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feat of Jefferson Perez of Ecuador, who won the mens 20km titles in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

13TH WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONS

At the 13 World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, USA won gold in three events out of the total six events held on 1 September 2011. Lashinda Demus in the 400 metres hurdles, 1,500 metres runner Jenny Simpson and high jumper Jesse Williams won the gold medals and lifted the United States to the top of the medals table. Simpsons winning time of four minutes 05.40 seconds was however the slowest to win a world title.Demus ran 52.47 seconds in the 400 metres hurdles, beating defending champion Melaine Walker of Jamaica into silver with Russian Natalya Antyukh bronze. Williams completed a hat-trick of golds for the United States when he won the mens high jump with his first attempt at 2.35 metres, the first U.S. gold in the event in 20 years.
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110M HURDLE
In the 13th World Championships in Athletics that started in Daegu, South Korea on 27 August 2011, Jason Richardson (USA) won gold in the 110m hurdle on 29 August. Liu Xiang of China and Andrew Turner won silver and bronxe respectively. Olympic champion Dayron Robles was disqualified for pulling rival Liu Xiang in the 110-meter hurdles on 29 August 2011 therby handing victory in one of the most anticipated races of the world championships to American outsider Jason Richardson.Pawel Wojciechowski of Poland won gold in the pole vault event. Lazaro Borges of Cuba and Renaud Lavillenie of France was placed second and third. While in Hammer throw Koji Murofushi of Japan won gold. He was followed by Krisztian Pars (silver) of Hungary and Primoz Kozmus (bronze). In the Womens 100m, Carmelita Jeter (USA) won the gold. Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kelly-Ann Baptiste won the siver and bronze medals respectively. In the 400m event of the womens category, Amantle Montsho was palced first followed by Allyson Felix and Anastasiya Kapachinskaya. While in shot put New Zealands Valerie Adams won gold. Nadzeya Ostapchuk and Jillian Camarena-Williams won silver and gold respectively.

WOMENS 20KM WALK TITLE

In the 13th World Championships in Athletics that started in Daegu, South Korea, olympic champion Olga Kaniskina won her third consecutive World womens 20km walk title on 31 August 2011. The Russian completed the race in 1hr 29min 42sec, 18sec ahead of her nearest rival, Chinas Liu Hong. Liu Hong won silver and Anisya Kirdyapkina of Russia won bronze (1:30.13). Silver medallist Liu had won bronze in Berlin (2009 worldchampionship). Kaniskinas three consecutive world titles matched the

MENS MARATHON TITLE

Kenyan runner Abel Kirui retained his world title in the mens marathon here Sunday after finishing the

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42.195-kilometer race in two hours, seven minutes and 38 seconds. His fellow Kenyan Vincent Kipruto, a newcomer to the world championships, crossed the line second 2:28 minutes behind, which is the biggest margin in the World Championships history. Ethiopias debutant Feyisa Lilesa, losing the silver medal battle in the final 1km, prevented a Kenyan medal sweep by taking the bronze medal in 2:10:32. The first final in Daegu last Saturday had seen the Kenyan women making the first ever marathon medal sweep in the Champion-ships history. Kirui pulled away early from a leading pack of three Kenyans and one Ethiopian after the halfway mark and ran all the way alone to finish home with his seasonal best time. Kipruto, the worlds third fastest man this year, who clocked 2:05:33 when finishing runner up at the Rotterdam Marathon in April, said he was happy to secure a 1-2 finish for Kenya.With the two medals, Kenya has temporarily moved to the second place in the tally with 16 medals in total while their previous best in the championships was 13 in Osaka 2007.

