1. Anton Aditya Subowo re-elected as President of Badminton Asia
• Indonesia`s Anton Aditya Subowo was re-elected as the President of Badminton Asia on.
• As a result, he will continue as the President for another four years.
• There were seven other people who were selected as the vice-presidents of Badminton Asia.
• The Badminton Association of India`s president Himanta Biswa Sarma has also been elected as the vice-president.
• Badminton Asia also got in a new Secretary-General in Moosa Nashid from the Maldives.
2. India`s Mahesh Mangaonkar wins Sekisui Open
• In squash, India`s Mahesh Mangaonkar triumphed for the second time in the Sekisui Open in Kriens, Switerzland.
• Sekisui Open is a Challenger tour event of the Professional Squash Association (PSA), the world body which governs the sports.
• Top-seeded Mahesh beat third seed Bernat Jaume of Spain in four games 11-9, 3-11, 11-5, 11-5 to win his 8th PSA title.
3. Hockey: Indian women clinch 3-match series after beating S Korea 2-1
• The Indian women`s hockey team came from a goal down to eke out a close 2-1 win over hosts South Korea in the second game and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-march series in Jincheon.
• The Indians had earlier defeated Korea by identical margin in the opening game of the series.
• India will take on Korea in the inconsequential last match of the series.
• In the match, skipper Rani Rampal (37th minute) and Navjot Kaur (50th) scored for India after Lee Seungju gave South Korea the lead in the 19th minute through a field strike.
4. BCCI Elections to be held on October 22
• The Committee of Administrators(CoA) announced in New Delhi that the much-awaited elections of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be held on October 22.
• They announced the elections date after due consultation with the Supreme Court appointed amicus curiae P S Narsimha.
• The CoA was appointed by the Supreme Court in January 2017 to oversee the sweeping reforms recommended by the Lodha panel.
• In the meeting attended by all three CoA members, chief Vinod Rai, Diana Edulji and Ravi Thodge, the deadline to hold state elections was set at September 14.