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IPL Winners List All Season Since 2008 with Runners up

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Apart from the mainstream cricket tournaments, the Indian Premier League better known as IPL has become quite popular not just in India but also in many other countries across the world. Every franchise and their captains take pride in being part of the IPL Winners List at least once. BCCI announced the launch of IPL in the year 2007 and the first season took place in the year 2008. Since the very first season of IPL itself, it has made an impressive space in the hearts of cricket lovers. The IPL is known as one of the biggest among different domestic leagues that are played across the globe. Different players from different countries come together to join different franchises and play matches. TATA IPL Trophy Here we present the list of IPL winners in the table which includes the winner, runner-up, venue,  player of the match, and player of the series. IPL Winners List – Let’s have a look at the table of the IPL Winners List from 2008 to 2021. IPL Winners List All Season …

Two dead during Mumbai Marathon as over 59,000 runners swarm city | Mumbai News

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Written by Krishaan Gadkari Two persons, including a 74-year-old man, collapsed and died, while 22 others had to be hospitalised during the 19th edition of the annual Tata Mumbai Marathon held in the city on Sunday. The marathon, which saw the participation of 59,515 people, was flagged off by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST). A statement issued by the Asian Heart Institute read, “Procam International and Asian Heart Institute are grieved by the demise of our participants Suvradeep Banerjee (Aged 40) from Kolkata and Rajendra Bora (Aged 74) unfortunately passed away this morning Sunday, 21 January 2024.” Both collapsed and were rushed to the hospital where they were declared dead. “There were a total of 22 hospitalisations of which 19 have already been discharged… A total of 1,820 runners required medical assistance. The majority of them were muscle cramps, sprains, minor injuries, bruises, exhaustion and dehydration,” said Dr Vijay D’silva of the Asian Heart Institute. The streets of Mumbai swarmed with enthusiastic runners on Sunday …

Why qualifying for the Paris Olympics has got a lot tougher for India’s marathon runners | Sport-others News

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When India’s top runner Gopi Thonakal qualified for the marathon at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, the qualification timing was 2 hours and 19 minutes. He ran a fabulous race at the 2016 Mumbai Marathon, clocking 2:16:15 to make the cut. While he wants to use the Tata Mumbai Marathon on Sunday to qualify for the Paris Olympics later this year, it will be a much tougher task. In just eight years, the qualification standard for direct qualification for the Olympic marathon has gone down by 11 minutes to 2:08, making it practically impossible for Indians to qualify directly with their current timings. To put it in perspective, the Indian men’s marathon record is 2:12, set by Shivnath Singh in 1978 in Jalandhar. Gopi’s best timing is 2:13:39 which he set in Seoul in 2022. With direct qualification seemingly not an option, there’s still hope for Gopi and other top Indian runners who will look to qualify for the Summer Games via the average route. “Runners who don’t qualify automatically have the option to average …