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♦ Star Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has announced his retirement from international cricket on 18 December 2024. He informed about his decision after India drew the 3rd Gabba Test against Australia in Brisbane.
♦ Ashwin made his Test debut against the West Indies in Delhi on November 6, 2011. He has played in a total of 106 matches and dismissed 537 batters. Only Anil Kumble (619) has dismissed more batters than him in the five-day format of the game for India.
♦ Ashwin has played 41 World Test Championship (WTC) matches for India and has 195 wickets to his name which is the most by any player.
♦ Ashwin has played 106 Tests, 116 ODIs, and 65 T20Is for India, taking 765 wickets across all formats.
♦ Most Wickets For India In International Cricket are - Anil Kumble: 953, Ravichandran Ashwin: 765, Harbhajan Singh: 707, Kapil Dev: 687, Zaheer Khan: 597, Ravindra Jadeja: 593, Javagal Srinath: 551, Mohammed Shami: 448, Ishant Sharma: 434, Jasprit Bumrah: 432.
Posted Date: December 18, 2024Sports
♦ India won the Women’s Junior Asia Cup Hockey 2024 championship in Muscat, Oman on 15 December 2024. The Indian team defeated China 3-2 in a penalty shootout to successfully defend its title. After a 1-1 draw in regulation time, the title clash went to a shootout.
♦ Hockey India has announced a reward of Rs.2 lakh for each player and Rs.1 lakh to each support staff for their efforts and spectacular win.
♦ India’s Deepika Sehrawat, with 12 goals ranked the top scorer of the tournament.
♦ India won their maiden Women’s Hockey Junior Asia Cup title last year (2023) by defeating the Republic of Korea.
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♦ International Football Federation (FIFA) has announced that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 Men’s Football World Cup.
♦ While Spain, Portugal, and Morocco will jointly host the 2030 tournament. The host nations for both World Cups were confirmed at FIFA’s Extraordinary Congress meeting on 11 December 2024.
♦ The meeting, conducted via video link, was attended by representatives from all 211 FIFA member nations.
♦ To mark the 100th anniversary of the World Cup, three matches in the 2030 tournament will also be held in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
♦ This will be the first time Saudi Arabia hosts the World Cup, and the second time the tournament will be held in the Middle East.
Posted Date: December 11, 2024Sports
♦ Indian hockey team won the Men's Junior Asia Cup 2024 hockey in Muscat, Oman on 4 December 2024.
♦ India defeated Pakistan 5-3 in the final. India has now won this tournament for a record five times, including their previous triumphs in 2023, 2015, 2008 and 2004.
♦ Hockey India announced a cash reward of Rs.2 lakhs to each player and Rs.1 lakh to each support staff member for their impeccable title defense and dominating performances in the Men’s Junior Asia Cup.
♦ Araijeet Singh Hundal (4’, 18’, 47’, 54’) was in top form for India while Dilraj Singh (19’) scored the other goal.
♦ This was the 11th edition of the under-21 hockey tournament.
Posted Date: December 4, 2024Sports
♦ Ace Indian Shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen were crowned the Singles champions at the Syed Modi International Tournament in Lucknow on 1 December 2024.
♦ Sindhu clinched Women’s Singles title, overpowering China’s Wu Luo Yu, 21-14, 21-16 in the final.
♦ Lakshya Sen won his maiden title in the event with a facile 21-6, 21-7 win against Singapore’s Jia Heng Jason Teh.
♦ Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won the Women’s Doubles title. The second seed Indian team defeated Chinese duo Bao Li Jing and Li Qian, 21-18, 21-11 in the Summit Clash.
♦ They became the first ever Indian women’s pair to win the title since its inception in 2009.
Posted Date: December 1, 2024Sports
♦ India’s pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah reclaimed the number one spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for men’s Test bowlers.
♦ The ICC rankings were released on 27 November 2024. South Africa's Rabada and Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood and Ravichandran Ashwin are in second, third and fourth places respectively.
♦ Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal rose to career best second spot, behind only England's Joe Root.
Posted Date: November 27, 2024Sports
♦ Telangan's Divith Reddy (8) has won the gold medal at the Under-8 World Cadets Chess Championship in Montesilvano, Italy on 26 November 2024.
♦ He accumulated nine points out of a maximum of 11, tying with compatriot Sattwik Swain.
♦ However, Divith secured the gold based on his superior tiebreak score. Sattwik claimed silver, while Ziming Guo of China took the bronze.
Posted Date: November 27, 2024Sports
♦ N Sriram Balaji and his fellow Indian partner Rithvik Bollipalli won the men’s doubles title at the Citta' Di Rovereto 2024 on the ATP Challenger Tour in Italy on 23 November 2024.
♦ The top seed Indian duo defeated second-seeded French tennis player Theo Arribage and his Portuguese partner Francisco Cabral 6-3, 2-6, 12-10 in the final.
♦ This was Rithvik’s second title on the ATP Challenger Tour, having won the crown at the Almaty Open in Kazakhstan last month with Arjun Kadhe.
Posted Date: November 23, 2024Sports
♦ The Indian women’s hockey team won the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024.
♦ The Indian team defeated China in the final. The match was held at the Rajgir Hockey Stadium, Bihar on 20 November 2024.
♦ This was India’s third Asian Champions Trophy, previously our country won the trophy in 2016 and 2023.
Posted Date: November 20, 2024Sports
♦ Ace archer V. Jyothi Surekha Vennam clinched a gold medal in the compound category of the World Indoor Archery Series in Luxembourg on 17 November 2024. She defeated Paasmeeri Marita of Belgium 147-145 in the final.
♦ Earlier, in the semifinal, she got the better of Roner Elisa of Italy via shoot-out (148-148).
♦ The three-time Asian Games gold medallist incidentally bagged the gold for the second time in the Indoor Series.
Posted Date: November 17, 2024Sports
♦ The Indian men's hockey team was honoured by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) during the global governing body's Congress in Muscat on 8 November 2024.
♦ FIH President Tayyab Ikram and French Hockey Federation chief Isabelle gave the prestigious award to Hockey India Secretary General Bhola Nath Singh during the ceremony.
♦ The Indian team was honoured for winning the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics.
Posted Date: November 8, 2024Sports
♦ Indian professional boxer Mandeep Jangra won the World Boxing Federation’s super featherweight world title in the Cayman Islands on 5 November 2024.
♦ He defeated Britain’s Conor McIntosh in the final. Mandeep made his professional boxing debut in 2021.
♦ Mandeep has won 11 out of his 12 fights in his pro career with seven being knockout victories.
♦ He had a decent run in the amateur circuit as well and won a Commonwealth Games silver medal in the 2014 Glasgow edition.
Posted Date: November 5, 2024Sports
♦ India's Anahat Singh secured her sixth PSA Challenger title at the Costa North Coast Open 2024 in Coffs Harbour, Australia on 3 November 2024.
♦ She defeated Japanese Akari Midorikawa 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-7) in the final to take the crown.
♦ Anahat Singh won bronze medals in the women’s team and mixed doubles event at last year’s (2023) Hangzhou Asian Games.
♦ She won the JSW Willingdon Little Masters and Senior Tournament title in January 2024.
♦ Anahat has also won the Indian senior and junior nationals this year (2024).
Posted Date: November 3, 2024Sports
♦ India’s Krisha Verma clinched a gold medal in the women's 75kg category at the U19 World Boxing Championships in Colorado, USA on 2 November 2024.
♦ She defeated Lerika Simon of Germany in the final.
♦ Chanchal Chaudhary (women's 48kg), Anjali Kumari Singh (women's 57kg), Vini (women's 60kg), Akanksha Phalaswal (women's 70kg) and Rahul Kundu (men's 75kg) won silver medals in the championships.
Posted Date: November 2, 2024Sports
♦ The All India Football Federation (AIFF) was conferred with the prestigious President’s Recognition Award for Grassroots Football (Silver) during the AFC Annual Awards in Seoul. AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey accepted the award on behalf of the federation.
♦ Since the preceding AFC Annual Awards in Doha last year, when it was handed the bronze award, the AIFF has been endorsed with a silver-level membership under the AFC Grassroots Charter.
♦ The AIFF has been credited for its strong commitment towards grassroots development and establishing long-term sustainable programmes, facilitating regional involvement, and strong partnerships with various stakeholders across the country.
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♦ Chirag Chikkara won the gold medal at U23 World Wrestling in Tirana, Albania on 28 October 2024. He defeated Abdymalik Karachov of Kyrgyzstan in the men's freestyle 57kg category in the final.
♦ He is the second Indian man, after Paris Olympics bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat, to win gold at the U23 Championships. Sehrawat had achieved the feat in the same category in the 2022 edition.
♦ While Reetika Hooda had become the first Indian woman to bag a gold at the tournament when she won in the 76kg category last year (2023).
♦ Ravi Kumar Dahiya had also won a silver in the U23 World Championships in 2018.
Posted Date: October 29, 2024Sports
♦ Indian men’s football team climbed one place to 125th in the latest FIFA rankings. India’s points tally has improved to 1133.78, contributing to their rise in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) standings, where they are now ranked 22nd, just ahead of Vietnam.
♦ World champion Argentina maintains its top spot with 1883.5 points, while France, European champion Spain and England occupy the second, third and fourth positions, respectively. Five-time world champion Brazil occupies fifth place.
Posted Date: October 26, 2024Sports
♦ The organisers of the 2026 edition of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games confirmed on 22 October 2024 that badminton, cricket, hockey, squash, table tennis, and wrestling were excluded from the Games' programme.
♦ The disciplines that will be part of Glasgow Games are athletics and para-athletics (track & field), swimming and para-swimming, artistic gymnastics, track cycling and para track cycling, netball, weightlifting and para powerlifting, boxing, judo, bowls and para bowls, and 3x3 basketball and 3x3 wheelchair basketball.
♦ The 2026 edition, featuring only 10 sports and roughly 3,000 athletes, will take place from July 23 to August 2, 2026. The Games will take place across four venues - Scotstoun stadium, Tollcross International swimming centre, Emirates arena - including the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome, and the Scottish Event Campus (SEC). Glasgow will be CWG ‘lite’ since the previous edition in Birmingham had 19 sports and almost 5,000 athletes.
♦ At the 2022 CWG, India had won 61 medals, including 22 gold. Wrestling (12), weightlifting (10), athletics (8), boxing and table tennis (7 each) contributed the most to the overall tally.
♦ Hockey had been a part of CWG since 1998 and India have been the second-best team in the Games' history, with the men and women's teams securing six medals - including one gold, four silver and a bronze. In Birmingham, Indian men finished second while the women settled for bronze.
Posted Date: October 23, 2024Sports
♦ Indian archer Deepika Kumari won the silver medal in the Archery World Cup final at Tlaxcala, Mexico on 21 October 2024. She lost the match with a 0-6 against Chinese Li Jiaman.
♦ This is her sixth World Cup medal. Deepika captured silver medals in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2024. She also won a bronze medal in 2018.
♦ Dola Banerjee remains the only Indian to have won a gold in the World Cup Final, having topped the podium in Dubai 2007.
Posted Date: October 22, 2024Sports
♦ New Zealand clinched the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 title on 20 October 2024. They defeated South Africa by 32 runs in the final held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. It was New Zealand's maiden T20 World Cup title, men's and women's both.
♦ This was the Kiwis’ third-ever final of the showpiece event and after two successful attempts, they finally have their hand on the coveted trophy.
♦ The champions New Zealand got a cash prize of USD 2.34 million (Rs19.6 crore). The first runners-up South Africa was awarded a cash-prize of USD 1.17 million (Rs 9.8 crore).
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♦ India’s Arjun Erigaisi has won the WR Chess Masters Cup 2024 title in London on 18 October 2024. He defeted Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the finals.
♦ Arjun displayed great form and precision throughout the event to bag the winner’s prize of 20000 Euros and 27.84 FIDE circuit points.
♦ With this victory, Arjun’s live Elo rating touched 2796, moving him closer to the coveted 2800 mark.
Posted Date: October 19, 2024Sports
♦ India’s Vivaan Kapoor won a silver medal in men’s trap event at the ISSF World Cup Final 2024 in New Delhi on 17 October 2024. Vivaan Kapoor registered his first-ever individual medal in a senior shooting competition after shooting an impressive 44 in the men’s trap final to finish behind the People’s Republic of China’s Ying Qi (47). Turkish shotgun shooter N Tolga Tuncer took the bronze in the event with 35.
♦ While Anantjeet Singh Naruka bagged a bronze in the ISSF World Cup Final. He shot 43 for his place on the men’s skeet podium. Italy’s Tammaro Cassandro (56) and Gabriele Rossetti (53) took the gold and silver, respectively.
Posted Date: October 17, 2024Sports
♦ India’s Akhil Sheoran clinched a bronze medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting event at the ISSF World Cup Final 2024 in New Delhi on 16 October 2024. He finished third after shooting 452.6 across kneeling, prone and standing positions. Hungary’s Istvan Peni (465.3) and Czechia’s Jiri Privratsky (464.2) won the gold and silver medals, respectively.
Posted Date: October 16, 2024Sports
♦ Indian shooter Sonam Uttam Maskar won the silver medal in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle event at the ISSF World Cup 2024 final in Delhi on 15 October 2024. She excelled with a score of 252.9 to secure a podium finish. China’s Yuting Huang won the gold medal in this event with a score of 254.5, while French shooter Oceanne Muller took home the bronze. Tilottama Sen, the other Indian shooter in the final, finished sixth with a score of 167.7.
Posted Date: October 15, 2024Sports
♦ India’s Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee pair clinched the historic bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan on 13 October 2024. The world No. 15 pair lost to Japan’s world No. 33 Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara with a 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-9) scoreline.
♦ Ayhika and Sutirtha became the first all-Indian women’s doubles table tennis pair to win a medal at the Asian Championships. Gool Nasikwala won a gold medal in women’s doubles with Japan’s Yoshiko Tanaka in the inaugural edition in 1952.
Posted Date: October 13, 2024Sports
♦ The Indian men’s team won the bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan on 10 October 2024. They lost in the semi-final clash against Chinese Taipei by a 3-0 margin.
♦ Sharath Kamal went down 0-3 to Lin Yun-Ju in the opening singles rubber. In the second singles match, Manav Thakkar fought hard before losing 1-3 to Kao Cheng-Jui.
♦ This was India’s third straight medal in the men’s team event at the Asian Table Tennis Championships. India had won bronze in the previous two editions in 2023 and 2021.
Posted Date: October 10, 2024Sports
♦ The Indian women’s team won a bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan on 9 October 2024. It is the first-ever medal in women’s team event for India since Asian Table Tennis Union started conducting the competition in 1972.
♦ India lost 1-3 to Japan in the semifinals while China defeated Hong Kong 3-0 in the other semifinal. Both losing semifinalists are awarded bronze medals.
♦ Ayhika Mukherjee went down 2-3 (8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 13-11, 7-11) to Miwa Harimoto in a tightly contested opening singles. Manika Batra levelled things up with a 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-8) victory over Satsuki Odo. However, Mima Ito defeated Sutirtha Mukherjee 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 15-13) and Harimoto took down Batra 3-1 (11-3, 6-11, 11-2, 11-3) to seal the tie for Japan.
Posted Date: October 9, 2024Sports
♦ India's Divanshi won her second individual gold in the women’s 25m standard pistol event at the ISSF Junior World Championship in Peru on 5 October 2024. She secured 564 out of 600 in the final to finish ahead of teammates Parisha Gupta (559) and Manvi Jain (557).
♦ In the corresponding men’s event, Suraj Sharma also won gold in the junior men’s standard pistol as Mukesh Nelavalli, who already has four gold medals in the competition, settled for bronze in this game.
♦ India remained at the top of the medal tally with a total of 21 medals, which included 13 gold, 2 silver and 6 bronze. While Norway is in second place with 10 medals, which include 4 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze.
Posted Date: October 5, 2024Sports
♦ The trio of Mukesh Nelavalli, Raajwardan Patil, and Harsimar Singh Rattha won the gold medal in the men’s 25-meter rapid-fire pistol team competition at the ISSF Junior World Championship in Peru on 4 October 2024.
♦ The combined score of 1722-42x shot by the three Indian shooters saw them win the gold medal ahead of France (1701-44x) and Poland (1701-36x).
♦ This win also marks the 11th gold medal for India in the championship.
♦ India continued to reign supreme at the top of the medal tally with 16 medals - 11 gold, one silver and four bronze. The People’s Republic of China are second with three golds and a silver. The USA are third with 10 medals.
Posted Date: October 4, 2024Sports
♦ Khushi won the bronze medal in the 50-metre rifle 3-position event in the World Junior Shooting Championship in Lima, Peru on 3 October 2024. In the final, Khushi finished third after shooting 447.3.
♦ Synnoeve Berg (458.4-Norway) and Caroline Finnestad Lund (458.4-Norway) bagged gold and silver medals respectively.
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♦ India added 5 more Gold medals to its tally in the ISSF Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru on 2 October 2024.
♦ Divanshi bagged a Gold in the women’s 25m pistol. She defeated Italy’s Cristina Magnani by two points in the final with a score of 35. France’s Heloise Fourre was third.
♦ It was a double-gold for Divanshi as she combined with India’s Tejaswini and Vibhuti Bhatia, to win the junior women’s 25m pistol team gold ahead of The Czech Republic and Germany.
♦ Mukesh Nelavalli won a gold medal in the junior men’s 25m pistol event with a score of 585.
♦ In the team event, Mukesh Nelavalli, Suraj Sharma alongside Pradhyumn Singh, clinched gold, narrowly edging out Poland by three points.
♦ India secured its fifth gold in the junior men’s 50m rifle team event, with Shourya Saini, Vedant Nitin Waghmare, and Parikshit Singh Brar scoring a combined 1753 points.
♦ At the ISSF junior world championship, India is leading the tally with 14 medals including 10 Gold, a Silver and three Bronze. The USA is at the second place, while Italy holds the third spot.
Posted Date: October 2, 2024Sports
♦ The first-ever Kho Kho World Cup is scheduled to take place in India in 2025. The Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI), in partnership with the International Kho Kho Federation, officially announced this on 2 October 2024. This tournament will feature 24 countries across six continents, showcasing 16 teams in both men’s and women’s categories.
♦ From starting in the mud, the sport has gone to the mat and has a global presence with 54 countries playing it across the world.
