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23 Mar

Lakshya Sen Breaks into Top 10 in World Rankings After All England Open

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Indian badmiton star Lakshya Sen won silver at the All England Badminton Championships and broke into the top 10 of the latest BWF World Ranking on Tuesday. Aged 20 years from Uttarakhand, became the fifth Indian ever to reach the summit clash of All England Championships, improved two places to become world number 9 with 74,786 points, surpassing reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore. He suffered a heartbreaking straight-game loss to Olympic champion and world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark on Sunday. Lakshya Sen, the former world junior number one Indian thus became the country's highest-ranked men's…

17 Mar

CAP launched its first academy in North East India

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Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) announced the grand launch of its center in Itanagar in the presence of ace cricketers Mr. Yusuf Pathan and Mr. Harmeet Vasdev, Managing Director (CAP). The academy will employ coaching techniques to teach and develop budding cricketers in the region. CAP uses technology tools to help leverage the performances of all the students. It has tied up with the UK-based cricket technology partner- Pitch Vision to track students’ performance in real-time which also bridges the gap between the Pathan brothers, coaches, and the students. A recent addition has been of CAP-StanceBeam, a smart cricket bat…

14 Mar

Rishabh Pant breaks former captain Kapil Dev’s record

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Indian Wicketkeeper and a batter Rishabh Pant on Sunday registered the fastest fifty by an Indian batter in the longer format to score the fastest 50 by an Indian in Test cricket. It has come off 28 deliveries. Pant reached upto 50 runs in 28 balls and broke the record of former India captain Kapil Dev, who made his record of naking a half-century in 30 balls. The wicketkeeper-batter achieved this achievement on Day 2 of the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Sunday March 13. Jasprit Bumrah's five-wicket haul and a decent…

11 Mar

100 percent crowd is allowed in India vs Sri Lanka pink ball Test

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Second pink ball test between India and Sri Lanka will be starting on Saturday March 12. It could witness a houseful stadium after the Karnataka State Cricket Association on Thursday allowed 100 percent crowd attendance for the match owing to sharp decline in COVID-19 cases and high demand for tickets. KSCA is happy to inform that there has been very good response for viewership of the India vs Sri Lanka Day-Night Test cricket match being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore from 12-16 March, 2022. "Considering the high number of response and since there are no further restrictions…

10 Mar

Fifa postpones Ukraine’s World Cup qualification playoff against Scotland

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Fifa has postponed Ukraine’s World Cup qualification playoff against Scotland on March 24. The winners of the game at Hampden Park in Glasgow will take on Austria or Wales for a place in November’s World Cup finals in Qatar. Ukraine’s football association had asked Fifa to postpone the qualifier following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Fifa said in a statement, “Following consultation with Uefa and the four participating member associations in Path A of the European qualifying playoffs, it was unanimously agreed in the spirit of solidarity to accept.” “The match between Scotland and Ukraine... will now be postponed to the…

09 Mar

Russia lodges appeal against FIFA, UEFA bans

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On Tuesday, the Russian soccer federation appealed to have its FIFA and UEFA bans frozen and other punishments. Russian teams were driven out from the competition on 28th February,until further notice following the country's invasion of Ukraine. FIFA and UEFA did not specify their legal reasons for this. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said it hoped to decide on the appeals in the future. Russia's men's national team was scheduled to play Poland on March 24 in a World Cup qualifying playoff. Poland has refused to play opponent Russia in the match. The winner of that match would have…

07 Mar

India win third gold of Cairo Shooting World Cup

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The Indians named Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan won gold medal in the women's 25m pistol team event on the day of the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Rifle/Pistol competition held on Sunday. The Indian team registered a 17-13 win over Singapore in a thrilling match-up to claim the country's third gold of the tournament. The Indian trio had made it after overcoming the second qualification stage on Saturday. Esha won the second gold and third medal of the World Cup, as she had earlier won a yellow medal in the women's 10m air pistol team event…

04 Mar

Virat Kohli kisses Anushka Sharma after getting his ceremonial cap for the 100th Test match

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Anushka Sharma joined Virat Kohli in Mohali for his a centesimal check match. Fans have been extensively sharing pictures and videos of the couple from the cricket field. Virat used to be felicitated via the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) beforehand of the one centesimal Test of his global career. Kohli became the 12th Indian player to entire 100 test matches. Sachin Tendulkar holds the all-time report of enjoying 200 Tests - the most in cricket’s history. Anushka Sharma always stands up for her husband in good and awful times. The actress joined Virat Kohli in Punjab.…

02 Mar

Saurabh Chaudhary strikes Gold in the first ISSF World Cup In Cairo

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Indian shooter, Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol event, making the country's account in the year's first ISSF World Cup in Cairo on March1. The Asian Games gold medallist shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish the round whereas Germany’s Michael Schwald shot 6. Artem Chernousov of Russia won the bronze in the event, whose country's flag was removed owing to its involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Saurabh, aged 19 years, an Olympian has a Youth Olympic gold medal to his name, was third in the men's 10m air pistol qualification stage…

01 Mar

PV Sindhu receives warm welcome from Telangana Sports Minister

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Telangana Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud along with Cyberabad CP VC Sajjanar warm heartedly welcomed Olympic bronze medallist PV Sindhu after she landed at the Hyderabad airport on Wednesday afternoon. Sindhu finished third in women's singles badminton at the Tokyo Olympics after beating China's He Bing Jiao in straight games in the bronze medal play-off match in Tokyo. At the airport, while employees, passengers and the CISF cheered for Sindhu, she and the coach were welcomed by Telangana Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud, Sports Authority of Telangana chairman A. Venkateshwar Reddy along with Commissioner Of Police, Cyberabad VC Sajjanar and…