VOLLEYBALL

FIVB WORLD JUNIOR VOLLEYBALL TITLE

Russia defeated top-ranked Argentina 25-19, 23-25, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12 to win the FIVB World junior volleyball title in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 11 August 2011. It was the second-seeded Russias eighth title in the under-21 event. Russias Leonid Shchadilov, the championships best spiker, was adjudged as the most valuable player and his teammates Igor Filippov (best blocker) and Aleksey Kabeshov (best libero) won special prizes for their performance in the tournament.Serbia on the other hand defeated the USA 25-15, 25-20, 23-25, 25-13 and won the bronze medal. CHESS

SUNITA SINGH MEMORIAL NATIONAL YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Top-seeded International Master Rahul Sangma of Delhi won the Sunita Singh Memorial National youth (under-25) chess championship at Indore on 27 August 2011. The championship was a 50-player event. Sangma scored a final round victory with black over Sai Agni Jeevitesh of Andhra to reach seven points. Sriram Sarja of Karnataka defeated second seed C.R.G. Krishna to tie for the first place. Of the two undefeated players, Sangmas Buchholz tie-break count was higher and he was declared winner. Sriram gained about 10 Elo for finishing second. Sangma picked up Rs. 20000 from the prize fund of Rs. 75000.The event was organised by S.K.M. Chess Academy and J.J. Public School, Indore, from 21 to 27. August 2011. Pranesh Yadav of Shivamogga, Karnataka was the chief arbiter. FOOTBALL

800M
David Rudisha of Kenya took the gold medal in the mens 800m race clocking 1min 43.91sec at the World Athletics Championships here Tuesday. Abubaker Kaki of Sudan took the silver clocking 1:44.41. Russias Yuriy Borzakovskiy collected the bronze for his effort of 1:44.49, Xinhua reported. Rudisha, 22, is already a big name in the mens 800m. He set the current world record of 1:41.01 in the Italian city of Rieti last August.With the victory, he added another gold medal for the African nation which swept all the six medals on the opening day of the Championships.

PORTLAND ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET

Ace Indian discus thrower Krishna Poonia won the Gold medal on 14 August 2011 in the Annual Athletic Meet at Portland in the United States. Taking part in the first competition of her training stint in the USA, she hurled the discus to 58.88 metres to bag the yellow metal.

BAICHUNG BHUTIA RETIRES

Veteran Indian footballer Baichung Bhutia announced his retirement from international soccer on 24 August

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2011. He however will continue to play for his club that he is currently associated with, Sikkim United. The decision to retire was prompted by constant injuries in the past year. He was picked for the upcoming tour of England. However calf-muscle injury caused him to retire. Baichung Bhutia made his debut as a substitute in the 1995 Nehru Cup in Calcutta. In his career spread over 16 years he scored 42 goals in 107 international appearances. Nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper, he is currently contracted by the club he owns, United Sikkim. He has thrice in the past been named Indian Player of the Year. Bhutia had four spells at I-League football team East Bengal Club, the club where he started his career. When he signed up to play for the English club Bury F.C. in 1999 he became the first Indian footballer to play professional football in Europe. He played for JCT Mills, which won the league once during his tenure as well as Mohun Bagan, which failed to win the league once during his two spells, in his native India. His international footballing honours include winning the Nehru Cup, LG Cup, South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship (three times) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup. He is also Indias most capped player, and in the 2009 Nehru Cup he received his 100th international cap. He has a stadium named after him- Baichung Stadium in Namchi, the district headquarters of South Sikkim district in the state of Sikkim, India. He was honoured with the Arjuna award in 1995 and Padma Shri in 2008. TENNIS

Masters title last in 2008. Djokovic who was hindered during the match by a sore right shoulder conceded just his second defeat of 2011 against 57 victories. Fourth-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova defeated Serbias Jelena Jankovic to win the womens title. With the victory Sharapova earned her second title of 2011 after a triumph in Rome. In the doubles final, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their third title of 2011 and first at Cincinnati after 10 years, following a hard-fought win over French-Serbian combination Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic. The third seeds edged past the fourth-seeded FrenchSerbian combination 7-6(4), 7-6(2) after battling for one hour and 41 minutes. This is the third title of the season for the Indian Express as they are referred. They had earlier won titles at the Sony Ericsson Open and Chennai Open.

