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Australia Won Test Series against Sri Lanka Test series against Sri Lanka 1-0 when the second test concluded on 20 September 2011 Tuesday. It was Clarkes first Test tour as captain. In the first test Australia a rain-affected draw. The victory saw Australia and Sri Lanka exchange positions in the official Test rankings, with Clarkes men moving to fourth place and Sri Lanka dropping to fifth. ICC Rankings for ODI Team Ranking 16 S E PT E M B E R 2011
Team Australia Sri Lanka Points Matches Rating 30 28 3894 3327 2197 3383 3804 2931 1973 1475 1648 1200 130 119 116 113 112 101 90 78 63 44

South Africa 19 England 30 India Pakistan 34 29

New Zealand22 West Indies 19 Bangladesh 26 Zimbabwe 27

Australia under the captaincy of skipper Michael Clarke won the

won 125-run victory in Galle. The second Test in Pallekele ended in

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B A T S ME N R A N K IN G
Rank N a me 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 H.M. Amla A.B. de Villiers S.R. Watson I.J.L. Trott K.C. Sangakkara M.S. Dhoni M.J. Clarke M.E.K. Hussey V. Kohli T.M. Dilshan Country SA SA AUS ENG SL IND AUS AUS IND SL Rating 867 804 760 750 747 734 730 729 725 690

Lords.He played his last matches for England in both forms of the game against India in 2002.He took a hat-trick in only his third Test as England scored a sixwicket win over the West Indies at Old Trafford.

TENNIS
US O PE N C ROWN MEN Novak Djokovic used his superior return game, defense and speed to defeat the 10-time Grand Slam champion Nadal, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 and win his first career US Open crown and fourth Grand Slam title.With the victory Djokovic pushed his record on the year to an amazing 64-2 and 6-0 over Nadal. With the win he also became just the sixth man in the Open Era to win three Grand Slam titles in the same year. He had won both the Australian Open and Wimbledon (over Nadal) earlier in 2011. Nadal in 2010 was being celebrated as the next King of Tennis, with nine Grand Slams (Now 10, counting this years French Open). He needed a few more tournaments to match Federer, who holds the record with 16 gand Slams. However in 2011 he is on a six-match losing streak to Djokovic and all of them in finals. WOMEN Australias Samantha Stosur defeated Serena Williams to win the US Open crown and her first grand slam singles title.Stosur became the first Australian woman in 38 years to win the title

B OW L E R R A NK IN G
Rank N a me 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 G.P. Swann D.L. Vettori M.G. Johnson D.W. Steyn M. Morkel D.E. Bollinger Saeed Ajmal R.W. Price L.L. Tsotsobe S.L. Malinga Country ENG NZ AUS SA SA AUS PAK ZIM SA SL Rating 728 701 680 663 661 659 658 653 652 639

Kochi Tuskers Contract Terminated Kochi Tuskers contract was terminated by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 19 September after N Srinivasan, the newly-appointed president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), took over . The contract was terminated after the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise defaulted on a Rs 156 crore annual payment it was to make.The decision was announced after the 82nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BCCI.The BCCI decided to encash the bank guarantee of the Tuskers in their possession and also terminate the franchise for an alleged non-payment of annual

fee.The franchise was bought by a consortium comprising some Gujarat-based businessmen for a whopping Rs 1,550 crore in 2010. According to the rules, franchises have to pay the amount in 10 equal installments. Dominic Cork Announced Retirement Former England all-rounder cricketer Dominic Cork on 22 september 2011 announced his retirement from cricket at the age of 40. Cork played 37 Test matches and 32 One-Day Internationals during a career.Cork made his England debut in a OneDay International against Pakistan in 1992, and his Test debut in 1995 against West Indies at