Posted Date: October 2, 2024Sports
♦ Indian shooter Parth Rakesh Mane won double gold medals at the ISSF Junior World Championship 2024 on October 1. He clinched the gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle held in Lima, Peru. Parth also won a team victory alongside Ajay Malik and Abhinav Shaw in the men’s 10m air rifle team event with a total score of 1883.5. India surpassed the USA (1877.6) and Germany (1873.9).
♦ The women’s 10m air rifle team also struck gold, with Gautami Bhanot, Sambhavi Kshirsagar, and Anoushka Thakur taking the top spot.
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♦ The Indian pair of Gautami Bhanot and Ajay Malik clinched the bronze medal at the ISSF Junior World Championship 2024 in Lima, Peru on 30 September 2024. They defeated Croatia’s Anamarija Turk and Darko Tomasevic 17-9 in the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match. China and France won the gold and silver medals respectively.
♦ In the 10m mixed air pistol event, the battle for bronze was between two Indian teams, as Lakshita and Parmod beat Kanishka Dagar and Mukesh Nelavalli 16-8.
Germany and Ukraine clinched the gold and silver medals respectively.
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♦ The Indian junior men's trio of Umesh Choudhary, Pradhyumn Singh and Mukesh Nelavalli clinched the gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Championship 2024 in Lima, Peru, on 29 September.
♦ The trio stood at the top spot with a combined score of 1726 points. Romania (1716) and Italy (1707) were ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.
♦ Mean while, The combination of Kanishka Dagar, Lakshita and Anjali Chaudhary tallied 1708 to clinch the junior women’s 10m air pistol team gold. Azerbaijan (1707) and Ukraine (1704) were ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.
♦ Over 560 shooters from 51 countries will participate in the ISSF Junior World Championship 2024. India is fielding 61 shooters in the competition which ends on October 6.
♦ The last edition of the ISSF Junior World Championship was held in Changwon in 2023. India had finished with 17 medals, including six gold, six silver and five bronze.
Posted Date: September 30, 2024Sports
♦ India’s Gulveer Singh won the gold medal in the men’s 5,000 meters race at the World Athletics Continental Tour in Japan on 28 September 2024.
♦ He create a new national record with a time of 13 minutes and 11.82 seconds.
♦ This broke his own previous record of 13 minutes and 18.92 seconds, which he had set earlier this year (2024).
♦ Japan’s Mebuki Suzuki took second place with a personal best of 13:13.80. Another Japanese runner, Kotaro Shinohara, took third place with a time of 13:15.70.
♦ In March 2024, Gulveer broke the men’s 10,000m record at the Ten Track Meet in California.
♦ He crossed the finish line in 27 minutes and 41.81 seconds, and in doing so, he improved on Surender Singh’s old mark of 28 minutes and 02.89 seconds, set nearly 16 years ago in 2008.
Posted Date: September 30, 2024Sports
♦ Indian duo Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth won the ATP 250 Hangzhou Open 2024 title on 24 September 2024. They defeated German pair Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens in the men’s doubles final in China.
♦ For Jeevan, this is his second ATP title, with his last win dating back to the 2017 Chennai Open alongside Rohan Bopanna. For Vijay, this marks his first title on the ATP circuit.
Posted Date: September 24, 2024Sports
♦ The Indian men’s and women’s chess teams created history by winning gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary on 22 September 2024. In the 11th and final round match, won 3.5-0.5 against Slovenia, taking its tally to 21 points, out of the possible 22.
♦ In the last round of the women’s event too, India scored a 3.5-0.5 victory over Azerbaijan. There were wins for D. Harika, Divya Deshmukh and Vantika Agrawal and the only player to draw was R. Vaishali.
♦ In 2022, India had won the bronze in both the Open and the Women’s when the Olympiad was held at Mamallapuram, near Chennai. In the Open section, it was India’s second team that had won the medal.
♦ In the 45th Chess Olympiad India won the following gold medals:
♦ Open event gold: India
♦ Women’s event gold: India
♦ Gold on Board 1 (Open): D Gukesh
♦ Gold on Board 3 (Open): Arjun Erigaisi
♦ Gold on Board 3 (Women): Divya Deshmukh
♦ Gold on Board 4 (Women): Vantika Agarwal
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♦ India’s Dhanush Loganathan won the bronze medal an the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2024 in Leon, Spain on 20 September 2024. In the men’s 55kg event Dhanush lifted a total of 231kg (107 snatch+124kg clean and jerk) for bronze. Vietnam’s K Duong won the gold medal for lifting 253kg (115kg+140kg) and Japan’s Kotaro Tomari, clinched the silver medal for a total of 247kg (108kg+139kg).
♦ Medals at the junior World Weightlifting Championships 2024 are awarded separately in snatch, clean and jerk and total categories.
♦ Dhanush also clinched a bronze medal in the snatch and finished 13th in the clean and jerk.
♦ The Indian weightlifting contingent at the Junior World Championships for the under-21 weightlifters includes three men and six women. Payal (women’s 45kg) and Panchami Sonowal (women’s 49kg) also competed today but could not win medals.
♦ In 2023, Dhanush bagged the bronze medal in the men's 49kg weight division at the Weightlifting Youth World Championships in Albania, lifting a total of 200kg (88kg+112kg).
♦ In 2022, Dhanush won his second successive youth gold medal at the National Weightlifting Championships and a youth bronze at the Asian Championships in Tashkent.
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♦ The Indian men’s hockey team won the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 at the Moqi Hockey Training Base in Hulunbuir on 17 September 2024.
♦ Indian team defeated the People’s Republic of China 1-0 in the final.
♦ Till now India clinched the five Asian Champions titles - 2011, 2016, 2018 (shared with Pakistan), 2023 and 2024.
♦ The first edition of the Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was played in 2011. India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and China participated in the inaugural tournament.
♦ Hockey India have announced a reward of Rs.3 lakh to every player, while Rs.1.5 lakh will be awarded to every support staff member.
♦ Awards winner of Tournament
♦ Top Goal Scorer of the Tournament: Yang Jihun (9 Goals) – Korea
♦ Promising Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Kim Jaehan – Korea
♦ Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Wang Caiyu – China
♦ Rising Star of the Tournament: Hanan Shahid – Pakistan
♦ Player of the Tournament: Harmanpreet Singh – India
Posted Date: September 18, 2024Sports
♦ India’s badminton star Anmol Kharb secured her first senior international title by winning the women’s singles event at the Belgian International 2024 in Leuven.
♦ She defeated Denmark's Amalie Schulz 24-22, 12-21, 21-10 in the final.
♦ In 2023, Anmol became the women’s singles national badminton champion.
Posted Date: September 17, 2024Sports
♦ Neeraj Chopra finished second in the Diamond League (DL) final with a throw of 87.86 meters in Brussels. Granada's Anderson Peters claimed the crown with a 87.87m effort. Julian Weber of Germany was third with 85.97m.
♦ Chopra had clinched the DL trophy in 2022.
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♦ Italy's Jannik Sinner won US Open 2024 Men's Singles title on 9 September 2024. He defeated Amecica's Taylor Fritz in the final at Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York. This is his second career Grand Slam title in 2024.
♦ World number one Sinner won his maiden Slam at the Australian Open in January 2024.
♦ He became the first Italian man to win the US Open Singles Title.
Posted Date: September 9, 2024Sports
Paris Paralympics was concluded on 8 September 2024. Indian para-athletes have secured a record-breaking total of 29 medals, including seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze. This achievement surpasses the country’s best 19 medals tally at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, marking a new era in Indian para-sports.
A total of 84 Indian para-athletes participated across 12 disciplines, an increase from the nine disciplines in Tokyo 2020. New events for India at the Paris Games included paracycling, para rowing, and blind judo.
♦ India’s Medalists at the Paris 2024 Paralympics:
♦ Avani Lekhara (Shooting, Women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1, Gold)
♦ Mona Agarwal (Shooting, Women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1, Bronze)
♦ Preethi Pal (Athletics, Women’s 100m T35, Bronze)
♦ Manish Narwal (Shooting, Men’s 10m air pistol SH1, Silver)
♦ Rubina Francis (Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1, Bronze)
♦ Preethi Pal (Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1, Bronze)
♦ Nishad Kumar (Athletics, Men’s high jump T47, Silver)
♦ Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics, Men’s discus throw F56, Silver)
♦ Nitesh Kumar (Badminton, Men’s singles SL3, Gold)
♦ Thulasimathi Murugesan (Badminton, Women’s singles SU5, Silver)
♦ Manisha Ramadass (Badminton, Women’s singles SU5, Bronze)
♦ Suhas Yathiraj (Badminton, Men’s singles SL4, Silver)
♦ Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi (Archery, Mixed team compound open, Bronze)
♦ Sumit Antil (Athletics, Javelin throw F64, Gold)
♦ Nithya Sre Sivan (Badminton, Women’s singles SH6, Bronze)
♦ Deepthi Jeevanji (Athletics, Women’s 400m T20, Bronze)
♦ Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics, Men’s high jump T63, Bronze)
♦ Sharad Kumar (Athletics, Men’s high jump T63, Silver)
♦ Ajeet Singh (Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46, Silver)
♦ Sundar Singh Gurjar (Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46, Bronze)
♦ Sachin Khilari (Athletics, Men’s shot put F46, Silver)
♦ Harvinder Singh (Archery, Men’s individual recurve open, Gold)
♦ Dharambir (Athletics, Men’s club throw F51, Gold)
♦ Parnav Soorma (Athletics, Men’s club throw F51, Silver)
♦ Kapil Parmar (Judo, Men’s -60kg J1, Bronze)
♦ Praveen Kumar (Athletics, Men’s high jump T64, Gold)
♦ Hokato Hotozhe Sema (Athletics, Men’s shot put F57, Bronze)
♦ Simran (Athletics, Women’s 200m T12, Bronze)
♦ Navdeep Singh (Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F41, Gold)
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♦ Simran Sharma won a bronze medal in women’s 200m T12 event at Paris Paralympics on 7 September 2024. Simran clocked a new personal best timing of 24.75s to finish third. Cuba’s Omara Durand Elias took the gold in 23.62s while Venezuela’s Alejandra Paola Perez Lopez won silver, clocking 24.19s.
♦ T12 is the category for athletes with vision impairment.
Posted Date: September 7, 2024Sports
♦ Navdeep Singh won a gold with a personal best of 47.32m in the men’s javelin throw F41 class at Paris Paralympics on 7 September 2024. This marks the first-ever gold medal in the men's javelin F41 category. China's Sun Pengxiang settled for a silver with a best throw of 44.72m. Wildan Nukhailawi of Iraq won the bronze medal with 40.46m.
♦ Navdeep’s medal-winning throw eclipsed the previous Paralympic record of 47.13m, set by Sun Pengxiang of the People’s Republic of China at Tokyo 2020.
♦ Athletes with a short stature compete in the F41 sport class.
Posted Date: September 7, 2024Sports
♦ Indian judoka Kapil Parmar secured a bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics on 5 September 2024. He defeated Brazil’s Elielton de Oliveira in the men’s -60kg J1 contest. Kapil became the first Indian to win a Paralympic medal in judo.
♦ Athletes with vision impairment are classified under the J1 category. They can see much less detail than someone with normal vision.
♦ The judo bronze on Thursday was India’s 25th medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
♦ Kapil hails from Shivor village in Madhya Pradesh. When he was a child, he accidentally touched an open wire near a water pump while playing in the fields, suffering a severe electric shock. The incident affected Kapil's vision.
Posted Date: September 5, 2024Sports
♦ Dharambir clinched the gold medal in the men's F51 event at the Paris Paralympics on 4 September 2024. He hurled the club to a distance of 34.92m to claim the top spot. His compatriot Pranav Soorma clinched the silver with a throw of 34.59m. Serbia's Filip Graovac bagged the bronze, courtesy of a 34.18m throw.
♦ Dharambir is the fifth Indian to have won gold while Soorma is India's ninth silver medallist in Paris.
♦ Dharambir was left paralysed from the waist down. He had earlier won silver at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou in early 2022.
♦ Soorma was 16 when when a cement sheet fell on his head, causing a severe spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed. His achievements include a silver medal at the 2019 Beijing Grand Prix, a gold medal at the Serbia Open 2023, and both gold and silver medals at the Tunisia Grand Prix 2022. At the Asian Para Games 2023, Pranav set a record with a 30.01m throw in the men's club throw F51 event, earning a gold medal.
Posted Date: September 4, 2024Sports
♦ Harvinder Singh won a gold medal in the men’s archery individual recurve open final at the Paris Paralympics on 4 September 2024. In the final, he defeated Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 (28-24, 28-27, 29-25).
♦ Harvinder became the first and only Indian archer to clinch a gold medal at the Paralympics.
♦ Harvinder clinched a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. He won a gold medal in the men’s individual recurve open event at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta. In 2023, Harvinder was a part of the team which won a bronze medal in the men’s doubles recurve event at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou.
♦ Harvinder hails from Kaithal, Haryana, had dengue when he was just one-and-half years old and a local doctor administered him an injection that had an adverse effect and his legs stopped working properly.
Posted Date: September 4, 2024Sports
♦ Deepthi Jeevanji won the bronze medal in the women’s 400m T20 final with a timing of 55.82s at the Paris Paralympics on 3 September 2024. She became the first intellectually impaired Indian athlete to win a Paralympic medal. Ukraine’s Yulia Shuliar (55.16s) and Turkiye's Ayser Onder (55.23s) clinched the gold, and silver medals respectively.
♦ The T20 class is reserved for athletes with intellectual impairments. Deepthi is India’s first-ever athlete in this category to compete at the Paralympic Games, faces cognitive challenges that affect her communication and understanding skills.
Posted Date: September 3, 2024Sports
Indian shuttler Suhas Yathiraj clinched the silver in the men’s singles badminton SL4 class at the Paris 2024 Paralympics on 2 September 2024. This is his second successive Paralympics silver medal. He won a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Posted Date: September 2, 2024Sports
♦ Sumit Antil won the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw F64 class at Paris 2024 on 2 September 2024. He became the first Indian male para-athlete to defend his title in the Paralympics. He achieved the feat with a new Paralympic record of 70.59m at the Stade de France.
♦ He also clinched the gold medal in Tokyo in 2020. Sumit also holds the world record of 73.29 in the F64 class.
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♦ India’s badminton player, Nitesh Kumar won a gold medal at the Paris Paralympics on 2 September 2024. He defeated Daniel Bethell of Great Britain in the men's singles SL3 final.
♦ This is India's second gold at the Paris Paralympics. Shooter Avani Lekhra had previously captured gold in the women’s 10m air rifle event.
♦ SL3 is a classification for players who have moderate mobility challenges on one side of their body, both legs or due to limb absence.
♦ This is India's third Paralympic medal in badminton. All of India's badminton medals at the Paralympics have been gold. In the 2020 Tokyo Games, Pramod Bhagat (SL3) and Krishna Nagar (SH6) clinched top podiums.
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♦ Hockey India announced that the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024 hockey tournament will be hosted in Rajgir, Bihar, from November 11-20. The tournament will take place at the newly constructed Rajgir Hockey Stadium. Teams from China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand will participate in this event.
♦ The 2023 Women’s Asian Champions Trophy was also played in India in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Indian women’s hockey team beat Japan 4-0 in the final at the Jaipal Singh Stadium to win their second Women’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey title. The People’s Republic of China finished third.
♦ The Republic of Korea, the inaugural Women’s Asian Champions Trophy winners, are a record three-time champions (2010, 2011 and 2018). India and Japan have won two titles each. The Indian team also made the final in the 2013 and 2018 editions.
♦ Meanwhile, the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 men’s hockey tournament is set to start on September 8 in Hulunbuir, the People’s Republic of China.
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♦ Preethi Pal bagged a bronze in the women’s 200 T35 class at Paris 2024 Paralympics on 1 September 2024. She clocked a personal best timing of 30.01s in the final to take the third position. She had won a bronze in the women’s 100m T35 class earlier for India’s first-ever Paralympic medal in a track event. She became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic medals in track and field events.
♦ Xia Zhou and Guo Qianqian of the People’s Republic of China bagged the gold and silver medal, respectively, in the 200m event. Xia Zhou completed the race in 28.15s while Guo Qianqian registered a personal best of 29.09s.
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♦ India’s Nishad Kumar won a silver medal in the men’s high jump T47 class at the Paris 2024 Paralympics on 1 September 2024. He soared to a height of 2.04m in the final. USA’s Roderick Townsend won the gold medal with a score of 2.12m and Georgii Margiev settled for bronze with a jump of 2.00m.
♦ This was Nishad Kumar’s second Paralympic medal. He won the silver medal at Tokyo 2020 with a clearance of 2.06m behind Townsend back then as well.
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♦ India's Rubina Francis won a bronze medal in the women's air pistol SH1 event final in the Paris Paralympics on 31 August 2024. She scored a total of 211.1 to finish third in the eight-woman final.
♦ Sareh Javanmardi of the Islamic Republic of Iran won the gold medal, finishing with a tally of 236.8 while Aysel Ozgan of Turkiye finished second with a score of 231.1 to take the silver.
♦ Rubina won a silver medal at the Para World Championships 2023 in Lima, Peru and followed it up with a bronze medal at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.
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♦ The 17th summer Paralympic games were officially inaugurated in Paris on 28 August 2024. The opening ceremony was held at the Place de la Concorde. Sumit Antil and Bhagyashri Jadhav led the Indian contingent. In 2024, India has sent its largest contingent ever to the Paralympics, comprising 84 athletes in 12 different sports. Paralympic games are held until September 9, 2024.
♦ 4,400 athletes from 168 different nations are participated in this Paralympics.
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♦ Spain have created a new record for the most successive wins in men’s T20I history. At the Europe T20 World Cup Sub Regional Qualifier C, Spain defeated Greece by seven wickets for a 14th straight T20I win which is now a world record. Spain thus surpassed the previous record of 13 wins in a row set by Malaysia in 2022.
♦ Overall, the record for most successive wins in all of T20Is is held by Thailand women’s team who recorded 17 victories on the trot.
♦ Malaysia and Bermuda are now second with 13 wins each while India, Afghanistan and Romania are joint-third with 12 wins in a row each.
♦ Spain currently ranked 29th in the ICC T20I rankings.
Posted Date: August 27, 2024Sports
♦ Indian badminton player Tanvi Patri (13) won the under-15 girls singles title at the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 junior championships. She defeated second seed Nguyen Thi Thu Huygen of Vietnam 22-20, 21-11 in the final match held in Chengdu, China on 25 August 2024.
