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Manika Batra & Archana Kamath clinches WTT Contender Table Tennis Tournament

Indian pair of Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath clinched the women’s doubles title in the WTT Contender tournament in Lasko on 7 November. The Indian pair defeated the Puerto Rican team of Melanie Diaz and Adriana Diaz, 11-3, 11-8, 12-10 to win the title. Meanwhile, On Saturday, Manika Batra won a bronze medal after the Indian […]

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Max Verstappen wins 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix

Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has won the 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix. The race was held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City on 7th November 2021. Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) stood second while Sergio Perez (Mexico- Red Bull) came third. Perez became the first Mexican to stand on his home podium at a jubilant

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Rashid Khan becomes the youngest bowler to take 400 T20 wickets

Afghanistan’s ace leg-spinner Rashid Khan further enhanced his burgeoning reputation in T20 cricket as he picked up his 400th wicket during his team’s T20 World Cup 2021 Super 12 encounter against New Zealand at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Dubai. Martin Guptill became Rashid’s 400th victim in T20 cricket. Rashid joined an elite list of cricketers

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Unmukt Chand becomes the 1st Indian male to sign up for BBL

Former India U-19 World Cup-winning captain Unmukt Chand has created history by becoming the first Indian male cricketer to sign a deal with a Big Bash League club. Unmukt will be playing for Melbourne Renegades in Australia’s premier T20 tournament which kicks off on December 5. The 28-year-old, who led India to the Under-19 World Cup

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Indian GM P Iniyan won Rujna Zora chess tournament

Indian Grandmaster (GM) P Iniyan has won the 5th Rujna Zora chess tournament held at Serbia. International Master (IM) Makarian Rudik of Russia finished 2nd and another Indian Player V S Raaghul finished 3rd and IM S. Nitin placed 4th. P Iniyan is the 16th Indian Grand Master from Erode, Tamil Nadu. His current FIDE rating is 2556.

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Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate announces retirement from international cricket

Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate on October 28, 2021, announced his retirement from international cricket after his side failed to qualify for the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup. The 41-year-old has played in 33 ODIs and 24 T20s for the Netherlands.

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Ahmedabad and Lucknow are the two new teams of the Indian Premier League (IPL)

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) unveiled Ahmedabad and Lucknow as the two new teams for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after CVC Capitals Partners and Sanjiv Goenka’s RPSG Group successfully bid for the franchises in Dubai’s Taj Hotel. Hence taking the total number of teams in the competition to 10. RP-Sanjiv

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Fabio Quartararo wins maiden MotoGP title for France

Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo became the first Frenchman to win the MotoGP world championship following a fourth-place finish in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as his closest title contender Francesco Bagnaia of Ducati crashed. Pole Bagnaya led the Ducati home race when he crashed 5 laps to go, losing the race to Marc Marquez of Honda and the world title Quartararo.

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Nagaland to host 56th National Cross Country Championship in 2022

Nagaland will host the 56th cross country championship on January 15, 2022, Abu Metha, Associate vice president of the Athletic Federation of India (AFI), informed. The 56th National Cross Country Championships will be the first-ever national athletics event hosted by Nagaland. Top athletes from the eight South Asian countries will take part in the day-long international sports

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Viktor Axelsen and Akane Yamaguchi wins 2021 Denmark Open

The Victor Denmark Open 2021 badminton tournament was held at the Odense Sports Park in Odense, Denmark, from 19 to 24 October 2021. Olympic badminton champion Viktor Axelsen has clinched the 2021 Denmark Open title, defeated Momota Kento of Japan in the final. The Victor Denmark Open 2021 badminton tournament was conducted at the Odense Sports Park in Odense, Denmark, from 19 to 24

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