Veteran drag flicker Rupinder Pal Singh, who came out of retirement, will lead a second-string Indian men's hockey team at the Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in Jakarta from May 23 to June 1. Birendra Lakra, who also returned from retirement, will be his deputy in the 20-member squad. It will be the first assignment for former captain Sardar Singh as India 'A' coach.
India are in pool A along with Japan, Pakistan and hosts Indonesia, while Malaysia, Korea, Oman and Bangladesh are grouped in pool B. India will start their Asia Cup Men's Hockey title defence with a blockbuster clash against arch-rivals Pakistan on the opening day of the competition.
Anurag Thakur Launches Mascot, Logo and Jersey of Khelo India Youth Games
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has launched the mascot 'Dhakad' along with the official logo and official jersey of the Fourth Khelo India Youth Games at Panchkula and lauded the effort of Haryana to host the games. The competition is being organised by the Sports Authority of India and the state government of Haryana. In this edition of the Khelo India Youth Games, over 8,500 athletes will be participating.
Haryana will set an example by hosting the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games from June 4 to June 13 at Panchkula, Chandigarh, Shahabad, Ambala and Delhi. This was supposed to be held in the year 2021 but got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 11, 2022
Boxing: Russia's Dmitry Bivol retains his WBA light-heavyweight World title
Shaking up the boxing world, Russia's Dmitry Bivol defeated Mexican boxing superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to retain his WBA Light-Heavyweight title. Meeting for the "Legacy is Earned" event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bivol pull out a unanimous points decision win (115-113), extending his undefeated record to 20 bouts.
Despite a competitive match, Dmitry Bivol controlled the fight from the outset. Showcasing his signature penchant for shutting down the offense of his opponents. Throughout the fight, Bivol's jab layed down a technical structure that simply could not be broken, consistently delivering combinations in return for any strikes from Alvarez. While maintaining a consistent defense that did not allow enough clean strikes to land.
Nobert Kigen (men's) of Kenya, Bekelech Borecha (women's) of Ethiopia win Prague Marathon
Nobert Kigen of Kenya won the men's title at the Prague international marathon while Bekelech Borecha of Ethiopia was the fastest woman in the race. Kigen crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 7 minutes and 54 seconds, beating a pair of Ethiopian runners. Kelkile Woldaregay finished second in 2:08:30 with Yitayal Zerihun another 14 seconds back in third. Borecha clocked her personal best of 2:22:56.
More than 10,000 runners participated in the race that had two editions cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh wins Sunway Formentera Open chess tournament
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh emerged as champion in the 1st Chess Sunway Formentera Open 2022 chess tournament in Punta Prima, Spain. It was a hat-trick of titles for him after he had previously won the La Roda tournament and the Menorca Open before.
The 15-year old Gukesh (Elo 2637) settled for a draw with Armenian GM Haik M Martirosyan in the final round to win the title with eight points. He had defeated compatriot and second-seed K Sasikiran in the ninth and penultimate round.
May 10, 2022
Max Verstappen Won Miami Grand Prix 2022
F1 world champion Max Verstappen won the inaugural Miami Grand Prix for Red Bull after defeating the Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc. Leclerc (Ferrari) finished second and Spanish teammate Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) placed third in the Miami Grand Prix 2022. The victory cut Leclerc's lead over Verstappen to 19 points in the championship, while the Monegasque's Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz completed the podium.
Verstappen's third victory of the season was hard fought, even though he led for the majority of the race. A crash between Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris on Lap 41 triggered the safety car, and when racing resumed on lap 47, Leclerc pushed hard to retake the lead.
Annu Rani Breaks Her Own National Mark in Women's Javelin Throw
Olympian Annu Rani broke her own women's National record in the fourth Indian Open javelin throw meet in Jamshedpur. The 29-year-old from Uttar Pradesh, who was eighth in the 2019 World Championships in Doha, threw 63.82m in her opening attempt that bettered her previous best of 63.24 which came in the Federation Cup in Patiala in 2021. She had another good throw, 60.10, in her second attempt.
It was the eighth time Annu, the 2019 Asian silver medallist, was breaking the National record after first achieving the feat in 2014.
Madhya Pradesh's Vivek Kumar (under-20 men, 68.67m), Haryana's Yash Saini (under-18 boys, 67.42m) and Delhi's Disha (under-18 girls, 34.87m) won the gold in other categories on the opening day of the two-day meet.
India's Abhay Singh Wins Archi Factory Open Squash Tournament in France
Unseeded Abhay Singh of India won his first PSA tour title, defeating Robin Gadola of Switzerland, seeded fifth, 11-6, 14-16, 9-11, 11-9, 16-14 in the men's final of the Archi Factory Open squash tournament at Lorient (France). Abhay saved three match-points in the fifth and final game to triumph.
The 23-year-old had produced the biggest upset of the Challenger 5 level tournament, when he defeated top-seeded Ivan Perez of Spain in three games in the second round.
