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SPORTS - August 2018

Aug 2018

Jan 12, 2023

Herbalife Nutrition India Signs Smriti Mandhana as Sponsored Sports Athlete

Nutrition company Herbalife Nutrition India Private Limited partnered with international women's cricketer, Smriti Mandhana as a 'nutrition sponsor'. She had an incredible journey, taking the cricket world by storm with her batting performances. Currently, she is the vice captain of the Indian women's national cricket team. Herbalife Nutrition has signed over 100 sponsorship deals with varied world-class athletes, teams and events. Multiple renowned Indian athletes like Virat Kohli, Mary Kom, Lakshya Sen, and Manika Batra have partnered up with Herbalife Nutrition.
Mandhana's performance on the field made her the first Indian women cricketer to be recognized as the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2018.
The same year saw her winning the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award.

Ashleigh Gardner and Harry Brook Win ICC Players of the Month Award for December

Australia allrounder Ashleigh Gardner and England's Harry Brook won the ICC Player of the Month Awards for December following their sparkling show at the international level. While Gardner produced an excellent all-round show during a bilateral T20I series against India, Brook continued his rise with an eye-catching show in the Pakistan Test series.
Gardner scored 115 runs at an impressive strike rate of 166.66 and also took seven wickets during a 4-1 T20I series win over India.
Brook had a remarkable series in Pakistan as he peeled off three centuries in as many Tests to help England complete a historic 3-0 clean sweep.

Swastika Ghosh Qualifies for World Table Tennis Championship

Swastika Ghosh became the fourth Indian to qualify for the World Table Tennis Championship after beating Chinese Taipei's Liu Hsing-Yin to be among the 28 women singles qualifiers from the Asian Continental Stage of 2023 WTTC final in Doha.
Swastika joins Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal, who made it by finishing among the top-16 from the continent.
The World Championship will be played in Durban.

Jan 11, 2023

Virat Kohli Equals Tendulkar's Record of most Hundreds at Home

Indian Cricketer, Virat Kohli recorded the first century by an Indian in 2023 against Sri Lanka in the first One-Day International at the Baraspara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. He made 113 off 87 balls. With his 45th ODI ton he equalled Sachin Tendulkar's record for most centuries at home in ODI cricket. While Tendulkar had 20 centuries in 160 innings at home, Kohli smashed his 20 ton in his 99th innings at home.

Jan 10, 2023

Anahat Singh Wins Girls U-15 Squash Title at 2023 British Junior Open

Indian squash prodigy Anahat Singh clinched the girls Under-15 squash title at the most prestigious British Junior Open tournament in Birmingham.
She defeated Sohaila Hazem of Egypt, 3-1 in the final. Despite the first set being closely contested, she took the lead and won the tournament.
The British Junior Open is held in January every year in the UK where all the best players from all over the world compete to win the coveted title. This year it was held after a Covid-induced gap of two years from January 4 to 8.

Novak Djokovic Saves Championship Point to Beat Korda to Adelaide Title

Novak Djokovic defeated America's Sebastian Korda in a nerve-wracking final to win the Adelaide International men's singles title. The 21-time Grand Slam winner won the match 6-7 (8-10), 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 in three hours and nine minutes.
After losing the first set, Djokovic faced a championship point with the score-line reading 5-6 in favour of Korda. However, once the Serbian took the match in the tie-breaker, there was no stopping him.
Djokovic also equalled Rafael Nadal's tally of 92 ATP singles titles in the Open Era. Nadal and Djokovic are joint-fourth in the list after Jimmy Connors (109), Roger Federer (103) and Ivan Lendl (94).

Chetan Sharma Reappointed as Chairman of BCCI's selection committee

Chetan Sharma was reappointed as the Chairman of the senior selection committee, exactly two months after his entire panel was disbanded by the BCCI for the Indian team's semi-final exit in the T20 World Cup. Salil Ankola, Shiv Sunar Das, Subroto Banerjee and Sridharan Sharath are new members of the selection committee. The new committee was picked by the Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Ashok Malhotra, Jatin Paranjape and Sulakshana Naik. The committee further recommended Chetan Sharma for the role of Chairman of the senior men's selection committee.

Jan 09, 2023

M. Pranesh Becomes India's 79th Grandmaster

M. Pranesh from Tamil Nadu clinched the title in the Rilton Cup, the first tournament of the FIDE Circuit, and became India's 79th chess Grandmaster.
Pranesh crossed the 2500-rating threshold and became a GM, having completed his three norms before the Rilton Cup.
To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points.
Seeded 22nd, the Indian made a clean sweep of the field in Stockholm, winning eight games and finishing a full point ahead of IM Kaan Kucuksari (Sweden) and GM Nikita Meshkovs (Latvia) as the tournament concluded.
Pranesh is now the early leader of the FIDE Circuit with 6.8 circuit points that he gets for this victory. The one who accumulates the most points by the end of the year qualifies for the 2024 FIDE Candidates.

Sania Mirza to Retire after WTA 1000 Event in Dubai in February

Sania Mirza, India's former doubles world number one, said that she would call time on her career aged 36 after next month's Dubai Tennis Championships, after her 2022 retirement plans were delayed due to injury.
Mirza, regarded as her country's greatest women's tennis player, has won six Grand Slam doubles titles and will compete in her final major this month at the Australian Open, where she bagged the women's doubles crown in 2016.
Mirza became the first Indian to win a WTA singles title, when she won her hometown Hyderabad event in 2005. She broke into the top 30 by 2007 and reached her career-high ranking of world number 27.
After being plagued by a recurring, career-threatening wrist injury, Mirza forged a doubles partnership with Swiss great Martina Hingis. The self-styled "Santina" team won 14 titles, including Wimbledon and the U.S. and Australian Opens.

Manchester City Inks Deal with Reliance Jio to Spur India Push

Manchester City Football Club Ltd. signed a partnership with Jio Platforms Ltd., making billionaire Mukesh Ambani's digital services unit its official wireless network partner in India.
The English Premier League club's over-the-top platform — called CITY+ — will also be integrated into the JioTV platform providing fans in India further access to exclusive club content including match highlights, live Manchester City Women's team and other fixtures.
The pact shows that Ambani's refining-to-retail conglomerate is keen to make inroads in the global sports business and is relying on its dominant telecom network , the largest in India, to win partners.

Jan 08, 2023

Belinda Clark Becomes First Woman Cricketer to Get Bronze Statue at SCG

Australia's legendary woman cricketer Belinda Clark became the first female cricketer to be immortalised with a sculpture in the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
Clark's bronze statue was installed at the entrance to the SCG's Walk of Honour and was revealed for the first time ahead of day two of the third men's Test against South Africa.
The sculpture was unveiled by The Hon. Dame Quentin Bryce and the New South Wales Premier the Hon. Dominic Perrottet MP during a ceremony.
Cricket Australia congratulated Clark, a World Cup winner and a former Australia skipper, for getting this honour.

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