Sports/Tournament/Title
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Winner
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Points
to be Noted
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Noisiel
Open in France
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Iniyan
Panneerselvam
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He became the 61st Grandmaster
for India crossing 2500 points in ELO ratings.
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Asian Open Laser
Sailing Championship in Singapore
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Upamanyu Dutta won
Bronze medal
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India’s first
ever medal in the single- handed Laser Standard race for men
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Chinese Race Walk Grand
Prix in Huangshan
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Liu
Hong
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She broke the world record in
the 50 km race walk, finishing in 3 hours, 59 minutes and 15 seconds
(3:59:15).She become the first
woman to break the 4-hour barrier in the event.
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Ladies
European Tour
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Diksha
Dagar(2nd Indian
woman)
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The
first Indian woman was Aditi Ashok.
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Australian
F1 Grand Prix 2019
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Mercedes Formula One (F1)
driver Valtteri Bottas
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He was followed by Lewis Hamilton
of Mercedes and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
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Asian Youth Athletes
Championship held in Hong Kong
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China topped the
championship with 31 medals including 12 gold, 11 silver and 8 bronze.
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India
secured second position in the overall medals tally with 26 medals including
8 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals.
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15th
Special Olympics World Summer Games 2019 held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates
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India
wins 368 medals at the Special Olympics World Summer Games including 85 gold,
154 silver and 129 bronze.
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Motto “Meet the Determined”.
The next Special Olympic Games are set to take place in Sweden in 2021.
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Badminton
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2019 All England Open
Badminton Championships in Arena Birmingham, England
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· Men's
Single title bagged by Kento Momota.
· Women’s
Single clinched by Chen Yufei.
· Men’s
Doubles Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra
Setiawan (Indonesia)
· Women’s
Double Chen Qingchen and Jia
Yifan(China)
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Mixed Double
Zheng
Siwei and Huang Yaqiong(China)
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It was a BWF (Badminton World
Federation) World Tour 1000 event with total prize money of US$ 1000000.
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2019 Swiss Open
badminton championship held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland
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· Shi
Yuqi (China) clinched Men’s Singles
title by defeating Sai Praneeth (India)
· Women’s
Singles- Chen Yufei (China) won by defeating Saena Kawakami (Japan).
· Men’s
Doubles- Fajar Alfian and Muhammad
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The total prize
money amounts to USD 150000.
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Rian Ardianto (Indonesia) won
by defeating Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin (Taiwan)
· Women’s
Doubles- Chang Ye-na and Jung Kyung-eun (South Korea) won by defeating Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu
Shida (Japan)
· Mixed
Doubles- Bay- Smidt and Rikke Soby Hansen (Denmark) won by defeating Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha
Haningtyas
Mentari (Indonesia)
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2019 Lingshui Masters
Badminton Tournament held in Agile Stadium in China
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· Men’s
Singles-Weng Hongyang (China)won by
defeating Liu Haichao (China)
· Women
Singles Kim Ga- eun (South Korea) won by defeating Zhang Yiman (China)
· Men’s
Doubles Lee Jhe- huei and Yang Po-hsuan (Chinese Taipei) won by defeating Ou
Xuanyi and Ren Xiangyu (China)
· Women’s
Doubles Baek Ha-na and Kim Hye-rin (South Korea) won by defeating Liu Xuanxuan and Xiayuting (China)
· Mixed
Doubles Tang Chun Man and Ng Tsz Yau (Hong Kong) won by defeating Guo
Xinwaa
and Liu Xuanxuan (China)
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This was the first Super 100
Tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour.The tournament was organized by the
Chinese Badminton Association and sanctionedby the Badminton World Federation
(BWF).
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2nd edition of Badminton
Asia Mixed Team Championships aka Tong Yun Kai Cup 2019 was held in Queen
Elizabeth
Stadium,
Hong Kong
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China won by defeating
Japan
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The championship was organized
by Badminton Asia and Hong Kong Badminton Association
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35
years old Badminton player Joachim Persson of Denmark was banned for 18
months by the Badminton World Federation.
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Boxing
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Makran Cup boxing
tournament in Chabahar, Iran
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8
medals, including one gold, five silver and two bronze
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Gold-Deepak Singh(Haryana) in
the (46-49kg) light fly category. Silver -P Lalitha Prasad (52kg), Manish
Kaushik (60kg), Duryodhan Singh
Negi (69kg), Sanjeet (91kg) and Satish Kumar
(+91kg).
