Maharashtra’s Rujuta Khade made history at the swimming Nationals, setting a 20-year-old national record with a time of 26.47s to win the gold in the 50m women’s freestyle event. The previous record of 26.61s, held by Shikha Tandon since 2003, was broken by Rujuta.
The AIFF named India winger Lallianzuala Chhangte as the Men’s Footballer of the Year and Manisha Kalyan as the Women’s Player of the Year. Manisha, a 21-year-old Punjab forward, plays for the Cypriot first division club Apollon Ladies.
Scotland defeated Zimbabwe in a Super Six encounter, ending the host’s chances of qualifying for the ODI World Cup. Scotland scored 234/8 in their batting innings, and Zimbabwe were all out for 203 in 41.1 overs.
Brazilian star Neymar was fined more than $3.3 million for violating local environmental rules during renovations at his mansion in the city of Mangaratiba outside Rio de Janeiro. He was accused of illegally constructing an artificial lake at his property.
PV Sindhu fell three places to 15th in the latest BWF World rankings for women’s singles, while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are the top-ranked Indian men’s doubles players at world No. 3.