http://newsonair.com/Default.aspx Website cell, IT Unit, NSD, All India Radio, New Broadcasting House, New Delhi, India ? 2006 All rights reserved. All India Radio AIR Sports News http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419650 SPT With less than 40 days left for the Tokyo Olympics, Indian players are gearing up for the event. In the Olympics series today, AIR brings a talk on India's fencing hope for the Tokyo Olympics---Bhawani Devi. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419645 SPT The ICC has announced prize money for the winner and runner-up of the World Test Championship Final. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419642 SPT In Asian Cup Soccer Qualifiers, Sunil Chhetri-led India will look to garner full points when they face Afghanistan in their last Group E match at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha today. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419636 SPT With less than 40 days left for the Tokyo Olympics, Indian players are gearing up for the event. In the Olympics series today, AIR talks about India's fencing hope for the Tokyo Olympics---Bhawani Devi. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419514 SPT In tennis, world No.1 Novak Djokovic clinched his second French open Men's Singles title after beating world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the five-sets battle at Roland-Garros last night. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419573 SPT Former Indian women volleyball team captain Nirmal Kaur, who is wife of legendary Olympian Milkha Singh, died at a Mohali hospital on Sunday due to complications related to Covid-19 infection. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419572 SPT The International Cricket Council announced a special edition intake of 10 cricket icons --- including former India cricketer Vinoo Mankad --- into the ICC Hall of Fame to celebrate the prestigious history of Test cricket. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419571 SPT On Day Four in Birmingham, New Zealand defeated England by eight wickets in the second Test and won the two-match series 1-0. Kiwis have won their first series triumph in England in 22 years. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419528 SPT India’s Mirabai Chanu, the 2017 world champion in weightlifting, has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the women's 49-kg category. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419517 SPT The second-string Indian squad for the Sri Lanka series will assemble in Mumbai from 14th of June to undergo a two-week quarantine. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419511 SPT With less than 50 days to go for Tokyo Olympic Games, Indian sportspersons are leaving no stones unturned to give their best performance at the games. Today in Olympic series, All India Radio brings you a story about India’s 69-kg category boxer Vikas Krishna. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419480 SPT Tokyo Olympic Games bound wrestler Vinesh Phogat won the women's 53kg freestyle gold with an 8-0 win over Khrystyna Bereza of Ukraine at the Poland Ranking Series in Warsaw yesterday. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419459 SPT Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has launched the Central Athlete Injury Management System (CAIMS) for streamlining the sports medicine and rehabilitation support offered to the athletes. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419426 SPT In French Open Tennis, Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal to reach Men's Singles final. Novak Djkovic stuns Nadal 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-2 to enter his sixth French Open final. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419416 SPT In the French Open Tennis Tournament, the duo of Magda Linette and Bernarda Pera are facing the Czech team of Barbora Krejčíková and Katerina Siniaková in the first semi-final of women's doubles today. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419386 SPT In Football, Cristiano Ronaldo was on the score-sheet as European champions Portugal beat Israel 4-0 in their final warm up for the defence of their title. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419385 SPT Five Indian women cricketers, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana, and Deepti Sharma, have joined The Hundred women’s competition. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419384 SPT On Day One at Gros Islet, St Lucia, South African fast bowler Lungi Ngidi captured his second five-wicket haul in Test and Anrich Nortje took four to help tourists bowl out host West Indies for a paltry score of 97. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419383 SPT With 42 days to go for Tokyo Olympic Games, All India Radio today will talk about India’s prominent women archer, Deepika Kumari. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419382 SPT Ahead of the second Test at Edgbaston, the England cricket team players wore black anti-discrimination T-shirts as they repeated the “moment of unity” gesture from first Test at Lord’s. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419381 SPT At stumps on the Day One of the second Test in Birmingham, England were 258 for seven against New Zealand at Edgbaston. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419380 SPT The Indian cricket team had its first group training and nets session at the Hampshire Bowl, Southampton, ahead of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419305 SPT Bangkok 1998 Asian Games gold medallist, boxer N. Dingko Singh passed away on in Imphal after losing his battle with liver cancer. He was 42. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419379 SPT With 43 days to go for the Tokyo Olympic Games to begin, the Indian Olympic Association is staring at a challenging task of making arrangements for a new sports kit for the Indian contingent, but without the China imprint. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419367 SPT Shikhar Dhawan will captain India on a six-match white-ball tour of Sri Lanka in July. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419365 SPT India's Neeraj Chopra won the javelin gold medal in the Meeting Cidade de Lisboa in Lisbon on Thursday, with a throw of 83.18 metres recorded with his sixth and last attempt. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419349 SPT As the Tokyo Olympics games are knocking at the door, All Indian Radio has started a series on the preparations for the games. In the series, today we will feature Table tennis. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419289 SPT In the French Open Tennis, Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has stormed into the women’s singles final beating Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek, 7-5, 6-3. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419290 SPT The Athletics Federation of India has announced that the 4 th Indian Grand Prix will be held in Patiala on June 21. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419288 SPT League will be played between September 19 and October 15 in the United Arab Emirates. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419287 SPT As the countdown begins for Tokyo Olympic, with 43 days to go for the Big Games, we profile some of the promising Indian medal contenders. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419268 SPT In French Open tennis tournament, defending champion Rafael Nadal has cruised to the men’s singles semi final for his quest to conquer the clay court for the 14th time. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419202 SPT In the French Open Tennis, Defending Champion Iga Swiatek was knocked out of the quarterfinal of Women's Singles after she lost to Greece player Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-4 at Court Philippe Chatrier in Paris today. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419262 SPT In the World Cup football qualifying, Neymar scored one goal and created the other as Brazil maintained their perfect start with a 2-0 win over Paraguay. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419248 SPT With 44 days to go for the Tokyo Olympic Games, Abhishek Verma, Indian sport shooter is all set to join the brigade. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419231 SPT A nine-member Women’s Recurve Team has reached Paris to participate in the Final Qualification Tournament for the Tokyo Olympic Games to be held in Paris from 17th to 19th June and the World Cup Stage-3 from 20th to 28th of June. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419226 SPT With 44 days to go for Tokyo Olympic Games, All India Radio today will talk about India’s prominent shooter, Abhishek Verma. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419224 SPT International Olympic Committee has approved the list of 29 refugee athletes who will compete in Tokyo under the Olympic flag. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419211 SPT Karnataka Youth Affairs and Sports minister Dr. Narayanagowda has said that a free vaccination drive will be organised exclusively for the sportspersons. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419205 SPT Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh has shown continuous improvement after being treated for Covid-19 at Chandigarh’s PGI hospital. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419200 SPT Sri Lanka cricketers have agreed to tour England without contracts after the country’s cricket board agreed to bring transparency to players’ evaluation that eventually decides categories of contract. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419199 SPT England have added spinner Dom Bess to their squad for the second Test beginning on June 10th. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419198 SPT ICC Elite Panel match referee Chris Broad will oversee the World Test Championship final. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419197 SPT The Indian team management has decided to give a three-week break to its players after the World Test Championship final in a bid to address the mental fatigue that might be triggered by lengthy spells in a bio-bubble. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419171 SPT World number 85 Tamara Zidansek from Slovenia became the first women's singles player from her country to enter the semi-final of a Grand Slam event today. She defeated Spain's Paula Badosa 7-5, 4-6, 8-6. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419147 SPT The Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI, has zeroed in on the date for the resumption of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League to be held in UAE. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419106 SPT In the French Open Tennis tournament, 13-time champion Spaniard Rafael Nadal kept teenager Jannik Sinner’s title aspirations in check by defeating the world No. 19 Italian 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 to book a spot in the quarter-finals. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419096 SPT In Football, in the AFC Asian Cup 2023 qualifiers held in Doha, Indian captain Sunil Chhetri struck twice in the closing minutes to hand India a 2-0 win over Bangladesh to revive the team’s prospects of advancing from Group E. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419098 SPT The schedule for the three-match ODI series and three-match T20 International series between India and Sri Lanka has been confirmed. Host TV broadcasters yesterday disclosed the entire schedule of the series. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419097 SPT A three-member Indian women’s recurve archery team of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari reached Paris today to compete in World Olympic qualification tournament beginning 17th of June. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419063 SPT In French Open Tennis, Top seed Novak Djokovic and German sixth seed Alexander Zverev have advanced to the quarterfinals of Men's Singles today. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419023 SPT Indian football team will take on Bangladesh in the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifier match today at Jassim bin Hamad stadium in Qatar. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419010 SPT In tennis, second seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia stormed into the French Open men's singles quarter-finals for the first time and will clash with Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas for a place in the last four. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419032 SPT Long-distance Olympic champion Mo Farah’s chances of competing at the Tokyo Olympics have all but evaporated as one of the most successful British athletes failed to clock the qualification time of 27 min 28 sec at the European Athletics 10,000m Cup in Birmingham. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419031 SPT Indian sprint icon Milkha Singh is showing “continuous improvement” as he battles COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit of PGI Chandigarh. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419030 SPT Indian men’s team in England has begun training in Southampton after a strict quarantine of three days. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=419009 SPT Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Franko Skugor reached the quarterfinals of the ongoing French Open. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418985 SPT Tamara Zidansek became the first woman from Slovenia to reach the singles quarter-finals of a Grand Slam today with a 7-6(4), 6-1 victory over unseeded Romanian at the French Open. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418976 SPT In the French Open Tennis, Serena Williams and Daniil Medvedev are among top players who will fight for the quarter-final berths today. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418958 SPT In Formula One GP at Baku, Azerbaijan, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc claimed pole position ahead of world champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in a turbulent qualifying session. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418957 SPT The mayor of Rio de Janeiro has announced that he would not hesitate to cancel Copa America matches scheduled in his city if the Covid-19 pandemic worsened. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418801 SPT Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh, who is battling COVID-19 in the ICU of PGI Chandigarh, is stable and his condition is “better than yesterday”. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418956 SPT Freestyle wrestler Sumit Malik’s failing a dope test has come as a double whammy for the Wrestling Federation of India ahead of Tokyo Olympics. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418955 SPT India football team’s mid-fielder Anirudh Thapa has tested positive for COVID-19 and is under quarantine in a separate room in the team hotel in Doha. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418954 SPT Sri Lanka national team cricketers have refused to sign the annual central contract, alleging lack of transparency from the cricket board. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418953 SPT At stumps on Day Four of the first Lord’s Test, New Zealand were 62 for two in their second innings against England. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418952 SPT International Cricket Council and the BCCI are in talks with Oman Cricket over hosting of some of the T20 World Cup matches later this year in the gulf nation. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418939 SPT In the French Open tennis, defending champion Rafael Nadal and world number one Novak Djokovic stormed into Men's Singles fourth round yesterday. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418898 SPT In French Open tennis tournament, 2019 women finalist Marketa Vondrousova of Czech Republic today defeated Polona Hercog in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3 to enter fourth round at Roland Garros. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418887 SPT India’s middle-order batsman Hanuma Vihari has said that “batting in England is challenging, not only because of Dukes balls that do something throughout the day, but also because overhead conditions are unpredictable”. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418885 SPT The Athletics Federation of India is inviting athletes from Asian countries for the 60th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships, the last opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo Games, to be held from June 25-29 in Patiala. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418884 SPT In Cricket, while both ICC and BCCI mull over Muscat as their second venue for the T20 World Cup, Oman Cricket Association has expressed interest in hosting the event “if given an opportunity”. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418883 SPT The Singapore Grand Prix has been called off this year and Formula 1 is assessing its options to replace the race. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418868 SPT In French Open Tennis, sixth seed Alexander Zverev made it to the fourth round with a 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Laslo Djere of Serbia in Men's Singles in Paris yesterday. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418842 SPT In third round matches of the women's section of French Open, third seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus was knocked out by Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who took revenge for her semi-final loss in Madrid last month with a 6-4 2-6 6-0 victory. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418839 SPT Russian player Yana Sizikova has been arrested at the French Open and placed in custody over match-fixing allegations. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418803 SPT The Indian men’s and women’s cricket teams reached Hampshire Bowl, venue of World Test Championship final, and will undergo quarantine. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418802 SPT The BCCI Ethics Officer Justice (Retd) D.K. Jain has found former Board president N. Srinivasan’s daughter and Tamil Nadu Cricket Association president Rupa Gurunath guilty of “Conflict of Interest” in an order passed yesterday. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418800 SPT In football, a dominant Qatar beat a 10-man India 1-0 in a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 preliminary Round 2 qualification match in Doha. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418756 SPT In the French Open tennis, India’s 41-year-old doubles specialist Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Franko Skugor sailed into the pre-quarterfinals with a straight set win over Americans Frances Tiafo and Nicholas Monroe. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418799 SPT In French Open Tennis, former world No.1 Roger Federer, entered the third round of French Open yesterday with a 6-2, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 win over Marin Cilic of Croatia. World No.1 Novak Djokovic, too, moved into the third round. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418771 SPT The Indian Men’s and Women’s Cricket teams reached England today for their respective match tours. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418671 SPT In the French Open tennis, Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori fought back in a marathon four-hour match to beat Russian 23rd seed Karen Khachanov 4-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 and secure a place in the third round. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418688 SPT In French Open, two men's doubles players tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. The French Tennis Federation, FTT, said that both players were from the same team, but did not name them. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418613 SPT The Indian men's cricket team led by Virat Kohli and Mithali Raj-led women's team took off for United Kingdom early today. Both the team are flying in the same chartered flight in a historic first. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418664 SPT In Hockey, Indian men's team maintained their fourth position while women’s team held to ninth position in the latest International Hockey Federation world rankings. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418662 SPT In Asian Cup football qualifiers, Sunil Chhetri-led Indian football team begins its bid to qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup with a match against Asian champions Qatar in Doha tomorrow. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418653 SPT In French Open Tennis, Alexander Zverev has sailed through to the third round of men’s singles, defeating Russian Roman Safiullin in straight sets. The German sixth seed, a two-time quarter-finalist, secured a 7-6 , 6-3, 7-6 victory. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418628 SPT In the first Test between England and New Zealand at the Lords, New Zealand were 144 for 3 at Tea break. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418586 SPT In the French Open tennis, defending champion Rafael Nadal has stormed into the second round, starting his bid for the record-breaking 21st Gram Slam title. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418583 SPT In football, Brazil will host Copa America for the second consecutive time after Colombia and Argentina were stripped of hosting rights for the tournament. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418582 SPT BCCI has given permission to Team India players and its support staff to travel with their families on the upcoming tour of England. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418581 SPT Teenage India batswoman Shafali Verma continues to top the ICC women’s T20I batting rankings. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418580 SPT International Cricket Council has hinted that this year’s men’s T20 World Cup could be moved from India to the United Arab Emirates. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418560 SPT Ashley Barty has cruised into the next round of French Open. She defeated Bernada Pera 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418516 SPT Naomi Osaka withdrew herself from the French Open following the bitter fall-out from her decision to boycott all media activity at the Grand Slam event. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418479 SPT Indian heavyweight boxer Sanjeet bagged Gold at the Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai yesterday. He defeated Olympic silver medalist Vassiliy Levit of Kazakhstan in the men's 91kg final to hand India its second gold. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418509 SPT In Equestrian, expert horse rider Fouaad Mirza, the first Indian to qualify for Olympic Games in 20 years, has completed the minimum eligibility requirement to compete in the Olympics Games’ eventing discipline. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418511 SPT Barcelona have signed Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero of Argentina on a free transfer. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418510 SPT In football, the Asian Zone World Cup 2022 qualifying matches scheduled to be played at a centralised Chinese venue will be moved elsewhere owing to coronavirus-related travel restrictions. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418508 SPT In European Shooting Championship in Osijek (Croatia), Rahi Sarnobat and Manu Bhaker, India’s medal hopes in the women’s 25-m pistol event at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, shot identical precision round scores of 291 yesterday. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418507 SPT England pace bowler James Anderson is on cusp of surpassing Anil Kumble’s Test tally of 619 wickets and equal Alastair Cook’s record of most Test matches for England. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418506 SPT Amid hugs, tears of joy and relief, Australia’s jumbo IPL contingent comprising players, support staff and commentators reunited with their family members after serving a 14-day hotel quarantine in Sydney. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418505 SPT The BCCI will ask for one month’s extension to decide on hosting the T20 World Cup in India amid the looming COVID-19 threat when the all-powerful ICC Board holds a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss a host of other issues as well. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418504 SPT In the French Open tennis, former world No. 1 Roger Federer wasted no time getting back to winning ways, defeating qualifier Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418490 SPT In a major upset in French Open Tennis, World No.85 Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia ousted 6th seed Bianca Andreescu of Canada in the first round in women's singles. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418472 SPT Iga Swiatek began her title defence with a comfortable win today over Kaja Juvan of Slovenia 6-0, 7-5 . http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418389 SPT Amit Panghal (52kg) lost 2-3 against the reigning World and Olympic champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in the final of ASBC Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai a short while ago. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418392 SPT The International Cricket Council shared details on “exemptions and bio safety measures” for India and New Zealand ahead of the World Test Championship final in Southampton starting June 18. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418391 SPT In cricket, The BCCI is trying to convince Cricket West Indies to advance the start of the Caribbean Premier League by a week or 10 days to ensure a seamless bubble-to-bubble transfer of players for the IPL’s resumption in the UAE come September. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418390 SPT In French Open, Spaniard Pablo Andujar made a remarkable recovery from being two sets down, for the first time in his career, to beat a top-5 player when he shocked fourth seed Austrian Dominic Thiem 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the first-round. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418387 SPT In Tunis, Indian players Diya Chitale and Swastika Ghosh confirmed a medal in the U-19 girls’ doubles category and also made it to the knockout stage in singles, at the 2021 World Table Tennis Youth Star Contender. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418388 SPT In a first, Tokyo-bound athletes will be required to sign a waiver form, declaring that the International Olympic Committee would not be responsible if they face any health risks or even death at the Tokyo Olympics including contracting COVID-19 or heatwave. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418386 SPT The International Cricket Council shared details on “exemptions and bio safety measures” for India and New Zealand ahead of the World Test Championship final in Southampton starting June 18. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418385 SPT BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah will leave for Dubai on Monday for the ICC Board Meeting on June 1 to discuss the fate of the T20 World Cup in India in October. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418384 SPT The BCCI is trying to convince Cricket West Indies to advance the start of the Caribbean Premier League by a week or 10 days to ensure a seamless bubble-to-bubble transfer of players for the IPL’s resumption in the UAE come September. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418383 SPT In French Open, world No. 2 Naomi Osaka of Japan got her campaign off to a strong start with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over 63rd-ranked Romanian Patricia Maria Tig. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418382 SPT In football, Kai Havertz’s goal earned Chelsea a second Champions League crown nine years after their first with a deserved 1-0 final victory over domestic rivals Manchester City in Porto. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418293 SPT Four Indian women, including six-time world champion MC Mary Kom will be competing for the gold medal of the Asian Boxing Championship at Dubai. http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=418274 SPT The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that the remaining matches of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 will be played in the United Arab Emirates in September-October this year.