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38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki,
Finland
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England after claiming 6 gold medals
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India claimed one Gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze
in the tournament.
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James
DeGale retired from boxing at the age of 33.He is Britain’s first boxer to
win an Olympic gold medal and
become a world champion.
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AIBA
(International Boxing Association) proposed certain changes featherweight (57
kg/125 lbs) and
welterweight (69 kg/152 lbs) added for female
boxers while in male boxing, light flyweight, bantamweight and light
welterweight have been dropped for 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
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Cricket
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WODI
series of England Women tour of
India 2019
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India
women’s cricket team
won the series
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Smriti Mandhana was named the
Player of the Series.
 
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WT20I
series of England Women tour of India 2019
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England
defeated India
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England’s
Danielle Wyatt won the Player of the Series.
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ODI series of Australia
Men tour of India 2019
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Australia
won 1st bilateral
ODI
series against India since January 2017
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Usman Khawaja won
the player of the series
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Syed
Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Holkar
Cricket Stadium in Indore
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Karnataka
cricket team
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They defeated Maharashtra cricket
team.
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West Indies
cricketer Chris Gayle became the first player in the world to hit 500 sixes
the 14th batsman and second from the Caribbean after Brian Lara, to reach the
milestone of 10,000 ODI runs
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Australia
Cricket Team’s tour to India-T20I Series-Australia won the Series.
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Chris
Gayle, West Indies opener has signed off his last One Day International in
the West Indies with a record
half century against England at the Darren
Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Saint Lucia
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Vivo
Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019’s official partner, TATA Motors, will
promote its newly-launched SUV, Harrier, as its lead brand at the event and
showcase the SUV by means of the IPL platform.
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39-year-old Pakistan-born
South African cricket team’s leg-spinner, Imran Tahir retired from One Day
International (ODI) cricket after the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019. He
will continue to play in the T20
internationals
and participate in the 2020 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
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International
Cricket Council (ICC) has banned former Zimbabwe Cricket director Enock Ikope
for a period of 10 years for breaching 3 ICC’s anti-corruption codes.
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Dream11
as the official partner for VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL)
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South
African all-rounder Jean Paul Duminy (34) has announced his retirement from
ODIs, after the 2019
World Cup
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T10
cricket League is set to be played in Zayed Cricket Stadium of Abu Dhabi for
the next five years, starting from 2019 season. T10 is the shortest form of
cricket which was first played in UAE in 2017.
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Sri
Lanka’s Lasith Malinga announced his retirement from international cricket
after T20 World Cup 2020.
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Suresh Raina, a batsman of
Chennai Super Kings became the first batsman to make a record by surpassing
5,000 runs in the Indian Premier League in Chennai. He scored 5000 runs from
177 matches at a strike-rate of
138.15
consisting 35 fifties and one hundred.
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Football
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Indian
Super League (ISL) title
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Bengaluru Football Club (FC)
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It defeated FC Goa by 1-0.
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South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s
Championship 2019
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Mehtab
Hossain announced his retirement from professional football. He currently
plays for Mohun Bagan in
the Hero I-League.
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World
football governing body FIFA has imposed a lifetime ban on 72 years old,
former Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) President, Luis Chiriboga.
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Chelsea
and Argentina striker, Gonzalo Higuain retired from international football.
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Australia's top goalscorer, 39-year-old, Tim
Cahill has announced his retirement from football to focus on a career in
media and coaching.
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FIFA (The Federation
Internationale de Football Association) World Cup 2022 security agreement
aimed at building a strategic partnership for the preparation of the world
cup and management of the security of event,
signed
between Qatar and France.
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Tennis
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Dubai Tennis
Championship 2019 commonly known as Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship
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Roger
Federer won Men’s Singles title over Stefanos Tsitsipas
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Belinda Bencic won
women’s Singles in Dubai Championship
 
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Mexican
open 2019 held in Princess
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Australia’s Nick Kyrgios
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Women’s Singles: Wang
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Mundo
Imperial in Mexico
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defeated Germany’s
Alexander Zverev in the Men’s Singles
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Yafan(China)
Men’s Doubles:
Alexander Zverev(Germany) and Mischa Zverev(Germany)
Women’s
Doubles: Victoria
Azarenka(Belarus) and Zheng Saisai(China)
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Indian
Wells Masters 2019 also known as BNP Paribas Open held in California, United
States.
