1. Carlsen retains World Chess Championship title
• World number one Norwegian Magnus Carlsen has retained his World Chess Championship title, beating US opponent Fabiano Caruana in a tie-breaker event.
• The Norwegian is ranked number one worldwide for fast-paced games, whereas Caruana is ranked at number 18.
2. Vinesh Phogat grabs 57-kg national title at Tata Motors Senior National C`ship
Wrestling, Vinesh Phogat capped a highly successful season by grabbing the 57-kilogram national title at the Tata Motors Senior National Championship in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh.
• Vinesh has already stamped her class at international level by winning the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games titles and it was just about getting some match competition under her belt after missing the Worlds due to an elbow injury. On way to her sixth National title, Vinesh conceded just two points in five bouts.
3. Pawan Singh first Indian to be elected in ISSF`s judges committee
• Pawan Singh has become the first Indian to be elected one of seven member`s of the Judges Committee of the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF).
• Mr Singh also holds the post of the Joint Secretary General of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
4. Atlawim Debebe of Ethiopia wins Pune International Marathon
• Atlawim Debebe of Ethiopia won the Full Marathon with the timing of 2 hours 17 minutes 17 seconds.
• Teshome Getachew claimed second and Bekele Asefa third position. Both of them are also from Ethiopia.
• In women’s Full Marathon Pascalia Chepkogei from Kenya stood first with the timing of 2 hour 50 minutes 27 seconds. Belew Mekonnen and Fekede Tilahun of Ethiopia claimed second and third position.
• Dekebe Tafa and Degefa Gezmu both from Ethiopia are winners of the men’s and women’s half marathon.
• Among Indian runners this year also Karan Singh of Bombay Engineering Group stood first in Men’s category. In women’s Full marathon Urvi Tambe stood first amongst Indian participants.
5. IPL: Delhi Daredevils renamed as Delhi Capitals
• Delhi Daredevils was renamed as Delhi Capitals on Tuesday with a hope that it would bring a change in fortunes of the franchise after a poor track record over the past 11 IPL seasons.
• Co-owners Parth Jindal, representing JSW Sport, and Kiran Kumar Grandhi of GMR, unveiled the new name of the team.
• Shreyas Iyer will continue to lead the team despite the presence of Shikhar Dhawan.
• Australian great Ricky Ponting will continue to coach the team.
6. Maheshwari Chauhan retains women`s skeet title
• Rajasthan`s Maheshwari Chauhan retained her women`s skeet title at the 62nd National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) for shotgun events in Jaipur.
• Maheshwari overcame Ganemat 52-51 in the final to clinch the gold.
• The bronze medal was won by Punjab`s Simran Preet Kaur Johal, who later picked up three gold in other events.
• Simran won the women`s team, junior women`s and junior women`s team gold to add to her women`s skeet bronze.
7. Gautam Gambhir announces retirement from all forms of cricket
• Former India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket, saying his time to continue with the game is over.
• Gambhir played in 58 Tests between 2004 and 2016, scoring 4,154 runs at an average of 41.95, with the help of nine hundreds and 22 fifties.
• He also played in 147 ODIs between 2003 and 2013, besides featuring in 37 T20 Internationals.
8. Croatia’s Luka Modric wins Men’s Ballon d’Or award 2018
Croatia’s midfielder Luca Modrich (33) has won prestigious honor of football, Ballon d’Or. He was rewarded for his key role in Croatia’s historic run to FIFA World Cup final (defeated by France) and his club Real Madrid’s third straight Champions League trophy.
• With this, he ended the tenure of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for almost decade. Messi and Ronaldo have won this award since 2008.
• Cristiano Ronaldo remained second in run of ballon d’or race this year.
• FIFA Ballon d’Or Award is annual football association award given by FIFA to the male player who has performed the best in previous calendar year.
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