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Indian Shooters Shot To Top Of Medal Tally At Shooting World Cup

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With five gold, two silver and two bronze, India topped the medal tally on the concluding day of ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Rio De Jeneiro. Also, India emerged as the leading nation in the ISSF Senior World Cup events in 2019. Its total medal count is 22 including 16 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze.

Highlights of India team’s performance

• Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary claimed the mixed 10m air pistol gold on the last day.

• Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma bagged bronze.

• Apurvi Chandela partnered with Deepak Kumar to win fourth gold for India. Apruvi is world’s number one in women’s 10m air rifle.

• Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar won bronze while representing India 2. They have won two World Cup editions at the same event.

• ManuBhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary did fairly well in comparison to Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek verma.

• Manu and Saurabh were performing at 3-9, 7-13 and 9-15 before making a remarkable comeback to the tournament. They have won four ISSF Mixed Team Air Pistol world cup gold medals each this year.

• The winning pair scored 394 out of 400 in round two of qualification and it includes an amazing 100 each in the final 10-shot series. But Yashaswini and Abhishek came second with 386.

• Indian shooters left Hungry and China 1 scrambling for bronze which Chinese pair of Pang Wei and Jiang Riaxin won.

• In an earlier game, Apurvi and Deepak defeated Yang Qian and Yu Haonan of China with 16-6 in a one-sided final.

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Cricket News & Politics Sports

Mohammed Shami wife put domestic Violence case against him & court issues arrest warrant!

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The district court Alipore has released the arrest warrant for Mohamed Shami and his brother Hasid Ahmed as well. Mohammed’s wife Hasin Jahan file domestic case.

Mohammed Shami is a famous fast bowler of India, and the district gives him 15 days for surrender.

Where is Shami right now and what’s the matter?

Right now Shami is in Jamaica as the part of India’s cricket team Squad. Shami and his brother were booked Under IPC section 498A for domestic violence.

Last year, this entire matter got great headlines and this year as well. Hasin was taken into police custody by UP police when she went to her house in Amroha. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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Gareth Bale Saved Real Madrid But Couldn’t Save Himself

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Latest trending news from football is Gareth Bale emerged as star player for Real Madrid when he rescued Real from defeat by Villarreal in La Liga on Sunday. But Bale was sent off after earning two yellow cards for fouls in stoppage time.

Star player Gareth Bale

The Wales forward salvaged the match with 2-2 draw before being sent off for fouls. He scored the first goal in 11th minute after Karim Benzema had a goal ruled out for offside. His second goal come in 88th minute just before he made two fouls and was sent off. But his was a great game in La Liga.

Loss to Real Madrid

Real Madrid was crippled by six injuries to attacking players and it was the reason behind the Real captain Sergio Ramos losing the ball in his own half providing the Villarreal an opportunity to score a goal in 11th minute of the game. But Bale equalized the goal with great football. Real have already picked 5-points in their opening games but they are only point ahead than the champion Barcelona.

Zinedine Zidane criticized his team

Zidane criticized the lackluster start by his team but was pleased the way his players baffled the Real and keep the Madrid players on their toes.

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Yashaswini Singh Deswal Shoots Gold For India In World Cup

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Yashaswini Singh Deswalsecured first position in India’s ninth Olympic quota upstaging OlenaKostevych of Ukraine in the ISSF World Cup. OlenaKostevych was women’s 10m air pistol’s numerouno shooter.

Olympic Gold for India

Former Junior World Champion, Yashaswini Singh Deswal won gold in eight-woman final of the season’s fourth ISSF World Cup for pistol and rifle shooters. Her record was 236.7 while Kostevych that finished second winning Silver recorded 234.8. Serbia’s JasminaMilavonovic bagged the Bronze with 215.7.

Yashaswini’s score

She started with 10.1, 10.5 and 10.1 in finals and pushed the record to 10.36 and 10.1 to secure the top rank. She briefly slipped to 9.1 at a time but soon emerged with a humongous 10.8. Finally, she made a perfect shot of 10.9 to confirm her gold.

2020 Olympic Games Tokyo

Yashaswini Singh Deswal will other quota holders for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. It was the third gold in Rio. Abhishek Verma won the first gold in the men’s 10m Air Pistol and ElavenilValarivan won second gold in women’s 10m Air Rifle.

More for Yashaswini

A student of Economics, Yashaswini Singh Deswal also scored 582 in her graduation. It is superb performance by the 22-year old world champion. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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National News & Politics Sports

A Tribute to the great legendary Hockey player Dhyan Chand on his 114 Birth Anniversary!

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Sports are appraised extremely essential for the mental and physical evolution of human being. It releases everyone from anxiety and depression. The sportsperson always remains fit and fine. India is a land of so many sporting legends like Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Udanpari PT Usha, and the Hockey Wizards Major Dhyanchand.

So, in this article, we are talking about the legendary player Dhyanchand. The great Hockey player Dhyanchand was born on 29 August 1905 in Allahabad. His father was a British Indian Army man and also a good player of hockey. After attaining some elementary enlightenment, he merged with the Indian Army in 1922. Subedar Major Tiwari motivated him to play Hockey, major Tiwari was also a sports lover.

To saw the outstanding performance of Dhyanchand in hockey, the Indian Army promoted him again and again and in last eventually he become Major.

Major Achievements of Dhyanchand:-

He won 3 gold medals in Olympics and made India proud. In 1936, at Berlin Olympic Game he was elected as a captain of the Indian hockey team. In his entire carrier, he had scored over 400 international Goals. The Government of India honored him in 1956 with the third-largest civilian Padma Bhushan Award and to celebrate his birthday as National Sports Day since 2012. The Government of India also give tribute to the great player by changing the name of National Stadium, Delhi go Dhyanchand stadium in 2002. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium now called as Arun Jaitely stadium!

