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August 4, 2015

Kazan, Aug 4: Hungary's Katinka Hosszu underlined her status as the leading all-round swimmer with a world record in the women's 200 metres individual medley at the World Championships on Monday.

KatinkaOn a day when two other world records fell -- to Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom in the 100 metres butterfly final and American Katie Ledecky in the 1,500m freestyle heats -- 2014 Swimmer of the Year Hosszu powered to gold in two minutes 6.12 seconds.

The 26-year-old shaved 0.03 seconds off the previous mark set by American Ariana Kukors at the 2009 World Championships.

Japan's Kanako Watanabe took silver, 2.33 seconds behind Hosszu, while Britain's Siobhan O'Connor claimed bronze.

"Obviously, the record was on my mind, it was my goal," Hosszu told reporters. "It was just perfect."

Sjostrom set her second world record in 24 hours in coasting to the women's 100 metres butterfly title.

Her time of 55.64 seconds broke her previous mark of 55.74, set in the semifinals on Sunday when she became only the second woman to dip below 56 seconds.

"I am really happy I could show myself, show that I can swim fast even with all of that pressure," she said.

Ledecky clocked 15 minutes 27.71 seconds in the 1,500M to beat her previous world best set at the Pan Pacific Championships in August 2014.

Britain's Adam Peaty secured his first world title in the men's 100M backstroke after a whirlwind 12 months on the international scene.

The 20-year-old world record holder claimed gold from Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa in 58.52 seconds, overtaking the Olympic champion in the final three strokes to win by 0.07 seconds and add to his European and Commonwealth collection. Ross Murdoch, of Britain, won bronze.

"I turned and I saw his feet and I though 'right, I've got some catching up to do now," said Peaty, who holds the world record of 57.92 seconds.

"With 25 metres to go he was still out in front but I have trained for moments like this."

Florent Manadou of France won the men's 50M butterfly, touching in 22.97 seconds to beat Brazil's Nicolas Santos.

Mitchell Larkin of Australia will be favourite to win the men's 100M backstroke after qualifying fastest for Tuesday's final, so too compatriot Emily Seebohm who advanced to the women's 100m backstroke with the fastest time.

American Ryan Lochte qualified fastest for the men's 200M freestyle final.

Results: Men: 100M breaststroke: Adam Peaty (Gbr) 58.52, 1; Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 58.59, 2; Ross Murdoch (Gbr) 59.09, 3.

50M butterfly: Florent Manaudou (Fra) 22.97, 1; Nicholas Santos (Bra) 23.09, 2; Laszlo Cseh (Hun) 23.15, 3.

Women: 100M butterfly: Sarah Sjoestroem (Swe) 55.64 (WR) 1; Jeanette Ottesen (Den) 57.05, 2; Lu Ying (Chi) 57.48, 3.

200M individual medley: Katinka Hosszu (Hun) 2:06.12 (WR) 1; Kanako Watanabe (Jap) 2:08.45, 2; Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (Gbr) 2:08.77, 3.

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August 3,2020

New Delhi, Aug 2: The finals of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 will be played on November 20, the sources within the BCCI confirmed on Sunday.

The IPL's governing council met earlier today, and it has also been decided that the evening matches will start at 7:30 pm, half an hour earlier than usual.

Jay Shah, the secretary of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) and Arun Dhumal, treasurer of BCCI did not attend the IPL's governing council meeting.

"The tournament will run for 51 days, usually the IPL should go on for 49 days as per the constitution, however in the meeting it has been decided that we will go to Supreme Court for conducting the IPL in 51 days," sources within the BCCI said.

"As the tournament is running for 51 days, we will get the chance to play fewer doubleheaders, there would be just 10 double headers, evening matches will start at 7:30 and the afternoon matches will start at 3:30. 

The matches will be played across three venues at Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah as travelling here by road is easier and bio-secure environment can be maintained," he added.

The IPL's governing council also confirmed that Women's IPL will also go on and four teams would be participating in it.

"When it comes to women's IPL, there would be four teams and the matches would be played at the time of playoffs for men's IPL," the source said.

The source within the BCCI also said that the governing council would be meeting again to discuss the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all the franchises that need to be followed in the IPL.

The governing council meeting discussed the quarantine measures along with the standard operating procedures (SOP), bio bubble training facilities, stay and travel of the players.

Issues related to the broadcaster, shifting, and scheduling of the tournament, and DXB app to be downloaded for players and other officials were also discussed as well.

A few days earlier, the IPL Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel had confirmed that the 13th edition of the mega event will commence on September 19 in the UAE.

This year's IPL was slated to commence from March 29 but the tournament was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) had also confirmed receiving the official Letter of Intent from the BCCI to host the 2020 edition of the IPL.

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February 19,2020

New Delhi, Feb 19: An Indian wrestler whose family story was immortalised by Bollywood is hoping to create a blockbuster of her own by becoming her country's first world champion in the high-octane sport of mixed martial arts.

Ritu Phogat, who initially followed her father and two elder sisters into wrestling, is now charting a new path after making an explosive MMA debut in November.

Phogat's father Mahavir, and her sisters Geeta and Babita were the subject of 2016 movie "Dangal", telling the story of the wrestling coach who raised his daughters to become Commonwealth champions.

But Ritu, 25, is forging a different career. After winning her first MMA fight in less than three minutes, she will face China's Wu Chiao Chen at this month's ONE Championship fight night in Singapore, which will be held behind closed doors because of the coronavirus.

The youngest Phogat daughter is trading an attempt at an Olympic medal to tackle MMA, but she said she was attracted by the lure of making history in her new sport.

"I got a chance to train with the best in Singapore and there was no looking back," she told AFP during a promotional event in New Delhi.

"There was the 2020 Olympic Games but I thought that I would do well in mixed martial arts. I have come with an aim of becoming the first girl from India to become a world champion in mixed martial art."

The nimble but strongly built Phogat said wrestlers were a good fit for the fast-growing contact sport, which is yet to take off in India.

"Top seven champions in mixed martial arts are wrestlers, so I believe that wrestlers have an edge in this sport with their ability to take down the opponent," she said.

"It is all a matter of skill. You just have to practise hard. I think MMA is not much different from wrestling in terms of preparation.

"One has to take risks to do something new and as an athlete I am ready to embrace every challenge."

She added: "Without the support of my father and sisters I would not have been where I am. My father always taught me to be far-sighted, hard-working and with strong resolve. Three traits will take you a long way."

Phogat won 48kg gold at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship and followed it up with a silver in the under-23 world championships the next year.

"She used to watch a lot MMA and one day told me that I will win a gold in this game. So we all backed her and the result is there for everyone to see," he said.

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