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when she beat Williams 6-2 63.Williams, a 13-times grand slam singles champion, had won four of her six previous matches against Stosur.Stosur, seeded ninth, became the first Australian woman to win the U.S. Open title since Margaret Court in 1973. The last Australian woman to win any grand slam was Evonne Goolagong-Cawley at Wimbledon in 1980. Stosur, who for the early part of her career was better known as a doubles player, emerged as Australias best prospect when she made the final at the French Open last year but lost to Italys Francesca Schiavone.

crossed the line in 2hr 7min 38sec, nearly two-and-a-half minutes ahead of teammate Vincent Kipruto the biggest winning margin in World championships history. Ethiopias Feyisa Lilesa took bronze. Berlin Course Marathon Kenyan Patrick Makau shattered the world mens marathon record by 21 seconds when he clocked two hours three minutes 38 seconds in Berlin course on 25 September 2011.

Kimaiyo (Kenya ) in the third position. Makaus team mate Florence Kiplagat, the world halfmarathon champion, won the womens race in 2:19:44 in her first completed marathon. Gebrselassie who had won the Berlin marathon four times, headed the leading group until just before the 27-km mark when he pulled up in obvious pain. He bent over double but then stepped back on to the road within a minute but was unable to finish the race.

ATHLETICS
W O RL D A TH L E TI C S CHAM PI ON SHIP S -Jamaicas Usain Bolt won the Mens 4x100 Relay final and set a world record at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea on 4 September 2011.Usain Bolt and his Jamaican team smashed the 4x100m relay World record.It was Bolts second gold of the World championships after winning the 200m crown. On the second day of the competition Bolt was disqualified following a false start thereby shattering his dream of 100m gold. -Mo Farah of Britain ended the championships on a high when he won the 5,000m gold.He had earlier in the competition lost the 10,000m title. He crossed the line in 13min 23.36sec, just 0.28sec ahead of his American rival. -In yet another show of distance running power by Kenya, Kirui

Makau ran alone for the final 12 kms to break the previous mark of 2:03:59 set by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie on the same course. It was the fifth time the mens world record fell on the 42.195km race through the heart of the German capital.Patrick Makau is a former halfmarathoner, who broke the 60-minutebarrier mark a record eight times. His previous best marathon mark was 2:04:48 in Rotterdam in 2010.Patrick Makau (Ken) 2hr 3min 38sec was followed by Stephen Kwelio (Kenya) in the second and Edwin

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On the opening day of the 51st National Open Athletics Championships, Preeja Sreedharan won the gold medal in the 10000m race on 10 September 2011 in Kolkata. Competing for Railways, Sreedharan had earlier won the 10000m race in the Guangzhou Asian Games with a national record of 31.50.47. Her track rival Kavita Raut (35:56.13)

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finished a fraction of seconds behind to earn ONGC a silver medal.In the mens 10,000m final ONGCs Suresh Kumar clinched the gold with a timing of 30:18.16.

BADMINTON
J A PA N O PE N Chen Long claimed his second title in two weeks on 25 September 2011 when he shocked World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei to win the mens singles badminton title at the Japan Open.The Chinese fourth seed had earlier emerged victorious at the China Masters.He dashed the Malaysians defence of the title with a 21-8, 10-21, 21-19 victory. In the womens singles final, Chinese World champion and No. 1 Wang Yihan whipped the eighth-seeded Juliane Schenk of Germany 21-16, 21-14 in 43 minutes to regain the title she won in 2008 and 2009. All-India Ranking Senior Badminton Championship Sai Praneeth, the second seed defeated top seed and Petroleum teammate Saurabh Varma 21-13, 10-21, 21-16 to win the mens singles crown in the IFCI all-India ranking senior badminton championship on 5 September 2011.Sai Praneeth also won the mens doubles partnering Nanda Gopal (AAI).The duo defeated top seeds Pranav Chopra (PSPB) and Akshay Dewalkar (AI) in three well-fought games 22-20, 14-21, 21-15. The womens singles was a disappointment. Tanvi Lad failed to produce the form that carried

her into the final and was defeated by Sayali Gokhale who kept it simple and cruised through. Sayali won over her Air India teammate 21-16, 21-17 in about 45 minutes.

