Correct Answer :   Lilia Vu

American golfer Lilia Vu won the Women’s British Open to claim her second major title of 2023, taking any potential drama out of the final round by shooting 5-under 67 for a six-stroke victory on Sunday (13th August 2023).

The 25-year-old Californian, who also won the Chevron Championship in April, became the first female player to win two majors in the same year since Jin Young Ko in 2019, and the first American woman since Juli Inkster in 1999.

Lilia Vu began the final round tied for the lead with Charley Hull, with 11 players within five shots of them. After 10 holes, Vu led by five as all of her rivals faltered and the American stayed out of trouble at Walton Heath.

Hull holed out from a greenside bunker for eagle at the par-5 11th to trim the lead to three shots, but Vu birdied No. 12 and was never threatened down the stretch, finishing with a birdie at No. 18 before being drenched in champagne.

Vu finished on 14-under par for the tournament.

Hull, passionately backed at a course near to where she grew up, shot 73 and was runner-up for the second time in the last three majors..

Source : The Hindu

Correct Answer :   India

The Indian hockey team defeated Malaysia and won for the fourth time at the Asian Champions Trophy 2023 final at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai.

* With four Asian Champions Trophy titles, India is in the first spot in the history of the tournament.

* Pakistan, with three titles, is in the second spot now.

* Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin lauded Team India on their Asian Champions Trophy win and announced a cash prize of ₹1.1 crore for the winning team.

* The Indian men's hockey team on Saturday (12th August 2023) produced a resilient performance and staged an incredible comeback to defeat Malaysia 4-3, clinching its fourth Asian Champions Trophy title here at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai.

Correct Answer :   Suryakumar Yadav

Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav stole the show as India defeated West Indies by seven wickets in the third T20I on Tuesday (8th Aug 2023).

Tilak has been a consistent performer in the series so far, having scored 139 runs in three innings. It has seen him edge past Gautam Gambhir as the player with the most runs after first three T20Is for India.

Gambhir scored 109 runs across his first three games in the inaugural T20I World Cup in 2007. He was dismissed for a duck against Pakistan before securing scores of 51 runs vs New Zealand and 58 against England.

Tilak surpassed the two-time world cup winner by hitting 39 runs in debut before a maiden half-century in the second (51) followed by an unbeaten 49 in the third fixture.

He narrowly missed out on Deepak Hooda’s record who currently sits on the top with 172 runs to his name.

Suryakumar played a blistering innings, at the Providence Stadium.

The Indian batter lacked his usual flare in the first two games with scores of 21 in the first and a single in the second.

However, the flamboyant batter lived up to his reputation as the number one ranked batter in T20Is.

Suryakumar went on to score 83 off just 44.

He belted 10 fours and four sixes during the innings.

He became the joint second-fastest cricketer to notch up a century of sixes in T20I history.

The right-hander achieved the feat in 49 innings tying himself with Chris Gayle. He currently sits next to only Evin Lewis in the list.

With a 2-0 lead, West Indies opted to bat first in the third game of the series.

Brandon King top-scored with run-a-ball 42.

Later, Rovman Powell added 40 off just 19 to help West Indies finish with a total of 159.

India’s Kuldeep Yadav had a phenomenal bowling performance that saw him pick three wickets. During the chase, Suryakumar and Tilak stitched an 87-run partnership, guiding India to a victory by seven wickets..

Source : News18

Correct Answer :   Savita

India ended their 2023 World Cadet Wrestling Championships, meant for under-17 grapplers, with a total of 11 medals, including a gold, at Istanbul, Turkey.

Savita, who entered the event as the defending champion, won the only gold medal for India at Istanbul in the women’s 61kg weight division.

India finished sixth in the men’s freestyle and fourth in men’s Greco-Roman team rankings as well. However, it was the women’s freestyle where India shone best by finishing third, only behind Japan and USA, with 118 points in the team rankings.

Indian medallists U17 World Wrestling Championship 2023 :

Correct Answer :   Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam

In the Four Nations Para-Badminton International 2023 held in England, the top-ranked men's doubles duo of Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam clinched a gold medal in the SL3-SL4 category.

They achieved this victory by defeating Ranjan Bisoyee and Manoj Sarkar.

Bhagat secured a silver medal in the singles SL3 category, and he also teamed up with Manisha Ramdass to claim a silver medal in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 category.

Kadam won a bronze in the singles SL4 category..

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   H.S. Prannoy

The ninth-ranked Indian shuttler HS Prannoy won silver at the Australian Open Badminton 2023 final in Sydney on Sunday (6th August 2023).

History will only show that China’s Weng Hongyang won the 2023 Australian Open badminton title. It won’t record the drama, the continuous momentum shift, the stretching of physical abilities of two shuttlers who pushed their levels of endurance for 90 minutes to entertain anyone watching the men’s singles final in Sydney on Sunday (6th August 2023).

The adrenaline was high, emotions were pumped but it was eventually nerves that decided the contest as the Chinese shuttler rallied from 14-19 down in the decider and saved a championship point to win the $420,000 tournament by beating HS Prannoy 21-9, 21-23, 22-20.

Starting favourite :

Seeded sixth and having knocked out top seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia in the quarter-final, Prannoy started as the favourite in a repeat of the Malaysia Masters final – a 94-minute marathon – which he won in May.

In the second final of the year for both, it was Weng who seized the initiative. Playing top ranked left-handers is a rarity on the circuit, which is why southpaws have an advantage. World No.24 Weng made full use of that to pull away at the start to take a 11-6 lead. Weng started to dominate, attacking the net to pull away and win the game..

