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SPORTS - July 2018

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Dec 27, 2018

Solo Trek across Antarctica

Colin O'Brady, an American adventurer, became the first person to complete a solo trek across Antarctica without assistance of any kind.
He took 54 days to complete the nearly 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) crossing of the frozen continent from north to south.
In 1996-97, a Norwegian polar explorer, Borge Ousland, made the first solo crossing of Antarctica but he was wind-aided by kites on his voyage.

Heena Equals Air Pistol World Mark

Heena Sidhu shot a world record equalling 587 in women's 10m air pistol qualification in the shooting National selection trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Range.
Anna Korakaki of Greece had earlier shot the record in the World Cup in Fort Benning, US, in May this year.

Dec 22, 2018

Australian Open

The Australian Open has joined Wimbledon in introducing a final set tie-break from next year`s competition following the most extensive consultation in the event`s history.
According to the new rules, which will come into force, matches tied at 6-6 in the final set will move into a tiebreak and the first player to reach 10 points with a difference of two will win the contest.

Dec 21, 2018

Indian Women's Cricket Team Coach

Former Indian batsman W. V. Raman was preferred over celebrated South African Gary Kirsten for the position of India's women's cricket coach.
Raman is currently a batting consultant at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.
Kirsten was the top choice for the BCCI ad-hoc selection committee but Raman got the job as the South African was not keen on giving up his plum job with IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Dec 17, 2018

Pant Surpassed Dhoni

Rishabh Pant added another accolade to his name during the second Test match in Perth as he surpassed M. S. Dhoni, Wriddhman Saha and Syed Kirmani to become the wicket-keeper with the most number of dismissals in an India vs Australia Test series.
Pant achieved the feat when he completed the dismissal of Shaun Marsh.
With the dismissal, he overtook the previous record of 14 held by Kirmani.
Rishabh Pant surpassed Wriddhiman Saha becoming the India wicket-keeper to take the most number of catches in a Test match.
Pant broke the record with his 11th catch dismissing Mitchell Starc behind the wickets.
Earlier, Pant also became the first Indian wicket-keeper to take six catches in a Test innings against Australia.

BWF World Tour

P. V. Sindhu defeated Nozomi Okuhara to win the title and became the first Indian to clinch a world series title.

Hockey World Cup 2018

Belgium defeated Netherlands 3-2 via a penalty shoot-out to win the 2018 Hockey World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
Belgium registered its second biggest international title after the Olympics silver in Rio in 2016.
Defending champions Australia defeated England to clinch the third place.
India's final ranking in the World Cup is sixth place.

Dec 15, 2018

Inderjeet's doping ban overturned

The National AntiDoping Agency's appeals panel set aside shot-putter Inderjeet Singh's four-year ban by NADA's disciplinary panel. The appeals panel of lawyer Vibha Datta Makhija, Dr Harsh Mahajan and ex-player Vinay Lamba said the identity and integrity of the samples collected by NADA were compromised.
Inderjeet tested positive twice — on June 22, 2016, during an out of competition test in Bhiwani and on June 29, 2016 during the inter-state in Hyderabad. Inderjeet can now compete but there could be an appeal from WADA in the CAS.

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