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Gaurav Gill wins round 1 of National Rally Championship
Gill took a total of 56:55.200 minutes to complete eight special stages and record a victory by a margin of an impressive 4:25.700 minutes over Karna Kadur. Dean Mascarenhas finished third overall with a time of 1:02:30.500 minutes. Gill was at his best and even a flat tyre in the final stage could not stop him from underlining his supremacy in the opening round.
India contributes $1 million World Anti-Doping Agency to support Clean Sport
India's contribution of $1 million is the highest among contributions made by other world governments, including China, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The total contribution of all member nations will be matched by an equal sum by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to create a corpus of $10 million.
World Anti-Doping Agency bans Russia in 2021Tokyo Olympics, 2022 Winter Games
Athletes from the country will hence be participating in the Tokyo Olympics, which was postponed to July-August next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, under a neutral flag. They have additionally been barred from featuring the country's name or emblem "or other national symbol of the Russian Federation" on their clothes, equipment "or other personal items or in a publicly visible manner at any official venues or other areas".
Central government formally recognises yoga as competitive sport
The announcement was made at a joint press conference held here by the Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. While addressing, Naik traced the origins of yogasana competitions to the Indian Yoga tradition.
Adelaide Test: Australia take Day 1 honours as India reduced to 233/6
The Aussies were fortunate to get a run-out with Kohli caught out of crease at the non-striker's end after Rahane pulled back an erroneous call for a run. Josh Hazlewood swooped on the ball at cover and sent it back to off-spinner Nathan Lyon who whipped the bails off to send Kohli back.
We should dream of qualifying for 2026 Fifa WC: Patel
The Fifa World Cup will be expanded to 48 teams from the current 32 from the 2026 tournament. The number of teams that can qualify from Asia has been increased to eight from four. Patel said that he expects a tough competition for India in their effort to successfully bid to host the 2027 Asian Cup. India will be up against Asian champions Qatar who are hosting the upcoming 2022 World Cup, apart from Saudi Arabia, Iran and Uzbekistan.
Indian Super League: Mumbai City FC announces partnership with Cisco
Cisco will feature on the club's matchdays in the Indian Super League and at the Islanders' training facility at the Nagoa Village Panchayat Football Ground; support all aspects of the club's business through their networking solutions, and connect the first team to fans in Mumbai and across the country via Cisco Webex in this ISL season.
Adelaide Test: How Ponting 'exactly' predicted Shaw's dismissal
Ponting, who was in the commentary box for 7 cricket when play began in the pink-ball Test, explained how Shaw has a tendency to leave a gap between his bat and pad while playing in-coming deliveries. The left-arm quick bowled a full in-swinging delivery outside the off-stump and Shaw went for a drive. The ball, however, got an inside edge and went on to hit the stumps, thus sending the Indian opener back to the dressing room for a golden duck.
Australian Open to start from February 8, announces ATP
Australian Open was earlier scheduled to start from January 18, however the schedule has been updated because of the Covid-19 restrictions. The ATP release said men's qualifying for the Australian Open would take place in Doha from January 10-13 before players relocated to Melbourne to enter 14-day quarantine.
Adelaide Test: India opt to bat against Australia (Toss)
India had already announced their playing XI on Wednesday for the pink-ball Test, choosing Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal as openers. This is the only Test that Kohli would be playing in the series as he will return to India to be with his wife Anushka Sharma who is expecting their first child. Australia have gone with Joe Burns and Matthew Wade as openers. Also, all-rounder Cameron Green makes his Test debut for the hosts.
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