♦ Tanvi became the third Indian shuttler to be crowned the Asian U-15 champion after Samiya Imad Farooqui in 2017 and Tasnim Mir in 2019 in the U-15 girls singles category.
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♦ India won a silver medal at the Maruhaba Cup at the Asian Surfing Championships 2024 at Thulusdhoo, Maldives on 25 August 2024. Japan clinched the gold medal with a dominant score of 58.40. India followed with a score of 24.13, securing second place. Taipei claimed the bronze with a score of 23.93, while China finished fourth with 22.10 points.
♦ The Indian team consisted of Kamali P, Ajeesh Ali, Srikanth D, and Sanjay Selvamani.
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♦ India's star opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement from international, domestic cricket on 23 August 2024. Dhawan represented India in 34 Tests, 167 ODIs, and 68 T20Is from 2010 to 2022.
♦ Making his debut in 2010 against Australia in Visakhapatnam, Dhawan amassed over 10,000 runs in international cricket.
♦ Dhawan played his last game for India, an ODI against Bangladesh at Chattogram, in December 2022 while his last T20I was in Sri Lanka in July 2021. Dhawan had not played a Test for India since 2018.
♦ His last competitive appearance was for the Punjab Kings in IPL 2024 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in April following which an injury ended his season prematurely.
♦ Dhawan scored 10,867 runs in international cricket, the 12th most for India, with 24 centuries and 79 fifty-plus scores.
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♦ Indian wrestler Kajal secured a gold at the Under-17 World Championship in the 69kg weight category at Amman (Jordan) on 23 August 2024. She defeated Ukraine's Oleksandra Rybak with 9-2 in the final. Kajal became the fifth wrestler from the country to bag a gold tn this championship.
♦ However, Shrutika Patil had to be content with silver after losing to the Japanese wrestler Yuu Katsume in the 46kg weight category. Raj Bala grabbed a bronze in the 40kg category with an 11-5 win over Japan’s Monaka Umekawa, while Muskan outplayed the USA’s Isabella Gonzales by technical superiority in the 53kg bronze play-off to add to India’s tally.
♦ Indian women signed off with eight medals, including five gold, one silver, and two bronze.
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♦ Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished second in the Lausanne Diamond League as he recovered in time to produce a season's best effort of 89.49m in his last attempt on 22 August 2024. This competition was held at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Switzerland.
♦ Two-time world champion and Paris Olympics bronze medallist Anderson Peters of Grenada won the event with his second round monster throw of 90.61m while Julian Weber of Germany took the third spot with 87.08m.
♦ While the world no. 1 Jakub Vadlejch finished seventh with his best 82.03 metre throw.
♦ The Lausanne Diamond League meet was the fifth competition of the season for Neeraj Chopra.
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♦ Indian women wrestlers Aditi Kumari, Neha, Pulkit, and Mansi became the Under-17 World champions in their respective categories on 22 August 2024. The U17 World Wrestling Championships 2024 are held at the Princess Sumaya Bint al-Hasan Arena in Amman, Jordan.
♦ Aditi clinched the gold medal in the 43kg by defeating Maria Louiza Gkika of Greece 7-0 in the title clash.
♦ Neha won the gold medal in the 57kg final by defeating Japan’s So Tsuitsui in the final.
♦ In the 65kg final, Pulkit defeated Daria Frolova and bagged the gold medal.
♦ Mansi clinched the gold medal after beating Hanna Pirskaya in the 73kg final.
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♦ The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 matches have been relocated to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Bangladesh, due to political instability. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced this on 20 August 2024.
♦ The tournament was originally scheduled in Bangladesh from October 3 to October 20 at two venues in the UAE—Dubai and Sharjah. The dates for the event remain unchanged.
♦ This will be the ninth edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup. Despite the location change, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will retain its hosting rights and co-host the event in collaboration with the Emirates Cricket Board.
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♦ Australia and England will play a one-off Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2027 to commemorate 150 years of Test cricket. The first-ever test match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in 1877
♦ The 100th anniversary of the inaugural Test was also observed with a Test between Australia and England at the MCG in 1977, with Australia winning the match, again by 45 runs.
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♦ India has sent its largest contingent to the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
♦ From India there are 84 participants in the Paris-bound contignent, 32 are women.
♦ The Paris Paralympics will feature 22 sports overall. India will participate in 12 sports in total. Summer Paralympics 2024 are scheduled to take place in Paris from August 29 to September 8, 2024
Posted Date: August 17, 2024Sports
♦ Morne Morkel was appointed as the bowling coach for the Indian men’s cricket team on 14 August 2024. He is the former South African fast bowler. Morkel takes over the role from Paras Mhambrey, a former India fast bowler.
♦ His appointment finalizes India’s coaching staff, which now includes head coach Gautam Gambhir, assistant coaches Abhishek Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate, and fielding coach T Dilip.
♦ Prior to this, Morkel served as Pakistan’s bowling coach until December 2023.
♦ Morkel played in 86 Tests, 117 ODIs, and 44 T20Is over 12 years, during which he took 544 wickets.
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♦ PR Sreejesh was appointed the new head coach of the junior men’s hockey team. He recently announced his retirement from Hockey after India’s bronze medal victory at the 2024 Olympics.
♦ Hockey India has retired jersey number 16 from the national senior men’s team in honour of goalkeeper PR Sreejesh.
♦ He has an 18-year-long career in the Indian Hockey Team, including securing back-to-back Olympic bronze medals in 2020 and 2024.
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♦ The Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony was held at the Stade de France in Paris on 11 August 2024. Shooter Manu Bhaker and hockey legend PR Sreejesh were the flag bearers for India. The Olympic flag was handed over to the Mayor Of Los Angeles - the venue for the 2028 Olympics.
♦ The USA won a total of 125 medals, while China clinched 91 medals. The USA and China Won 40 gold medals each.
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♦ Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling event on 9 August 2024. He defeated Puerto Rico’s Darian Toi Cruz in the final.
♦ Aman became India’s youngest medal winner at the Summer Olympics. At the age of 21 years and 24 days, Aman Sehrawat bettered PV Sindhu’s record of 21 years, one month and 14 days when she bagged the silver medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
♦ This was India’s first medal in wrestling at Paris 2024, sixth overall and the second successive one in the event at the Olympics. Ravi Kumar Dahiya had won silver in the event at Tokyo 2020.
♦ Indians have won medals in the wrestling competition at the Olympics since 2008 and the streak remains unbroken. Sushil Kumar won the bronze medal in Beijing (2008) and a silver in London (2012), Yogeshwar Dutt (2012), Sakshi Malik (2016), Ravi Dahiya and Bajrang Punia (2021) have won medals at the Olympics.
Posted Date: August 10, 2024Sports
♦ Hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and shooter Manu Bhaker to be the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris on 11 August 2024. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) confirmed this on 9 August 2024.
♦ Manu Bhaker won the bronze medals in the women's 10m air pistol and the 10m air pistol mixed team (with Sarabjot Singh). Seejesh retired from the Hockey after India’s bronze medal-winning feat at the Paris olympics.
♦ Sreejesh was also the flag-bearer in the closing ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023.
Posted Date: August 9, 2024Sports
♦ India’s men’s hockey team won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics on 8 August 2024. They defeated Spain in the final at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium. This is India's second consecutive bronze medal in the Olympics and 13 in total in hockey. This is also the first time the India won back to back medal after a gap of 52 years. They won last consecutively in 1968 and 1972.
♦ Till now, India has won the men's hockey gold eight times, while the last gold medal arrived in 1980. In addition to their 8 Gold Medals, India claimed a Silver medal in 1960 and 3 Bronze medals in 1968 and 1972, and the previous Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.
Posted Date: August 8, 2024Sports
♦ Neeraj Chopra clinched the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw at the Paris Olympics 2024 with best throw of 89.45m on August 8.
♦ Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem emerged the gold and setting a new Olympic record with a throw of 92.97 meters. He the first individual Olympic gold medalist from Pakistan. Nadeem’s throw surpassed the previous Olympic record of 90.57 meters, set by Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
♦ Grenada’s Anderson Peters secured the bronze with a throw of 88.54 meters.
Posted Date: August 8, 2024Sports
♦ India and Saint Christopher & Nevis have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in the field of sports. Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports discussed the various areas of cooperation in sports matters with the Dr. Denzil Douglas Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis.
♦ The MoU also states that there will be an exchange of youth/junior in various disciplines including shooting, badminton, kabaddi, wrestling and athletics. There will also be training, exchange as well as attachment programmes for sports sciences personnel and other development assistance in sports science.
♦ Moreover, India and St Kitts and Nevis will also collaborate in sports research and development in training, partnership in the areas of sports science, research and development and anti-doping programmes and also partnership in the area of physical education and fitness development programmes between the universities or physical education institutions of both the nations.
Posted Date: August 6, 2024Sports
♦ Sreeja Akula achieved the highest ranking for an Indian table tennis player at world No. 22 in the women’s singles. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Rankings were updated on 6 August 2024.
♦ Manika Batra ranked 25th in the index. Akula’s previous career-best was world No. 24 she achieved after winning the WTT Contender Lagos in June 2024.
♦ Sreeja and Manika are the only Indian table tennis players to ever make it to the top 25 in women’s singles rankings.
♦ Tokyo Olympian Sutirtha Mukherjee is the next-best Indian women’s singles player ranked at world No. 84.
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♦ India's two-time Olympic bronze medallist Manu Bhaker is set to be India's flagbearer in the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics will take place on 11 August 2024. Bhaker brought her A-game in Paris and broke numerous accolades to claim two bronze medals in the Summer Games.
♦ Bhaker opened India's medal tally in the ongoing Olympics after she secured third place in the women's individual 10m Air pistol event. Following that, Sarabjot Singh and Bhaker won the Bronze medal in the 10m air pistol (mixed team) event.
♦ Bhaker is the first athlete from the Indian contingent after independence to get two medals in a single edition of the Paris Olympics. Earlier in the 1900 Olympics, Norman Pritchard won two medals while representing India, both silver in the 200m and 200m hurdles.
♦ Bhaker also joined an elite group of athletes to have multiple individual medals at the Olympics: PV Sindhu (badminton silver at Rio 2016 and bronze medal at Tokyo 2020) and Sushil Kumar (wrestling bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics).
Posted Date: August 6, 2024Sports
♦ Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred became the fastest woman on earth after winning the 100-meter race at the Paris Olympics on 4 August 2024. Julien finished in 10.72 seconds for gold while Richardson claimed (USA) silver with 10.87 secs and Melissa Jefferson (USA) claimed bronze with a time of 10.92 seconds.
♦ Saint Lucia is an Eastern Caribbean island, is a nation of around 1,80,000 people. Julien Alfred is the island’s first Olympic medal winner in history.
Posted Date: August 5, 2024Sports
♦ Serbia's Novak Djokovic clinched the gold medal in the men’s tennis singles at the Paris Olympics on 4 August 2024. He defeated Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) in the final.
♦ With this achievement, Novak has become only the third male player, alongside Rafael Nadal and Andre Agassi, to complete a Career Golden Slam.
♦ Djokovic won a bronze in singles at the Beijing Games in 2008.
Posted Date: August 5, 2024Sports
♦ India shooter Swapnil Kusale won the bronze medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3P event at the Paris Olympics on 1 August 2024. In the final match he finished in third place with an aggregate of 451.4. Swapnil has now become the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event. This is also the first time that the Indian shooting contingent have won three medals in a single edition of any Olympics.
♦ The People’s Republic of China’s Liu Yukun won the gold medal with 463.6 while Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish picked up silver with 461.3 points.
Posted Date: August 2, 2024Sports
♦ The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has set up the National basketball academy in collaboration with Corvuss American Academy in Mumbai. For a start, the Academy will run with 30 boys and 30 girls from the school.
♦ The players in the academy will be free to represent their States in the State and national championships.
♦ Corvuss American Academy is now the second ‘National Basketball Academy’ of BFI, after Manipal University.
Posted Date: August 1, 2024Sports
♦ India will host the 2025 Men's Asia Cup, which will be played in the T20 format. This announcement was made by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in its Invitation for Expression of Interest (IEOI). The Asia Cup is set to return to India after 34 years in 2025.
♦ The 2027 Asia Cup will be hosted by Bangladesh and played in the 50-over format, in line with the ODI World Cup scheduled to take place in South Africa that year.
♦ The 2023 Men's Asia Cup was hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka in a hybrid format and was played as a 50-over tournament, with India emerging as winners.
♦ India previously hosted a Men's Asia Cup just once - in 1990/91, where they emerged as champions at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Posted Date: July 31, 2024Sports
♦ Manu Bhaker clinched a bronze medal in the 10m pistol mixed team event with Sarabjot Singh at the Olympic Games on 30 July 2024. The Indian duo defeated the South Korean combination of Lee Wonoho and Oh Yeh Jin 16-10 to win the bronze medal at Chateauroux's shooting range.
♦ Manu won a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event on July 29.
♦ Manu made history by becoming the first Indian woman in independent India to win two medals at a single Olympic Games.
♦ In the pre-independence Olympics, Norman Pritchard, a British-Indian, won two medals at the 1900 Summer Games. He won a silver medal in both the men’s 200m sprint and the 200m hurdles.
Posted Date: July 31, 2024Sports
♦ German's Michael Jung became the first rider to win the Olympic individual eventing title three times. He clinched gold in the equestrian individual eventing at the Paris Olympics on 29 July 2024. Jung secured the top spot with a final score of 21.80 penalty points.
♦ Australia's Christopher Burton claimed silver with a score of 22.40, while Great Britain's Laura Collett took bronze with a score of 23.10.
♦ Michael Jung won individual events at the 2012 and 2016 Games.
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♦ India's Manu Bhaker secured a bronze medal in the Women’s Air Pistol event at the Paris Olympics 2024 on 28 July 2024. She became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in shooting.
♦ Bhaker’s score of 221.7 points earned her third place, marking India’s first medal in the ongoing Olympics. The gold medal went to South Korea’s Ye Jin, who set a new Olympic record with 243.2 points. Her compatriot Kim Yeji claimed silver with 241.3 points.
♦ The nine-time World Cup medallist is only the fifth Indian to win a medal in shooting. Full list of Indian shooting medallists so far at the Olympics:
| Shooter | Event | Medal | Olympics |
| Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Men’s double trap | Silver | Athens 2004 |
| Abhinav Bindra | Men’s 10m air rifle | Gold | Beijing 2008 |
| Gagan Narang | Men’s 10m air rifle | Bronze | London 2012 |
| Vijay Kumar | Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol | Silver | London 2012 |
| Manu Bhaker | Women’s 10m air pistol | Bronze | Paris 2024 |
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♦ The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) inaugurated the 'India House' at the Paris Olympics on 27 July 2024. This is India’s first-ever country house at the Olympics. This house was set under the ambitions of the Reliance Foundation and the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) long-term partnership. It aims to elevate the performances of Indian athletes, support the national sports federations, and build India's credentials as a global sporting nation, with an aspiration to host the Olympic Games in the future.
Posted Date: July 29, 2024Sports
♦ Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze became the first woman to compete at 10 Olympic Games in a career. She has competed at every Summer Olympics since 1988 when she won gold as a 19-year-old Soviet prodigy.
♦ She set her latest record when she stepped into the shooting range for qualification in the women’s 10-meter air pistol on 27 July 2024. Salukvadze placed 38th and didn’t advance to the eight-shooter final.
♦ In a career spanning five decades, Salukvadze has competed on three different Olympic teams - first with the Soviet Union in 1988, then the Unified Team which was organised for ex-Soviet athletes in Barcelona in 1992 after the Soviet Union collapsed. For the last eight Summer Olympics, she’s represented her home country of Georgia following its independence.
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♦ The Olympics’ opening ceremony began in Paris on 26 Juluy 2024. This is the first time when the athletes sail through a river to enter the Olympics in the summer event's history. The closing ceremony will take place on 11 August 2024.
♦ Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu and five-time Olympian Sharath Kamal were India's flag-bearers at the marquee opening ceremony, leading the 117-athlete strong contingent for the Games.
Posted Date: July 27, 2024Sports
♦ Salt Lake City in USA will host the Winter Olympics and Paralympics Games in 2034. The decision was taken by the IOC Members during the 142nd IOC Session in Paris on 24 July 2024.
♦ Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympics for the first time in 2002.
Posted Date: July 25, 2024Sports
♦ India has ranked 124th in the latest FIFA men’s rankings. In Asia, India remained in the 22nd position, behind the likes of Lebanon, Palestine, and Vietnam. Since December 2023, India has been sliding down. They had broken into the top 100 last year, with a best ranking of 99, but since then it has been a downward spiral.
♦ Argentina ranked number 1 in the FIFA rankings with 1901.48 points, while France stood second with 1854.91 points. Spain (1835.67 points), England (1812.26 points), Brazil (1785.61) are clinches 3rd, 4th, 5th ranks respectively.
Posted Date: July 20, 2024Sports
♦ The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named Suryakumar Yadav as captain of the Indian T20 team on 18 July 2024. Shubman Gill was named the Indian vice-captain. The three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka starting the 27th of July.
♦ Other players included in the T20 squad are Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Mohd. Siraj.
Posted Date: July 19, 2024Sports
♦ Spain clinched the European Soccer Championship by defeating England 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final in Berlin. This win marks Spain’s fourth Euro title, its previous victories came in 1964, 2008 and 2012. Germany, with three titles, is second on the list.
♦ Spain won all seven games at this European Championship an unprecedented feat and broke the record for goals scored in a single tournament, with 15. In 1984 France scored 14 goals in a single tournament.
♦ The winning team will be awarded prize money of Rs.72.94 crores and the runner-up team will get Rs.45.60 crores.
Posted Date: July 15, 2024Sports
♦ Argentina won a record 16th Copa America title by defeating Colombia in the final. This match was held at Hard Rock Stadium in Florida on 15 July 2024. This win was the third straight major tournament title for Argentine following their 2021 Copa victory and their triumph in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
♦ Lautaro Martinez won the 2024 Copa America Golden Boot, awarded for the tournament’s top goalscorer. He scored a total of five goals in the tournament.
♦ The winning team will be awarded prize money of sixteen million dollars and the runner-up team will get Seven million dollars.
Posted Date: July 15, 2024Sports
♦ Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz won the Wimbledon 2024 Men’s Singles title on 14 July 2024. He defeated Novak Djokovic (Serbia) in the final at Centre Court in London. This is his second consecutive Wimbledon title.
♦ Alcaraz also won the French Open men’s singles title in 2024 June, defeating Alexander Zverev in the final.
