Weekly Sports News -Part 8
. Football
- Five Serie A matches and the most important clash between Inter Milan and Juventus Postponed amid coronavirus concerns.
- The decisions were taken keeping in “Public health and security in mind”
- Italian Cup Final that was scheduled to play in final on may 13 will be pushed to May 30.
- Defending Champions Bengaluru Fc defeated Atk by a narrow margin of 1-0 in the first leg of semifinal clash at the Sree kantevaara stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
- Fc Goa who won the Isl league shield Cup has already qualified for Afc Champions League.
. Hockey
- Former Indian Hockey Star and Olympian Balbir Singh no more.
- He was part of the 1968 Olympics Bronze winning Team. He died after suffering a heart attack in his home in Punjab.
- He will be survived by his son and daughters and his wife.
- In Fih Pro League where India defeated Title Holders Australia by 3-1 via shoot out in the second match in the two-leg of Fih Pro league in Bhubneshwar on Saturday.
- In the shoot-out, Harmanpreet, Vivek Sagar Prasad and Lalit Upadhyay scored for India, while only Daniel Beale found the net for the visitors.
.Tennis
- Maria Sharapova announced retirement on Wednesday.
- She was five-times Grand Slam Winner
- “After 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, though, I’m ready to scale another mountain – to compete on a different type of terrain” along with 36 WTA titles.
- “Looking back now, I realize that tennis has been my mountain. My path has been filled with valleys and detours, but the views from its peak were incredible”.
Shooting.
- Manu Bhaker has become India’s star shooters in the last 2 years with multiple podium
- Finishes In shooting world cup and Commonwealth Games.
- She said that she is not only focussing on Physical and Mental Fitness along with her training skills.
- A lot of other shooters like Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhisekh Varma there is a high expectation from them to perform well as Olympics.
