1. Azerbaijan Grand Prix
• Valtteri Bottas won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to retake the Formula One world championship lead from teammate Lewis Hamilton.
• Mercedes set an all-time record of four consecutive one-twos at the start of a season.
• Sebastian Vettel was on able to score the third position for Ferrari.
• The 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 SOCAR Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 28 April 2019 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
• The race was the fourth round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship, and marked the third time that the Azerbaijan Grand Prix had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.
2. China`s Ma Long captures the third world title
• China`s Ma Long captured a third ITTF-World table tennis championships completing a dream comeback after six months on the sidelines with a knee injury.
• The 30-year-old, nicknamed the `Dragon`, defeated Sweden`s Mattias Falck 4-1 in the final.
• Ma Long now joins the elite club of male paddlers, who have won the Worlds singles for three consecutive times: Victor Barna and China’s Zhuang Zedong being the others.
• Ma Long, current World No. 11, won the Worlds crown in 2015 (Suzhou), 2017 (Dusseldorf) and 2019 at Budapest.
3. Bajrang Punia won gold at Ali Aliev Tournament 2019
• A 25-year old, Bajrang Punia won a gold medal at Ali Aliev Tournament, held at Kaspiysk in Dagestan, Russia. He defeated Russian wrestler Viktor Rassadin in 65-kg category by 13-8. This was his second gold medal in the last 10 days. Last week, Punia won a gold medal in the 65-kg category at the Asian Championship in Xi’an, China.
• Bajrang Punia won prize money of around USD 7,700. He currently holds the world No. 1 rank in the 65kg freestyle category.
• Continuing his winning spree, star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia pocketed another gold medal at the Ali Aliev invitational tournament in Dagestan, Russia .
• Bajrang, currently the world No. 1 in the 65kg freestyle category, made a stunning comeback in the final affair to defeat local favourite Viktor Rassadin 13-8.
• Earlier on April 23, Bajrang had won a gold in the same category, beating Kazakhstan`s Sayatbek Okassov 12-7 in the final of the Asian Wrestling Championships in China. Bajrang will now head to the United States to participate in the `Beat the Streets` competition at the Madison Square Garden, New York.