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SPORTS - August 2018

Aug 2018

Mar 03, 2025

Krishna Jayasankar Sets Indian Indoor Record with a Bronze at Albuquerque

Krishna Jayasankar currently studying in Texas, United States, sent happy tidings from the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championship held in Albuquerque, as she became the new record-holder in indoor shot put among the Indian women.
Krishna tossed the iron sphere to a new distance of 16.03 metres that bettered the previous Indian indoor best of 15.54 m by Maharashtra's Poornarao Rane, another US residing student athlete.

Yuva All Stars Championship to Begin on March 6 in Haridwar

Yuva All Stars Championship 2025, a first of its kind tournament in the kabaddi ecosystem, will begin on March 6 at Vandna Kataria Indoor Stadium in Haridwar.
There will be four matches every day and the Championship will conclude on April 4 with a grand finale.

Vidarbha Wins Third Ranji Trophy Crown

A magnificent run in domestic cricket this season culminated in a third Ranji Trophy title for Vidarbha, who emerged champions on the basis of their first-innings lead in the summit clash.
The fate of the contest was all but sealed on the third evening when Vidarbha edged ahead with a slender lead of 37 runs in the first innings, having dismissed a doughty Kerala for 342 after putting on 379 runs batting first.
It is for the third time that Vidarbha won the Ranji Trophy title, having done so earlier with their two consecutive wins in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

Mar 02, 2025

In a First for India, F1 Academy Picks 10-year-old Racer Atiqa Mir for its Driver Programme

Karting sensation Atiqa Mir (10) became the first Indian and Asian to be signed by Formula 1 Academy for its driver program, a testament to her rapid growth in the world of motorsport.
F1 Academy, a female only racing series owned by Formula 1, has decided to take Atiqa on board for its Discover Your Drive Program (DYD) after closely tracking her stellar performances on the karting circuit.
The racer from Jammu and Kashmir is only one of three drivers in the mini category (age 8-11) worldwide to be chosen for the DYD program.

Mar 01, 2025

Jos Buttler Resigns as England ODI, T20I Captain

Jos Buttler stepped down as England's white-ball captain following his team's Champions Trophy 2025 group-stage exit. Buttler announced his decision on the eve of the team's final league stage match against South Africa, confirming that the match at the National Stadium in Karachi will be his last as the leader of the white-ball setups.
After suffering a defeat to Australia in their group-stage opener last week, Buttler's men suffered a harrowing defeat to Afghanistan in Lahore.
The loss marked England's seventh successive loss under Buttler's captaincy starting from last month's (January) tour to India where they were blanked 3-0 in the ODIs and lost the preceding T20I leg 4-1.

Feb 28, 2025

IPL 2025: Kevin Pietersen Named Delhi Capitals Mentor

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen was named the Delhi Capitals mentor for the IPL 2025 season. Pietersen will be seen in a coaching assignment for the first time in the IPL since last featuring as a player in the league in 2016.
Pietersen played for three IPL teams across five seasons from 2009, including Delhi (then Daredevils). He also led in 17 matches in the IPL. After leading Royal Challengers Bengaluru briefly in IPL 2009, Pietersen captained Daredevils in 2014 when they finished at the bottom of the league table with only two wins.

Sports Ministry Introduces New Course to Help Elite Athletes Become Coaches

Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched a special 'Capacity Building Course' in collaboration with Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala for current and former elite sports persons in an effort to help India produce more home-grown coaches and officials.
The course has been designed and developed for athletes who are currently employed and serving in various central government or autonomous departments, organisations under central government or Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
The eligibility criteria for this course are participation or medal winner in Olympics, World Championships, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games.
The medal winners of Youth Olympics, Junior World Championship, World University Games, senior National Championship and National Games can enrol for the course.

Feb 27, 2025

IOC Grants Provisional Recognition to Global Body World Boxing

In a major boost for boxing, the International Olympic Committee granted provisional recognition to World Boxing. It is a major step towards the sport's inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
The IOC conducted the boxing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics after it de-recognised the International Boxing Association (IBA) in 2023 due to problems in governance and finance. IOC banned IBA, run by Russian businessman Umar Kremlev, in 2019 over governance, finance, refereeing and ethical issues and did not involve it in running the boxing events at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, before stripping it of recognition in 2023, an extremely rare move by the IOC.
The IOC has not included the sport in the LA 2028 programme yet, having urged national boxing federations to create a new global boxing body or risk missing out on the Olympics in three years.
World Boxing was launched in 2023 and has now 78 members across five continents.

Ibrahim Zadran Breaks All-time Champions Trophy Record

Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran broke ICC Champions Trophy's all-time record for the highest individual score when right hander slammed a majestic 177 against England in a crucial Group B fixture at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Ibrahim Zadran surpassed England's Ben Duckett who had scored 165 against Australia earlier in the tournament. In fact, Ibrahim Zadran also became Afghanistan's first-ever centurion in Champions Trophy history.

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