Source : Hindustan Times

Correct Answer :   Aditi Swami

Aditi Swami’s tryst with history continued. A day after winning India’s maiden gold medal in the World Archery Championships as a member of the women’s compound team, the 17-year-old became the youngest-ever world champion and claimed the country’s first-ever individual title at senior level, beating Mexico’s Andrea Bercerra 149-147 in the individual women’s compound event final in Berlin on Saturday.

Aditi perhaps is going through the best phase of her career. Only last month she won the Under-18 world titles in both individual and team categories in the Youth Championships in Limerick, thus becoming both the cadet and senior world champion at the same time.

This is just the beginning for the NEW world champion.

@TRUBALLAXCEL #ArcheryNews #WorldArchery pic.twitter.com/xepBqZfW7R

— World Archery (@worldarchery) August 5, 2023

Hours later, India got its second world champion when Ojas Deotalebecame the firstever male archer from the country to win gold. Ojas hit perfect 150 points in the final against Poland’s Lukasz Przybylski who scored 149 in men’s compound individual event. India thus ended with three gold and one bronze medal in the championship..

Source : Times of India

Correct Answer :   Prarthana Thombare

Prarthana Thombare has clinched the doubles title at the women's tennis hardcourt event in Barcelona, Spain in August 2023.

The Asian Games bronze medallist, combined with Russian Anastasia Tikhonova, edged out France’s Estelle Cascino and Latvia’s Diana Marcinkevica 3-6, 6-1, 10-7 in the final.

It is the second title of the year and 26th overall for Prarthana, who bagged bronze with Sania Mirza in 2014 at Incheon.

Siddhant Banthia and Sai Karteek Reddy won their second title this season in ITF men’s event in Astana, Kazakhstan.

They defeated Estonia’s Daniil Glinka and Karl Kiur Saar 7-5, 6-7, 10-4 to lift the trophy in the hard-court event. It is the first crown for both the players who had triumphed in their first appearance as a team in an event in Jakarta in June 2023.

In the ITF women’s event in Foxhills, Britain, Rutuja Bhosale in partnership with Destanee Aiava of Australia beat the top seeds Talia Gibson and Petra Hule of Australia in the doubles final. It was the 22nd career doubles title for the 27-year-old Rutuja..

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   India

The Indian women's compound archery team etched their names in history by clinching a gold medal at the World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Germany on Friday, 3 August 2023. This victory marked India's first-ever gold at the archery world championships in any category.

The triumphant team comprised Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur, and Aditi Gopichand Swami.

In the final round, they showcased an exceptional performance against the Mexican team, consisting of Dafne Quintero, Ana Sofia Hernandez Jeon, and Andrea Becerra.

The Indian trio emerged victorious with a score of 235-229, demonstrating their prowess and precision in the sport.

“We’re very happy we’ve won the first title for India,” Aditi told World Archery.

HISTORIC win for India 🇮🇳🥇
New world champions at the Hyundai @worldarchery Championships.#WorldArchery pic.twitter.com/8dNHLZJkCR

— World Archery (@worldarchery) August 4, 2023

“We just focused on our shooting, and we were confident that we would win.”

Their journey to the final was equally impressive. After receiving a bye in the first round, the Indian women's compound team faced and defeated formidable opponents from Chinese Taipei and Turkey in the quarter-finals and pre-quarterfinals, respectively. Their semi-final match was a nail-biting encounter against the defending champions, Colombia. The Indian team triumphed with a score of 220-216, securing their spot in the final.

This victory adds to India's impressive tally at the World Archery Championships, where the country bagged a total of 11 medals, including six gold, one silver, and four bronze.

Jyothi, Parneet and Aditi will also be in action in the individual compound event..

Source : India Today

Correct Answer :   Gukesh D

D Gukesh posted a win over home favourite Misratdin Iskandarov in a second round match of the World Cup at Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday (1st August 2023) and overtook senior compatriot Viswanathan Anand in the live world (FIDE) rankings.



The 17-year old Gukesh outclassed Iskandarov of Azerbaijan in 44 moves in the second game of their second-round match.

"Gukesh D won again today and has overcome Viswanathan Anand in live rating! There is still almost a month till next official FIDE rating list on September 1, but it's highly likely that 17-year-old will be making it to top 10 in the world as the highest-rated Indian player," the international chess federation (FIDE) said in a tweet.

If he stays ahead of Anand till September 1, he will become the first Indian to surpass Anand since Pravin Thipsay in July 1986 in the FIDE world rankings.

Gukesh has been set on achieving this target for a while now. Speaking to ESPN in June, Gukesh had outlined his goals for the year: "My very short-term goal is to enter the top-10. I'm quite close to it, almost there. In a few years, I would like to see myself competing seriously in the World Championship cycle.

First of all, I would like to qualify for the Candidates tournament. I believe I have a fair shot and I'll give my best. After Vishy [Anand] sir, I don't think anyone came close to qualifying for the Candidates. Right now, with this whole group of young talents, it's a very fair shot."

The latest gain of 2.5 rating points took Gukesh's live rating to 2755.9, while Anand's is 2754.0. As a result, Gukesh replaced Anand as the World No. 9 in live rankings while the five-time World champion slipped to 10th.

Anand, who first made it to the World's top-10 in July 1991, has remained India's top-ranked player in all published lists since January 1987.

Gukesh will take on compatriot S L Narayanan in the third round of the World Cup.

Meanwhile, quite a few Indians advanced to the third round on Thursday, including R Praggnanandhaa and Nihal Sarin in the men's section and D Harika and R Vaishali in the women's.

Indian GM B Adhiban bowed out, losing 0.5-1.5 to Daniil Dubov while unfancied compatriot Karthik Venkataraman held the No.2 seed Hikaru Nakamura to a 1-1 score and forced a tie-break..

Source : Espn