1. Rahi Sarnobat wins India’s first gold of Osijek Shooting World Cup in the Women’s 25M Pistol at International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage in the Croatian city of Osijek.
2. The T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in India this year is being shifted to the UAE owing to the health safety concerns posed by COVID-19, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said.
3. Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gaurav Solanki & world championship silver winner Sonia Chahal have been nominated for the Arjuna award by the Boxing Federation of India.
4. Ace archer Deepika Kumari has regained the World number one ranking in the latest world rankings released on June 28 after the 3rd stage World Archery Championship held in Paris. She created a new record by winning three gold medals in a single day along with winning the gold medal in the Individual Women’s Recurve event.
5. Tennis, British No. 1 Johanna Konta has been ruled out of Wimbledon because one of her team member has tested positive for Covid.
Konta, will be isolated for 10 days.
6. Olympians from 6 countries required to take pre-departure COVID-19 tests for 7 days, the athletes & all other members of delegations from India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Maldives, Sri Lanka & Afghanistan will face stricter countermeasures because of the spreading Delta variant.
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