1) Indian
Super League begins: The new order in Indian football announced its arrival
with a bang on Sunday! With its exciting freshness, well-packaged avatar and a
never-seen-before razzmatazz, the mass entertainment of Bollywood and football,
riding on Indian cricket's shoulder, descended on the illuminated Salt Lake
Stadium to set the ball rolling for Indian Super League. West Bengal chief
minister Mamata Banerjee started the proceedings. And it was left for Nita
Ambani, chairperson of the ISL, to strike the right chord when she officially
opened it before the world. Atletico de Kolkata won the opening match against
Mumbai City FC.
2) Bryans
achieve ‘Masters Slam’: American twins Bob and Mike Bryan added another
accolade to their lengthy resume after taking the Shanghai Masters men’s doubles
title on Sunday to become the first pair to win all nine ATP World Tour Masters
1000 tournaments. The 35-year-old siblings defeated French Open champions
Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-2, 7-6(3) to take an
unprecedented 101st career title in their 152nd final.
3) Cyclone
Hudhud hits parts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha: Cyclone Hudhud, which made
a landfall in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, lost its intensity by evening as it
moved further 60km northwest of Visakhapatnam, India Meteorological Department
said. The cyclone hit the port city of Visakhapatnam on Sunday bringing with it
torrential rains in three coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and leaving five
persons dead in the state and neighbouring Odisha besides snapping power and
communication lines.
4) Indian
shuttler Ajay Jayaram clinched Dutch Open, bags maiden Grand Prix: Indian
shuttler Ajay Jayaram on Sunday notched up the biggest triumph of his career by
clinching USD 50,000 Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton tournament. The 27-year-old
Bangalore-based player defeated Indonesia's Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 10-11, 11-6,
11-7, 1-11, 11-9 in the men's singles final which lasted 46 minutes to bag his
maiden Grand Prix title at the Topsportcentrum Almere.
5) Kevin-Pietersen
launched his autobiography named 'KP': Maverick England discard, Kevin
Pietersen, who has had a turbulent time with the England team management,admits
that meeting Rahul Dravid in India was a blessing, and has praised the former
Indian legend in shaping up his batting technique. Pietersen, who recently
launched his book 'KP', says an e-mail by Dravid on tackling his weakness
against spin bowling, helped him immensly and brought to light his batting
flaws. "Rahul was a great and heroic Indian batsman in his day. He is also
a genius at dealing with spin bowlers. Our conversations and emails were a
private master class from a genuine guru.Rahul improved my cricket and helped
me develop the way I think about the game. His generosity will stay with me
always," said Pietersen about Dravid.
6) India
to host Asia Cup archery: India has been allotted the inaugural leg of the
Asia Cup world-ranking archery tournament early next year. The Asia Cup, which
will replace the Asian GP, will be held on the format of the annual World Cups
and fetch valuable ranking points for the archers. According to a top Archery
Association India (AAI) official, the first leg will be conducted in Delhi in
the second week of January. The second and third legs have been allotted to
Bangkok (March) and Tehran (June).
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