guangzhou Gymnasium at Baiyun, attracted 2336 entries, but 288 players were later disqualified for not turning up for some of their matches.
Competitions will be held for boys and girls separately in under-8, under-10, under-12, under-14, under-16 and under-18 sections.

Apr 30, 2019

Bajrang and Vinesh Nominated for Khel Ratna

The Wrestling Federation of India recommended Asian Champion Bajrang Punia and last year's Asian Games gold-medallist Vinesh Phogat for the country's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
The National shooting federation has suggested the names of pistol ace Heena Sidhu and trap shooter Ankur Mittal for the Khel Ratna.

2024 World TT

Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) has decided to bid for the 2024 edition of the biennial World Team Championships.
According to TTFI secretary M.P. Singh, the time has come for India to host a high-profile event. The last time India hosted a World Championships was way back in 1987.

Apr 28, 2019

Abhishek Wins Gold

The shooting range in Beijing continues to be a favourite hunting ground for India.
At the place where Abhinav Bindra won the country's only individual Olympic gold in 2008, the Indian shooters were busy collecting more Olympic quota places for the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Abhishek Verma bettered Divyansh Singh Panwars' effort, he won the silver and Olympic quota in men's air rifle.

BCCI Recommends Four for Arjuna Award

The BCCI recommended India pacers Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and women's team player Poonam Yadav for the Arjuna award. The decision was taken during the CoA meeting.

Apr 27, 2019

WC Match Officials

Three World Cup winners and one Indian umpire in Sundaram Ravi were named among the 22 match officials for the league stage of the mega event beginning on May 30 in the United Kingdom.
Sixteen umpires and six match referees have been finalised for the 48-match tournament.
Match Referees: Chris Broad, David Boon, Andy Pycroft, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, and Richie Richardson.

Panghal and Pooja Fetch Golds

Amit Panghal (52 kg) picked up his second successive gold of the year, while Pooja Rani finished on top in women's 81 kg to bring India's campaign to a fine end in the Asian Boxing Championships.
India ended the event with 13 medals, two gold, four silver and seven bronze.

Apr 26, 2019

Asia Badminton Championship

P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal registered straight-game wins to sail into the quarter-finals of the Asia Badminton Championship.
Saina, defeated Kim Ga-eun of Korea. Sindhu defeated Indonesia's Choirunnisa. The World No. 6 will next play unseeded Cai Yanyan of China.

ISSF World Cup

India opened its medal account with a gold each in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed and 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team events on the third day of competitions at the ISSF Shooting World Cup.
Young shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary took the top spot in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event after Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar opened the country's gold account in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.
Bhaker and Chaudhary outshot Jiang Ranxin and Pang Wei of China in the final, which was held in the new format wherein top two teams battled for the gold medal.

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