Sport Events in August 1999
Aug. 5
Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
Aug. 6
Sri Lankan batsman Roshan Mahanama announced in Colombo his retirement from international cricket.
Aug. 8
In the Federation Cup athletics in Bangalore, Sanjay Kumar Rai (U.P.) became the second Indian after T.C. Yohannan in 25 years to touch the eight-metre mark in long jump.
Liu Guoliang and Wang Nan (both China) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the World table tennis championship in Eindhoven.
England's Mike Russell won the World professional billiards title in Chennai.
Aug. 9
India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden Tour title.
Aug. 11
A.G. Ram Singh, doyen of Tamil Nadu cricket, passed away in Chennai.
Former Indian opening batsman Ramnath Parkar passed away in Mumbai.
Aug. 13
German tennis legend Steffi Graf announced her retirement at a press conference in Hiedelberg, Germany.
Aug. 14
Former Indian left-hander W. V. Raman announced in Chennai his retirement from first class cricket.
Aug. 22
Maurice Greene and Marion Jones (both U.S.) emerged sprint champions in the World Track & Field championship in Seville, Spain.
Aug. 25
Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath passed away in Delhi.
Aug. 26
Michael Johnson (U.S.) set a new world record time of 43.18s in the men's 400m at the World Track & Field championships in Seville.
Aug. 29
Russian Alexander Khalifman emerged the FIDE World chess champion in Las Vegas.
Aug. 31
Surya Sekhar Ganguly won the National `B' chess championship in Mumbai.