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from international soccer.He however will continue to play for his club that he is currently associated with,Sikkim United.Baichung Bhutia made his debut as a substitute in the 1995 Nehru Cup in Calcutta. In his career spread over 16 years he scored 42 goals in 107 international appearances.

Salgaocar defeated East Bengal 31 in the final of the 33rd Federation Cup at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 29 September 2011.Salgaocar became the first non-Kolkata club to win the premier domestic cup competition in Indian football since Mahindra United in 2005.Early goals from Edeh Chidi and Francis Fernandes gave Salgaocar a 2-0 lead in the game.East Bengal tried to come back in the second half but Ryuji Sueoka scored the third to ensure Salgaocars fourth Fed Cup title. Baichung Bhutia Announced Retirement Veteran Indian footballer Baichung Bhutia on 24 August 2011 announced his retirement

Nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper, he is currently contracted by the club he owns, United Sikkim. He has thrice in the past been named Indian Player of the Year. His international footballing honours include winning the Nehru Cup, LG Cup, South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship (three times) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup. He is also Indias most capped player, and in the 2009 Nehru Cup he received his 100th international cap.He has a stadium named after him- Baichung Stadium in Namchi, the district headquarters of South Sikkim district in the state of Sikkim, India. He was honoured with the Arjuna award in 1995 and Padma Shri in 2008.

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MOTOR RACING
I TA L IA N G RA ND P RIX Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel won the Italian Grand Prix.The victory marked his 18th career win. He is currently one race away from being crowned world champion for the second year in a row and at the age of 24. Victory at Singapore Grand Prix is to guarantee him the title.The victory was his eighth win of 2011.It was Vettels 18th career win, his second at this circuit and Red Bulls first at Monza.Vettel currently leads the championship by 112 points, with 150 remaining. If he scores a win in Singapore he will be the 2011 world champion and the youngest ever two times champion at the age of 24.McLarens Jenson Button finished second, while Alonso was placed third. Singapore Grand Prix Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany on 25 September 2011 won the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City Circuit in Singapore. Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel who held off a charging Jenson Button to win the Singapore Grand Prix is currently one point away from becoming Formula Ones youngest double World champion.The 24year-old German led from pole to flag and despite a spirited challenge over the final five laps from Button, held on to move 124 points clear of the Briton with just 125 available from the five races remaining.Vettel won in one hour, 59 minutes and 6.757 seconds, a

time that signalled the longest and most arduous race of the year.The victory marked Vettels ninth win in this season and the 19th of his career.Force Indias di Resta finishes career-best sixth and Adrian Sutil was palced eighth List of winners:1.Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault);2.Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes); 3. Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault).

man playoff at Gleneagles, Scotland. Global Green Bangalore Open Sri Lankan golfer Anura Rohana completed pole to finish victory in the Global Green Bangalore Open on 17 September 2011 thereby ending a decade-long wait for a title on Indian soil.He wobbled a bit but steadied his nerves in authoritative style.Leading by a comfortable five shots from Mukesh Kumar overnight, Rohana overcame a minor blip to finish with three-under 69 for the round, and a card of 12-under-276 for the competition. Mukesh finished second (282) after shooting twounder 70.

GOLF
E U ROP E A N M A STE RS Denmanrks golfer Thomas Bjorn on 4 September 2011 secured back-to-back titles for the first time in his career after winning the European Masters.

Bjorns 9-under 62 helped him finish with a 20-under total of 264, four shots clear of Germanys Martin Kaymer.He thus earned the 333,333 euro ($473,000 U.S.) winners prize.The victory at the European Masters won him the third title in a year.The victory came to him a week after he had won a five-

HOCKEY
A S IA N C HA M PI ONS T R OP HY India defeated Pakistan 4-2 in the penalty shoot-out in a nervewrecking final to clinch the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament on 11 September 2011. Goalkeeper S. Sreejesh played a crucial role in

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securing victory as he managed two crucial saves for India. Indian hockey team is coached by Michael Nobbs.