♦ With this victory, Alcaraz becomes only the sixth man to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year.
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♦ Czech Republic professional tennis player Barbora Krejcikova clinched the Wimbledon 2024 Women's Singles title. She defeated Italy's Jasmine Paolini in the final. This match was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on 13 July 2024.
♦ She also won the French Open singles title in 2021.
Posted Date: July 13, 2024Sports
♦ The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has named Gagan Narang as the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, starting on 26th July. He was the 2012 Olympic Games men’s 10-meter Air Rifle bronze medalist.
♦ Star Shuttler PV Sindhu and Table Tennis Ace Achanta Sharath Kamal will be the flag bearers during the opening ceremony.
♦ Chef-de-Mission is an important administrative post as he is responsible for ensuring the welfare of the participating athletes, taking care of their needs and liaising with the organising committee.
Posted Date: July 8, 2024Sports
♦ India’s Abhay Singh won both the men’s doubles and mixed doubles titles in the Asian Doubles Squash Championships held in Johor, Malaysia. Abhay was paired with Velavan Senthilkumar in the men’s doubles and defeated Malaysia’s Ong Sai Hung and Syafiq Kamal in the final to clinch the title.
♦ Abhay combined with veteran Joshna Chinappa later to also clinch the mixed doubles title. They defeated Hong Kong’s Tong Tsz Wing and Tang Ming Hong in the final.
Posted Date: July 7, 2024Sports
♦ Dhruv Sitwala clinched the Asian Billiards Championship title on 6 July 2024. In final he defeated ace Indian cueist and compatriot Pankaj Advani. This match was held in Riyadh. Dhruv set the tone for the match with an impressive start, scoring 103 points, while Advani struggled to get on the board, finishing with no points.
Posted Date: July 6, 2024Sports
♦ Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra will lead the 28-member Indian athletics contingent at the Paris Olympics starting July 26. The Indian squad is comprised of 17 men and 11 women athletes.
Team:
Men:
♦ Avinash Sable (3,000m steeplechase), Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Kumar Jena (javelin throw), Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put), Praveen Chithravel, Abulla Aboobacker (triple jump), Akshdeep Singh, Vikash Singh, Paramjeet Singh Bisht (20km race walk), Muhammed Anas, Muhammed Ajmal, Amoj Jacob, Santhosh Tamilarasan, Rajesh Ramesh (4x400m relay), Mijo Chacko Kurian (4x400m relay), Suraj Panwar (race walk mixed marathon), Sarvesh Anil Kushare (High Jump).
Women:
♦ Kiran Pahal (400m), Parul Chaudhary (3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m), Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles), Annu Rani (javelin throw), Abha Khatua (shot put), Jyothika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan, Vithya Ramraj, Poovamma MR (4x400m relay), Prachi (4x400m), Priyanka Goswami (20km race walk/race walk mixed marathon).
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♦ India won the T20 World Cup 2024 by defeating South Africa in the final on June 29 in Bridgetown, Barbados. In 20 overs India scored 176 for 7 wickets, while South Africa was restricted to 169/8. This was India’s second T20 World Cup win; the team won the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007.
♦ The champions Team India received $2.45 million (Rs.20.42 crore approx) from the International Cricket Council (ICC). Runnerup South Africa got $1.28 million (Rs.10.67 crore approx).
♦ Additionally, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a Rs.125 crore prize money for Team India.
Highlights:
♦ Rohit Sharma became the second captain in the history of Indian cricket to win the ICC T20 World Cup trophy.
♦ This is India's first ICC trophy in 11 years. The last time, India won an ICC trophy under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, was when the Indian cricket team lifted the Champions Trophy in 2013.
♦ England (2010, 2022) and West Indies (2012, 2016) are the only two teams in T20 World Cup history to win the title twice.
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♦ Hockey India announced the 16-member Indian men’s hockey team for the Paris 2024 Olympics on 26 June 2024. Harmanpreet Singh was appointed as captain and Hardik Singh as vice-captain. These games are scheduled from July 26th to August 11th.
♦ Indian squad for Paris 2024 Olympics:
♦ Goalkeepers: Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran
♦ Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay
♦ Midfielders: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad
♦ Forwards: Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh
♦ Alternate Athletes: Nilakanta Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak
♦ In Paris 2024 Olympics, India are placed in Pool B alongside defending Champions Belgium, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, and Ireland. To advance to the Quarter-Finals, the team must secure a top-four finish in their pool.
♦ Pool A comprises the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, South Africa, and host nation France, setting the stage for a highly competitive 12-team men’s hockey tournament.
Posted Date: June 26, 2024Sports
♦ Four Armed Forces Medical Service (AFMS) Officers have brought laurels to India by clinching a record 32 Medals in the 43rd World Medical and Health Games held in Saint-Tropez, France, from 16 to 23rd June 2024. These Officers, namely Lt Col Sanjeev Malik, Maj Anish George, Capt Stephen Sebastian, and Capt Dania James, made history by winning 19 Gold Medals, 09 Silver Medals and 04 Bronze Medals in the in World’s largest sports event for health professionals.
♦ The World Medical and Health Games, often regarded as the Olympic Games for Health Professionals, has evolved into the most prestigious global sporting event within the medical community. With a legacy dating back to 1978, the Games annually attract over 2500 participants from more than 50 different nations.
Posted Date: June 24, 2024Sports
♦ Indian table tennis player Sreeja Akula won the women’s singles title at the WTT Contender Lagos 2024 in Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall in Nigeria on 23 June 2024. She defeated Ding Yijie of China in the final. Sreeja became the first Indian paddler to win a WTT Contender singles title.
♦ Sreeja also won the women’s doubles title. In the final Sreeja, along with Archana Kamath, defeated compatriots Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale.
Posted Date: June 23, 2024Sports
♦ The Indian women’s compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur won the gold medal at the Archery World Cup 2024 stage 3 in Antalya, Turkiye on 22 June 2024. This is the Indian trio’s third straight gold medal in the Archery World Cup 2024 series.
♦ Indian women’s compound team defeated the sixth-seeded Estonian team of Meeri-Marita Paas, Maris Tetsmann and Lisell Jaatma, a European Games gold medallist, 232-226 in the final.
Posted Date: June 22, 2024Sports
♦ India's Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw competition at the Paavo Nurmi Games 2024 athletics meet in Turku, Finland on 18 June 2024. He topped an eight-man field with a best effort of 85.97 meters.
♦ Finland’s Toni Keränen won the silver medal with a personal best of 84.19m throw while his compatriot Oliver Helander took the bronze with 83.96m.
♦ Two-time world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada was fourth with 82.58m.
Posted Date: June 18, 2024Sports
♦ Tata Communications announced a five-year global host broadcasting services deal covering the World Athletics Series of events from 2025.
♦ The World Athletics Championships set to be held in Tokyo from 13-21 September in 2025. The World Athletics Championships is an event which regularly draws a global viewing audience of one billion people.
Posted Date: June 14, 2024Sports
♦ Shruti Vora has created history by becoming the first Indian to win a three-star Grand Prix equestrian event. Shruti scored 67.761 points in the CDI-3 event held in Lipica, Slovenia.
♦The Indian finished ahead of Moldova’s Tatiana Antonenco (Aachen), who scored 66.522. Austria’s Juliane Jerich (Quarter Girl) completed the top three with a score of 66.087.
♦ Hailing from Kolkata, Shruti has represented India in the Dressage World Championship (2022) and the Asian Games (2010, 2014).
Posted Date: June 14, 2024Sports
♦ International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced that India will host the 2025 FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup.
♦ It will be the 14th edition of the tournament and will be played in December 2025.
♦ India will host the tournament for the fourth time since 2013.
Posted Date: June 12, 2024Sports
♦ Max Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix for the third straight year for the Red Bull star's 60th Formula 1 victory and sixth in nine races this season.
♦ He has a staggering 50 victories in the last 75 F1 races. Verstappen finished 3.879 seconds ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris in the 70-lap race on the 2.71-mile (4.36-kilometer) road course.
Posted Date: June 11, 2024Sports
♦ India's Sumit Nagal ranked 77th in the latest ATP Men's Singles Rankings issued on 10 June 2024. He has 713 ATP points. Nagal was 95th in the tennis rankings. He reached a career-high of 77th following his ATP Challenger title win at the Heilbronn Neckarcup in Germany on 9 June 2024.
♦ Jannik Sinner made his debut at No. 1 in the ATP rankings. He is the first player from Italy to reach No. 1 since the computerized rankings began in 1973. Alcaraz ranked No. 2, Djokovic at No. 3, and Zverev remained at No. 4 in the latest ATP rankings.
♦ In the Women's Singles Iga Swiatek ranked No. 1 in the WTA rankings. Coco Gauff climbed to a career-high No. 2 and Aryna Sabalenka is at No. 3 in the latest rankings.
Posted Date: June 10, 2024Sports
♦ Spain's Carlos Alcaraz (21) won his third grand slam title and first at the French Open on 9 June 2024. He defeated Germany's Alexander Zverev in the 2024 French Open men's singles final held in Paris.
♦ With the victory, Alcaraz became the youngest man to claim a grand slam title on every surface having won the US Open in 2022 and Wimbledon in 2023.
♦ Alcaraz joins Spanish compatriot Rafael Nadal as the only man to win a Roland-Garros title under the age of 22 since the year 2000 (Nadal did so 2005-07).
Posted Date: June 9, 2024Sports
♦ Iga Swiatek won her third consecutive French Open championship title in the women’s singles final on 8 June 2024. She defeated Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in the final. This is Swiatek's fourth French Open championship title. Previously she won this title in 2020.
♦ Swiatek is only the second player to claim tournament victory at Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros in a calendar year after Serena Williams (2013).
♦ Swiatek is only the third woman to win three consecutive titles at Roland Garros after Justine Henin (2005-07) and Monica Seles (1990-92).
Posted Date: June 8, 2024Sports
♦ Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri retired from international football on 6 June 2024. India played out a goalless draw against Kuwait in their FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match in Kolkata. This was the last international match for him.
♦ Chhetri's international debut came in 2005, followed by his first goal against Pakistan.
♦ With 94 goals in 150 international appearances, he sits comfortably as the third-highest active international goal-scorer, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Argentina's Lionel Messi.
♦ In 2022, FIFA honoured him with a documentary titled "Captain Fantastic," celebrating his journey and achievements.
Posted Date: June 6, 2024Sports
♦ Indian captain Rohit Sharma became the first batsman in the world to hit 600 sixes in international cricket. He achieved this feat during the match between India and Ireland in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.
♦ Chris Gayle is in second place in the list of the batters with the most international sixes with 553 maximums to his name. Shahid Afridi is in third place with 476 sixes to his name. Brendon McCullum is in the fourth position with 398 sixes.
♦ Rohit also went past MS Dhoni as the 'captain' with the most wins for India. During his captaincy, Dhoni registered 41 wins (Super Over wins not counted) in 73 T20I Matches. Rohit has 42 wins as captain in 55 T20Is. Rohit also has a higher win percentage (77.29) than Dhoni's (59.28).
♦ Virat Kohli, conversely, has 30 wins as captain in 50 T20Is (win percentage of 60).
Posted Date: June 6, 2024Sports
♦ The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced a record prize purse of USD 11.25 million (approx Rs.93.5 crore) for the 2024 T20 World Cup with the winners pocketing at least USD 2.45 million (Rs.20.36 crore).
♦ The runners-up will receive at least USD 1.28 million (Rs.10.36 crore), while the losing semi-finalists walk away with USD 787,500 each.
♦ Teams that do not advance past the second round will receive $382,500 each, and those finishing between ninth and 12th place will get $247,500 each. Teams ranking from 13th to 20th place will each earn $225,000. Additionally, every team will receive an extra $31,154 for each match won, excluding the semi-finals and finals.
♦ The previous edition in 2022 had a total prize pool of USD 5.6 million with winners England receiving USD 1.6 million.
Posted Date: June 4, 2024Sports
♦ The Monaco Grand Prix 2024 was won by Charles Leclerc.
♦ Charles Leclerc, the Ferrari dirver, has achieved a remarkable feat by becoming the first Monegasque driver to win the Monaco Grand Prix since Louis Chiron in 1931, ending a drought of 92 years.
♦ His triumph, his first since Austria in July 2022, brought his total career wins to six, all achieved with Ferrari.
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♦ Dipa Karmakar made history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Asian Senior Championships on 26 May 2024. She achieved an average score of 13.566 in the women’s vault which was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. North Korean gymnasts Kim Son Hyang and Jo Kyong Byol secured the silver and bronze medals with scores of 13.466 and 12.966, respectively.
♦ Previously, Indian gymnasts managed four medals, all bronze, at the continental championships. Dipa Karmakar herself accounted for one of these with a third-place finish in women’s vault in 2015. Ashish Kumar, men’s floor exercise in 2006, and Pranati Nayak, women’s vault in 2019 and 2022, have been the other medallists for India in the competition.
Posted Date: May 26, 2024Sports
♦ Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clinched their third Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 title on 26 May 2024. They defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 8 wickets. The 17th edition of the IPL final match was held at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
♦ This is KKR's third IPL trophy, which came after 10 years. Previously it won in 2012 and 2014.
♦ With the win, KKR also bagged a prize money of Rs. 20 crore, while SRH were given Rs. 13 crore.
♦ Full List Of Prize Winners In IPL 2024:
♦ Orange Cap: Virat Kohli - 741 runs (Rs 10 lakh)
♦ Purple Cap: Harshal Patel - 24 wickets (Rs 10 lakh)
♦ Most Valuable Player of the season: Sunil Narine (Rs 12 lakh)
♦ Ultimate Fantasy Player of The Season: Sunil Narine
♦ Most 4s: Travis Head (64)
♦ Most 6s: Abhishek Sharma (42)
♦ Striker of the season: Jake Fraser-McGurk (234.04)
♦ Emerging Player of the season: Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs 20 lakh)
♦ Catch Of The Season: Ramandeep Singh
♦ Fair Play Award: SRH
♦ Pitch and ground award: Hyderabad Cricket Association
Posted Date: May 26, 2024Sports
♦ The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi as the T20 World Cup 2024 brand ambassador.
♦ Afridi joins India legend Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle and sprint sensation Usain Bolt among the ambassadors chosen by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the maiden 20-team T20 World Cup. Afridi played in four more editions of the T20 World Cup and captained the side in 2010 and 2016.
Posted Date: May 25, 2024Sports
♦ Indian men’s badminton duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have regained their top spot in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) Rankings. The BWF rankings were released on 21 May 2024. They climbed two places with 99670 points to reclaim the top spot.
♦ The Indian duo had slipped to No.3 after losing at the All-England Championships.
♦ HS Prannoy ranked 9th, Lakshya Sen 14th, and Kidambi Srikanth 26th in men’s singles.
♦ PV Sindhu ranked 15 in women’s singles.
♦ Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand ranked world No. 29 and Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa ranked 19 in the latest badminton rankings for women’s doubles teams.
♦ In the mixed doubles, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath were at World No. 39 and were the only Indians inside the top 50.
Posted Date: May 21, 2024Sports
♦ Deepthi Jeevanji clinched a gold medal at the Para Athletics World Championship 2024. She set a world record timing of 55.07s in the women’s 400m T20 category.
♦ This match was held in Kobe, Japan on 20 May 2024. Deepthi smashed American Breanna Clark’s earlier world record of 55.12 seconds set during 2023 edition of the championships in Paris.
♦ Aysel Onder of Turkey was second with 55.19 seconds while Lizanshela Angulo of Ecuador was third with 56.68 seconds.
Posted Date: May 20, 2024Sports
♦ Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on 19 May 2024.
♦ It marks Verstappen's fifth in seven races this season and the 59th of his career.
♦ It also marks his third consecutive win at the historic Imola circuit.
Posted Date: May 19, 2024Sports
♦ India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the Thailand Open title in the men’s doubles event on 19 May 2024.
♦ They defeated the Chinese pair of Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi in the final. This was the second title of the 2024 badminton season for Chirag and Satwik and the second Thailand Open title.
♦ The Indian pair’s first Super 500 title on the BWF World Tour came at the Thailand Open in 2019.
♦ In 2024, they finished runner-up at the Malaysia Super 1000 and India Super 750 before claiming the French Super 750 in March.
Posted Date: May 19, 2024Sports
♦ Nikhat Zareen and Minakshi won a gold each at Elorda Cup 2024.
♦ This match was held in Astana (Kazakhstan) on 18 May 2024.
♦ Nikhat (52kg) defeated Zhazira Urakbayeva of Kazakhstan in the final and Minakshi defeated Uzbekistan’s Rahmonova Saidahon in the women’s 48kg final.
♦ Meanwhile, Anamika (50kg) and Manisha (60kg) suffered losses to end their campaigns with silver medals.
♦ Anamika fought valiantly but conceded a 1-4 loss against reigning world and Asian champion China’s Wu Yu while Manisha faced a 0-5 defeat against Kazakhstan’s Viktoriya Grafeeva.
Posted Date: May 18, 2024Sports
♦ Cristiano Ronaldo topped the Forbes’ list of highest-paid athletes for the fourth time in his career. He earned an estimated $260 million over the last 12 months. He earned $200 million from his club contract with Al-Nassr and $60 million in off-field earnings.
♦ Spanish golfer Jon Rahm ranked second in this list with $218 million. Argentine soccer Lionel Messi is in third spot with USD 135 million.
♦ Forbes’ 10 highest-paid athletes in 2024:
♦ Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer) - $260 million
♦ Jon Rahm (golf) - $218 million
♦ Lionel Messi (soccer) - $135 million
♦ LeBron James (basketball) - $128.2 million
♦ Giannis Antetokounmpo (basketball) - $111 million
♦ Kylian Mbappé (soccer) - $110 million
♦ Neymar (soccer) - $108 million
♦ Karim Benzema (soccer) - $106 million
♦ Steph Curry (basketball) - $102 million
♦ Lamar Jackson (football) - $100.5 million
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♦ Indian football icon Sunil Chhetri has announced his retirement from international football on 16 May 2024. He will retire after the FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Kuwait in Kolkata on June 6.
♦ Chhetri debuted in 2005 and scored 94 goals for the country in 150 matches. He is also third in the list of goal scorers among active players behind Cristiano Ronaldo (128 goals) and Lionel Messi (106 goals).
♦ He has been instrumental in India's victories in the Nehru Cup (2007, 2009, 2012) and the SAFF Championship (2011, 2015, 2021). Most significantly, his contribution to India's 2008 AFC Challenge Cup win secured their first AFC Asian Cup appearance in 27 years.
