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SPORTS - July 2018

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Oct 25, 2018

Fastest 10,000 ODI Runs

Kohli broke Tendulkar's record became the fastest to 10,000 ODI runs in terms of innings. Kohli has taken 205 innings to reach the feat as compared to Tendulkar's 259. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has now been relegated to the third spot, he took 263 innings to bring up the milestone.

Oct 24, 2018

Sana Mir Scripts History

Sana Mir scripted history by becoming the first Pakistan player to top the ICC Women's rankings.

She jumped surpassed Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen and Megan Schutt.

Oct 23, 2018

Bajrang's Fails to Win a Gold Medal

Bajrang Punia's bid to become only the second Indian to win a gold medal at the World Championship fell flat as Takuto Otoguro stunned the Indian in the 65kg final.

Purnia is the fourth Indian ever to make it to the World Championship gold medal match.

Otoguru became Japan's youngest World Champion at the age of 19.

Oct 22, 2018

Denmark Open 2018

Saina Nehwal lost the women's singles final of Denmark Open 2018 to world number one and nemesis Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei.

Oct 18, 2018

Burns Wins Man Booker Prize

Author Anna Burns has won the Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Milkman'.

She is the first author from Northern Ireland to win the most prestigious English-language literary award.

Burns is the 17th woman to bag the award in its 49-year history and the first woman since 2013.

Mamta Kalia Awarded Vyas Samman

The 27th Vyas Samman, an annual literary award given by the K. K. Birla Foundation, was presented to Hindi renowned author Mamta Kalia for her novel Dukkham Sukkham.

Goa governor Mridula Sinha presented the award plaque and Rs. 3.5 lakh prize money to Kalia at an event in New Delhi.

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