Kazakhstan  

In World Table Tennis (WTT) Youth Contender Tournament held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 9-year-olds Avni Dua and Krishiv Garg made the entire nation proud. Avni won the gold medal in Under-11 girls category while Krishiv made it to the quarter finals in the Under-11 boys category. Both the kids aspire to represent India in future Olympic games.

Hello and welcome to this episode of DePress Room, my name is Amal Chowdhury, and today we will be talking about the aeroplane crash in Kazakhstan. At least 15 people have died after a plane carrying 93 passengers and five crew members crashed shortly after takeoff near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan.

India is most likely to travel to Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan. The wait is over for Indian Davis Cup players after they expressed concerns over travelling to Pakistan over security issues. However, ITF is yet to make the venue official

There will be 51 participating countries with large delegations from USA, UK, Russia, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, UAE, China, France, Bangladesh and Nigeria in Aero India 2019 

Mary Kom, returning to the ring after recovering from some niggles that kept her out of the Asian Games in Indonesia, was up against Kazakhstan's Aigerim Kassanayeva and prevailed 5-0 with a fine tactical performance.

At this year’s Asian Games, mixed relay made its debut. And India bagged a silver. The team of Muhammed Anas, Arokia Rajiv, Hima Das and MR Poovamma came second in the 4x400 relay race. They clocked 3:15.71. Bahrain won gold (3:11.89) while Kazakhstan picked up the bronze (3:19.52)