MONTREAL MASTERS
Novak Djokovic defeated American Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to win the Montreal Masters on 14 August 2011 thereby winning his ninth ATP title of 2011. Djokovic became the first man to win five Masters 1000 titles in the same season having also claimed trophies at Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Rome. He stands a phenomenal 53-1 in 2011, with his only loss coming against Roger Federer in the French Open semi-finals. The win also made him the first to capture an ATP tournament on debut as number one since Pete Sampras in 1993.

ATP WASHINGTON CLASSIC

Radek Stepanek on 7 August 2011 defeated Gael Monfils of France 6-4, 6-4 to win the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Washington Classic. With this win, Stepanek became the ATPs oldest champion since Frances Fabrice Santoro at 35, won at Newport in 2008.Radak is 32 years old and from Czech Republic. He also became the oldest winner of the ATP Washington Classic since Jimmy Connors in 1988.

CINCINNATI MASTERS
World No. 4 Andy Murray won the ATPs Cincinnati Masters title for the second time after defeating World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 3-0. Murray made the most of Djokovics sluggish start, opening the match with a service break. Murray had won the Cincinnati

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INDIA SLIPPED TO NO 3 POSITION IN TEST RANKINGS

England under the captaincy of Andrew Strauss defeated India 4-0 in the test series that concluded in Oval on 22 August 2011. The hosts won the last Test at oval by an innings and 8 runs. Team India, after following on in the fourth and last Test was bundled out at 283 on the final day of the match. Swann the most successful English bowler took 6 wickets in the final test. Broad took 2 wickets while Anderson and Bresnan took 1 wicket each. England bowler Stuart Broad was named man of the series for his side. Seamer Broad excelled with the ball, taking a total of 25 wickets across the four Tests. He was also brilliant with the bat scoring unbeaten 74 in the first Test at Lords to set an imposing target for India. In the second Test Broad scored a total of 110 in two spells at the crease to help England to a 319-run victory. Indias man of the series was named as Rahul Dravid, who averaged 76.83 in his eight innings of the series, his three centuries were the only hundreds scored by Indians With this emphatic victory, England officially crowned themselves the number one team in Test rankings with 125 points followed by South Africa with 118 points. The Indians, who started the series as the number one Test team, surrendered the number one tag after losing the third Test in Birmingham and later slipped to the number three position following the 4-0 defeat.Indias World Cup victory was preceded by a tour of South Africa and less than a week after winning the World Cup in Mumbai, Dhoni and his men played in the Indian Premier League (IPL). A tour of the West Indies followed and by the time they landed in England, most of the players were either jaded or injured.

and ODI. His announced his retirement after he was chosen for the ODI and T20 series in England. He was recalled to the Indian squad for the one-off Twenty20 and five match One-Day International series against England two years since his last appearance in an ODI. Dravid decided to play in the five-match ODI series against England beginning on 3 September 2011 and the one-off T20 match on 31 August 2011 before retiring.Dravid had last played an ODI match against the West Indies during the 2009 Champions Trophy in Johannesburg, South Africa. He became the second highest run-getter in Test cricket12576 runs from 155 matches during the IndiaEngland test series. Dravid also equalled Sunil Gavaskars record of 34 Test tons during the ongoing Test series against England. Dravid has to his credit over 10000 runs in both the Test and ODI cricket, with 10765 runs in 339 one-dayers which is the seventh highest scorer in that format. Dravid has made 10765 runs in 339 ODIs with an average of 39.43 with 12 hundreds and 82 fifties.

ENGLAND BEAT INDIA BY SIX WICKETS IN TWENTY20

England beat India by six wickets in their Twenty20 international match at the Old Trafford here Wednesday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni had won the toss and opted to bat first. Opener Ajinkya Rahane scored 61 from 39 balls for India to power his team towards a total of 165. England scored 169 for 4 (Morgan 49). Needing 10 from the final over from Vinay Kumar, Samit Patel squeezed a pair of fours, and then sealed the match with a lofted drive over extra cover with three balls of the contest remaining. India: Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), Praveen Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, R. Vinay Kumar and Munaf Patel. England: Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter (wicketkeeper), Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel, Jos Buttler, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad (captain), Graeme Swann and Jade Dernbach.

