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Maharashtra sports department gave Rs. one crore for shooter Rahi Sarnobat

Maharashtra sports department gave Rs one crore for shooter Rahi Sarnobat, who hails from Kolhapur district in western Maharashtra, has qualified for the next year’s Tokyo Olympics. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “For Rahi, I have already proposed to the Maharashtra government (to allot) more than Rs one crore. So let’s see. We have proposed […]

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Prithu Gupta become India’s 64th Grandmaster

Delhi’s Prithu Gupta become India’s 64th Grandmaster who got Elo around 2500 points. Gupta, who picked up the sport as a nine-year-old, has achieved the sensational feat at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 10 days. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 His achievement came 31 years after Viswanathan Anand had become India’s first

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Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Kumar Malik has clinched Mr. South Asia title

Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Kumar Malik has clinched Mr. South Asia title. He was crowned the overall champion at 12th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in Kathmandu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Malik, the winner of 80 kg category, was adjudged best bodybuilder among the winners of nine senior men’s weight categories. Afghanistan won

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Sachin Tendulkar has inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame. Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame. Along with the batting icon, former South African fast bowler and two-time two-time World Cup-winning Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick were also inducted

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Zimbabwe Cricket has been team suspended from ICC

Zimbabwe Cricket team has been suspended from ICC with immediate effect said in a statement on 18 July . The decision was taken in the International Cricket Council Annual Conference in London. The ICC unanimously said that the reason behind the move was because Zimbabwe Cricket had been unable to provide a process for conducting

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Kiran More takes charge as the interim coach of the senior USA cricket team

Former India stumper Kiran More takes charge as the interim coach of the senior USA cricket team last month, on an interim basis. He has been handed the job alongside a group of advisors, including former India players Sunil Joshi and Pravin Amre, following the resignation of head coach Pubudu Dassanayake. Daily Current Affairs Quiz

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PV Sindhu won the Indian campaign at the Indonesia Open Badminton tournament

PV Sindhu won the Indian campaign at the Indonesia Open Badminton tournament beginning. The tournament took place at Jakarta. A title has eluded Sindhu ever since she stood on the podium with the gold medal at the World Tour Finals last December. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Sindhu has not looked her usual self as

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Carlsen Wins Croatia Grand Chess Tour

Croatia Grand Chess Tour title 2019 is won by Magnus Carlsen of Norway.Carlsen finished a point ahead of Wesley So, whose 7/11 was good for a 2881 performance rating, $60,000 and 15 GCT points. The American GM said about Carlsen: “It feels like second place is already a victory whenever he’s playing right now because

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India’s Dutee Chand clinched a Gold medal 100-metres event at World Universiade

Dutee Chand has won the gold medal in women’s 100-metre sprint at the 30th Summer University Games in Napoli, Italy becoming the first Indian to win do so. She clocked 11.32s in the final. The 23-year-old had qualified for the finals with a 11.41s finish in the semifinal heats and led the final race from

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India won 13 medals on the opening day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

Mirabai Chanu who was a former world champion led the Indian medal rush by notching up a gold on the opening day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship. The Indian contingent won 13 medals that included eight gold, three silver and two bronze medals in senior, junior and youth categories. Mirabai lifted a total of 191kg

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