Chinese archers in the World Cup title race. Each got ten points in the first two arrows. Cheng made the decisive shot with a 9 while her opponent only got an 8.

Russian champion and one of the highest-ranked players in the world. He defeated strong competitors like American Gata Kamsky and Urkainian Ruslan Ponomariov earlier in the competition.With the victory Svidler won a $96000 prize money and a ticket to the 2012 world championship matches.Russia holds the No.1 spot on the World Chess Federations top-10 list.

BOXING
W ORLD P OL IC E A ND F IRE G AMES IN N E W Y ORK Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh won gold and also bagged the Best Boxer award at the World Police and Fire Games in New York. Indian pugilists finished off a reasonably successful campaign with two golds, two silvers and a bronze at the World Police and Fire Games in New York.Both Vijender (75kg), an Olympic and World championship bronze medallist and Dinesh Kumar (81kg) won gold.

Rajpal Singh, Danish Mujtaba, Yuvraj Walmiki and Sarvanjit Singh scored for India in the penalty shootout while Muhammad Rizwan and Waseem Ahmed sounded the board for Pakistan after both the sides were locked goalless in the regular and extra time.Malaysia bagged bronze by defeating Japan.

ARCHERY/SHOOTING
W ORL D C UP A RC HE RY F INA L S Indias Deepika Kumari of India settled for a silver on 25 September 2011 after being defeated by Chinas Cheng Ming 5-6 in the tie-breaker of the womens individual recurve summit clash at the World Cup archery finals in Istanbul.Deepika had earlier overcome Berengene Schuh 6-0 to enter the final. She had defeated Alejandra Valencia of Mexico 6-4 in the quarterfinals.It was a very good start for the Indian and the

Kumaris performance was hailed by the Tata Archery Academy and Jharkhand Archery Association.The Archery Association of India (AAI) in the meanwhile announced a prize purse of Rs 4 lakh for a four-day trial for the 17th Asian Archery Championship.The mens title on the other hand was won by the reigning World No 1, Brady Ellison of the US, defeating Dia Xiaoxiang of China 6-2.

KABADDI
A SIA N K A BA DDI T ITL E The Indian kabaddi team lifted its first-ever Circle Style Asian kabaddi title on 27 September 2011 by defeating arch-rivals Pakistan 53-38 at Tabriz in Iran.India and Pakistan were almost on even terms at the halftime score of 24-22, but in the second half India dominated proceedings leeading to a huge 15-point difference.It is for the first time that the championship was played outside India. Eight
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CHESS
C H E SS W O RL D C UP Russian grandmaster Peter Svidler won the Chess World Cup title on 20 September after winning a four-game final against his compatriot Alexander Grischuk. Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) an industrial town hosted over 120 worlds greatest chess players from 40 countries who fought for the title. Svidler is a six-time

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nations participated in the championship.

BILLIARDS/SNOOKER
IBSF W ORL D M E N S S NOOKE R C H A M PI ON SH IP IN B A N G A L O RE International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) aanounced on 28 September 2011 its decision to shift the venue for IBSF World Mens Snooker Championship from Bahrain to Bangalore. IBSF World Mens Snooker Championship is scheduled to be held from 28 November to 3 December 2011.

amend the proposed 6-Red Snooker and decided to hold the event only in the mens category. IBSF however assured that since the competition will not be held in Women and Masters categories this 2011, it will give an extra slot to these sections in the 2012 World Championships.