RAHUL DRAVID-SECOND HIGHEST SCORER IN TEST CRICKET ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT

Veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from both the versions of the game- Test

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MAHARASHTRA LIFT BUCHI BABU TROPHY

Maharashtra snatched a thrilling two-wicket victory against Kerala in the final to lift the All-India Buchi Babu cricket tournament trophy here Tuesday. Chasing a target of 320 in 90 overs, openers Ashok Khadiwale (55, 87b, 54, 16) and Chirag Khurana (82, 133b, 84) provided Maharashtra a sound start while Rohit Motwani (46, 87b, 14) and Ankit Bhawne (59, 75b, 44, 16) added 75 for the fourth wicket to have Kerala on the ropes. However, a flurry of wickets reduced Maharashtra from 300 for four to 307 for eight before Ajinkya Joshi (13 not out) and Dominic Joseph Muthusamy (6 not out) guided their team home amidst mounting tension.For Kerala, offspinner K.R. Sreejith picked up five wickets, but bled runs and his effort eventually went in vain as Maharashtra coasted home with 3.2 overs to spare. FOOTBALL

ever FIFA official international friendly in the Indian sub-continent featuring Argentina and Venezuela. However, the large number of people, who were waiting for hours at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to welcome the Argentine superstar, were left heartbroken as the organisers packed him into a vehicle from the tarmac and drove him out of the airport through a sidegate.Messi was accompanied by his Barcelona FC teammate Javier Mascherano. The duo reached the eastern Indian metropolis after playing the clubs La Liga game with Villareal Monday. Messi scored twice in the second half as Barca cantered to a 5-0 victory.

SPAIN WON THE TENTH EDITION OF THE UEFA EUROPEAN UNDER-19 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
Spain won the tenth edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship title in Romania beating the Czech Republic 3-2 on 1 August 2011. Spain become the first country to hold both u-19 and u-21 title in the same year. Spain which is European and World champion at senior level defeated Switzerland 2-0 in the under-21 final on 25 June 2011. Paco Alccer who came off the bench to score twice in the final 12 minutes played a significant role in helping Spain attain the title.Spain was Champion in European Under-19 Championship in the years 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007. The victory achieved on 1 August marked the fourth for their coach, the irrepressible Gins Melndez. GOLF

INDIAS UNDER-16 FOOTBALL TEAM DEFEATED BY PAKISTAN IN SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP

Indias under-16 football team coached by India coach Thomas Joseph was defeated by Pakistan 1-2 in the title clash of the SAFF Championship on 10 August 2011. Mohammed Zaseen put Pakistan ahead when he found the back of the net in the 25th minute. India drew level through Daniel Lalhlimpuias strike at the stroke of half-time. Lalhlimpuia restored parity scoring off a goal-mouth melee as both teams went to the breather with the scoreline reading 1-1. However, Pakistan took the lead again when Mohammed Mansoor scored early in the second half, a strike which eventually decided the fate of the match.Indian was shocked as Mansoor sealed the deal for Pakistan off a corner four minutes from the change of ends. From there on India desperately looked for an equaliser, but Pakistans defence stood tall.

INDIAN GOLF TEAM WON BRONZE

An amateur Indian golf team won bronze in a team event at the 48-year old Nomura Cup in Fiji on 19 August 2011. The competition witnessed participation by teams from 18 countries. The Indians edged past golf power-house and defending champions Korea by five strokes for the third place on the final day. They finished at a four-day total of 865, and 5-under on the final day. Indias Khalin Joshi, who also finished tied third in the individual category, saved the day for

MESSI IN KOLKATA
Football magician Lionel Messi arrived in Kolkata on 31st of August amid stringent security for Fridays first

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his team with a 4-under 68 as teammates Faldo Series Asian champion Abhijeet Chaddha, reigning All-India winner S Chikkaran-gappa and Angad Cheema shot average scores. The best of three scores were counted every day for the team total. The victory at Fiji came a fortnight after Indian golfers bagged silver at the Asia-Pacific Junior Championships. Australia and New Zealand won gold and silver. SNOOKER

assess their respective merits.The 2012 Olympics will be staged in London and the 2016 edition in Rio de Janeiro.

