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Mar 15, 2019

Dipa Karmakar Qualifies For Final Round

India's Dipa Karmakar made it to the vault finals after finishing third in the qualifying round of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup.
Dipa who had finished fourth in the event at 2016 Rio Olympics, performed a higher difficulty Handfront 540 vault for the first time in the competition.
American Jade Carey took the top spot in the qualifying round while Alexa Moreno of Mexico took the second spot.
The top eight finishers in the qualification round will compete in the final.

Mar 13, 2019

Osaka into Indian Wells 4th Round

World number one and defending champion Naomi Osaka defeated American Danielle Collins to book a fourth-round berth in the WTA premier mandatory tournament at Indian Wells.
Japan's Osaka moved to the top of the world rankings with her Australian Open title in January.
She will face resurgent Swiss Belinda Bencic, who defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia.

Mar 12, 2019

Jyoti and Rajalakshmi Duo Wins

Jyoti Malhotra and T.K. Rajalakshmi beat Maitri Parecha and Abantika Ghosh in the women's doubles final of the Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) table tennis tournament.
Vipin Sharma of 'Indian Express' won the men's title, beating Rajiv Gupta of News18 network.
The trophies were presented by Usha Rai, founder member of the IWPC.

Doha World Cup

Karnataka's Ujwal Naidu pipped seasoned Ashish Kumar in the floor event to grab a berth in the Indian men's team while Yogeshwar Singh of SSCB emerged on top in vault during the selection trials for the artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Doha.
Five gymnasts appeared for the trials, conducted by the Sports Authority of today at the IG Stadium. The trials were for only two apparatus: Floor and Vault.
The World Cup in Doha is scheduled from March 20 to 23.
Dipa Karmakar has already been cleared by GFI and SAI for participation in the in the women's section.
She will be accompanied by her coach Bishweshwar Nandi.

Mar 10, 2019

The 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament

Three-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa and former youth world champion Sachin Siwach were among six Indians to enter the semi-finals and be assured of medals at the 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland.
Thapa, a former world championships bronze medallist, beat Polish Dominik Palak in the quarter-final. He will next take on Russian Mikhail Varlamov.

Mar 09, 2019

India Gets a Major Relief from IOC

In a major relief to the Indian sporting fraternity and the various national sports federations, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) threat of suspension of all sporting events in the country appears to be abating somewhat.
The IOC has written to all International Federations and the situation is being examined accordingly by each International Federations so that appropriate action can be taken on a case-by-case basis, if and when necessary.
This means events that are not expected to figure teams from nations that might have trouble getting visas are unlikely to be impacted by the IOC decision.
It also makes it clear that there was no blanket rule regarding hosting of events and that every international federation was free to assess the impact and act accordingly regarding events in India.

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