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SPORTS - July 2018

Jul 2018

Dec 14, 2018

Target Olympic Scheme

Eight young shooters including Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary were included in the Target Olympic Scheme (TOPS) along with two tennis players and three paddlers, keeping in mind the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The TOPS offers a monthly financial support of Rs 50,000 to the selected athletes.
The Asian Games gold medallists Divij Sharan and Rohan Bopanna are the two tennis players named in latest TOPS list.

India's Wait for Title

India's dream of earning a World Cup medal came to a crashing end as it lost to Netherlands 2-1 in the quarter-final.

P. V. Sindhu Beats Tai Tzu Ying

Rio Olympics silver medallist P. V. Sindhu defeated top ranked Chinese Taipei shuttler, Tai Tzu Ying to record her second consecutive victory in the BWF World Tour Finals.
She will take on Malaysia's Zhang Beiwen in her last Group A match and looks certain for a place in the semis. Sindhu had finished runner-up in the tournament last year.

Allan Border Medal to Be Rebranded

With the increase in recognition of women's cricket and the popularity of the T20 format, Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) announced to rebrand its Allan Border Medal to Australian Cricket Awards from 2019 onwards.

Dec 13, 2018

Most Dominant Athletes of 2018

ESPN has compiled a list of 20 most dominant athletes in the world. The list is headed by American gymnast Simone Biles.
The list is compiled based on an athletes' strongest performance in 2018 compared with their peers' over a 20 year period.
The complete list is: Simone Biles (Gymnastics, USA), Eliud Kipchoge (Marathoner, Kenya), Daniel Cormier (MMA, USA), Ariya Jutanugarn (Golfer, Thailand), Katie Ledecky (Swimmer, USA), Chloe Kim (Snowboarder, USA), Breanna Stewart (WNBA, USA), Luka Modric (Football, Croatia), Simona Halep (Tennis, Romania), Novak Djokovic (Tennis, Serbia), Yuzuru Hanyu (Figure Skating, Japan), Lewis Hamilton (F1, Great Britain), LeBron James (NBA, USA), Mookie Betts (Baseball, USA), Drew Brees (NFL, USA), Justify (Horse Racing, USA), Alex Ovechkin (NHL, Russia), Patrick Mahomes (NFL, USA), James Harden (NBA, USA) and Mike Trout (Baseball, USA).

Dec 11, 2018

Kohli Achieves Rare Feat as Captain

Virat Kohli achieved a rare feat as the captain of the Indian cricket team. Kohli, who represented his nation for the 75th time in Adelaide, became the first Indian skipper to win Tests in Australia, England and South Africa.
It also made him the first captain in Asia to win Tests in these three nations.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rahul Dravid had also won Tests in England and South Africa.

Dec 09, 2018

Virat Kohli Scores 1000 Test Runs in Australia

Virat Kohli became the fourth India batsman to score 1000 Test runs in Australia. The other three Indian cricketers who achieved this feat are Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid.

Dec 07, 2018

Pact Signed to Tackle Match-fixing in Sport

The Theresa May government signed the Macolin Convention to tackle match-fixing in sport at a summit attended by over 100 sports ministers, international sports organisations and experts to deal with the controversial issue.
The Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, commonly known as the Macolin Convention, aims to prevent, detect and punish match fixing.
This treaty is the only international legally-binding instrument against match-fixing, illegal betting, bad governance, insider information, conflicts of interests and the use of clubs as shell companies.

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