Posted Date: May 16, 2024Sports
♦ Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra (26) clinched the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw finals at the Federation Cup 2024 on May 15. He registered a best throw of 82.27m on his fourth attempt to claim the top honour.
♦ This event was held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Neeraj was participating in an event in India for the first time since becoming the Olympic champion three years ago.
♦ The last time Neeraj competed in India was at the Federation Cup in March 2021, where he won the gold medal with a throw of 87.80m.
♦ Asian Athletics Championships silver medallist DP Manu clinched the silver medal with a 82.06m while Uttam Balasaheb Patil bagged the bronze with a 78.39m effort.
Posted Date: May 15, 2024Sports
♦ The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously announced May 25 as the World Football Day.
♦ Football is a world's most popular sport.
♦ It aims to celebrate the diversity and inclusivity that football embodies
♦ The resolution, introduced by Taher M. El-Sonni, Permanent Representative of the State of Libya to the United Nations, was passed unanimously by the 193-member General Assembly.
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♦ P Shyaamnikhil became India's 85th chess Grandmaster by completing final GM norms in Dubai.
♦ He is form Tamilnadu state. Shyaamnikhil, who embarked on his journey at the tender age of eight, finally secured the coveted third and final GM norm at the prestigious 2024 Dubai Police Masters Chess Tournament.
♦ Vishwanathan Anand was the first Indian to become the Grandmaster in 1988. Koneru Hampy was the first women Grandmaster of India and also she is world's youngest female player ever to become women Grandmaster.
Posted Date: May 13, 2024Sports
♦ Shafali Verma became the youngest cricketer to make 100 international appearance. She achieved the feat at the age of 20 years and 102 days during T20I match against Bangladesh on 9 May 2024.
♦ l Shafali broke Sachin's 30 years old record. He played his 100th international match at the age of 20 years and 239 days, in 1994.
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♦ The Rajasthan Royals bowler Yuzvendra Chahal became the first Indian bowler to reach the milestone of 350 wickets in the T20 format.
♦ He created this record after dismissing the Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on 7 May 2024.
♦ The next best India on the list is veteran Mumbai Indians bowler Piyush Chawla, with 310 wickets.
Posted Date: May 9, 2024Sports
♦ India’s Tejaswin Shankar clinched victory in the men’s High Jump event at the USATF Festival in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
♦ The National record holder Tejaswin cleared 2.23 metres in his first attempt to secure the top spot at the World Athletics Continental Tour – Silver event. With this jump, he equaled his season-best effort.
♦ Earnie Sears of USA finished second, while Roberto Vilches of Mexico was third. Another Indian athlete, Sarvesh Kushare cleared 2.13m to finish fifth.
Posted Date: May 6, 2024Sports
♦ Salima Tete was named as captain of the Indian women’s hockey team for the Belgium and England legs of the FIH Pro League 2023-24. She replaced Savita Punia. Navneet Kaur was named vice-captain.
♦ The matches in Belgium will begin on May 22 and end on May 26, while the England leg will commence on June 1 and conclude on June 9.
♦ Salima Tete recently received the prestigious Balbir Singh Sr Award for Player of the Year in the women’s category at the Hockey India Annual Awards.
Posted Date: May 2, 2024Sports
♦ The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has awarded the Grand Master title to Vaishali Ramesh Babu.
♦ She is the third Indian female Grandmaster to achieve this feat after Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli.
♦ Vaishali is the sister of Grand Master Ramesh Babu Pragnananda. They became the world’s first Grandmaster brother-sister duo.
♦ Vaishali completed the requisite 2500 ELO points at the Llobregat Open tournament in Spain in 2023.
♦ However, the title was officially given to her only recently follow♦ing the FIDE Council meeting during the Candidates Tournament in Toronto.
Posted Date: May 2, 2024Sports
♦ India will host the 2025 World Junior Badminton Championships at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati.
♦ The Badminton World Federation (BWF) said this on 30 April 2024.
♦ It will be the first time since 2008 that the BWF event will be held in India. India last hosted the event in Pune.
Posted Date: April 30, 2024Sports
India's trio of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav won the men’s recurve team gold at the Archery World Cup Stage 1. They defeated reigning Olympic champions South Korea in the final in Shanghai on 28 April 2024. It is India’s first gold medal in the team event of a World Cup in 14 years. The last win, also in Shanghai, was achieved in 2010 by Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Tarundeep Rai.
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Jyothi Surekha Vennam won three gold medals in the 2023 Asian Games in Shanghai on 27 April 2024. She bagged gold in the women’s individual, mixed event partnering Abhishek Verma and the women’s team gold with Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur.
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♦ Former wrestler Narsingh Pancham Yadav was elected Chairman of the Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) Athletes' Commission.
♦ He won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the men's freestyle 74 kg category.
♦ Narsingh also won a bronze medal in the 2014 Asian Games while his last international event was the 2021 Asian Championships where he finished with a bronze in the 79kg.
♦ The other elected members of the Athletes Commission are Sahil (Delhi), Smitha AS (Kerala), Bharti Bhaghei (UP), Khushboo S Pawar (Gujarat), Nikki (Haryana), and Sweta Dubey (Bengal).
Posted Date: April 26, 2024Sports
♦ Max Verstappen won Formula One’s first Chinese Grand Prix on 21 April 2024.
♦ This is his fourth victory in five races this season and his 23rd in the last 27 extending through last season.
Posted Date: April 21, 2024Sports
♦ Deepanshu Sharma won a gold medal in the men’s javelin throw at the Asian under-20 athletics championships in Dubai on 24 April 2024.
♦ Deepanshu threw a distance of 70.29m.
♦ Rohan Yadav clinched a silver medal. He threw a distance of 70.03m.
♦ Priyanshu won a silver medal in the men’s 1500m after clicking 3:50.85.
♦ India won another silver, through Ritik (52.23m) in the men’s discus throw.
♦ The 21st Asian U20 Athletics Championships is being held in Dubai from April 24 to 27.
Posted Date: April 24, 2024Sports
♦ Sreeja Akula became the top-ranked Indian woman table tennis player after getting a career-high rank of 38 in the latest ITTF Chart released on 23 April 2024. She replaced Manika Batra. Manika ranked 39 in the latest update.
♦ Sreeja won the WTT Feeder Corpus Christi and WTT Feeder Beirut titles in 2024, January and March respectively. Sreeja had won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2022 CWG alongside veteran Sharath Kamal.
♦ Yashaswini Ghorpade and Archana Kamath held on to their 99th and 100th spot in the rankings.
♦ Sharath continues to be the top-ranked male player, occupying the 37 spot in the rankings while G Sathiyan and Manav Thakar have interchanged places to be 60th and 61st respectively. National champion Harmeet Desai’s, who was the top ranked Indian a couple of months a ago, descent continues as he dropped to the 64th spot.
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♦ Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic received Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record-equalling fifth time. He won in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2019. The award ceremony was held in Madrid, Spain. Spain’s World Cup-winning midfielder Aitana Bonmati was named the Sportswoman of the Year.
♦ Winners List:
♦ World Sportswoman of the Year: Aitana Bonmati
♦ World Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic
♦ World Team of the Year: Spain Women’s Football Team
♦ World Breakthrough of the Year: Jude Bellingham
♦ World Comeback of the Year: Simone Biles
♦ World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Diede de Groot
♦ World Action Sportsperson of the Year: Arisa Trew
♦ Laureus Sport for Good: Rafa Nadal Foundation
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♦ Karnataka milk brand Nandini has announced its sponsorship of the Scotland and Ireland teams for the upcoming T20 Cricket World Cup. Nandini is an associate sponsor of the Bengaluru Bulls team in the Pro Kabaddi League.
♦ The Nandini logo will be featured prominently on the lead arm (on the right arm for the left-handed batsmen and on the left for the right-handed) of the batsmen’s jerseys. The T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 will be co-hosted by the West Indies and the US between June 1 and 29.
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♦ D Gukesh (17) became the youngest winner of the FIDE Candidates tournament in Toronto on 22 April 2024.
♦ He breaks former world champion Garry Kasparov’s record (20 years, 11 months) by over three years, and became the only Indian other than his mentor Viswanathan Anand to win the Candidates.
♦ He will face Ding Liren later this year in the biggest match of his young life. The World Championship clash will be the first time in a decade that an Indian will be in a fight for the world title since Anand at Sochi in 2014.
Posted Date: April 22, 2024Sports
♦ Mumbai Indians opener Rohit Sharma became the second player in the history of the Indian Premier League to appear in 250 matches. He has been part of the IPL since 2008 when he started with the now-defunct team, Deccan Chargers. Since 2011, he has been with Mumbai Indians. MS Dhoni has played 256 IPL matches with Chennai Super Kings and the now-defunct franchise Rising Pune Supergiants.
♦ Dinesh Karthik became the third player to appear in 250 matches in the IPL. Currently, he is the Royal Challengers Bengaluru wicketkeeper. Karthik has played for six IPL teams in total. He started his IPL career with Delhi Daredevils in 2008 and then has been part of Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Lions and Kolkata Knight Riders.
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♦ Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis (24) broke the men’s pole vault world record with a 6.24-meter effort in the Diamond League season-opening meet in Xiamen, China on 20 April 2024. It was the eighth time Duplantis broke the world record, and he was the only man to clear six meters at the Egret Stadium.
♦ Sam Kendricks placed second at 5.82-meter, followed by Huang Bokai at 5.72-meter.
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♦ Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna (21) broke the world record in the men’s discus. He threw the four-pound discus 74.35 meters (nearly 244 feet) in Ramona, Oklahoma on 15 April 2024.
♦ German Jürgen Schult set the previous world record of 74.08 meters in June 1986.
♦ Alekna is the son of 2000 and 2004 Olympic discus champion Virgilijus Alekna, who was bumped to third on the all-time list with a personal best of 73.88 meters.
♦ In 2022, Alekna became the first teenage man to win a throwing medal in world championships history with a silver, according to Bill Mallon of the OlyMADMen. Alekna took bronze at 2023 Worlds.
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Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee created history by smacking six sixes in an over in a T20I. Dipendra scripted the achievement in the last over against Qatar in Nepal's ACC Men's Premier Cup match on 13 April 2024. He is now the third cricketer after India's Yuvraj Singh (off Stuart Broad in the 2007 World T20) and West Indies Kieron Pollard (off Akila Dananjaya in 2021) to slam six sixes in an over in T20Is.
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♦ World Athletics (WA) announced a reward of USD 50,000 (Rs.41,59,865) to Gold medalists at the upcoming 2024 Olympics in Paris on 10 November 2024. World Athletics will become the first international federation to award prize money at an Olympic Games.
♦ Out of the 2.4 million dollars enclosed price World Athletics receives from the international Olympic committee every four years a share has been allocated to champions in each of 48 athletic competitions at the event and Relay teams will share the winners’ prize pot.
♦ It will be extended to Olympic silver and bronze medal winners in Los Angeles in 2028.
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♦ Triple world champion Max Verstappen won the title at the Japanese Grand Prix on 7 April 2024. He finished 12.535sec ahead of the Mexican Perez. This is Verstappen's third win from the first four races of the 2024 season.
♦ Currently, Verstappen has 57 career wins, pushed his season points total to 77 and is 13 clear of Perez on 64. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc follows with 59 with Sainz on 55.
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India's men's tennis player Sumit Nagal qualified for the Monte Carlo Masters on 7 April 2024. He defeated Argentina’s Facundo Diaz Acosta in the final qualifying round. Nagal became the first Indian to enter the Monte Carlo Masters singles main draw in 42 years. Currently, he is ranked 95 in the world ATP rankings.
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♦ Indian shuttler Tharun Mannepalli (22) emerged as champion in the men’s singles competition at the Kazakhstan International Challenge tournament in Uralsk on 6 April 2024. He defeated eighth-seeded Malaysian Soong Joo Ven in the final. This is Tharun's first International title.
♦ In the women’s singles Anupama Upadhyaya (19) defeated fellow Indian Harshitaa Rout in the final. This is her second successive international title. Anupama won the Polish International challenge in March 2024.
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Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna won the Miami Open doubles title with partnering Matthew Ebden. They defeated Croatian Ivan Dodig and American Austin Krajicek in the final. This match was held in Miami on 31 March 2024. This was Bopanna’s 14th ATP Masters 1000 final. Overall, it was the veteran Indian player’s 63rd ATP Tour level final and 26th doubles title. Bopanna also achieved a rare feat as he became the second Indian after Leander Paes to reach the final of all nine ATP Masters events.
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♦ Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and Chile skipper Camila Caram have been appointed co-chairs of the new FIH Athletes Committe. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced this on 27 March 2024.
♦ The FIH Athletes Committee serves as a consultative body and makes recommendations to the FIH Executive Board, FIH Committees, Advisory Panels and other bodies. The roles also cover seeking and providing feedback to the FIH on behalf of all athletes.
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Indian football star Sunil Chhetri (39) was felicitated by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) for appearing in his 150th international game in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Afghanistan on 26 March 2024.
♦ Chhetri became the 40th player in the world was played 150 or more international matches in the list led by Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (205).
♦ Chhetri first donned the senior national jersey on June 12, 2005, in a friendly match against Pakistan in Quetta.
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♦ Indian paddler Akula Sreeja clinched the women’s singles title at the WTT Feeder Beirut II in Beirut, Lebanon on 25 March 2023. She defeated Sarah D Nutte of Luxembourg in the final. It is Sreeja’s second WTT singles career title. She had won the Feeder Corpus Christi in January 2024.
♦ Manav and Manush defeated compatriots Mudit Dani and Akash Pal in the final in the men's doubles summit clash.
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♦ Star paddler G. Sathiyan became the first-ever Indian to win a men's singles trophy at a WTT Feeder Series event in Beirut, Lebanon. He defeated compatriot Manav Thakkar on the final day of WTT Feeder Beirut 2024.
♦ Meanwhile, Xia Lian Ni picked up her second WTT Feeder title in women's singles, producing an excellent display to break down Suh Hyo Won's defensive barrier.
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♦ The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced that Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal will be the Indian team’s flagbearer for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics. Olympic bronze medalist MC Mary Kom was named as the Chef De Mission for the 2024 Olympics.
♦ Meanwhile, Gagan Narang, a bronze medalist in the 10m air rifle event at the 2012 London Olympics, has been appointed to head the shooting village operations for the Paris Olympics.
♦ The Olympic Games will take place from 2024, July 26 to August 11.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the 2024 Women’s Premier League (WPL) title on 17 March 2024. RCB defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by eight wickets in the final held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Winners team RCB won Rs. 6 crore cash prize while runners-up team DC got Rs.3 crore cash.
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♦ Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy title, beating Vidarbha by 169 runs. The final match was held at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 14 March 2024. This was Mumbai's 42nd Ranji Trophy title.
♦ Mumbai's Tanush Kotian was named the Player of the Tournament, while Musheer Khan received the Player of the Match award.
♦ The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Rs.5 crore prize money for the Ranji Trophy champions, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has declared an additional Rs.5 crore for the winning team.
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♦ India Men's Hockey Team is at No. 4 Position with 2761 points in the latest FIH Hockey World Rankings. Netherlands (3060) continues to sit at the top of the rankings. Belgium (2848) and Germany (2786) are at second and third positions respectively.
♦ In the FIH Women’s World Rankings, the Netherlands (3422) is at the top spot and India (2215) is ranked ninth.
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♦ India's batter Yashasvi Jaiswal (22) was named the ICC 'Player of the Month' for February on 12 March 2024. Jaiswal beat competition from New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson and Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka to win this award.
♦ Jaiswal ended February with staggering numbers – 560 runs at an average of 112, including an incredible 20 sixes. He has carried his form into March, becoming the second-quickest Indian to reach the milestone of 1000 Test runs.
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♦ India claimed the top spot in the ICC Test rankings. It overtakes Australia with 122 ranking points in the latest pecking order released by the International Cricket Council on 10 March 2024. In this index, Australia (117 points) and England (111 points) were in second and third positions respectively.
♦ In ODIs, India has 121 rating points, with Australia a close second with 118 points.
♦ In the T20Is, India has 266 rating points, with England (256) at the second spot.
♦ With this Team India was at No. 1 in all three formats.
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The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched their second French Open men's doubles badminton title on 10 March 2024. They defeated Chinese Taipei's Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan in the final. Satwik-Chirag earlier won the French Open men's doubles badminton title in 2022. They had finished runners-up in the French Open in 2019. Currently, they are the world's No. 1 men’s doubles pair.
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England's veteran bowler James Anderson became the first pacer and third bowler across the globe to pick 700 Test wickets during the fifth Test match against India at Dharamshala on 9 March 2024. Anderson dismissed Kuldeep Yadav at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala to reach the milestone. Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and leg-spinner Shane Warne (708) achieved the feat in the longest format of the sport.
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Ravichandran Ashwin (37) became the 14th Indian player to feature in 100 Test matches. He achieved this majesty during the fifth Test against England at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association stadium in Dharamsala on 7 March 2024.
♦ Ashwin made his Test debut against the West Indies in New Delhi in 2011. HE is also the first player from Tamil Nadu to breach the 100-Test milestone.
Time taken between 1st and 100th Test
♦ Sunil Gavaskar - 13 years, 7 months, 11 days
♦ Dilip Vengsarkar - 12 years 10 months
♦ Kapil Dev - 11 years 30 days
♦ Sachin Tendulkar - 12 years 9 months 21 days
♦ Anil Kumble - 15 years 4 months 9 days
♦ Rahul Dravid - 9 years 8 months 26 days
♦ Sourav Ganguly - 11 years 6 months 6 days
♦ VVS Laxman - 11 years 11 months 17 days
♦ Virender Sehwag - 11 years 20 days
♦ Harbhajan Singh - 14 years 10 months 28 days
♦ Ishant Sharma - 13 years 8 months 30 days
♦ Virat Kohli - 10 years 8 months 12 days
♦ Cheteshwar Pujara - 12 years 4 months 8 days
♦ R. Ashwin - 12 years 4 months 1 day
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The National men's and women’s teams have qualified for the Olympics for the first time in the history of Indian table tennis. Teams qualified through the World team rankings, the final list was released on 4 March 2024. The top 16 teams make it to the Paris Olympics. In the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings, the Indian men’s team is ranked 15 while the women’s 13.
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♦ Namibia's Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (22) created history by smashing the fastest century in T20 Internationals (T20Is) in just 33 balls. He achieved this feat against Nepal in the opening match of the Tri-Nation series on 27 February 2024. Loftie-Eaton played a knock of 101 off just 36 deliveries, which included 11 fours and eight sixes at an amazing strike rate of 280.55.