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After the demise of Arun Jaitely, the former finance minister of India of BJP had received anenormous honor when the Delhi district cricket association renamed the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium with Arun Jaitely stadium.

This decision was announced after the funeral of Arun Jaitely in the presence of top leaders. Rajat Sharma said the Arun Jaitely contribution in the development of this stadium was indefinable. It was Arun Jaitely who made possible for the cricket players like Virat Kohli, Virendra Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, and more to make India proud today.

He was the best man and no one is like him today, said Rajat Sharma.

After the announcement of renamed Kotla stadium, the news going viral in every news channels and social media.

History of Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium

It was built in the 14th century. At that time, the citadel was a part of Firozabad, which is the fifth city developed by Feroz Shah Tughlaq in Delhi.

Firozabad was the first city which was built near the bank of Yamuna River. This city was gorgeously designed and developed and became an archetype of Mughal forts. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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US Open 2019: Sumit Nagal Baffled Roger Federer With His Maiden Attempt

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India lost the US Open 2019 title with SumitNagal losing the 1st round of clash with Roger Federer, the 5-time champion. He lost the game but won the applause and praises of the crowd at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Sumit Nagal considers Roger Federer his idol

Nagal put up a valiant fight against his “idol” and champion while playing his maiden Grand Slam main draw match at the US Open. The 22-year old player from India displayed no signs of being overwhelmed by the sense of playing before a huge crowd and nor was he moved by the opinion of expert commentators. Determined to perform, he gave a stunning performance including a couple of delightful forehand winners before the audience.

Roger Federer looked nervous before SumitNagal

The champion made 19 unforced errors and made a poor start before Nagal that made only 9 unforced errors. Also, the champion was seen struggling with his first serves. He got only 48% of his first serves. These mistakes put immense pressure on the Swiss player. But he bounced back to match and snatched it from Nagal in the second round.

World ranking of SumitNagal

Nagal touched the carrier-high ranking of 175 after the match. His earlier world ranking was 190. It was his first attempt in Grand Slam after losing all the 3 big matches in 2019 but the Indian tennis player managed to reach the main draw of an ATP 500 tournament in Hamburg for the first-time earlier this year. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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2019 Kabaddi Highlights- Tamil Thalaivas V/S Jaipur Panthers in Chennai

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If you’re unable to watch the upcoming Kabaddi match of Tamil Thalaivas V/S Jaipur Panthers in Chennai then do no worry! Watch all live updates on your smartphone with us. The match will be going to entertain you on 27 august, Wednesday at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.

In the same stadium, Puneri Paltan faced Bengaluru Bulls. On 27, Pink panthers from Jaipur will play a second time in Chennai against Thalaivas. The visitors collapsed just after the second loss of this season against UP Yodha on Monday. Tamil’s team improved their results after the first match in the Chennai. They will take that advantage over pink panthers

Team score rate in last match

Thalaivas rebounded backed with 11-points against Bengaluru bulls, in the first match. V. Ajith Kumar is perfect for the team with having scored 12 out of two matches.

Rahul Showman was also good in his last match with a score of 8. Overall the impact of the team was amazing and this season going to prime and exciting more. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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Draw For Wolves And Man United Despite Two Goals And A Penalty Shootout

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Wolves drew 1-1 with Manchester United in an end-to-end Premier League match at Molineux on Monday. Ruben Neves of Wolves saved his team with his stunning strike from outside the penalty area.

Manchester United

Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was confident while sending Andreas Pereira to bench to launch summer arrival Daniel James in the team but he has to satisfy with a draw. Manchester United was leading in the beginning with a goal shot by Anthony Martial. It was Martial’s 50th goal for Man United after joining the team in 2015.

With this goal, Martial became the only player to make maximum goals for Man United since 2015. He buried the shot into the roof of the net to give his team lead over Wolves. The score was 1-0.

Wolves

Refreshed and determined, Wolves emerged from the dressing room first to score an equalizer and then take a lead. The first goal came handy within 10-minutes to the game when Neves dodged David De Gea into the corner and gave a straight hit into the goal. Wolves equal the game to get ready to take lead.

Penalty

In the 67th minute of the game, Paul Pogba drew a penalty for Man United but the Frenchman could convert it into a goal. The Wolves keeper Rui Patricio made no mistake in anticipating the kick and thwarting ball away from the net.

Next match

The latest trending news about Man United is it would play against Crystal Palace in a home match on Saturday and Wolves would begin their Europa League campaign against Torino according to latest trending news.

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PCB Receives Threat Mail For Indian Cricket Team In West Indies

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Pakistan Cricket Control Board (PCB) received a threat mail for Indian cricket team from an anonymous account on Friday, August 16. The mail read that the Indian cricket team was in imminent danger of a threat attack in West Indies where it was playing a series of matches.

Threat mail

The PCB said that the threat mail has no mention of any terror group or any other hint of the terror attack on Indian cricket team. But PCB took a serious note of it and alerted the International Cricket Council (ICC) about the mail. The Indian cricket board BCCI also received a copy of the mail within 24 hours.

India’s response to the mail

BCCI apprised the Union Home Ministry about the threat to Indian cricket team in Antigua, West Indies. The Indian embassy in Antigua is sent an alert message and the Mumbai police was asked to take stock of the situation. The Director General of Police (DGP) of Maharashtra was updated about the mail and security of Indian cricket team boosted on the foreign soil.

On contacting PCB, it said that it didn’t comment on safety and security issues of cricketers. It further maintained that its role was to apprise the international community about the threat mail and that it was prompt in its action.

Present situation

The probe into the mail is on but there is no development on the issue. Meanwhile, the Indian cricket team is said to be in safe hands in the West Indies and there would be no change in their schedule. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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