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Apr 09, 2019

Graham Reid Appointed Indian Men's Hockey Coach

Former Australian player Graham Reid was appointed as the new chief coach of the Indian men's hockey team.
Graham Reid is backed by a successful career as a player and also comes with strong coaching experience, having worked with the Australian and the Netherlands national teams.

Apr 08, 2019

Lin Dan Clinches Malaysia Open Title

Chinese badminton ace Lin Dan clinched the Malaysia Open after an electric performance against countryman Chen Long to claim his first major title in two years.
The win comes after the fivetime world champion made several early round exits since January, including at the Indonesia Masters, German Open and All England.
But in a nail-biting 78-minute match, the world number 16 smashed his way back to victory with a final score that tallied 9-21, 21-7, 21-11.
The title is Lin's first win this year, and also his first major success since taking the Malaysia Open in 2017.
The two-time Olympic gold medallist received a $49,000 cash prize presented by his long-time Malaysian rival Lee Chong Wei, who sat out the Open over his cancer recovery.

Apr 07, 2019

Joseph's Record 6/12 Powers

Mumbai Indians' pace bowler Alzarri Joseph played spoilsport picking six for 12, the best spell in IPL history, to derail home team Sunrisers Hyderabad's chase.
After restricting Mumbai Indians to 136/7 in 20 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad looked on course but the Antiguan fast bowler put the spanner in the works by bettering a record that has stood for 11 seasons.
Before Joseph, Sohail Tanvir's 6/14 in the inaugural season in 2008 was the best.

IPL- 2019

The Chennai Super Kings captain foresaw a battle no one could have, helped raise the par score of 160 on a difficult Chepauk pitch, before fielding three spinners to slowly turn the screws on Kings XI Punjab and extract another victory at home.

Tai Tzu to Retire after Olympics

World No 1 shuttler Tai Tzu Ying declared that she will hang up her boots after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The 24-year-old from Chinese Taipei has been the most dominant force in women's badminton ever since she became world No 1 on December 1, 2016, relinquishing the top spot only once for two weeks in April 2018.
Though she won the 2018 Asian Games gold and the Asian Championships the last two years, the two-time All England winner has never won a medal in any of the badminton Majors. However, that is what she aspires to before retiring.
Tai has a 15-5 record against Saina Nehwal, beating the Indian 13 times on the trot. Saina last won against Tai six years ago at the Swiss Open.
The Taiwanese also has an impressive 10-4 record against Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu.

Apr 05, 2019

Malaysia Open

India's Kidambi Srikanth made it to the men's singles quarterfinal but P. V. Sindhu went down in straight games in women's singles competition at the USD 750,000 Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur.
Eighth seeded Srikanth, who had reached the finals of a BWF World Tour event after 17 months at the India Open last week, defeated Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab to set up a meeting with Olympic champion and fourth seed Chen Long of China.

Apr 04, 2019

Jeevan & Purav in Quarter-finals

Third seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja beat Fabricio Neis and Hernandez David Vega in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the 46,600 euro Challenger tennis.

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