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Former BCCI Secretary Amitabh Choudhary passes away

Amitabh Chaudhary, the former BCCI acting secretary and president of Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) died of heart attack on Tuesday morning.He was 58. He served as acting secretary of the BCCI until 2019. He entered cricket administration in 2004 and served as the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) president for over a decade. Career of Amitabh Chaudhary: Choudhary […]

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FIFA suspends All India Football Federation (AIFF)

The Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes. The suspension will be lifted once an order to set up a committee of administrators to assume the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee has

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Tata Steel Chess India Tournament 2022: Women’s section introduced for first time

The 4th edition of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament will be held in Kolkata from November 29 to December 4, 2022. For the first time, a separate women’s section has been added in the tournament, which had only the Open section so far. Tata Steel Chess India (rapid and blitz) is one of the most important chess tournaments in

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1st edition of Women’s IPL to be held in March 2023

The 1st Edition of Women Indian Premier League will be starting from March 2023 to be held in a one-month window and in all likelihood with five teams, a senior BCCI official confirmed. The BCCI bigwigs have discussed the issue and a March window has been found for the tournament after the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. Both BCCI

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Manisha Kalyan, Sunil Chhetri named AIFF Footballers of the Year 2021-22

National captain Sunil Chhetri has been named the AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year for the seventh time, while Manisha Kalyan named the AIFF women’s footballer for the 2021-22 season. Chhetri and Kalyan were nominated as the winners by their respective national team coaches Igor Stimac and Thomas Dennerby. He is the third highest goal scorer among active international players. Emerging Footballer of

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44th Chess Olympiad concluded; India’s men & women team win bronze medal

The 44th edition of the Chess Olympiad has been concluded in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. India ‘B’ team (Men’s) comprising D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Raunak Sadhwaniand and Adhiban won the bronze medal after defeating Germany. India ‘A’ team (Women’s) comprising Vaishali and Koneru Humphy, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkari won the bronze medal. The Uzbekistan team won gold medal in the men’s section and Armenia clinched the silver

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V Pranav becomes India’s 75th Chess Grandmaster

V Pranav(15) has become the 75th Grandmaster of India by winning the Limpedea Open in Baia Mare, Romania, after securing his third and final GM norm, to attain the Grandmaster title. He had won his maiden GM norm at the Serbia Open in 2021 and the second in the Vezerkepzo GM round-robin tourney in Budapest, Hungary in June 2022. He is the 27th Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu (list

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Sharath, Sreeja clinch gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles at CWG

A. Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula won gold in the mixed doubles table tennis after defeating Javen Choong and Karen Lyne (Malaysian) at Commonwealth Games 2022 Other winners: India’s Eldhose Paul wins first-ever gold medal in Men’s Triple Jump. Boxer, Nitu Ghangas wins gold in women’s 48 kg category Boxer, Amit Panghal won the gold in the 48-51kg weight category Avinash Sable becomes the first Indian Man claim a medal (silver) in men’s

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India wins silver in first Commonwealth women’s cricket

The Indian women’s cricket team has settled for the silver medal in Birmingham after losing to five-time T20 champions Australia (won gold) by 9 runs in the Commonwealth Games 2022 final. Other winners: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won the Bronze Medal in Badminton Doubles. Annu Rani won Bronze medal in Women’s Javelin Throw. India’s Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker won the gold and silver, respectively, in the men’s

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Para-powerlifter, Sudhir wins gold medal in Men’s Heavyweight in CWG 2022

Para-powerlifter, Sudhir has clinched the gold medal in the Men’s Heavyweight, after defeating Ikechukwu Obichukwu (Nigeria), in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, with the lift of 212kg. He won India’s first gold in Para-Powerlifting at Commonwealth Games. Other highlights: India’s M. Sreeshankar has clinched silver in Men’s long jump. India’s Saurav Ghosal has bagged the bronze medal in squash men’s singles. Till now, India has won 20 medals (6(G) 7(S); 7(B)).

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