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Avani Lekhara wins gold for India in the Para Olympics

30Aug

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Avani Lekhara wins gold for India in the Para Olympics

Avani participated in the R-2 women's 10m Air Rifle Event and fired her way to the Gold Medal. With this victory, Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman at the Para Olympics to win a Gold Medal. Avani Lekhara during the Air rifle shooting event at the Para Olympics TOKYO, JAPAN - On Monday 30th August, Indian shooter Avani Lekhara scripted history by winning a Gold Medal at the 10 meter Air Rifle event named 'SH1'. This victory made Avani the first ever woman in India to win a gold at the Para Olympics. Avani had a score of 249.6, thus forming a world record for the highest score in her category. Lekhara also gave a good performance in the qualifying rounds and had a total score of 621.7. She qualified for the finals by securing the seventh position in the qualifying roun...

Pakistan wins 2nd Test and levels series: PAK vs WI 2nd Test

27Aug

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Pakistan wins 2nd Test and levels series: PAK vs WI 2nd Test

Shaheen Afridi with his exceptional bowling skills on the fifth day, lead the team to victory. Alongside Shaheen, the whole team performed well and made Pakistan win the PAK vs WI second test by 109 runs Team Pakistan walking away after winning the second match of Pak vs WI test series Pakistan on Wednesday August 25, won its second test in the PAK vs WI test series. With this victory Pakistan levelled the test series and maintained its record of never losing a test series against West Indies in 20 years. The rain cursed Test match went on for 5 days, with rain completely destroying the last 3 days. The constant rains made the weather humid and the field wet thus making it difficult for batsmen's. Throughout the match both the bowling and batting side performed exceptionally wel...

Syed Imaad bags World Scrabble Championship for Pakistan

24Aug

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Syed Imaad bags World Scrabble Championship for Pakistan

"I started playing at the age of six, when my father introduced me to scrabble. The more I played, the more I came to love the game", said Imaad in an interview with Viralnom. Scrabble champion Syed Imaad Ali collecting his trophy after winning the WESPA World Youth Scrabble Championship ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - On Sunday 22nd August, the Pakistan's young scrabble prodigy, Syed Imaad Ali won the 'World Youth Scrabble Championship'. This was the second time Imad has won the championship making him the only player to win it twice. He first won it at the 2018 championship held in Dubai. Alongside Imaad, another excellent Pakistani player was 'Hasham Hadi Khan', who stood 7th in the competition. Team Pakistan had a total of 8 players, however Imaad and Hasham were the only ones that mad...

Fawad Alam scores century: PAK vs WI 2nd Test Match

24Aug

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Fawad Alam scores century: PAK vs WI 2nd Test Match

Fawad Alam's Century alongside Shaheen Afridi's quick wickets bring up hopes of Pakistan levelling the PAK vs WI test series. Fawad Alam celebrating in a style inspired by Turkish drama 'Ertugrul' , after scoring a century in PAK vs WI second test match WEST INDIES - Batsman, Fawad Alam on the 3rd day of second PAK vs WI test match, scored an excellent century. With the 2nd day being destroyed by rain, Fawad on the third day continued his innings. Fawad throughout his journey to 100, scored multiple boundaries and showed exceptional batting skills. The batsman scored the 100 runs on 186 balls and celebrated in style with a wide smile on his face. Fawad with his century not only brought up the hopes of levelling the series but also became the fastest Pakistani to register 5 Test...

Japan COVID-19 situation worsens after the Tokyo Olympics 2020

20Aug

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Japan COVID-19 situation worsens after the Tokyo Olympics 2020

"The surge in infections is reaching alarming record highs", said Suga Yoshihide, the Prime Minister of Japan Crowds gather outside Tokyo stadium for Olympics opening ceremony TOKYO, JAPAN - On Monday 16th August, the government of Japan decided to extend the country's current state of emergency even after September 12. The government previously decided that it would end the state of emergency on September 12, however the ever increasing COVID-19 cases in Japan have made them extend it. Major states including Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa and other are all under the state of emergency. This state of emergency began in July and people expected it to end with the closing of Tokyo Olympics. The number of cases, however have increased drastically after the Tokyo Olympics thus resulting in...