INDIAN COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORTS TO SETTLE SPORTS DISPUTE

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) set up an eight member Indian Court of Arbitration for Sports (ICAS). ICAS was set up under the Chairmanship of Dr. AR. Lakshmanan, former Supreme Court Judge and former Law Commission chairman to resolve all sports related disputes in India. The other Members of ICAS include M.R. Culla and retired judges, Justices R.S. Sodhi, B.A. Khan, Usha Mehra, Lokeshwar Prasad and S.N. Sapra.All sports related disputes in the whole world are settled by the International Court of Arbitration for Sports situated at Lausanne, Switzerland through a panel of eminent experts in the field of law, medicine, sports and others. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had given directions to the IOA to constitute the Indian court of Arbitration for Sports in order to resolve all sports related disputes within the territory of India. All disputes in relation to sports under the Indian Olympic Association will therefore be decided by the Indian Court of Arbitration for Sports.

NATIONAL SNOOKER TITLE

Aditya Mehta claimed his maiden National snooker title by defeating Alok Kumar 6-2 (66-6, 29-69, 7265, 67-41, 67-10, 74-58, 43-52, 82-5) in the best-ofeleven frame final at the Hash10 World Sim championships on 9 August 2011. Successive breaks of 24, 14 and 21 gave Aditya Mehta the first frame but Alok Kumar soon levelled the frame-score with a 69-29 verdict in the second. Leading 51-16 in the third, Alok Kumars slightly heavy touch on the cue ball directed it into one of the pockets after having potted a colour (he later admitted to his touch being either too heavy or too light all match) to let Mehta back into the frame again.Alok Kumar is a 13-time National champion. VARIOUS

CABINET REJECTS PROPOSED SPORTS BILL

The union cabinet Tuesday rejected the proposed National Sports Development Bill aimed at bringing more transparency and accountability in the functioning of the National Sports Federations (NSF), saying the legislation needs to be reworked. The cabinet decided not to table the bill in this session of parliament and asked Sports Minister Ajay Maken to rework it. At the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, five cabinet ministers were present Sharad Pawar, Praful Patel, C.P. Joshi, Farooq Abdullah and Vilasrao Deshmukh. Under the current version of the bill, all sports federations would have been covered by the Right to Information (RTI) Act and would need to submit their audited reports to parliament.A clause in the bill also aimed at making

SIX CITIES BID

FOR

2020 OLYMPICS

Six cities have officially lodged bids to host the 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Friday. The cities that have shown interest are Baku, Doha, Istanbul, Madrid, Rome and Tokyo. The deadline for bidding was at midnight Thursday. The IOC will vote on the host city for the 2020 edition on Sep 7, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.The cities will now undergo a technical review leading to the IOC drawing up a shortlist in May next year, the Xinhua reported. In January 2013, the candidate cities should submit bid documents to the IOC which will then send its evaluation committee to each city between February and April 2013 to

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the Board of Control of Cricket India a public organisation like other sports federations and bringing it under the purview of the RTI. The sports ministrys move to include the BCCI in the bill drew support from most of the former Indian cricketers earlier in the day. Former India captain Kapil Dev, who led the team to 1983 World Cup win, acknowledged the good work done by the BCCI but said it should work with the government. It is a vast issue and we cant talk about it off-hand but in my opinion every organisation should come under a uniform system. At the same time, BCCI is doing well as a private organisation and we should respect that. But at the end of the day,

everything should come under the government, Kapil said on the sidelines of a seminar of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) here Tuesday. Another former captain, Mohammad Azharuddin, now a Congress MP, hoped the bill will improve sports in the country. BCCI has done a good job in running the sport but nobody is above the law. When a government passes a law, you cant look at one individual or one body. And if they are going to come out with a bill covering sports bodies, I dont see anything wrong in that, he said.On BCCI coming under the RTI, Jadeja added: There is nothing wrong if they fall under the RTI. But you have to leave out key things like players selection away from public scrutiny.

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