🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS*
#Minister: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
#BCCI president:
Roger Binny
#Hockey India President:
Dilip Tirkey
#16th President of the Indian Olympic Association : P. T. Usha
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1. *ICC UNDER 19 WORLD CUP 2024*
19 Jan– 11 Feb 2024
In South Africa🇿🇦
*Thursday, 25 Jan 2024*
*15th Match, Group A •*
India : 301-7 (50)
Vs
Ireland-100 (29.4)
India U19 won by 201 runs
*16th Match, Group C •*
Australia-296-7 (50)
Vs
Zimbabwe-71 (23.2)
Australia U19 won by 225 runs
2. Tennis star Rohan Bopanna, who is set to be crowned world number one in the doubles format, was on Thursday selected for the prestigious Padma Shri honour by the government along with six other athletes including veteran squash player Joshna Chinappa.
3. Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh scored a crushing victory over Alexander Donchenko in the 10th round of Tata Steel Masters in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands on Thursday.
4. Indonesia Masters: Lakshya Sen, Priyanshu Rajawat crash out in their respective pre-quarterfinal matches in men’s singles competition of the Indonesia Masters, a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament, in Jakarta on Thursday.
5. *MARY KOM CLARIFIES RETIREMENT RUMOURS AMID SPECULATION* : Olympic bronze-medallist and six-time boxing world champion M C Mary Kom on Thursday refuted reports that she has announced retirement.
She said that, ‘I haven’t announced retirement yet and I have been misquoted. I will personally come in front of media whenever I want to announce it’.
6. Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated the reigning and four-time women’s world champion Wenjun Ju from China in the ninth round of the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.
The victory made Praggnanandhaa the only player in recent times to have beaten both the reigning world champions in open and women’s categories.
7. Indian batting star Virat Kohli bagged the ICC ODI Player of the Year award for the fourth time, following his record-breaking performance in the World Cup 2023.
8. Aryna Sabalenka took a big step towards retaining her Australian Open crown by beating American fourth seed Coco Gauff 7-6(2), 6-4 in a thriller on Thursday to reach the final where she will meet Zheng Qinwen or qualifier Dayana Yastremska.
9. *India Vs England*
1st Test
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
India 119/1 at stumps on Day 1, trail England by 127 runs. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal led India’s charging reply to England’s 246, which had been driven by captain Ben Stokes’ half-century on an all-attacking opening day of the first Test on Thursday.
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