1. FIH Pro League 2023: India beat Argentina 2-1 in final match at Eindhoven in Netherlands
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The Indian hockey team beat Argentina 2-1 in its final FIH Pro League 2022-23 match in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, on 11 June.
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Akashdeep Singh and Sukhjeet Singhscored goals for India while Lucas Toscani netted the only goal for Argentina.
With the win in this tie, India have further consolidated their top spot in the FIH Pro League 2022-23 points table with 30 pointsfrom 16 matches. While Argentina are fifth in the table with 13 points from 14 matches.
India now lead second-placed Great Britain by four points in the FIH Pro League 2022-23 standings but the European team still has four games to play.
The Indian men's hockey team finished fourth in their maiden FIH Pro League campaign in 2020-21. At the same time, in this competition, it achieved the third position in the 2021-22 season, performing best.
2. French Open: Iga Swiatek of Poland wins Women's Singles title
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In French Open tennis, World No 1 and top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland has won the Women's Singles crown at Paris on 10th June.
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She defended her title against unseeded Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. This is her third French title in just 5 years.
Poland’s Iga Swiatek became the first woman since 2007 to win back-to-back French Open titles.
The 22-year-old Swiatek is just the third woman in the Open era to win each of her first four Grand Slam finals.
Monica Seles and Naomi Osaka are the only other players to achieve this feat.
Swiatek, the world number 1, is also theyoungest woman to claim back-to-back French Open titles since Monica Seles in the early 1990s.
3. Paris Diamond League: India's Murali Sreeshankar finishes third in long jump
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India's Murali Sreeshankar finished third with an impressive effort of 8.09m in the men's long jump event at the Paris Diamond League 2023 in France on June 9.
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Murali made his best jump on the night of 8 June in his third attempt.
An effort of 8.09 m placed him in second place, only behind reigning Olympic and Diamond League champion Miltiadis Tantoglu of Greece who won the Paris Diamond League with a jump of 8.13 m.
A foul by Murali in the fourth attempt and a jump of 8.11m by Switzerland's Simon Ehmer pushed the Indian long jumper to third place.
This was Sreesankar's second appearance in the Diamond League.
Last year in Monaco, he finished sixth with an effort of 7.94m.
His personal best jump is 8.36m which he did last year.
Notably, India's national record in the men's long jump is held by Jessvin Aldrin, who cleared 8.42m earlier this year.
The 24-year-old Sreeshankar entered the Paris leg of the Diamond League on the back of three gold medals in a row.
He had won the World Athletics Continental Tour bronze in Kallithea, Greece last month with a season's best jump of 8.18m.
Paris Diamond League 2023 men’s long jump results
Position | Athlete | Best Jump |
1 | Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) | 8.13m |
2 | Simon Ehammer (SUI) | 8.11m |
3 | Murali Sreeshankar (IND) | 8.09m |
4 | Jules Pommery (FRA) | 7.90m |
5 | William Williams (USA) | 7.87m |
6 | Maykel Masso (CUB) | 7.83m |
7 | Thobias Montler (SWE) | 7.82m |
8 | Emiliano Lasa (URU) | 7.71m |
9 | Erwan Konate (FRA) | 7.63m |
10 | Jean-Pierre Bertrand (FRA) | 7.31m |
4. Sunil Kumar wins decathlon gold at Asian U20 Athletics Championships
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Sunil Kumar, representing India, won the gold medal with a score of 7003 points in the men's decathlon event at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea.
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In the women's high jump event, Pooja won the silver medal with a jump of 1.82 metres.
Bushra Khan earned a silver medal in the women's 3000m race.
The Indian women's 4x100m relay team won the bronze medal with a timing of 45.36 seconds.
Siddharth Chowdhary won the gold medal in the men's shot put event with a throw of 19.52 metres.
In the javelin throw event, Shivam Lohakare won the silver medal with a throw of 72.34 metres.
Sharuk Khan added another silver to India's tally in the men's 3000m steeplechase with a timing of 8:51.74.
Sushmita earned a silver medal in the long jump event.
In the medal table, India has secured the third position in the overall ranking.
India has earned a total of 12 medals.
Japan topped the rankings with 10 gold medals and 17 medals in total.
China is second in the rankings with a total of 14 medals.
Asian Athletics Championships
It is organised by the Asian Athletics Federation.
It serves as an annual event for track and field athletes from Asian countries.
Inauguration - 1973
South Korea:
It is an East Asian nation located in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
It shares a heavily militarised border with North Korea.
President - Yoon Suk Yeol
Capital - Seoul
Prime Minister - Han Duck-soo
5. Siddharth Chowdhary wins gold in men's shot put event at U-20 Asian Athletics Championships
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Siddharth Chowdhary, representing India, won the gold medal in the men's shot put event at the Under-20 Asian Athletics Championships held in Yecheon, South Korea.
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He achieved this feat by recording a personal best throw of 19.52 metres.
Indian athletes Sharuk Khan earned a silver medal in the 3000 meters steeplechase event, Shivam Lohakare a silver medalin the javelin throw and Sushmitaa silver medal in the long jump event.
Apart from this, Shakeel finished third in the 800 meter race by securing a bronze medal.
The Indian mixed relay team also put up a commendable performance, bagging another bronze medal.
India's total medal tally has gone up to nine at the Under-20 Asian Athletics Championships in South Korea.
