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Aug 24, 2022

FTX Crypto Cup: R. Praggnanandhaa defeated world chess champion Magnus Carlsen

Indian chess master Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has defeated world champion, Magnus Carlsen, in the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami, an international chess Championship.
Praggnanandhaa's winning run came to an end at the hands of China's Quang Liem Le in the fifth round. He suffered his second loss after he went down to Poland's Jan-Krzystof Duda via the tie-break in the sixth round.

Antim Panghal: India's first-ever U-20 world champion in wrestling

Antim Panghal, a 17-year-old wrestler from Haryana, defeated Kazakhstan's Atlyn Shagayeva 8-0 to win the title of Under-20 world champion, making her the first Indian woman to do so. The U-20 World Wrestling Championship was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. With an opening-round victory of 11-0 over German Amery Olivia, Antim Panghal prevailed because to her superior technical skills.

Aug 22, 2022

65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference being held in Halifax, Canada from August 20-26

The 65th annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) hosted by the CPA Canada Region in Halifax, Canada, from August 20 to 26. The annual flagship event will bring together parliamentarians, parliamentary staff, and decision-makers from 68 countries across the Commonwealth to address the critical issues facing today's parliaments.

Indian All-rounder Sridharan Sriram is appointed as Bangladesh's Coach

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) appointed former India all-rounder Sridharan Sriram as the coach for the national team for both the upcoming Asia Cup in the UAE and the T20 World Cup in Australia.
Sriram represented India in eight ODIs between 2000 and 2004 and also served as Australia's assistant and spin-bowling coach for a long time.
It was under former Australian coach Darren Lehmann, Sriram was entrusted with the responsibility as a spin bowling coach in 2016.

Ukraine's Usyk retains world heavyweight titles after beating Joshua on split decision

Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk beat Britain's Anthony Joshua on a surprise split points decision after 12 hard rounds to retain his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight boxing belts in Jeddah in August 2022. The fight in Saudi Arabia was a rematch of one in London in September, which Usyk won on a unanimous decision to take the belts from Joshua, but fought with much more intensity and emotion.

Aug 21, 2022

Maharashtra Declares 'Dahi Handi' an Official Sport

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the popular entertainment event of "Dahi Handi" would be officially recognised under the state's sports category.
Shinde said that Maharashtra would introduce the discipline "Pro Dahi Handi" and "Govindas" who participated in the tournament would get jobs under the sport Maharashtras quota.
Govindas would be provided with an insurance cover of Rs. 10 lakh.

Manisha Kalyan Becomes 1st Indian to Play in UEFA Women's Champions League

Young striker Manisha Kalyan became the first Indian footballer to play at the UEFA Women's Champions League when she made her debut for Apollon Ladies FC in the European Club competition in Engomi, Cyprus.
Kalyan replaced Cyprus' Marilena Georgiou in the 60th minute at the Makareio Stadium, as Apollon Ladies FC beat Latvian top flight club SFK Riga 3-0 in their UWCL opener.
Manisha had become as the fourth Indian woman footballer to sign for an overseas club when she landed a multi-year contract with Cypriot top division winners Apollon Ladies.

Aug 20, 2022

Para World Cup: Rahul Shoots Down Gold

Rahul Jakhar held his nerves to emerge victorious in a shoot-off as India opened their campaign at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup on a resounding note by clinching three medals.
Jakhar, who qualified in the second spot, held off a determined Kim Jungam in the shoot-off to win the P3 mixed 25m pistol SH1 final. Trailing Jungam throughout the final, the 36-year-old Indian kept his calm to equal the scores 20-all in the last series of the elimination round.
Paralympics champion Avani Lekhara won silver in the R2 women's 10m air riflestanding SH1 event.

Bengaluru to Host FIBA U-18 Women's Asian Basketball Championship

The International Basketball Federation FIBA is scheduled to host the FIBA U-18 Women's Asian Championship at Sree Kanteerva and Koramangala Indoor stadiums in Bengaluru from September 5 to 11. As many as 16 countries would participate in the event.
The championship will be in two divisions -- A and B. The countries in Division A are: China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Korea, Chinese, Taipei, Australia and New Zealand. In Division B are: Hong Kong, Jordan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Philippines, Samoa and Thailand.
Division A will be held at Kanteerva Indoor Stadium and Division B at Koramangala Indoor Stadium. The first four teams from the championship will qualify for the FIBA U-19 Women's World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in Madrid, Spain, in July 2023.

Aug 19, 2022

Ireland All-Rounder Kevin O'Brien Announces Retirement from International Cricket

Ireland all-rounder Kevin O'Brien announced his retirement from international cricket after falling out of contention for this year's T20 World Cup in Australia. O'Brien played three Tests, 153 one-day internationals and 110 T20 internationals during a 16-year international career and had spells with a number of English county clubs and T20 franchise sides around the world.
The 38-year-old famously blasted the Irish to victory over England in a 2011 World Cup group match in India with a 50-ball century—still the tournament's quickest. The Dubliner scored 9,048 runs in total for Ireland, including the country's first Test hundred, a second-innings knock of 118 against Pakistan in 2018, and took 276 wickets.

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