VARIOUS
N A TIO NA L I N ST ITU TE OF S PORTS S C IE NCE S & M E DIC INE Union Minister of State (I/C), for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Ajay Maken announced the decision to

Due to prolonged crisis in some parts of Middle East Asia, the IBSF decided to move the tournament out of Bahrain and grant the hosting rights to India. The IBSF held a lot of discussions with the Chinese federation, trying to work out the schedule of the tournament but due to clash of dates with SEA Games, Arab Games and the proposed IBSF World 6-Red Snooker in India, the association finally had to

set up the National Institute of Sports Science and Medicine (NISSM).Premised at the Jawahar Lal Nehru (JLN) Stadium in the Capital, the Institute will aim at fostering the much needed disciplines of Physiology, Psychology, Nutrition, Biochemistry, Biomedical, Anthropometry and Sports Medicine, with the purpose of providing cutting edge excellence to Indian Sports and athletes. Modeled on the lines of China Institute of

Sports Sciences (CISS), the NISSM, apart from other inputs, emanates from a series of bilateral endeavors between India and China over the past year and a half. On 23rd September, 2011, Shri Maken met with Mr. Liu Peng, Director of State General Administration of Sports at the headquarters of State General Administration of Sports in Beijing and discussed the areas for further enhancing the bilateral relations & increased cooperation in the field of sports as envisaged in the MoU signed between two countries.A clear road map with date lines has been prepared to establish this Institute, at the estimated cost of Rs. 200 crore. Apart from this Rs. 100 crore will be provided for strengthening the existing Sports Science and Medicine infrastructure at various SAI Centres and augmenting linkages with them. Shri Maken said that NISSM is expected to cater to integration of Sports Sciences into coaching curriculum and teaching of sports coaches through its inter-disciplinary studies departments and Quality Assurance wing.He also stressed the need to include Certificate courses and bridge programmes for sportspersons. This Institute would be headed by a Director, equivalent to a Vice-Chancellor of a Central University. A Search Committee will be appointed to identify and recommend the name/s of person to Head this Institute. The NISSM will work in close partnership with national and international partners from UK, USA, China, Australia, Germany, Korea and South Africa.It will be function under

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the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. National Institute of H oc ke y Shri Maken also informed that the SAI had prepared the concept paper for establishing the National Institute of Hockey at the Dhyan Chand Stadium and works to this effect will start at the earliest.The Institute will interact with the best Hockey/Sports Institutes in the world and will also follow the training regime of the Olympic Medal winner athletes in the world. After collecting intelligence about their training schedules and play strategies, the Institute would design customized training, coaching and recovery programmes for our top athletes. The Institute will also try to imbibe such innovative and modern advancement in recovery techniques which are still not known to us. It will also work on the development of cost effective sports equipment and goods specially suited to the physical parameters of our athletes.

Agreement with AIFF to Develope J.L.N. Stadium as Football hub Similarly, the JLN Stadium, New Delhi will be developed as a Football Hub and Stadium with specialized pitch/ turf in its central periphery. To this effect the Sports Authority of India (SAI) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on October 5, 2011 in the presence of Shri Ajay Maken and the President, AIFF and Minister for Heavy Industries, Shri Praful Patel.Apart from other things, the MoU will provide for AIFF laying the turf and using the stadium for 40 days in an year for hosting of international tournaments, national tournaments and coaching camps and clinics relating to Football. In this regard the Ministry has given in principle approval to the proposal of AIFF to host the forthcoming SAF football tournament during 2nd to 13th December, 2011 at JLN stadium.

Come & Play Scheme Nationwide Launched After the successful launch and implementation of the Come and Play Scheme at the SAI Stadiums in the Capital, which witness more than 12000 children and sports lovers benefitting, it has been decided to launch the Come and Play scheme nationally on October 9, 2011. Having tested the success of the scheme here in Delhi, the same is being replicated across the nation through all the regional/sub-centres/institutions/ STCs and SAG Centres of Sports Authority of India (SAI).The scheme which will be launched by Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in the Capital. There will be close monitoring of performance and children with promise will further be inducted to the various schemes as per the defined selection criteria thereby creating a pool/nursery of talent to be further caste into International Athlete.

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