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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.

Apr 25, 2019

Asian Wrestling Championships

Amit Dhankar clinched a silver while Rahul Aware won a bronze in the men's freestyle wrestling at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
Amit won a silver in the 74 kg freestyle event after losing to Daniyar Kaisanov of Kazakhstan in the final.
Rahul Aware beat Jincheol Kim of Korea in the men's 61 kg freestyle bronze medal play-off.

ODI Status for USA and Oman

United States sealed its ODI status for the first time with a third straight victory at the World Cricket League Division Two event.
Oman has also secured ODI status, leaving Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Canada and Hong Kong to fight it out for the remaining two places.

Apr 24, 2019

Jhulan Gets Best Sportsperson Award

World's leading wicket-taker in women's ODIs, Jhulan Goswami was conferred the 'Best Sportsperson' award at the Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club's (CSJC) annual awards. Among other prominent award winners, Bengal Ranji Trophy winning captain and former National selector Sambaran Banerjee and former India winger footballer Sukumar Samajpati received the 'Lifetime Achievement' award.

Grover Keeps Title

Defending champion and top-seeded Grandmaster Sahaj Grover came up with a strong finish, winning the last four rounds, to keep the Capablanca chess festival title at the Crawford College.
Grover defeated South Africa's Calvin John Klassen, seeded four, in the ninth and final round to tally seven points. Second-seeded International Master Daniel Cawdery was the runner-up.

Bajrang Reclaims Gold

World No.1 Bajrang Punia logged 10 points in a row in the gold medal bout to reclaim his Asian Championship crown, defeating Kazakhstan's Sayatbek Okassov in the 65kg men's free style final.
It is Bajrang's second gold at this championship, having won one in 2017. Overall, it was the fifth medal for the Indian in this tournament.
Another Indian in the gold medal contention is Parveen Rana, who entered the final in 79kg category after a win over Kazakhstan's Galymzhan Usserbayev.
He will face Bahman Mohammad Teymouri of Iran in his gold-medal bout.

Apr 23, 2019

IPL Final Shifted

The IPL final, originally allotted to Chennai, will now be played in Hyderabad on May 12. The change of venue was necessitated because the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association failed to get the State government's permission to use three stands closed since 2012.
Chennai Super Kings can host Qualifier 1 at home if it finds a place among the top two teams.
Visakhapatnam will get to host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2.

India's First Gold at Asian Athletics Championships

India's first gold at the 23rd Asian athletics championships came from an unlikely source at the Khalifa International Stadium.
Gomathi Marimuthu ran the race of her life, with a smart strategy, to take the women's 800 m honours. It was the 30-year-old Tamil Nadu athlete's first major gold.
Shivpal Singh took the silver with an impressive second-round effort of 86.23 m.

Kavinder Bisht Enters Asian Championship Semis

Boxer Kavinder Singh Bisht (56 kg) upstaged reigning world champion Kairat Yeraliyev and assured his maiden Asian Championship medal, while Sonia Chahal (57 kg) advanced to the last-four of the women's draw at the continental showpiece in Bangkok.

Apr 22, 2019

Sixth Santosh Title for Services

Services won its sixth Santosh Trophy title with a 1-0 victory over home side Punjab at the Guru Nanak Stadium.
With this victory, the side has ended the campaign without losing a single match.
Incidentally, the last time Services played in the Santosh Trophy final was in 2015, at the same venue and against the same opposition.

Silver for Annu and Avinash

Annu Rani won the women's javelin throw silver while Avinash Sable won a medal of the same colour in the men's 3000 m steeplechase in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium.

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