World No.1 Ko Jin-young shattered yet more golfing records by winning the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. Since becoming a member of the LPGA Tour in 2018, she recorded 13 victories and won a remarkable sixth tournament from her last ten starts. After hitting 66 in her final round, the South Korean broke Annika Sörenstam's 16-year-old LPGA record for consecutive rounds in the 60s. This is Ko's 15th consecutive round in the 60s and her 30th consecutive sub-par round in the LPGA. Ko said, “First of all, I’m just proud of myself to record the 60s in 15 rounds straight.
On Sunday, Mithali Raj became the first and only woman to appear at sid ICC Women’s Cricket World Cups by leading India in the opening game. 39-year-old Indian Women’s Cricket team skipper could manage nine runs in 36 balls as she was caught by Pakistan Diana Baig off Nashra Sandhu’s bowling. According to ICC, the right-hander has now equaled Australian great Belinda Clark by captaining the ICC Women's World Cup for the fourth time- Clark's tenure spanned from 1993 to 2005. Both of them are the only two-player who have captained their country for more than two World Cups. Mitha
On Thursday, India’s trio Shri Nivetha, Esha Singh, and Ruchita Vinerkar won gold in the women’s 10m air pistol team event of the ISSF World Cup. On Wednesday night, to finish on the podium for the country’s third medal, and the second medal, the trio shot 16 in the gold medal contest in the year’s first World Cup. This leads the country with three medals standing- two gold and silver. In the final round, Esha Singh scored 10.8 to help the nation draw first blood and took the lead with 6-0. After which all three women shot 10 or above in the third series of single shots. �
On Tuesday, Indian shooting ace Saurabh Chaudhary claimed a Gold medal in the men’s 10-meter air pistol event. He opened the country's account in the year’s first ISSF World Cup in Cairo. The 19-year-old Chaudhary shot 16 in The Asian Games for the gold to finish ahead of Germany’s Michael Schwald. He made the medal round with Chernousov for the company as both notched up 38 points to eliminate Walter of Germany and then Emis Vasermanis of Latvia. Choudhary has a Youth Olympic gold medal in his name and was third in the men’s 10m air pistol qualification stage with 584 points in
On Monday, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev overtook Serbia’s 20-time Grand Slam champion, Novak Djokovic's record of the top spot for 361 weeks in total. He became the 27th player to reach the number one spot in the men’s ATP tennis rankings. Djokovic was competing in his first tournament of the season following his deportation from Australia in January. Nadal beat the 26-year-old Medvedev in the Acapulco semi-finals last week which guaranteed to move him above Djokovic post the Serb’s quarter-final loss in Dubai. Medvedev became the third Russian to achieve the feat by joining Yevg
On Sunday, at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament, Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen and Nitu clinched medals. During Europe's oldest international boxing tournament, Nikat won her second gold medal with a 4-1 win in the women's 52kg final. It was her second gold medal since she won the Strandja Memorial title in 2019. Nitu inflicted a 5-0 beating on Italy's Erika Prisciandro, the reigning bronze medalist of the Youth World Championships. As a result of Nandini's bronze medal in the 81kg category, the Indian contingent finished its trip with three medals at the tournament, which m
After participating in the 125th game during the third and final match against Sri Lanka at the picturesque HPCA Stadium, India captain Rohit Sharma has become the most-capped T20I player in history. Rohit Sharma appears to be in a good mood these days. It has been a winning run for the Indian captain. Rohit Sharma's men beat Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 series with a 3-0 win over West Indies in both ODIs and T20s. In the process, he surpassed veteran Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik (124 T20Is). In Dharamsala, Rohit stepped out to lead India in the third T20 against Sri Lanka. He is currentl
India’s Sadia Tariq won a gold medal in Moscow Wushu Stars Championship that was held from February 22 to 28. 15-year-old, Sadia, a two-time gold medalist in the Junior National Wushu championship came up with a brilliant performance by defeating her Russian opponent in the Annual Calendar Training and Competition of the Sports Authority of India. Hailing from Kashmir, Sadia took part in the championship along with the 38 players across India including 23 junior and 15 senior players. This is the first time India has sent a team. She recently won a Gold medal at the 20th Junior Nation
In an online championship, chess grandmaster from India, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is winning hearts for his stunning victory over world number one Magnus Carlsen. On Monday, he beats Carlsen at the Airthings Masters rapid chess tournament. Earlier Carlsen lost against Viswanathan Anand and Pentala Harikrishna from India. Praggnanandhaa came out as the youngest one to beat Carlsen since the Norwegian became the world champion in 2013. Five-time world champion and one of the greatest chess players, Anand tweeted, “Always proud of our talents! Very good day for @rpragchess”. After
Senegal defeated Egypt on penalty kicks in the Africa Cup of Nations championship match on Sunday at Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon, to win the continental championship for the first time. Previously both nations had a history of winning the Africa Cup of Nations seven times. Egypt and Senegal both were not able to able to breakthrough in the first 90 minutes. Senegal appeared to be in control for the majority of the game ahead of Egypt gaining strength in the second half. During the African Cup of Nations 2022’s final soccer match, Egypt’s Marwan Hamdi jumped for the ball wit