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Jun 19, 2020

India Clubbed with Korea Republic, Australia, Uzbekistan for AFC U-16 Championship 2020

The Indian Under-16 football team is clubbed alongside Korea Republic, Australia and Uzbekistan in Group C for the upcoming 2020 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 Championship in Bahrain.
The group was made at the official draw for the tournament at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.
India had earlier made it to the main event of the AFC U-16 Championship when they made a top-place finish in qualifiers in Group B, which also consisteed of Uzbekistan (hosts), Bahrain and Turkmenistan.
The Indian colts finished with a total of seven points from three matches after scoring 11 goals and conceding a single goal.
This was India's third consecutive qualification to the AFC U-16 finals and ninth overall, the official statement from the AFC said.
The four teams who make it to the semi-finals of the competition will earn a direct qualification into the FIFA U-17 World Cup Peru 2021.

Jun 18, 2020

Fourth Asian Youth Para Games to be Held in Bahrain

The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) announced that the 4th Asian Youth Para Games will take place in Bahrain from December (1-10) 2021. The event will be organised in partnership with the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Bahrain with the support of the local government.
This is the 1st time Bahrain will host a big para-sport event.
The competition will take place across numerous venues in Khalifa Sports City, a multi-use stadium in Isa Town, and Isa Sports City.

Sports Ministry to Establish Khelo India Centres of Excellence

The Sports Ministry has decided to set up Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) under Khelo India.
While KISCE would be identified in every state, the first phase of the scheme will see eight state-owned facilities being upgraded. The eight have been selected on the basis of facilities available in priority sports, infrastructure and past champions.
The ministry said that the process of selection and shortlisting of venues to be developed into world-class facilities began in October 2019 but only 15 proposals were received for the same. Interestingly, the northern and western parts of the country including the national capital have not found favour in the first phase. While four of these are in the North East, three are in south India. The eighth one would be at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.
The Khelo India State Centre of Excellence are being established to strengthen India's pursuit for excellence at the Olympics. Our effort is to scale up the best sporting facilities available in each state in India into world-class academies.

Jun 16, 2020

Qatar Dedicates New Football World Cup Stadium to COVID-19 Frontline Workers

Qatar showed off the latest stadium to be completed for the 2022 soccer World Cup in a virtual presentation and dedicated it to frontline workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 40,000 capacity Education City stadium is the third venue to be ready with five more under construction.
The Al Rayyan Stadium, also with a 40,000 capacity, and the 60,000-seat Al Bayt Stadium are due to be completed by the end of this year.

Mamedyarov Wins World Stars Sharjah Online

Former World Rapid champion Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won World Stars Sharjah Online International 2020 with an unbeaten 7.5/10. He finished a full point ahead of the runner-up Pentala Harikrishna who scored 6.5/10. In the final round, UAE no.1 Salem Saleh was the only person who got closest to beating Mamedyarov but unfortunately he missed the opportunity after playing a spectacular and arguably the best game of the tournament. Polish GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek secured the third position with 6.0/10. Mamedyarov won US$ 3000 while Harikrishna and Wojtaszek walked away with US$ 2250 and 1750, respectively.

Jun 11, 2020

Indian 800m Runner Gomathi Handed Four-year Ban

Gomathi Marimuthu, the 2019 Asian championship 800m gold medallist, has been stripped of her medal and banned for four years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after her 'B' sample also returned positive for anabolic steroid nandrolone.
All of Gomathi's competition results between March 18 and May 17, 2019 stand annulled. The Tamil Nadu athlete's medals, titles, ranking points and prize and appearance money are to be forfeited as well.
Gomathi, who was provisionally suspended in May last year (2019) when her 'A' sample returned positive, has also been ordered to pay the AIU, within 28 days, £1,000 towards legal and other expenses.

Roger Federer to Miss Rest of 2020

Roger Federer will be out of competitive tennis until the start of the 2021 season because of a setback in his recovery from surgery on his right knee.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion had arthroscopic surgery on his knee in February and said that he had a second procedure that will delay his return until 2021.

Former World Champion Boxer Oleksandr Gvozdyk Retires

Former WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk of Ukraine announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 33.
According to his manager, Egis Klimas, Gvozdyk was stepping away from the ring to pursue business opportunities.
Gvozdyk won the WBC title in December 2018 when he knocked out Adonis Stevenson, who had held the belt for five years.
Gvozdyk retained the belt in his first title defense when Doudou Ngumbu suffered a leg injury, but lost it last year in a stoppage loss to Russian fighter Artur Beterbiev. That was Gvozdyk's only loss of a 17-1 pro career.
Gvozdyk also won a bronze medal for Ukraine at light heavyweight at the 2012 Olympics.

Jun 10, 2020

PCB Appoints Younis as Batting Coach for England Tour

Pakistan appointed former captain Younis Khan as national team's batting coach and also roped in Mushtaq Ahmed as spin bowling coach for the upcoming tour of England. Pakistan is scheduled to take on England in a three-Test series from July 8 and then the two teams will clash in a three-match T20 series from August 29.
Younis Khan is the first and only Pakistan batsman with over 10,000 Test runs.

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