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Dope-cleared Sanjita Chanu to lastly win Arjuna award for 2018

June 25, 2020
Sanjita Chanu
  • Cleared of the dope taint, two-time Commonwealth Games gold-winning weightlifter Sanjita Chanu will lastly win the coveted Arjuna award which has been on hold since 2018.

WWE legend The Undertaker takes retirement after three decades

June 23, 2020
The Undertaker
  • Famous wrestler Mark William Calaway, usually known as by his ring name The Undertaker, on 22nd June declared that he is bidding adieu to WWE.

Napoli defeats Juventus on penalties to get sixth Italian Cup

June 20, 2020
Napoli defeats Juventus on penalties to get sixth Italian Cup
  • Napoli defeated Juventus 4-2 on penalties to win the Italian Cup for the sixth time after the score was 0-0 after 90 minutes in an empty Stadio Olimpco in Rome.
  • Napoli is sixth in the league table as they plan a return to the Champions League.

Fourth edition of Asian Youth Para Games to be organized in Bahrain in December 2021

June 18, 2020
Asian Youth Para Games
  • The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) on 17th June declared that Bahrain will host the fourth edition of the Asian Youth Para Games from December 1 to 10 next year.

Azerbaijan’s Mamedyarov Shakhriyar triumphs Sharjah World Stars online chess tournament; India’s P. Harikrishna 2nd

June 16, 2020
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
  • Harikrishna was set joint second at the end of the opening day of the Sharjah World Stars online chess tournament. He totaled four points from five rounds to share the second place along with Rustam Kasmidzhanov of Uzbekistan.

Dronacharya of Kerala’s hockey Sreedhar Shenoy passes away

June 15, 2020
Sreedhar Shenoy
  • Shenoy is a hockey coach from Kerala who got the nickname ‘Dronacharya of Kerala hockey’. The 72-year-old passed away on 14th June due to stomach sicknesses but has left a lasting legacy on many generations of hockey players from the state.

India holds 108th slot in the FIFA’s latest ranking

June 13, 2020
FIFA
  • India football team maintained its 108th spot in the latest FIFA rankings. While Belgium ranked first and world champion France is in 2nd place and Brazil is at the 3rd spot.

Russian high jumper Shustov gets four-year doping ban

June 11, 2020
Shustov
  • Russian high jumper Alexander Shustov, the 2010 European champion, has got a four-year ban for anti-doping violations.
  • Shustov, who withdrew from the competition in 2017, has been suspended until 2024 for “usage or attempted usage of a banned material or prohibited method”.

India’s 800m runner Gomathi banned for four years for doping

June 10, 2020
Gomathi
  • India’s Gomathi Marimuthu will be stripped off her 2019 Asian Athletics Championships gold medal after she was given a four-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit for testing positive of doping.

India to host 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup

June 5, 2020
Football
  • The Asian Football Confederation has bestowed the hosting virtues of the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup to India for the first time since 1979.