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Apr 15, 2019

Neeraj Not to Defend Asian Title

Neeraj Chopra, the country's biggest name in athletics, will not be defending his javelin title in the Asian Athletics Championships which begins in Doha later in April.
Neeraj, the World No. 4 and also the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games champion, has suffered an elbow strain and will not participate at the championships.

Apr 14, 2019

Meena Kumari Clinches Gold

Meena Kumari Maisnam won gold medal in the 54 kg at the Boxing World Cup in Cologne.
Sakshi (57 kg) and Pwilao Basumatary (64 kg) lost their final bouts and had to settle for the silver while Pinki Rani (51 kg) and Parveen (60 kg) won bronze as India finished with five medals.
Meena, the 2014 Asian Championships bronze medallist with three National Championships titles to her credit, edged Thailand's Machai Bunyanut on points in the summit clash. She had earlier won the gold at the prestigious Strandja Cup.

Apr 12, 2019

Deepa Named for Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship

Rio Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik has been named as the recipient of the New Zealand Prime Minister's Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2019.
The first Indian woman to earn a medal at the Paralympic Games, Deepa has won 58 national and 23 international medals.
A recipient of the Padma Shri and Arjuna Award, she has entered the Limca Book of World Records four times.
As a Sir Edmund Hillary Prime Minister's Fellow for New Zealand, Deepa will travel to New Zealand and meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, undertake a series of visits to Paralympic sporting organisations, and engage with Kiwi athletes, students and the media.
The Fellowship Program has been running since 2008, which aims to strengthen the relationship between India and New Zealand by showcasing the different aspects of the warm friendship between the two countries.

AITA Signs MoU with STF

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Serbian Tennis Federation (STF) to train Indian junior players under world renowned Serbian coaches at the R. K. Khanna Stadium.
The MoU was signed by AITA Secretary-General Hironmoy Chatterjee and STF CEO Dusan Orlandic.
Trainers and coaches from Serbia will come to India for a week/ two-week camp in the under-12, 14, 16 and 18 categories.

Singapore Open

P. V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, K. Srikanth and Sameer Verma progressed to the quarterfinals of the $355,000 Singapore Open.
Fourth-seeded Sindhu defeated World No. 22 Mia Blichfeldt.
Srikanth defeated Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus, setting up a meeting with top seed Japan's Kento Mamota.
Sania defeated defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong.

Indian Women Win Series

The Indian women's hockey team beat Malaysia by a solitary goal to complete a 4-0 win in the five-match bilateral series.
It was Navjot Kaur's fine field goal and a good defensive display that helped India win.
India did well to create scoring opportunities with substantial circle entries but could not convert enough chances.

Apr 11, 2019

Boxing World Cup

Pinki Rani started her 51kg campaign with a commanding win as Indian boxers assured themselves of at least a couple of medals at the Cologne Boxing World Cup.
The 2018 India Open gold medallist was in impeccable form in her opening bout against local hope Ursula Gottlob whom she blanked 5-0.
While Rani entered the quarter-finals, the seven-member Indian contingent is already confirmed of at least a silver medal and a bronze through Meena Kumari Maisnam and Pwilao Basumatary respectively.
With only three boxers in the fray in the 54kg category, Strandja Memorial gold medallist Maisnam has already entered the final.

Anand Finishes in Fifth Place

Viswanathan Anand drew with Veselin Topalov in the ninth round to finish fourth, the same as Alexander Grischuk and Teimour Radjabov in the Shamkir Chess 2019 tournament.
However, the Indian was placed fifth in the rankings behind Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Sergey Karjakin and Grischuk.

Apr 10, 2019

Senior National-ranking Tournament

Kerala's biggest badminton event, the senior National-ranking tournament, will be held at Kozhikode's V. K. Krishna Menon indoor stadium from April 16 to 21.
Competitions for men and women in singles, doubles and mixed doubles will be conducted in the tournament which carries a total prize fund of Rs. 5 lakh.
The qualifying rounds will be played on April 16 and 17 and the main draw will start on April 18.
Thiruvananthapuram will host the junior National-ranking tournament at the Sports Hub-Yogendran International Badminton Academy from May 28 to June 2 with the qualifying rounds on the first two days.
Meanwhile, the Kerala Badminton Association has allotted the State senior championships to Thrissur and it will be held from August 28 to September 1.

Manpreet and Suman Slapped Four-year Ban

International women athletes, shot-putter Manpreet Kaur and javelin thrower Suman Devi, have been handed a four-year ban by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) after being caught for doping in 2017.
The Punjab shot-putter, who returned positive results an extraordinary four times, can appeal before NADA's Anti Doping Appeal Panel for reduction of her punishment.
The ban will be imposed with retrospective effect. Her suspension will start from July 20, 2017.

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