♦ The previous record was held by Nepal's Kushal Malla, who achieved a century off 34 balls against Mongolia in 2023.
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♦ Former India cricketer Lalchand Rajput (62) was named the head coach of UAE’s men’s cricket team for a three-year period. He played two Tests and four ODIs for India in the 1980s. Rajput is currently the head of the Mumbai Cricket Association's Cricket Improvement Committee.
♦ He was the coach of the victorious Indian team that won the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007. Rajput has also coached Afghanistan in 2016-17. He also served as coach of Zimbabwe from 2018-2022 and helped it qualify for the Men’s T20 World Cup in 2022.
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Indian-origin boy Ashwath Kaushik (8) defeated Polish chess grandmaster Jacek Stopa (37) at the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open in Switzerland. He became the youngest player to defeat a GM in classical chess. Ashwath Kaushik represented Singapore. Currently, Ashwath is ranked world No. 37,338 on FIDE. His family moved to Singapore in 2017.
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♦ Gulveer Singh won a gold medal in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships held in Tehran on 19 February 2024. He finished the 3000m final race at 8 minutes 07.48 seconds. Keneshbekov Nursultan (8:08.85) of Kyrgystan and Jalil Naseri (8:09.39) of Iran took the silver and bronze respectively.
♦ India ended the championships with four gold and one silver. The country had won one gold, six silver and one bronze in the last edition in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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♦ Indian women’s team clinched a gold medal at the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024 on 18 February 2024. They defeated Thailand in the final in Shah Alam, Malaysia. This was Indian women’s maiden title in the history of the Asia Team Championships. The men’s Indian badminton team had previously won two medals in 2016 and 2020, but both were bronze.
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Singles 1: PV Sindhu beat Supanida Katethong.
Doubled 1: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela beat Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Pra Jongjai.
Singles 2: Ashmita Chaliha lost to Busanan Ongbamrungphan
Doubles 2: Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra lost to Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard
Singles 3: Anmol Kharb beat Pornpicha Choeikeewong
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♦ The Indian football team dropped 15 places to 117th in the FIFA rankings released on 15 February 2024. This was India's worst ranking after it was placed at the 129th spot in the January 2017 chart. The historical worst ranking, though, was 173 in 2015.
♦ The Indian team was placed 102nd in the last FIFA rankings, issued on December 21, 2023.
♦ India also lost 35.63 rating points from the previous total. It now lies in between Togo (116th) and Guinea-Bissau (118th). The country is ranked 22nd among the Asian nations.
♦ World champion Argentina continues to lead, followed by France, England, Belgium, and Brazil in the latest FIFA rankings.
Posted Date: February 15, 2024Sports
♦ Sumit Nagal entered into the top 100 rankings in the World ATP Rankings for the first time in his career. He jumped from 121 to 98 in the updated rankings released on 12 February 2024. Nagal defeated Italy’s Luca Nardi in the Chennai Open final to clinch his fifth title on the ATP Challenger Tour.
♦ Before Nagal, the last Indian man to enter the Top 100 was Prajnesh Gunneswaran in 2019.
♦ Sania Mirza is the only Indian woman to have ever made it to the Top 100 in the WTA Rankings. She achieved a career-high ranking of 27 in 2007.
♦ A top-100 spot in singles is a key milestone for any professional tennis player, one where only 10 Indian men have ever gone since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973. They are:
Vijay Amritraj: 18 (1980), Anand Amritraj: 74 (1974), Sania Mirza: 27 (2007), Jasjit Singh: 89 (1974), Sashi Menon: 71 (1975), Ramesh Krishnan: 23 (1985), Somdev Devvarman: 62 (2011), Yuki Bhambri: 83 (2018), Prajnesh Gunneswaran: 75 (2019), Sumit Nagal: 98 (2024).
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Indian boxer Amit Panghal won a gold medal at the 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 11 February 2024, he defeated Sanzhar Tashkenbay of Kazakhstan in the 51kg category.
♦ In the 57kg category, Sachin Siwach won a gold medal by defeating Uzbekistan’s Shakhzod Muzafarov.
♦ Nikhat Zareen clinched a silver medal in this tournament. She lost against Uzbekistan’s Sabina Bobokulova in the final.
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Australia won the ICC Under 19 World Cup title by defeating India at Williamson Park in Benoni (South Africa) on February 11, 2024.
♦ Australia scored 253/7 in 50 overs and India scored 174 in 43.5 overs beat by 79 runs. Australia became a four-time (previously 1998, 2002, 2010) champion with this win.
♦ India clinched five Under 19 World Cup titles in 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, and 2022.
♦ Since 1998, the ICC Under 19 World Cup has been played every two years.
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BCCI secretary Jay Shah was appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council for a third consecutive term on 31 January 2024. Shah's extension was proposed by the Sri Lanka Cricket president Shammi Silva and the nomination was unanimously backed by all the members of the ACC at its annual general meeting in Bali.
♦ Shah had taken over the reins of the ACC in January 2021 from Nazmul Hassan, the Bangladesh Cricket Board president.
♦ Under Shah’s leadership, the ACC has successfully organized the Asia Cup in T20 format in 2022 and in ODI format in 2023, showcasing Asia’s capability of hosting premier cricket events.
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India's Sonam Maskar won the silver medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup. She bagged this medal in the women’s 10m air rifle event held in Cairo, Egypt. Sonam shot 252.1 in the eight-woman final. Germany’s Anna Janssen won the gold medal with 253 points. Poland’s Aneta Stankiewicz took the bronze medal.
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India’s Man Singh (34) clinched the gold medal at the Asian Marathon Championships 2024 in Hong Kong on 21 January 2024. He clocked two hours, 14 minutes and 19 seconds (2:14:19) to win the competition. Man Singh became only the second Indian man to won a gold medal at the Asian Marathon Championships.
♦ China's Huang Yongzheng took the silver with a time of 2:15:24 while Kyrgyzstan's Tiapkin Ilya came third in 2:18:18.
♦ Another Indian in the fray, AP Belliappa finished sixth with a time of 2:20:20.
♦ In the women’s event, India’s Ashvini Jadhav finished eighth in 2:56:42 and Jyoti Gawate finished 11th in 3:06:20.
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♦ Shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty finished as runners-up in the finals of the men's doubles. South Korea's Seo Seung-Jae and Kang Min-hyuk won the title at the Super 750 badminton tournament. This match was held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi on 21 January 2024.
♦ China's Shi Yu Qi defeated Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu to clinch the men's singles title. On the other hand, Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying won the women's singles title after defeating China's Chen Yu Fei.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the opening ceremony of the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 at the iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. Modi also launched and laid the foundation stone of projects related to the Broadcasting sector worth about Rs.250 crores. The event, slated to take place from January 19 to 31, will witness the participation of over 5,500 athletes across 26 competitive sports.
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♦ Tata Group has bagged the title sponsorship of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for 2024-28. This sponsorship rights valuation is at a cost of Rs.2500 crore (yearly Rs.500 crore). This is the highest-ever sponsorship amount in the history of the league.
♦ Tata Group has been the title sponsor of both the men's IPL and the Women's Premier League for the previous two IPL seasons - 2022 & 2023.
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♦ Indian shooters secured a gold medal in men’s 10m air pistol team event at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Jakarta, Indonesia on 8 January 2024. The Indian team of Varun Tomar, Arjun Singh Cheema and Ujjawal Malik produced a total of 1740 to finish at the top. While Iran claimed Silver, Korea claimed bronze medals. A total of 16 quota places for the Paris Olympics are available at the continental showpiece.
♦ Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan and Surbhi Rao then shoulder Indian hopes in the women’s 10m air pistol, where India have still to win a Paris quota.
♦ As many as 385 athletes from 26 countries will take aim at the Senayan Shooting Range in Jakarta for 256 medals (84 gold, 84 silver and 88 bronze medals), besides the Paris quotas.
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♦ Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the Beach Games held at the Ghoghala Beach of Diu on 5 January 2024. Due to this festival, beach sports will also be promoted in other beach-bearing States and Union Territories of the country. More than 1200 players are participating in this sports festival. A total of eight different sports are included in the Beach Games, including beach volleyball, pencak silat, beach boxing, beach soccer, and sea swimming along with traditional sports such as Malakhambah, beach kabaddi, and tug of war, more than 20 in the beach games.
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Indian tennis player A Sreemanya Reddy (15) clinched the singles title in the Gaby Amengual’s Memorial Tour in the women’s category. This match was held in Open Marratxi, Mallorca, Spain on 31 December 2023. In the final, Sreemanya defeated Georgina Satchell. Before her win in the final, Sreemanya upset top seed Rosalina Elisabeth and third seed Lara Diaz Garcia in semifinal and quarterfinal clashes respectively.
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♦ Simranjeet Singh and Rajni Etimarpu will lead the men’s and women’s Hockey teams for the upcoming FIH Hockey5s World Cup to be held in Muscat, Oman, Hockey India said on 31 December 2023. While the Hockey5s Women’s World Cup will be held between January 24 and 27, the men’s event is slated from January 28 to January 31.
♦ The Indian Women are grouped in Pool C along with Namibia, Poland, and the United States. The Indian Men are grouped in Pool B, along with Egypt, Jamaica, and Switzerland.
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♦ Norway's Magnus Carlsen won the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on 30 December 2023. He finished with 16 points from 21 rounds, ahead of Russian GMs Daniil Dubov (15.5 points) and Vladislav Artemiev (15).
♦ Arjun Erigaisi is in 6th place with 14 points. Aravindh Chithambaram got 14th place (13.5 points), R Praggnanandhaa in 28th (12.5 points), and D Gukesh got 38th rank (12.5 points).
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♦ Nishika Agarwal from Telangana clinched the Junior Artistic Gymnastics National Championships title on 29 December 2023. She clinched a total of five medals in the Junior National Championship (Vault- Gold; Uneven Bars - Gold; Balance Beams - Bronze; Floor Exercise - Silver and All-around - Gold).
♦ West Bengal’s Soumili Karar clinched Silver and Maharashtra’s Haasya Mungekar bagged Bronze in this Championship.
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Magnus Carlsen clinched his fifth World Rapid Championship title at the World Rapid Chess Championship 2023 held at Samarkand, Uzbekistan on 28 December 2023. Carlsen’s score of 10/13 eclipsed Fedoseev (9.5/13) and Yu Yangyi (9/13), who finished second and third respectively.
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♦ Koneru Humpy clinched a silver medal at the Women’s World Rapid Chess Championships 2023 on 28 December 2023. She finished at the top position after 11 rounds with 8.5 points, along with Russia’s Anastasia Bodnaruk. She played a tie-breaker against Bodnaruk for the title but Humpy lost in this match and get silver. This is her third medal from these championships after a gold in 2019 and a bronze in 2012.
♦ This Championships was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan from December 26th to 28th.
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Vita Dani became the first Indian to be inducted as a governing board member of the International Table Tennis Federation's (ITTF) Foundation. The Foundation was established in 2018 by the ITTF.
♦ ITTF Foundation aims to use the characteristics of Table Tennis to foster development through the sport; attracting more people to play.
♦ Vita Dani is the founder of the Dani Foundation. Dani has consistently endeavored to effect meaningful change through her initiatives in sports and philanthropy.
Posted Date: December 26, 2023Sports
♦ Union Minister for Youth Affairs, Sports and Information & Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur launched the official logo, jersey, mascot, torch, and theme song for the upcoming Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai on 22 December 2023. The 6th edition of the Khelo India Youth Games is scheduled from January 19 to 31, 2024.
♦ The previous 5 editions of the Youth Games have been held in Delhi, Pune, Guwahati, Panchkula and Bhopal. The upcoming edition will take place in four cities of Tamil Nadu - Chennai, Trichy, Madurai, and Coimbatore.
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♦ Sanjay Singh was elected as the new President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on 21 December 2023.
♦ He won against his rival Anita Sheoran. Currently, Sanjay Singh is the Vice President of UP Wrestling Association.
♦ Sanjay Singh Pannel won 13 of the 15 posts.
♦ It swept all four posts of Vice Presidents with Delhi's Jai Prakash, West Bengal's Asit Kumar Saha, Punjab's Kartar Singh, and Manipur's N Phoni winning the elections.
Posted Date: December 21, 2023Sports
♦ Manasi Joshi and Thulasimathi Murugesan emerged champions in women’s doubles at the 5th Fazza Dubai Para Badminton International 2023 on 18 December 2023.
♦ They defeated the Indonesian pair of Leani Ratri Oktila and Khalimatus Sadiyah in the final to secure gold in the women’s doubles SL3-SU5 category.
♦ In the men’s SL 4 category, Tokyo silver medallist Suhas Yathiraj secured silver, while Sukant Kadam and Tarun won bronze medals. In the women’s singles ( SL4) Palak Kohli bagged a bronze.
♦ In men’s doubles Sl 3- SL4 category, Manoj Sarkar and his Korean partner Cho Nadan secured silver, while Kumar Nitesh and Tarun secured bronze.
Posted Date: December 18, 2023Sports
♦ The International Tennis Federation (ITF) named Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic as the 2023 ITF World Champions on 14 December 2023.
♦ The pair were the only singles players who managed to reach at least the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam events this year.
♦ This is Djokovic's eighth ITF World Champion award, which is also a record.
♦ He finished the year as ATP No. 1 for a record-extending eighth time.
♦ This is the first time Sabalenka has received this honour.
♦ She won the Australian Open this year.
Posted Date: December 15, 2023Sports
♦ Antim Panghal (19) was named as United World Wrestling (UWW) Rising Star of the Year 2023 in the women’s section.
♦ Antim won a silver medal in her senior Asian championships debut, defended her U-20 World title, and then won a bronze medal at the World Championships (53 kg category).
♦ Greece’s Georgios Kougioumtsidis, meanwhile, won the Rising Star of the Year award in the men’s freestyle and Azerbaijan’s Hasrat Jafarov took the honours in the Greco-Roman category.
Posted Date: December 15, 2023Sports
♦ Leander Paes and Vijay Amritraj have been inducted into tennis' prestigious Hall of Fame.
♦ Paes was inducted in the players' category and Amritraj in the contributors category.
♦ They became the first Asian men to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
♦ The only other inductee in the Hall of Fame in the class of 2024 is Britain's Richard Evans, a popular tennis journalist.
♦ The Class of 2024 will be officially inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on 16 December 2023 in Newport, Rhode Island.
♦ Paes, Amritraj and Evans will join an elite group of 264 inductees from 27 nations – with India set to become the 28th nation represented in the Hall of Fame.
Posted Date: December 13, 2023Sports
On 5 December 2023, India bagged three gold, five silver, and one bronze medals in the IBA Junior World Boxing Championship 2023 at Yerevan, Armenia.
♦ Akansha won gold in the 70 kg category, Pari clinched the gold medal in the 48 kg category, while Nisha bagged gold in the 52 kg category.
♦ In the 52 kg weight category, Vini won the silver medal, while Srishti Sathe won a silver medal in the 63 kg weight category. In the boys' category, Jatin won the silver medal in the
54 kg category. While Hardik Panwar in the 80 kg category, Ameesha Kereta in the 54 kg category, and Prachi Tokas in the 80 kg category had to settle for silver medals only.
♦ Overall India secured 17 medals including three gold, nine silver, and five bronze medals in this championship, and ranked second position. Russia got the No. 1 rank with seven gold, three silver, and seven bronze medals.
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♦ Vaishali Rameshbabu (22) became India’s 84th grandmaster after surpassing 2500 rating during the 2023 IV Elllobregat Open on 2 December 2023. Currently, she is the third female grandmaster from India after Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli. Vaishali and her younger brother R. Praggnanandhaa is now the first sister-brother pair to be grandmasters.
♦ She is now the current world number 11 in women’s ranking with a live rating of 2501.5 and India’s number two.
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♦ The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) extended Rahul Dravid's contract as the Head Coach of Team India on 29 November 2023.
♦ His tenure was ended with the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
♦ Dravid was appointed India's head coach after the T20 World Cup 2021.
♦ VVS Laxman, who is currently with the young Indian side as an interim coach for the five-match T20I series against Australia, will continue to serve as the head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
Posted Date: November 29, 2023Sports
♦ Anahat Singh (15) won the women's title at the Senior National Squash Championships on 23 November 2023. She defeated her opponent Tanvi Khana in the final. She became the youngest title winner at the Senior National Squash Championships.
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♦ Indian cueist Pankaj Advani completed his fifth grand double in the final of the IBSF World Billiards Championship (point format) in Doha on 24 November 2023. He defeated compatriot Sourav Kothari in the final.
♦ This is his 27 world title. He won the grand double titles in 2005, 2008, 2014, and 2018. This is in addition to the snooker double he won in 2015.
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♦ India’s Pankaj Advani clinched the World IBSF Billiards Championship 2023 title in Doha, Qatar on 21 November 2023.
♦ This is his 26th world title at the World IBSF Billiards Championship. Pankaj defeated opponent Sourav Kothari with 1000-416 margin in the final. Advani won his first world title in 2003.
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♦ Serbia's Novak Djokovic won the ATP Finals title by defeating Itali's Jannik Sinneron on 20 November 2023. This is his seventh ATP Finals title.
♦ This match was held in Turin (Italy). With this victory, Novak Djokovic surpassed Roger Federer's record (6 titles).
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♦ Australia won the ICC One Day International (ODI) World Cup 2023 by defeating India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 19 November 2023. In all, 13 editions of the ODI World Cups have been played so far. Australia has won six trophies (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2023) while West Indies (1975, 1979) and India (1983, 2011) have won two titles each. Pakistan (1992), Sri Lanka (1996), and England (2019) also won the ODI World Cup titles.
♦ The winning team will get a USD 4 million (approximately Rs.33 crore) prize money, and the runners-up will earn USD 2 million (around Rs.16 crore).
♦ India score: 240 all out in 50 overs. Australia score 241/4 in 43 overs.
ODI 2023 Highlights:
♦ Virat Kohli (765 runs) broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar who had scored 673 runs during the 2003 edition.
♦ Mohammed Shami made history as the tournament's leading wicket-taker with supreme figures of 24 in 7 games.
♦ Virat Kohli has been awarded with the "Player of the Tournament" title.
♦ Australia’s Travis Head was declared the "Player of the Match" title.
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♦ Virat Kohli created a record by becoming the first batter in the world to score 50 One Day International (ODI) centuries. He achieved this feat in the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium on 15 November 2023.
