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Jun 18, 2022

ICC Retains Menon in Elite Panel, Set for Maiden Neutral Umpire Appearance

India's Nitin Menon retained his place in the ICC Elite Panel and is set to make his maiden appearance as a neutral umpire in Sri Lanka later this month.
Menon from Indore remained the only Indian in the 11-member Elite Panel of Umpires.
Menon was promoted to the Elite Panel at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, becoming the third Indian to enter the club after S. Venkataraghavan and S. Ravi.

Jun 17, 2022

Indian Racing Festival: RPPL to Debut Three Races in Nov-Dec 2022

Racing Promotions Pvt Ltd (RPPL) announced the debut of the Indian Racing Festival. The festival, which will bring in multiple franchise into the format, will enthrall the audience on weekends in multiple cities including all kinds of exciting racing tracks and even a street circuit. The festival will begin from the weekend of November 11 and run every weekend until the weekend of December 10 across 5 weekends across multi-city locations including the former F1 track at BIC Greater Noida, the debut of the India's first street track at Hyderabad, Coimbatore and MMRT Chennai.
The Indian Racing Festival RPPL will host 3 race events - Formula Regional Indian championship, Formula 4 Indian Championship and the Indian Racing League. Formula Regional Indian championship and the F4 Indian championships will be certified by the FIA; championship winners will be awarded FIA Super License points.

Jun 16, 2022

Neeraj Chopra Smashes Own National Record

Neeraj Chopra could not have asked for a better way to return to competitive action for the first time since Tokyo Olympics as the Olympic gold medalist set a new National Record and personal best of 89.30 m at the Paavo Nurmi Games 2022, a Continental Tour event in Turku, Finland.
Neeraj Chopra shattered his own National Record of 88.07 m from March 2021. It was also the fifth-best throw of the season in the world so far. Neeraj had set his sights on crossing the 90 m-mark after the Tokyo Games glory and it is safe to say that the Indian athlete is heading in the right direction.

Jun 15, 2022

Manpreet Kaur Creates New National Record in Women's Shot Put

Shot putter Manpreet Kaur from Haryana qualified for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham by clocking 18.06 m on Day 2 of the 61st National inter-state senior athletics championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The qualification mark set for CWG was 17.76 m. Manpreet's effort saw her break the National record of 17.96 m she had set way back in 2015. The second and third place was bagged by Uttar Pradesh's Kiran Baliyan (16.84 m) and Maharashtra's Abha Khatua (16.69 m).
Earlier, Manpreet had thrown the iron ball at a distance of 18.86 m at the Asian GP in 2017. But that record was considered invalid after Manpreet failed four dope tests and was banned for four years. Manpreet's ban came to an end in 2021 and ever since, she has been slowly but steadily making her way back to the record books.

Viktor Axelsen, Chen Yufei Clinch Singles Titles at BWF Indonesia Masters

Olympic champions Viktor Axelsen and Chen Yufei clinched the respective men's and women's singles titles at the BWF Indonesia Masters 2022 at the Istora Senayan. Denmark's Axelsen needed just 41 minutes to secure a comfortable straight-game victory over his rival, third-seeded Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei. The Dane wrapped up proceedings 21-10, 21-12 against the world number four, clinching his third individual title of the season in the process. He had previously clinched victory at both the prestigious All England Open, as well as at the European Championships in Madrid.
Meanwhile, the Chinese shuttler Chen was tested by Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon, who was seeking a rare victory over the Chinese. The Olympic champ was taken to a third-game decider before she finally saw off Intanon's challenge 21-16, 18-21, 21-15. For Chen, triumph in Jakarta marks a first individual tournament victory since she won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games, and her first on tour since claiming the Malaysia Masters trophy in January 2020.

Jun 14, 2022

Haryana Wins Khelo India Youth Games 2021 Title

Hosts Haryana won the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2021 title with 52 gold medals on the final day. Haryana also won 39 silver and 46 bronze medals, taking their overall medal tally to 137 medals – the highest cumulative haul by any state. The late surge helped Haryana leapfrog the 2020 champions Maharashtra on the KIYG medals table. The Khelo India Youth Games 2021 started on June 4 across multiple venues with Haryana's Panchkula hosting the bulk of the events. The Games, which are a part of the Indian government's Khelo India initiative, concluded on June 13.
This was Haryana's second KIYG title. Haryana won the inaugural title in 2018 but finished second to Maharashtra in the next two seasons. This was the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games. Some 4,700 athletes, including 2,262 women, from all of India's 36 states and Union Territories participated at KIYG 2021.

Teenager Rahul Srivatshav Becomes India's 74th Grandmaster

Rahul Srivatshav of Telangana became India's 74th Grandmaster, achieving the title after breaking the 2500 (Elo points) barrier in live FIDE ratings during the 9th Cattolica Chess Festival 2022 in Italy. The 19-year old player reached the 2500 Elo live rating mark after drawing his 8th round game against Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia in the Cattolica event. His current Elo rating is 2468. Srivatshav had already secured five GM norms and achieved the title when he crossed the rating threshold of 2500.
Bharath Subramaniyam had become the country's 73rd GM in January 2022. The legendary Viswanathan Anand is India's first GM, which he became way back in 1988.

India Creates History by Qualifying for FIFAe Nations Cup 2022

India created history as they qualified for the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from July 27 to July 30. The FIFAe Nations Cup is the international football governing body's (FIFA) official inter-nation esports football competition. Gamers play in a 2v2 format along with a substitute. It will be the first time India will play in FIFA's showpiece esports event. France won the inaugural FIFAe Nations Cup in 2020 by beating Argentina in the final in London. The 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
India missed out on a playoff spot in the first season but finished above heavyweights such as Italy, Argentina and Spain in the 2021 rankings. For the 2022 edition, India qualified for the Asia/Oceania regional playoffs after a successful stint in the play-ins. During this period, India also achieved their highest global ranking of 19.

Saanapathi Gurunaidu Clinches Gold Medal at IWF Youth World Championship

Indian weightlifter Saanapathi Gurunaidu clinched Gold medal in men's 55 kilogram event at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico. Two other Indian weightlifters Vijay Prajapati and Akansha Kishor Vyavhare clinched silver medals on the opening day of the event. Saanapathi won Gold medal in men's 55 kilogram event with total lift of 230 kg. He lifted 104 kg in Snatch winning Silver while 126 kilogram lifting in Clean and Jerk to finish on the top to grab the Gold medal.
Akanksha won the medal in the Women's 40 kg category. She finished first in the Snatch portion of the event, lifting 59 kg, and third in the Clean and Jerk section, lifting 68 kg, earning her the silver medal with a total of 127 kg.

R. Praggnanandhaa Wins Norway Chess Group A Open Chess Tournament

Young Indian Grandmaster, R. Praggnanandhaa emerged winner in the Norway Chess Group A open chess tournament here with 7.5 points from nine rounds. The 16-year-old GM, the top-seed, was in fine form and remained unbeaten through the nine rounds. He finished the tournament with a win over fellow Indian V. Praneeth, an International Master. Praggnanandhaa finished a full point ahead of second-placed IM Marsel Efroimski (Israel) and IM Jung Min Seo (Sweden).
The Indian teenaged star has been putting in impressive performances and had beaten world number one Magnus Carlsen for a second time in the Chessable Master online event and lost a close final to China's Ding Liren.

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