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Dominic Thiem lifts
Men’s Singles title defeating Roger Federer
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Bianca Andreescu defeated
Angelique Kerber to win Women’s Singles title Nikola Mektic and Horacio
Zeballos won Men’s Doubles title in
Indian Wells
Elise Mertens and Aryna
Sabalenka won Women’s Doubles title for the
first time
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Seamaster
2019 ITTF Challenge Plus
commonly called Oman Open table tennis held in
Muscat, Oman
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Indian player G Sathyan
won bronze in men’s Singles
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Archana Kamath bags U-21
silver.
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India
has lost the hosting rights of two international tennis tournaments viz.
Junior Davis Cup and Fed Cup which were scheduled to be held in RK Khanna
stadium, New Delhi in April. Now both events will be held in Bangkok,
Thailand.
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IT
company Infosys joined hands with Roland-Garros with a three-year partnership
agreement to provide
digital solution for French Open tennis
tournament, also called Roland-Garros, to be held in Paris, France.
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The
unique mixed teams Hopman Cup (Tennis tournament) in Perth has been replaced
by the ATP
(Association of Tennis Professionals) World
Team Cup after 31 years. Now three cities Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth will
host the new men-only tournament (ATP World Team Cup) final.
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Other Sports News
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International
Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) held in New Delhi.India ranked 1st along with Hungary
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Shashank
Shekhar won the 10 kilometer race of Nepal’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Open
Marathon.
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57th
International Wrestling Tournament ‘Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov’ in Ruse,
Bulgaria. Pooja Dhanda won
gold in 59 kg women’s freestyle category.
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Olympic Council of Asia decided to invite Oceania
Nations to compete in 2022 Asian Games for the first time after a meeting
held in Bangkok. Oceania Nations which includes Australia, New Zealand and a
swathe of
Pacific islands are expected to Volleyball,
beach volleyball, basketball, football, swimming and track cycling events.
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Kudo
International Federation India (KIFI) has been provisionally recognised as
National Sport
Federation by the Ministry
of Youth Affairs and Sports. The recognition shall be granted if it complies
with the
provisions of National Sports Development Code
of India, 2011 and displays information on the website according to the
ministerial guidelines.
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Ministry of Youth Affairs
and Sports has granted provisional recognition to All India Carrom Federation
(AICF) as National Sport Federation with immediate in order to facilitate the
participation of Indian Athletes in the
forthcoming
National/International competitions.
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The
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had banned Russia
over doping until further notice
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WWE
(World Wrestling Entertainment) Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle(49) announced his
retirement after the
match at WretleMania 35 in April 2019.
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Argentina
and Colombia are poised to co-host the 2020 Copa America. It is for the first
time in the modern Copa America era that the tournament will be split between
two countries.
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29-year-old Indian athlete from Kerala, K.T.
Irfan has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics as he finished fourth in the men’s
20 kilometer category at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan.
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The
United World Wrestling (UWW) has taken away the Junior Asian Wrestling
Championship from India,it is
to be held in Thailand
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30
years old, Irish Mixed Martial Art (MMA) fighter Conor McGregor has announced
his retirement from the
sport.
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Paralympic
torch was unveiled by the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and
Paralympic Games
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(Tokyo 2020) for
Paralympic Torch Relay, which will take place between 13th and 25th August
2020. The torch will be lit on the concept of "“Share Your Light".
The torch is made from the same recycled aluminum
and
is modeled after the Japanese cherry blossom or “sakura”. The color of the
torch is “Sakura Pink”.
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35
years old, American professional wrestler, Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace aka
Nikki Bella has announced
her retirement from WWE (World Wrestling
Entertainment).
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International
Olympics Committee (IOC) gave provisional green light for the inclusion of
Breakdancing in the
Paris Olympics 2024. Surfing, Skateboarding and
sport climbing also got approval for provisional inclusion in Summer Olympics
2024 from IOC.
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South
Korea won Azlan Shah Hockey Cup by defeating India.Rank of India is 5 and
Rank of South Korea is 17.
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