Carlos Alcaraz Wins Madrid Open Title 2022
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) clinched the men's singles Madrid Open title 2022 after beating the defending champion Alexander Zverev (Germany). Alcaraz has also defeated Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (world No.1) to reach the final. It is his second Masters 1000 crown after Miami 2022 and his fourth title of the year. The 19-year-old is the youngest player since start of the ATP Tour in 1990 to defeat three top-five players at the same event.
Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) clinched the women's singles title to become the first African player to win a WTA 1000 event.
Priyanka Mohite Becomes First Indian Woman to Climb Five Peaks above 8,000 Metres
Priyanka Mohite from Maharashtra's Satara district became the first Indian woman to climb five peaks above 8000 metres. Priyanka achieved the milestone after climbing Mount Kanchenjunga. Priyanka works for a pharmaceutical research company in Bengaluru. In 2020, she also won the prestigious Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award. The 30-year-old climbed Mount Everest in 2013, Mount Lhotse in 2018, Mount Makalu in 2019 and Annapurna 1 in 2021. Notably, she is also the first Indian woman to climb Annapurna 1 and Makalu.
After 2013, she climbed the second mountain in 2018 as the snowstorm devastated Nepal in 2014 and the earthquake in 2015.
Notably, Priyanka wanted to climb Mount Kanchenjunga in 2020, but could not do so due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a teenager, she started climbing mountains in the Shayadri of Maharashtra.In 2012, Priyanka climbed Bandarpunch. Bandrapunch lies in the mountain massif of Uttarakhand's Garhwal division. In 2015, Priyanka climbed Mt. Menthosa which is 6443 m above sea level. It is the second-highest peak in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul and Spiti district.
May 09, 2022
Avinash Sable Hits New High, Breaks 30-year-old National Record
Ace Indian athlete Avinash Sable smashed the 30-year-old men's 5,000m national record at the Sound Running Track Meet at San Juan Capistrano, California. Sable, who also holds the national record in the 3,000m steeplechase, clocked 13 minutes and 25.65 seconds to finish 12th at the meet. Norway's Tokyo Olympics 1,500m gold medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the race with a timing of 13:02.03s.
The 27-year-old armyman, a farmer's son from Mandwa village in Beed district of Maharashtra, broke Bahadur Prasad's long-standing record of 13:29.70s, set in Birmingham in 1992. Sable thus broke the Indian athletics' second longest-standing national record. The longest-standing national record is that of marathoner Shivnath Singh (2:12:00s), which has stood for 44 years since 1978. Sable also holds the half marathon (21.0975km) national record of 1 hour and 30 seconds, which he had set in 2020 on way to the gold at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon.
Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa Climbs Mount Everest for 26th Time to Set New World Record
Nepal's legendary climber Kami Rita Sherpa climbed the Mt Everest, the tallest peak in the world for the 26th time to set a new world record. Leading an 11-member rope fixing team, Kami Rita and his team reached the summit, breaking his own previous world record.
As the Everest climbing season is approaching fast and hundreds of climbers are waiting for fair weather to reach the top, Kami Rita and his team went to the top of Everest to fix the ropes so that the Everest expedition becomes easier for the other climbers.
Born in 1970 in Solukhumbu district, he first climbed the Everest in May 1994. His father was among the first professional Sherpa guides after Everest was opened for foreign mountaineers in 1950. His brother, also a guide, scaled Everest 17 times.
According to Nepal's Tourism Department, 316 people have applied to scale Everest this season.
May 07, 2022
Asian Games 2022 Postponed Indefinitely
Randhir Singh, the acting President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said that the Asian Games scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September was postponed until 2023.
The 19th edition of the multi-sports Games, second in size only to the Summer Olympics, was scheduled to take place from Sept. 10-25 in the capital of Zhejiang province, some 175 kilometres southwest of Shanghai.
No reason was immediately given for the postponement.
Hockey India Senior Women's National Championships 2022
The 12th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022 began in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. A total of 27 teams will vie for top honours in the 12-day tournament. The participating teams are divided into eight pools.
Teams in Pool A are Hockey Madhya Pradesh, Hockey Chandigarh, and Hockey Bihar, while Pool B features Hockey Haryana, Assam Hockey, and Hockey Bengal.
Pool C consists of Hockey Punjab, Chhattisgarh Hockey, and Tripura Hockey, while Pool D features Hockey Maharashtra, Hockey Rajasthan, Hockey Uttarakhand.
Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Andhra Pradesh, and Le Puducherry Hockey have been included in Pool E, while Hockey Karnataka, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu and Hockey Arunachal, Hockey Andaman & Nicobar have been slotted in Pool F. Pool G consists of Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Delhi Hockey, Goans Hockey, and Hockey Gujarat, while Pool H features Hockey Association of Odisha, Kerala Hockey, Telangana Hockey, and Hockey Himachal.
After eight days of pool matches, the Quarter-Finals will be played on 14 May 2022, the Semi-Finals will be held on 16 May 2022 and the Medal matches are scheduled for 17 May 2022.
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