Vandalur Park has been awarded as the best park in India
- Arian Anna Zoo, Vandalur, Chennai has been selected as the best zoo in India. The announcement was made at the National Zoo Directors Conference held in Odisha yesterday
- It is noteworthy that Vandalur Anna Zoo, Chennai has secured 82 percent marks in terms of best management and maintenance.
- The zoo now has a new 'Aquatic Show Road' and the recognition of the best park has given the park a new lease of life.
- The 15th Asia Cup Cricket Final was held in Dubai last night at 7:30 PM IST. Pakistan and Sri Lanka teams clashed in this. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. Accordingly, the Sri Lankan team, who batted first, scored 170 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
- Banuka Rajapakse, who played well in that team, scored 71 runs off 45 balls and remained unbeaten. Hazaranga de Silva scored 36 runs and Dhananjaya de Silva scored 28 runs. For Pakistan, Haris Raoob took 3 wickets, Naseem Shah, Shatab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed took one wicket each.
- After that, Pakistan went to the field towards the target of 171 runs. But the leading players left one after the other. Opener Mohammad Rizwan was the only batsman to score a half-century and got out on 55 runs. Iftikhar Ahmed scored 32 runs.
- Then Pakistan team was bowled out for 147 runs. Sri Lanka won by 23 runs. Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup after 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 and 2014. On behalf of the Sri Lankan team, Pramod Madhushan took 4 wickets and Hazaranga took 3 wickets.
- 19-year-old Spaniard Carlos Algaraz has won the men's singles title of the current US Open tennis series. This is his first Grand Slam title. He was playing against Norway's Casper Rudd in the final at the Arthur Ashe Arena in New York City, USA.
- He won the final 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3. With this, he has taken the first place in the men's tennis category at the international level. Carlos Algarz has become the youngest player to top the ATP rankings since 1973. Since 2020, Nadal, Djokovic, Medvedev and Algaraz have topped the tennis rankings.
- No. 1 Ika Sviatek won her first US Open Grand Slam tennis title in women's singles. In the final match, Swiadek (21 years old, Poland) who faced Tunisia's Ans Jeber (28 years old, 5th rank) played aggressively and easily took the first set 6-2.
- In the 2nd set, Jaber put a lot of pressure on him and while the match lasted until the tie breaker, Sviatek won in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) and kissed the trophy. The match was very lively and ended in 1 hour and 51 minutes.
- Sviatek wins US Open title for the first time This is his 2nd Grand Slam title this season. It is noteworthy that Iga has won a total of 3 Grand Slam titles namely French Open 2 times (2020, 2022) and US Open (2022).
