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News Report:
Read the following headline and prepare a news report with the help of the given points:
21-Year-Old Mayur Wins World Chess Championship
Make use of the following guidelines:
- Headline
- Dateline
- Lead line
- Body of the report
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Solution
21-Year-Old Mayur Wins World Chess Championship
Mumbai, 25th April, 2022
A local boy from Mumbai creates history yesterday in London by winning World Chess Championship at the age of 21. A world chess championship was organised in London from 12 Feb to 22 Feb 2022. 100 participants from different countries were gathered to challenge each other in London.
Mayur 21 years lad started his journey by surprising everyone in the world. He defeated two times world champion at very first match and catch the attention of the world. Each stage of the championship Mayur proves his skills and ability and surprises everyone with his extraordinary skills.
Mayur's Coach Mr. Sharma said, He was really a hardworking boy and this is the result of his last five years regourous efforts. Mayur gave whole credit of his success to his parents and coach.
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