CRICKET

Karnataka Wins Sayed Mushtaq Ali T20: The exciting Sayed Mushtaq Ali T20 went down to a last ball finish with Karnataka victorious over Tamil Nadu via a one run victory, in Surat in the finals. Batting first, Karnataka notched up 180-5 in 20 overs as skipper Manish Pandey top scored with an unbeaten 60 (45), smashing four boundaries and a six. Devdutt Padikkal contributed 32 while KL Rahul made 22. In the latter half, Karun Nair took the bowlers to the cleaners hitting 17 off 8 with one four and a six. For Tamil Nadu, Ravichandran Ashwin picked 2-34 while Murugan Ashwin snapped 2-33. In reply, Tamil Nadu managed 179-6 in 20 overs with Vijay Shankar top-scoring at 44. Ronit More snared (2-32) in four overs.

GS Laxmi To Create History: ICC recently announced that India’s GS Laxmi will become the first female match referee to officiate in a Men’s ODI match – the opening match of the third series of the ICC men’s Cricket World Cup League 2, in UAE, where UAE will play against USA on 8^th December, 2019, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Laxmi had become the first female match referee to be inducted ICC’s International Panel of Match Referees, earlier in May.

 

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SHOOTING

Indian Shooters Do India Proud: Indian shooters did India proud during the 13^th South Asian Games held in Kathmandu. Mehuli Ghosh clinched a gold medal, scoring 253.3 in the final. Shriyanka Sadangi grabbed silver with 250.8 and Shreya Agrawal scored 227.2 securing the bronze.

 

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FOOTBALL

Premier League Results: On 3^rd December 2019, Crystal Palace won 1-0 with AFC Bournemouth; Manchester City outplayed Burnley 4-1. The following day, Chelsea defeated Aston Villa 2-1; Leicester City beat Watford 2-0; Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1; Southampton defeated Norwich City 2-1, Wolverhampton Wanderers overpowered West Ham United 2-0; and Liverpool thrashed Everton 5-2 to emerge victorious.

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BADMINTON

Sourabh Verma Loses In Finale: Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma’s great show at the Syed Modi International Tournament came to an end after he lost in straight games 15-21, 17-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei during the men’s singles final in a 48-minute clash.