The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) has banned for 4 years on Haryana’s javelin thrower Amit Dahiya. He has been banned for avoiding sample collection and for his attempt of trying to cheat officials during the 2nd National Javelin Throw Open Championship 2019 held at SAI Centre in Sonipat, Haryana.
Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa clinched the 77th Senior National squash championships in Man’s and woman’s category respectively in Chennai.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has declared Khelo India winter games 2020 which will be held in the Union Territory of Ladakh later this month followed by a similar event in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in March.
The International Cricket Council has penalized three Bangladesh as well as two Indian U-19 cricketers because of violating the Code of Conduct as they were involved in an exchange of words with some pushing and shoving on the field after the final match.
The International Hockey Federation has titled Indian striker Lalremsiami as 2019 FIH Women’s Rising Star of Year. Lalremsiami beat Argentina’s Julieta Jankunas and Frederique Matla of the Netherlands in the contest as she received 40 per cent of total votes cast.
ESPNcricinfo, sports news website, declared the 13th edition of the Annual ESPNcricinfo Awards 2019. Awards were given under 12 categories & selected by jury consisting former cricketers, ESPNcricinfo senior editors, writers & global correspondents.
Aditya Mehta & Vidya Pillai has won the National Snooker Championship organized in pune, Maharashtra. Aditya Mehta defeated the world champion Pankaj Advani.
Sweden’s Pole Vaulter, Armand Duplantis set a new the Pole Vault World Record in Renaud Lavillenie of France in 2014. Armand Duplantis break the world record with a jump of 20 feet 2.9 inches or 6.17 metres at Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland.
Kaamya Karthikeyan has become the youngest girl in the world to climb Mt Aconcagua. Mt Aconcagua is the highest peak in South America and outside of Asia.
Australia won the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Championship trophy 2020, which they maintained by winning victories in the 8-team one-day championship between 2017 and 2020.