♦ Also, Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar's world record. Tendulkar played 463 ODIs, scoring 18,426 runs with 49 centuries. In 291 ODIs, Kohli has an aggregate of 13,794 runs with 50 centuries at an average of 58.69.
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♦ India Cricket legends Diana Edulji and Virender Sehwag have been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame along with Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced this on 13 November 2023.
♦ Former captain Diana Edulji became the first Indian woman cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. She played 54 matches for India across three decades (between 1976 and 1993).
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♦ Dhiraj Bommadevara won a silver medal at the Asian Continental Qualifier Tournament 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand, on 11 November 2023.
♦ Dhiraj lost to Chinese Taipei’s Lin Zih-Siang 5-6 via shootoff in the gold medal match. Also, he secured India’s first archery quota in men’s recurve for Paris Olympics 2024.
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♦ Maharashtra topped the National Games 2023 medals tally with 228 medals (80 gold, 69 silver, and 79 bronze). These games were held in Goa between 25 October 2023 to 9 November 2023.
♦ Maharashtra also won the Raja Bhalindra Singh Trophy, which is given to the team that wins the most number of gold medals at the National Games. Maharashtra last topped the National Games medals table back in 1994.
♦ Athletes from 28 states, eight Union Territories and Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) competed at the 37th National Games.
♦ Andhra Pradesh ranked 19 in the National Games 2023 with 27 medals (7 gold, 5 silver and 15 bronze). Telangana spotted 22 rank with 25 medals (4 gold, 10 silver, and 11 bronze).
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♦ The Indian compound women’s and mixed team won gold medals at the Asian Archery Championships 2023 in Bangkok on 9 November 2023.
♦ Parneet Kaur won the gold medal in the women’s compound archery event. The women’s team comprising of Parneet Kaur, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Aditi Swami claimed the gold medal in the women’s compound team event with a 234-233 win over Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yi Hsuan, Huang I-Jou and Wang Lu-Yun in the final.
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♦ According to the latest ICC rankings released on November 8, India's Shubman Gill became the No.1 ODI batter in the world with 830 points. Babar Azam (Pakistan) spotted No.2 with 824 points. Gill became the fourth Indian behind Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli to hold the No.1 ODI batter ranking.
♦ Mohammed Siraj reclaimed the No.1 ranking among ODI bowlers in the latest ICC rankings. Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami are the other three bowlers in the top 10 of the rankings.
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♦ The Indian Women’s Hockey Team ranked as the 6th best Women’s Hockey Team in the world, with 2368.83 points. The International Hockey Federation announced these rankings on 7 November 2023.
♦ The Netherlands continues to be ranked as the best Women’s Hockey Team in the world with 3422.40 points, followed by Australia in second place with 2817.73 points and Argentina in third with 2766.90 points.
♦ The other two teams ranked above India are Belgium at fourth with 2608.77 points and Germany at fifth with 2573.72 points.
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♦ International Master (IM) Vaishali Rameshbabu (22) won the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023 title with 8.5 points on 6 November 2023. She drew her last-round game against Mongolia’s Batkhuyag Munguntuul at the Isle of Man in the UK.
♦ Vidit Gujrathi beat Alexandr Predke of Serbia to record his seventh victory in the event and take the top spot in the open section.
♦ While Vaishali got richer by over 20 lakh rupees, Vidit took home a whopping prize purse of over 66 lakh rupees.
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♦ The Indian Women’s Hockey Team clinched the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2023 by defeating Japan on 5 November 2023. This match was held at Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.
♦ India won their maiden Asian Champions Trophy title in 2016 in Singapore, while Japan bagged the crown twice, in 2013 and 2021.
♦ Following the win, Hockey India announced 3 lakh rupees to each player, and 1.50 lakh rupees each for support staff.
♦ Jharkhand’s Salima Tete was announced the Player of the Tournament.
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♦ Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala (21) clinched the bronze medal in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championships 2023 in Changwon, the Republic of Korea on 30 October 2023. This was India’s 12th Olympic quota in shooting.
♦ The Asian Shooting Championships 2023 is a qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Anish Bhanwala secured India’s 12th Paris 2024 Olympic quota in shooting and the first in the men’s 25m pistol event.
Posted Date: October 30, 2023Sports
♦ Paytm announced that it has become the official sponsor for the National Games being held in Goa.
♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda on 26 October 2023.
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♦ India finished the Asian Para Games 2023 with a best-ever medal tally of 111 medals (29 gold, 31 silver, and 51 bronze) on 28 October 2023.
♦ India had sent its 303 athletes - 191 men and 112 women - to the fourth edition of the Asian Para Games held in Hangzhou from from October 22 to 28.
♦ India won 72 medals in the 2018 Asian Para Games.
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♦ Indian Men's Cricket team opener Shubman Gill became the fastest player to score 2000 runs in One Day International (ODI) during his side's World Cup match against New Zealand.
♦ He created this record in just 38 innings. He broke the previous record held by South African Hasim Amla, who had needed 40 innings to score 2000 ODI runs.
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♦ The International Olympic Committee (IOC) formally added cricket in the programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics on 16th October 2023. Cricket will be played in T20 format, and even squash, baseball, softball, lacrosse and flag football were the other sports to be added.
♦ The recommendation of the IOC Executive Board was put to vote through a raise of hands, and was opposed by only two of the 99 members.
♦ Cricket was last played in the Olympics in 1900.
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♦ Indian Men’s Doubles pair Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty secured the number one spot in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Rankings on 10th October 2023. They became the first pair from India to achieve this feat.
♦ The Indian duo achieve the top spot in the rankings after securing gold in the Men’s Doubles in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou.
♦ Satwik and Chirag have now aggregated 92411 points from 18 tournaments this year (2023), 2000 points ahead of second-placed Fajar Alfian and Mohammad Rian Ardianto.
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♦ The Indian men’s hockey team won the gold medal by defeated Japan in the final at the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on 6th October 2023. The team also secured a direct quota for 2024 Paris Olympics with this win.
♦ HS Prannoy won bronze in the Badminton Men’s Singles event after losing to China’s Li Shifeng in the semifinal.
♦ India also achieved a historic first-ever bronze medal in women’s Sepaktakraw after winning the bronze in the Women’s Regu event after losing to Thailand in the semifinal.
♦ As of October 6, India won 95 medals, comprising of 22 gold, 34 silver and 39 bronze.
Posted Date: October 6, 2023Sports
♦ India’s Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Sandhu won the gold medal in the mixed doubles squash tournament at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on 5th October 2023. They defeated Malaysia’s Aifa Azman-Mohd Syafiq Kamal 2-0 in the mixed doubles final.
♦ India’s Parneet Kaur, Aditi Gopichand Swami and Jyothi Surekha Vennam won gold by beating Chinese Taipei 230-229 in the archery women’s team compound event.
♦ India’s men’s compound team of Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale and Prathamesh Jawkar secured another archery gold medal after its 235-230 win against South Korea.
♦ Saurav Ghosal won silver in the men’s singles final in squash.
♦ Till 5 October 2023, India won 86 medals including 21 gold, 32 silver, and 33 bronze. China is leading with 333 medals, followed by Japan (158) and South Korea (157). India is at number 4 in the Asian Games Medal Tally table.
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♦ Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Ojas Pravin Deotale won a gold medal in the Archery - Mixed team compound at the Asian Games 2023 on 4th October 2023. Neeraj Chopra also climched the gold medal in Men's javelin throw.
Indian Medal Winners:
♦ Athletics - Men's 4 × 400 m relay (Gold)
1. Amoj Jacob, 2. Rajesh Ramesh, 3. Mohammad Anas Yahiya, 4. Muhammad Ajmal
♦ Boxing - Women's 75 kg (Silver)
Lovlina Borgohain
♦ Athletics - Women's 800 m (Silver)
Harmilan Bains
♦ Athletics - Men's 5000 m (Silver)
Avinash Sable
♦ Athletics - Women's 4 × 400 m relay (Silver)
1. Vithya Ramraj, 2.Subha Venkatesan, 3. Aishwarya Mishra, 4. Prachi Choudhary
♦ Athletics - Men's javelin throw (Silver)
Kishore Jena
♦ Athletics - Team 35 km race walk (Bronze)
1. Ram Baboo, 2. Manju Rani
♦ Squash - Mixed doubles (Bronze)
1. Abhay Singh, 2. Anahat Singh
♦ Boxing - Women's 57 kg (Bronze)
Parveen Hooda
♦ Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg (Bronze)
Sunil
♦ Till 4 October 2023, India won 81 medals including 18 gold, 31 silver and 32 bronze. China is leading with 316 medals, followed by Japan with 147 medals so far. India is at number 4 in the Asian Games Medal Tally table.
Posted Date: October 4, 2023Sports
♦ India’s Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam won a bronze medal in the men’s canoe double 1000m event at the Asian Games 2023 on 3rd October 2023.
♦ India's Parul Chaudhary clinched the gold medal in Women's 5000-metre race. Mohammed Afsal won the silver medal in the men’s 800m final. Tejaswin Shankar wins silver medal in men's decathlon.
♦ Annu Rani won a gold medal in the women's javelin throw event. Praveen Chitharavel clinched a bronze in men's triple jump. Vithya Ramraj won the bronze in women's 400m hurdles.
♦ As of October 3, India has won 69 medals, comprising 15 gold, 26 silver, and 28 bronze. Meanwhile, host nation China continues to dominate with a staggering 297 medals, comprising 161 gold, 90 silver, and 46 bronze.
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♦ India won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-19 Championship by defeating Pakistan in the finals.
♦ This match was held at the Dashrath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal.
♦ It was India’s eighth youth title in the SAFF championships.
♦ Most Valuable Player: Manglenthang Kipgen (India)
♦ Top Scorers of the Tournament (all 3 goals): Gwgwmsar Goyary (India),
♦ Jigme Namgyal (Bhutan), Samir Tamang (Nepal)
Best Goalkeeper:
♦ Lionel Daryl Rymmei (India)
Posted Date: October 2, 2023Sports
♦ Parul Chaudhary won the silver medal in the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games 2023 on 2nd October 2023.
♦ Ancy Sojan claimed the silver in the women’s long jump.
♦ Aarthy Kasturi, Heeral Sadhu, Karthika Jagadeeshwaran, and Sanjana Bathula clinched the bronze medal in Roller Sports in the women’s 3000m relay.
♦ Meanwhile, Vikram Ingale, Siddhant Kamble, Aryanpal Singh Ghuman, and Anand Kumar Velkumar collected another bronze in the men’s 3000m relay.
♦ They finished behind Chinese Taipei and South Korea, who won the gold and silver respectively.
♦ As of October 2, India has won 60 medals, comprising 13 gold, 24 silver, and 23 bronze.
♦ Meanwhile, host nation China continues to dominate with a staggering 269 medals, comprising 146 gold, 81 silver, and 42 bronze.
Posted Date: October 2, 2023Sports
♦ Avinash Sable clinched the gold medal in men’s 3000 m Steeplechase at the Asian Games 2023 on 1st October 2023.
♦ Tajinderpal Singh Toor clinched a gold medal in shot put event.
♦ Jyothi Yarraji's bronze medal in the women's 100m hurdles was upgraded to silver after China's Wu Yanni, who finished at the second spot, was disqualified for a false start.
♦ The Indian badminton team clinched a silver after losing to China in the gold medal match.
♦ Nikhat Zareen won a bronze medal in the women’s 50kg final.
♦ As of October 1, India has won 53 medals, comprising 13 gold, 21 silver, and 19 bronze.
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♦ Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh won silver and bronze medals respectively for India in men's 10000m race.
♦ Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee assured India of at least bronze in table tennis women's doubles.
♦ Indian men's squash team defeated Pakistan in an absolute thriller in the final after Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale won the tennis mixed doubles final.
♦ As of September 30, India has won 38 medals, comprising 10 gold, 14 silver, and 14 bronze.
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♦ Indian shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran clinched gold in men’s rifle 3P team event at the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou.
♦ Meanwhile, the Indian shooting team, consisting of Palak, Esha Singh and Divya Thadigol, bagged silver in the 10m air pistol women's team event. Palak and Esha also bagged gold and silver respectively in the women's 10 air pistol final.
♦ Tennis stars Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan lose in their men's doubles final, taking the silver medal.
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♦ India’s Naorem Roshibina Devi won the silver medal in the women’s 60kg sanda wushu event at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
♦ In the final, she lost to China’s Wu Xiaowei. She won bronze at the 2018 Games in Jakarta.
♦ Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema, and Shiva Narwal won gold in the men's 10m air pistol team event.
♦ India has accumulated an overall tally of 25 medals- 6 gold, 8 silver, and 11 bronze in the Asian Games 2023.
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♦ India’s Sift Kaur Samra won gold in the women’s 50m rifle 3 Positions event at the Asian Games on 27th September 2023.
♦ Ashi Chouksey bagged bronze in the same event.
♦ Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik, and Sift Kaur Samra won silver in the 50m rifle 3 positions women's team event.
♦ The trio of Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan and Esha Singh clinched gold for India in the women's 25m pistol team event.
♦ Sailor Vishnu Saravanan too bagged a bronze medal in the Men's Dinghy - ILCA7 event.
♦ As of September 27, India has won 22 medals - five gold, seven silver and 10 bronze.
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♦ India got a gold medal in Equestrain sports at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on September 26, 2023.
♦ Divyakriti Singh, Hriday Vipul Chhed, Anush Agarwalla, Sudipti Hajela combinedly secured a monumental gold medal by achieving a remarkable score of 209.205 in the Team Dressage event.
♦ It's first gold medal in the sport after 41years.
♦ At the 1982 Games in New Delhi, Raghubir Singh had won a gold medal in eventing individual, while the last medal in dressage, a bronze, came during the 1986 edition.
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♦ India's shooting team has got nation's first gold medal in the Asian Games 2023.
♦ The trio of Rudranksh Patil, Divyansh Singh Panwar and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won a gold medal in the men's 10 m air rifle team event.
♦ Their impressive score of 1893.7 not only secured the top spot but also shattered China's world record of 1893.3 points set in August 2023.
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♦ The Indian women's cricket team clinched a gold medal in the 19th Asian Games.
♦ Indian Women team defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs in finals at the Hangzhou, China on 25 September 2023.
♦ In finals, India scores 116 runs for 7 wickets.
♦ Sri Lanka finished at 97 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.
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♦ India won five medals including three silver and two bronze, out of which three were from shooting and two in rowing in the Asian Games 2023.
♦ The 19th edition of the Asian Games 2023 event officially began on September 23 in Hangzhou, China, and will conclude on October 8.
♦ In shooting, the women's 10m air rifle team - Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, and Ramita Jindal won the Silver medal.
♦ In rowing, Men's lightweight double sculls - Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh won the Silver medal.
♦ In rowing, the Men's pair - Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram won the Bronze medal.
♦ In rowing, Men's eight - Neeraj, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetesh Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish, DU Pande won the Silver medal.
♦ In shooting, Women's 10m air rifle - Ramita Jindal won the Bronze medal.
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♦ The 19th edition of the Asian Games 2023 started at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centres Stadium on September 23.
♦ This game is scheduled for 2022 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
♦ Asian Games only happen once every four years. New Delhi hosted the first version of the Asian Games in 1951.
♦ The 18th Asian Games were held in Indonesia in 2018.
♦ This is Asia's biggest sporting event, featuring 40 different sports and a large pool of talented and amateur athletes from 45 countries across Asia and the Middle East.
♦ India's men's hockey team captain, Harmanpreet Singh, and ace boxer Lovlina Borgohain carry the Indian flag in the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony.
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♦ India became the number one ranked team in all three formats - Tests, ODIs, and T20Is.
♦ India displaced Pakistan to get to the top spot of the ICC ODI Team standings after their five-wicket win against Australia at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali.
Posted Date: September 22, 2023Sports
♦ Indian wrestler Antim Panghal (19) secured a bronze medal in the women's 53 kg category at the ongoing World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
♦ Antim beat two-time European Champion Emma Jonna Denise Malmgren in the bronze medal bout.
♦ This is India's first medal at the ongoing edition of the tournament.
♦ Antim has captured India's 23rd medal in the World Championships till date, which includes one gold, five silver and 17 bronze medals.
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♦ The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced SBI Life as one of the official partners for the BCCI Domestic and International Season 2023-2026.
♦ SBI Life has signed a 3-year deal with the BCCI and their partnership will begin with the upcoming three-match ODI series against Australia, starting September 22, 2023.
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♦ India clinched the Asia Cup 2023 by defeating Sri Lanka in the final at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on 17 September 2023.
♦ Mohammed Siraj took six wickets in this match.
♦ He became the first Indian bowler, fourth overall, to bag four wickets in an over in ODIs.
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♦ Serbia's Novak Djokovic clinched US Open 2023 men's singles title by defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final, at the Flushing Meadows in New York.
♦ This is his fourth US Open and 24th Grand Slam title.
♦ Djokovic wins 3 million dollars (Rs. 24.93 crore) as the winner.
♦ The men's doubles title was won by Rajiv Ram (US) and Joe Salisbury (UK).
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♦ Neeraj Chopra clinched the gold medal in the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest.
♦ In the men's javelin throw final he launch the javelin to a distance of 88.17 meters.
♦ He became the first Indian athlete to win gold in this event.
♦ Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem (87.82 m) won the silver medal. The Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch (86.67 m) took the bronze.
Posted Date: August 27, 2023Sports
♦ Norway's Magnus Carlsen won the FIDE World Cup 2023 title after defeating India's Praggnanandhaa in the tie-break.
♦ This is Carlsen's first World Cup title in his career.
♦ This tournment held in Baku.
♦ Winner Carlsen has earned USD 1,10,000 (Rs.90,93,551) and Praggnanandhaa has earned a whopping sum of USD 80,000 (Rs.66,13,444).
Posted Date: August 24, 2023Sports
♦ The Indian women’s trio - Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh, and Manu Bhaker won gold in the 25m women’s pistol team event at ISSF World Championships in Baku.
♦ This trio shot a combined score of 1744 to beat Chinese Taipei for the gold medal. China won bronze.
♦ Rhythm, Esha, and MAnu got 583, 581, and 580 scores respectively.
Posted Date: August 20, 2023Sports
♦ Indian wrestler Priya Malik won Gold medal at the 2023 U20 World Wrestling Championships in Jordan.
♦ She defeated Laura Celine Kuehn of Germany in the women's 76kg freestyle wrestling final.
♦ Priya became just the second woman wrestler from India to be crowned U20 world championship.