Asian Athletics Championships
It is organised by the Asian Athletics Federation.
It serves as an annual event for track and field athletes from Asian countries.
Inauguration - 1973
South Korea:
It is an East Asian nation located in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
It shares a heavily militarized border with North Korea.
President: Yoon Suk Yeol
Capital: Seoul
Prime Minister: Han Duck-soo
6. Amlan Borgohain won two gold medals at the Flanders Cup 2023 Athletics
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Indian athlete Amlan Borgohain won two gold medals at the Flanders Cup 2023 Athletics Meet in Merksem, Belgium.
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Amlan Borgohain secured gold medals in both the men's 100m and 200m races at the Flanders Cup 2023 athletics meet.
In the men's 100m event, Borgohain emerged as the fastest man with a time of 10.70s. Although this was 0.45s slower than his own national record, it was enough for him to claim the gold.
Jamaican athlete Aubrey Allen secured the silver medal in the men's 100m event with a timing of 10.80s. Victor Hofmans from Belgium finished third, clinching the bronze with a time of 11.01s.
Borgohain continued his impressive performance in the men's 200m race, clocking an impressive time of 20.96s to claim another gold medal. Victor Hofmans of Belgium finished second with a time of 21.42s, and Samuel Rowe, a Jamaican sprinter, secured the third position with a time of 21.88s.
Flanders Cup
The Flanders Cup, also known as the Internationaal Antwerps Athletics Gala, is a significant athletics meet that is categorized as a Category F event in the World Athletics calendar.
7. South Korea's An Se-young wins Thailand Open final
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World No. 2 Ann Se-young of South Korea claimed her fourth title in 2023 by defeating China's He Bingjiao in the women's singles final of the Thailand Open badminton tournament on June 4.
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Thailand Open Badminton was played in Bangkok.
21-year-old Ann Si-young won 21-10, 21-19.
The South Korean player has been able to make the finals of every tournament he has played this year, winning titles at the All England Open, India and Indonesia.
She will be eyeing his fifth title at the Singapore Badminton Open, which begins at the Indoor Stadium.
In the men's final, Thailand's Kunlavut Witidson won the first gold medal by defeating Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu 21-12, 21-10 in just 38 minutes. He became the fourth Thai man to win the tournament.
8. Bishkek Ranking Series 2023: Manisha wins gold
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Manisha, an Asian championships bronze medallist in women's 65kg, won India's first gold medal at the Bishkek Ranking Series 2023 in Kyrgyzstan 3rd May.
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Reetika, who also won a bronze at the Asian championships, settled for silver in the women's 72kg event.
Sarita Mor, a former Asian champion and 2021 world championships bronze medallist, clinched a bronze in women's 59kg.
With the three medals from Indian women wrestlers, India's tally at the ongoing Ranking Series reached four. Greco-Roman wrestler Manjeet (55kg) won bronze earlier.
Manisha competed in the nordic round system and remained unbeaten in her four matches, defeating opponents from Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Ukraine to secure gold.
Reetika won her bout against Italy's Dalma Caneva but lost to Kazakhstan's Zhamila Bakbergenova, settling for silver in the women's 72kg event.
Sarita Mor secured bronze after defeating Kazakhstan's Diana Kayumova via technical superiority.
Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers Sajan (77kg) and Vikas (72kg) reached the medal round but lost their matches.
9. India won the Men's Junior Asia Cup 2023 title in Hockey
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India won the Men's Junior Asia Cup 2023 title in Hockey by defeating Pakistan 2-1 in the final held in Salalah, Oman.
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The win marked India's fourth title in the men's Junior Asia Cup, having previously won in 2004, 2008 and 2015.
Angad Bir Singh and Arjit Hundal Singh scored for India, while Pakistan managed to score a goal through Basharat Ali.
In the semi-finals, India defeated Republic of Korea 9–1, while Pakistan defeated Malaysia 6–2 to enter the final.
Pakistan are the second most successful team in the men's junior Asia Cup with three titles, but their last win was 27 years ago in 1996.
Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup
It is an international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF).
The tournament has been held annually since 1988 and serves as a qualifying event for the men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.
To participate in the tournament, players must be under 21 years of age as of 31 December of the year preceding the tournament.
About Oman
It is a country located in Western Asia.
It is located on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Oman shares maritime borders with Iran and Pakistan.
Capital and largest city - Muscat
Official language - Arabic
Sultan - Haitham bin Tariq
Crown Prince - Theyazin bin Haitham
10. Mission Olympic Cell approved Neeraj Chopra's proposal to train in Kuortane, Finland
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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on 28th May approved Olympic Gold Medallist Neeraj Chopra’s proposal to train in Kuortane, Finland.
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Neeraj will train at the Kurtane Olympic Training Center in Finland.
He is scheduled to compete in several World Athletics events next month.
The MOC members also approved paddler Payas Jain's proposal for an advanced training camp in Taiwan.
Proposals to get Indian table tennis stars Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran's personal trainers Aman Balgu and Raman Subramaniam for a number of events were also approved by the MOC.
The ministry said that the financial assistance will cover air travel expenses of the players, camp expenses, boarding and lodging expenses, medical insurance and pocket money apart from other expenses.
Neeraj, who recently became the first Indian Javelin thrower to become World Number One, followed a similar training plan in 2022 as well.
