CRICKET

Under-19 Asia Cup Championship, Sharjah, UAE

Winner: India

Runner-up: Pakistan

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BADMINTON

Aditya Joshi is World No. 1

Young shuttler Aditya Joshi (left) from Madhya Pradesh has become the first male junior badminton player from India to be ranked No. 1 in the world.

Aditya, 17, a resident of Dhar town, recently got the number one slot in the January rankings of the World Badminton Federation (WBF). He was at the 11th position till November, but he managed to jump ahead of all the players by achieving 18,776 points. Aditya started playing badminton in 2001 when he was only five and very soon, he started winning in the categories above his age in the local tournaments. Within six years, he started proving himself at the international arena and clinched the gold in Remensco Junior International tournament held in Russia in 2011. During the same year, he won a gold medal in Asian Sub-Junior championship held in Japan. The shuttler reached up to the pre-quarter level in junior international championship held at Malaysia last year and played quarter-final of the junior world championship held at Bangkok. His victory in the 2013 National Junior Championship held at Chandigarh last month made way for his top ranking. He was the national champion in 2013 and had won two gold medals in Junior International tournament held at Pune and one silver in the Senior National championship while his age corresponds to junior category.

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TENNIS

2014 Australian Open

Men’s Singles

Winner: Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)

Runner-up: Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Women’s Singles

Winner: Li Na (China)

Runner-up: Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)

Men’s Doubles

Winners: Lukasz Kubot (Poland)/Robert Lindstedt (Sweden)

Runners-up: Eric Butorac (U.S.)/Raven Klassen (South Africa)

Women’s Doubles

Winners: Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (Italy)

Runners-up: Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (Russia)

Mixed Doubles

Winners: Kristina Mladenovic (France)/Daniel Nestor (Canada)

Runners-up: Sania Mirza (India)/Horia Tecau (Romania)

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2014 Chennai Open

Men’s Singles

Winner: Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)

Runner-up: Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)

Men’s Doubles

Winners: Johan Brunstrom (Sweden)/Frederik Nielsen (Denmark)

Runners-up: Marin Draganja/Mate Pavic (Croatia)

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