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Karnataka judokas win 2 gold

February 12, 2015

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 12: Samata Rane and Puja Shapurkar claimed gold medals for Karnataka at the National Games judo competitions on Wednesday.

Karnataka judokasSamata defeated Delhi’s Kalpana Devi in the women’s 52kg category final. She had entered the gold medal round after scoring over Haryana’s Mukesh in the semifinal and Deepa Choudhary of Uttarakhand in the first round.

In the 57kg category final, Puja defeated Sonam of Punjab, after beating Stephanie Fernandez of Delhi in the semifinals. At Alapuzha, Karnataka’s Twisha K Prasad claimed the silver in the women’s 500M Kayak singles event.

Twisha, who had won the gold in the K-1 1000M on Monday, finished behind Andaman & Nicobar Island’s Rajina Kiro, timing 2:11.00. Rajina clocked 2:09.00. Madhya Pradesh’s Soniya Devi claimed the bronze in 2:18.00.

Karnataka also won a silver on the final day of canoeing and kayaking competitions. In the 500M double kayak, Rajamani Kanagaraj and Venkatesh Gundala timed 1:46.00, finishing behind Services’ Ramesh Golli and Ajit Singh and Telangana’s Prasad Padamkar and Premananda Singh.

Another loss in handball

In men’s handball at Thiruvnanthapuram, Karnataka men crashed to another defeat, this time to Punjab 31-32, and are on the verge of exit.

Service win hockey gold

Services drubbed Odisha 7-2 in the final to win the men’s hockey gold medal at Kollam.

Deepanshu Bhargav gave Odisha the lead but thereafter, it was a one-way traffic, with Siraz, Mukesh Lakra, Ved Prakash, Davinder Singh, Jaspreet Singh, Binay Bhengra and Chandan Aind scoring for Services.

Punjab defeated Haryana 3-1 to win the women’s gold. Manmeet Kaur (2) and Hardeep Kaur scored for Punjab while Devika Sen pulled one back for Haryana. Jharkhand defeated Haryana 7-6 via penalty strokes to take the bronze. Jharkhand also won the bronze in the women’s event, with a 2-0 win over Odisha.

Eves through in volleyball

Karnataka women entered the semifinals of the women’s volleyball event in Kozhikode. They defeated Chandigarh 25-21, 25-15, 25-8 for their second win in Group A. Kerala qualified as group toppers after beating West Bengal 25-17, 25-19, 25-21.

Medals tally TEAM G S B T

Services 68 19 22 109

Haryana 30 26 17 73

Maharashtra 27 40 36 103

Kerala 27 31 36 94

Punjab 19 27 25 71

Madhya Pradesh 19 17 27 63

Manipur 15 14 17 46

Karnataka 8 15 18 41

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April 21,2020

New Delhi, Apr 21: India skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday said people seem to have become more compassionate while coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and hoped the sense of gratitude towards frontline workers like doctors and police personnel remains even after the crisis is over.

Speaking in an online class organised by "Unacademy", Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma spoke at length about the challenges they faced before tasting success.

"The one positive out of this crisis that we as a society have become more compassionate. We are showing more gratitude to the frontline workers in this war, be it police personnel, doctors or nurses.

"I hope it stays this way even after we overcome this crisis," said Kohli with Sharma seated next to her.

Kohli said the pandemic has taught the world a very important lesson.

"Life is unpredictable. So, do what makes you happy and not get into comparisons all the time. People have a choice now how to come out of this phase. Life is going to be different after this," said the skipper.

For Sharma, the pandemic has forced people to care about the basics in life.

"There is a learning in all of this. Nothing happens without a reason. If the frontline workers were not there, we would not have access to basics," she said..

"This has taught us that no one is special than the other. Health is everything. We are more connected as a society now," she added.

During the session, Kohli was asked about the moment when he felt most helpless.

"I felt nothing was working for me when I was not picked for the state team initially. I cried the whole night and asked my coach 'why did I not get selected'?" he responded.

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August 1,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 1: Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are aiming to set up their preparatory camp for the 13th edition of the tournament from early August.

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

Recently, 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.

As per a report in ESPNcricinfo, CSK players have been asked to report to Chennai first, following which they will leave for Dubai via a charter flight only after approval from the Indian government.

The IPL Governing Council will meet on August 2 to finalise the schedule and other key arrangements for the tournament. Also, the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) around securing eight teams for 51 days across three venues will be formally established in that meeting.

CSK, who has the oldest squad in the IPL, are looking for a month's preparation before ahead of the tournament.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the side was the first team to start their training camp in March. Senior players like Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu had begun training their training in December 2019.

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March 25,2020

New Delhi, Mar 25: Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen appealed to Indian citizens to stay home during the 21-day lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain coronavirus.

"Namaste India! I have heard that your situation is like ours, PM Modi has announced a nation-wide lockdown for 21 days. I request you to follow this instruction. We will fight coronavirus together and come out to this situation. Please stay at your home and stay safe, " he tweeted in Hindi.
At the end of the message, Pietersen gave credit to his "Hindi teacher" Shreevats Goswami, who is an Indian domestic cricketer.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the nationwide total lockdown will be in place for three weeks to combat the coronavirus menace.

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