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Current Affairs For IAS Exam 2011 Sports April 2010 WWW - Upscportal
Current Affairs For IAS Exam 2011 Sports April 2010 WWW - Upscportal
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• Nineteen countries are participating in the tournament, carrying a prize money of $1,50,000.
• After the Chennai event, the players will proceed to Singapore and then to Indonesia, according
to a press release from Tamil Nadu Badminton Association.
• The results: Final: Emma Nonney bt Chitra 269-220. Semifinals: Emma bt Hughes 448-89;
Chitra bt Palmius 313-186.
• Santoshi won gold in snatch with a lift of 68kg and added a silver in clean and jerk with an effort
of 88kg.
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Negi shares second spot
• Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi drew with Iran's Ehsan Ghaem Maghami to share the second spot
half-a-point behind new leader Viorel Irodachescu after six rounds of the Dubai Open chess
tournament in Dubai.
• Nadal roared back as a force on clay with a 6-0, 6-1 defeat of fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco
in one hour, 24 minutes.
• Nadal becomes the first player in the post-1968 Open era to win a tournament title for six straight
years and gives Spain its eighth winner in the last nine tournaments.
• Doubles (final): Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic bt Mahesh Bhupathi & Max Mirnyi 6-3, 2-0
• The total prize money for the event has been increased by £1.175 million ($1.81 million) to
£13.725 million ($21.147 million).
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• The match will be World champion Viswanathan Anand's biggest challenge given the off-
board obstacles he has already faced and the strength of his opponent.
Sahara Pune Warriors is new IPL team
• The Sahara India group launched the Pune team of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at
the S.P. College ground .The team was named Sahara Pune Warriors.
Chennai Super Kings rules
• Chennai Super Kings tasted victory in its second entry into the final — this time, holding
its nerve at the ‘death' to clinch the DLF IPL3 decider against Mumbai Indian by 22 runs.
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