♦ Antim Panghal had been the first woman from India to win a junior world title in wrestling at 2022 edition.
Posted Date: August 17, 2023Sports
♦ Indian wrestler Mohit Kumar won gold in the Under 20 World Championship in men’s 61 Kg Freestyle category at Amman City in Jordan.
♦ He defeated Russia's Eldar Akhmadudinov in the final.
♦ Mohit is the fourth male wrestler from India to earn a gold medal in the U20 World Championships, following Palwinder Cheema in 2001, Ramesh Kumar in 2001, and Deepak Punia in 2019.
Posted Date: August 16, 2023Sports
♦ International Hockey Federation (FIH) released its latest rankings.
♦ According to this the Indian men’s hockey team is in third place with 2771.35 points following their Asian Champions Trophy triumph.
♦ Netherlands (3095.90 points) and Belgium (2917.87 points) are in first and second positions respectively.
♦ This was the second time India rose to No 3 in the FIH rankings.
♦ India achieved a similar ranking in 2021 after securing a bronze in the Tokyo Olympics.
Posted Date: August 13, 2023Sports
♦ Indian men's hockey team won the 2023 Asian Champions Trophy.
♦ India defeated a Malaysia team 4-3 in the final at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai. With the win, India clinched their record fourth title.
♦ With four Asian Champions Trophy titles, India is the most successful team in the history of the tournament.
♦ Pakistan, with three titles, are at the second spot now. Japan take 3rd spot after beating South Korea 5-3.
Posted Date: August 12, 2023Sports
♦ India clinched 11 medals at the 2023 World Cadet Wrestling Championships, meant for under-17 grapplers which concluded in Istanbul, Turkey.
The medalists:
♦ Men: Freestyle: 51kg: Rohit (silver), 55kg: Ankush (silver); Greco Roman: 51kg: Manu Yadav (bronze), 55kg: Suraj (silver), 65kg: Sachin Kumar (bronze), 110kg: Ronak (silver).
♦ Women: 40kg: Rachana (silver), 46kg: Muskan (silver), 57kg: Neha (bronze), 61kg: Savita (gold), 69kg: Srishti (silver).
Posted Date: August 8, 2023Sports
♦ India's Aditi Swami (17) won the gold medal in the women's individual compound event at the World Archery Championships 2023 in Berlin.
♦ She defeated Andrea Becerra of Mexico in the final.
♦ She became the youngest archer to clinch gold in an individual category at the world championships.
♦ Ojas Deotale (21) also won gold in the men's individual compound final.
Posted Date: August 5, 2023Sports
♦ The Indian women’s hockey team won the title of Torneo del Centernario 2023 by defeating hosts Spain 3-0 in Terrassa, Barcelona.
♦ Indian hockey team remained unbeaten in the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation International Tournament 2023.
Posted Date: July 31, 2023Sports
♦ Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the Asian Youth and Junior Weight lifting Championships 2023.
♦ These games are being held at Gautam Buddha University, Noida Uttar Pradesh. This event is being hosted by India for the first time.
Posted Date: July 29, 2023Sports
♦ India's teenage shooter Kamaljeet (19) won gold in Men’s 50m Pistol individual in ISSF Junior World Championship.
♦ This match was held in Changwon, South Korea.
♦ India thus finished second behind China with 17 medals - six gold, six silver and five bronze.
♦ China won 28 medals.
♦ Kamaljeet shot 544 out of a possible 600 in the individual event to leave Uzbek Veniamin Nikitin with 542 in second position.
♦ Korean Kim Taemin won bronze with 541.
Posted Date: July 24, 2023Sports
♦ Indian badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the men’s doubles title at the Korea Open 2023 badminton tournament in Yeosu, South Korea on 23rd July 2023.
♦ The Indian pair defeated Indonesian top seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, world No. 1 in the badminton rankings.
♦ It was Chirag-Satwik’s seventh BWF World Tour title.
♦ The Indian duo already won the Swiss and Indonesia Open titles in 2023, and have now been unbeaten on the BWF World Tour for 10 matches.
Posted Date: July 23, 2023Sports
♦ Indian Surf Team won the bronze medal at the Asian Surfing Championship, held at Thulisdhoo Island in Maldives.
♦ 18 countries from Asia took part in this championship.
♦ The Surfing Federation of India sent a team comprising 4 senior Surfers in the men’s category and 2 Surfers in the Under 18 category.
♦ 5 out of the 6 Surfers were from Tamilnadu.
Posted Date: July 21, 2023Sports
♦ India's shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy has set the Guinness world record for the fastest hit by a player in badminton, recording a mindboggling 565 km/h with his smash.
♦ The speed greatly exceeded the previous world record of 493 km/hour which was achieved by Malaysian badminton player Tan Boon Heong, a former Asian Games doubles champion, in May 2013.
♦ Satwiksairaj Rankireddy’s hit is the fastest badminton smash recorded irrespective of gender.
♦ The women’s record stands of 438 km/hour belongs to Malaysia’s Pearly Tan.
Posted Date: July 19, 2023Sports
♦ Parth Mane, Abhinav Shaw, and Dhanush Srikanth's team won the gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle team event at the ISSF Junior World Shooting Championships on 18th July 2023.
♦ This event was held in Changwon, South Korea.
♦ Raiza Dhillon won silver in women’s skeet while Umamahesh Madineni won bronze in men’s 10m rifle individual event.
Posted Date: July 18, 2023Sports
♦ Abhinav Shaw and Gautami Bhanot pair won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team in the ISSF Junior World Championship.
♦ This tournament was held in Changwon, South Korea on 17 July 2023.
♦ They defeated the French pair of Oceanne Muller and Romain Aufrere in the gold medal match.
♦ The pair of Abhinav Choudhury and Sainyam won the bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.
♦ They defeated Koreans Kim Juri and Kim Kanghyun in the bronze medal match.
Posted Date: July 17, 2023Sports
♦ Spain's professional tennis player, Carlos Alcaraz (20) won his maiden Wimbledon title by defeating Serbia's Novak Djokovic (36) in the Wimbledon 2023 men’s singles final.
♦ It is a Grand Slam tennis tournament, which was held in Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.
♦ The winner gets £600,000 (Rs.6,45,06,060) prize money and Runner-up gets £300,000 (Rs.3,22,56,840) prize money.
Posted Date: July 16, 2023Sports
♦ Czechia tennis player Marketa Vondrousova (24) defeated Tunisia's Ons Jabeur (28) to become the first unseeded Wimbledon women's singles champion.
♦ Marketa Vonddrousova is the first unseeded player to win the prestigious crown at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
♦ Vondrousova clinched her first Grand Slam title at the second attempt after losing to Ash Barty in the 2019 French Open final.
♦ Vondrousova joins Jana Novotna and Petra Kvitova as the only Czech women to win a Wimbledon title.
Posted Date: July 15, 2023Sports
♦ Indian Badminton player Lakshya Sen (21) bagged the men's singles title at the Canada Open 2023 by defeating China's Li Shi Feng in Calgary, Canada.
♦ This was also Lakshya Sen’s second BWF Super 500 title after the India Open in January, 2022.
♦ Lakshya Sen became the Commonwealth Games champion in August 2022.
Posted Date: July 10, 2023Sports
♦ Parth Salunkhe (19) became the first Indian male archer to win a gold in the recurve category of the Youth World Championships held in Limerick, Ireland.
♦ He defeated the Korean player Song In Jun in the Under-21 men's recurve individual final.
♦ In this Championship, the Indian team won a maximum of 11 medals - six gold, one silver, and four bronze medals.
Posted Date: July 10, 2023Sports
♦ Tamil Nadu Basketball Association (TNBA) president, Aadhav Arjuna was elected as president of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI).
♦ A former player and the president of the Madhya Pradesh Basketball Association, Kulvinder Singh Gill was elected secretary general.
♦ BFI is the governing body of basketball in India. It was founded in 1950. It is affiliated to FIBA Asia and the Indian Olympic Association
Posted Date: July 5, 2023Sports
♦ Indian professional footballer Lallianzuala Chhangte (26) won the 2022-23 AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year award.
♦He plays as a winger for the Indian Super League club Mumbai City and the Indian national team.
♦ Manisha Kalyan (21) was named the AIFF Women Player of the Year by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
♦ The Men's Coach of the Year award goes to former India player Clifford Miranda, who guided Odisha FC to Super Cup triumph and also AFC Cup qualification.
♦ Priya Parathi Valappil was named Women Coach of the Year.
Posted Date: July 5, 2023Sports
♦ The Indian football team won its ninth South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship trophy after defeating Kuwait 5-4 on penalties.
♦ India, serving as the hosts, remained undefeated throughout the SAFF Championship 2023.
♦ In addition to the medals, the team was awarded a cash prize of USD 50,000 (Rs. 41 lakh).
♦ Kuwait football team was awarded a cash prize of USD 25,000 (Rs. 20.50 lakh).
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♦ India's Olympic Javelin Champion, gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra has won Lausanne Diamond League 2023.
♦ He claimed the title with the throw of 87.66 m. followed by Julian Weber (87.03 m) and Jakub Vadlejch (86.13 m) in second and third positions.
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♦ Indian Kabaddi Team won The Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023.
♦ A total six teams participated in the tournament. Final match held at the Dong-Eui Institute of Technology Seokdang Cultural Centre in Busan, Republic of Korea.
♦ Final match was played between India and Iran and India won over Iran by 42-32. The Asian Kabaddi Championship started in year 1980.
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♦ Indian Fencer Bhavani Devi (29) won the bronze medal in Asian Fencing Championship held in Wuxi, China.
♦ She became the first fencer from India to get a medal in Asian Fencing Championship.
♦ Bhavani lost to Uzbekistan’s Zaynab Dayibekova in the semifinals and secured a bronze medal.
Posted Date: June 19, 2023Sports
♦ Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the men's doubles title at the Indonesia Open 2023 badminton tournament in Jakarta.
♦ They became the first pair from India to win a BWF Super 1000 title.
♦ They defeat the Malaysian world champion duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.
♦ Currently, this Indian pair is sixth in men’s doubles badminton rankings.
Posted Date: June 18, 2023Sports
♦ Australia won the ICC World Test Championship 2023 by defeating India in the final match. Travis Head was declared the Player of the Match in the WTC Final.
♦ Australia became the first men's team in world cricket to win an International Cricket Council (ICC) world title in all three formats - the ICC Men's Champions Trophy, the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, and the ICC World Test Championship.
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♦ The Indian hockey team clinched the Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 title in Kakamigahara, Japan, with a win over the Republic of Korea in the final.
♦ This is the first time India have won the Women's Junior Asia Cup. India had already secured a spot in the FIH Women's Junior World Cup 2023 in Chile.
♦ Earlier this month, India also won the Men’s Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament after beating Pakistan in the final.
Posted Date: June 11, 2023Sports
♦ The Indian Junior Men's Hockey team won the Men's Junior Asia Cup -2023.
♦ The Indian junior Men's hockey team maintained its continental supremacy by beating Pakistan.
♦ The tournament was held in Salalah, Oman. This was the fourth title for India.
♦ The team had previously won the title in 2004, 2008 and 2015. Pakistan won the title in 1987, 1992 and 1996.
Posted Date: June 2, 2023Sports
♦ India’s top men’s singles badminton player HS Prannoy won the BWF World Tour title in the singles.
♦ He clenched this in the Malaysia Masters Super -500 tournament.
♦ HS Prannoy defeated Weng Hong Yang of the People’s Republic of China.
♦ His last title came at the 2017 US Open, which, at the time, was part of the BWF Grand Prix - the predecessor to the BWF World Tour.
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♦ Dream Sports co-founder and CEO, Harsh Jain was elected as chairman of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) for 2023-25.
♦ He replaces Sanjay Gupta, vice president, and country manager of Google India.
♦ The IAMAI governing council election is held every two years.
♦ Rajesh Magow, co-founder and group CEO of MakeMyTrip, and Satyan Ganjwani, vice chairman of Times Internet, have been elected the vice chairman and the treasurer of the IAMAI.
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♦ Indian Grand Master (GM) Arjun Erigaisi won the Sharjah Masters International Chess Championship 2023.
♦ He defeated Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Yakubboev in the final round.
♦ Arjun became champion with 6.5 points out of 9 (constituting 5 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss). Another Indian GM D.Gukesh is in 3rd position with 6 points.
Posted Date: May 25, 2023Sports
♦ The third edition of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) began in Uttar Pradesh.
♦ Over 4,000 athletes and officials from 207 universities in the country are expected to take part in 21 disciplines.
♦ This game's event will conclude on June 3.
♦ While the majority of events will take place in five cities of Uttar Pradesh, the shooting competitions will be held in New Delhi.
Posted Date: May 23, 2023Sports
♦ Neeraj Chopra became the world number one for the first time in his career in the latest men's javelin throw rankings issued by the World Athletics.
♦ He is the first Indian to achieve this feat.
♦ Chopra topped the charts with 1455 points.
♦ Grenada's Anderson Peters spotted 2nd with a 1433 score.
♦ Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic was third with 1416 points.
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♦ India’s Rhythm Sangwan won the bronze medal in the women’s 10-meter air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup 2023 for rifle and pistol shooters in Baku, Azerbaijan.
♦ She scored 219.1 in the final and ranked 3rd. It was Sangwan’s first individual senior medal at the shooting World Cup.
♦ Anna Korakaki (241 score) of Greece won the gold and Olena Kostevych (240 score) of Ukraine bagged the silver medal in this event.
♦ Telangana Shooter Esha Singh was in 6th position with a score of 154.8.
Posted Date: May 10, 2023Sports
♦ Indian athlete Praveen Chithravel won the men’s triple jump event at an athletics meet in Havana, Cuba with a national record-breaking mark of 17.370 m.
♦ The previous men’s triple jump national record of 17.30m was set by Renjith Maheswary at the third Indian Grand Prix in Bangalore in 2016.
♦ The jump also qualifies Praveen Chithravel for the World Athletics Championships 2023, scheduled in Budapest from August 19 to 27.
Posted Date: May 8, 2023Sports
♦ Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi clinched the silver medal in the women’s 55kg category at the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Jinju, South Korea. She won the medal with a total effort of 194kg.
♦ China’s Chen Guan Ling won the gold medal with a combined lift of 204 kg.
Posted Date: May 6, 2023Sports
♦ Indian men’s cricket team has become the number 1 ranked Test team in the world with 121 rating points.
♦ Australia was in 2nd position with 116 rating points followed by England (114), South Africa (104), and New Zealand (100).
♦ Prior to the annual rankings update, Australia were at the top with 122 points with India trailing them by three points (119).
Posted Date: May 3, 2023Sports
♦ India’s top men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won gold after defeating the Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi in the final at the Badminton Asia Championships in Dubai.
♦ This was India’s second gold medal in the Asian Badminton Championships after Dinesh Khanna bagged the men’s singles gold in 1965.
♦ Satwik and Chirag are also the first Indian pair to reach the final of the Asian Championship and went on to win the gold medal.
Posted Date: April 30, 2023Sports
♦ Ding Liren (30) became China's first men's world chess champion, after defeating Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi.
♦ He won a rapid-play tiebreaker after 14 first-stage games at the World Chess Championship in Kazakhstan. He succeeds Norway's Magnus Carlsen, the five-time champion.
♦ Ding's victory makes him the 17th winner of the world chess tournament.
♦ The 2m euro ($2.2m) prize money will be split 55-45 between the two players (Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi).
Posted Date: April 30, 2023Sports
♦ Tamil Nadu is all set to host the seventh edition of the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament.
♦ The matches will be held at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai from August 3 to 12, 2023.
♦ India will host the event for the first time. Previously, Chennai hosted an international hockey event in 2007 during the Asia Cup.
Posted Date: April 17, 2023Sports
♦ Indian women wrestlers have won seven medals - two silver and five bronze - in Asian Wrestling Championships held in Astana in Kazakhstan.
♦ In the Women's Teams Ranking India bagged 3rd rank.
♦ Antim Panghal (53 kg category), Nisha Dahiya (68 kg) won silver medals.
♦ Anshu Malik (57 kg), Sonam Malik (62 kg), Manisha (65 kg), and Reetika (72 kg), Priya (76 kg) bagged bronze medals.
♦ In the last edition, India won 5 medals and settled at the 4th spot.
Posted Date: April 13, 2023Sports
♦ Mumbai Indians won the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) title by defeating Delhi Capitals in the summit clash at the Brabourne stadium, Mumbai.
♦ Hayley Matthews got the Most Valuable Player of the tournament award, while the Orange Cap went to ‘Meg Lanning’ and Purple Cap Award to ‘Hayley Matthews’.
♦ India's Yastika Bhatia was given the Emerging Player of the Season award.
Posted Date: March 28, 2023Sports
♦ India's Sarabjot Singh won the first gold Medal of the ISSF World Cup Shooting Championship in the Men’s 10m air pistol category.
♦ The event was held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The gold medal in the women's 10 m air pistol category was given to Li Xue of China.
Posted Date: March 22, 2023Sports
♦ Gianni Infantino (52) was re-elected as FIFA president at the 73rd congress of the world football governing body held in Kigali, Rwanda.
♦ He will in this position until 2027.
♦ He was elected for 3rd term as FIFA president.
♦ Gianni has been President of FIFA since 2016.
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♦ IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships started at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.
♦ The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) is hosting this tournament from the 15th to the 26th of March 2023.
♦ The Championship is taking place in India for the third time after 2006 and 2018.
♦ This year, the 13th edition of the tournament will witness the participation of more than 350 boxers from around 74 countries.
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♦ Hockey India has appointed South African Craig Fulton as new chief coach of the Indian men's hockey team.
♦ He will succeed Graham Reid who resigned after India’s poor outing at the World Cup in January 2023.
♦ Craig Fulton has nearly 25 years of coaching experience and earned 195 caps over a span of 10 years for South Africa. He also played Atlanta and Athens Olympic Games.
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♦ Lionel Messi won the “FIFA Best Men’s Player Award” at the FIFA Football Award Ceremony 2022 held in Paris.
♦ It is the second time that Messi has won the honour inaugurated by FIFA in 2016.
♦ He got this award for his outstanding performances in men’s football from the period of 8 August 2021 to 18 December 2022.
Posted Date: February 27, 2023Sports
♦ Australia won the ICC Women's T20 World Cup title by defeating South Africa by 19 runs.
♦ Australia Women’s Team has entitled their name to the Women’s T20 World Cup Winners List for the 6th time. Its previous victories came in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2020.
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♦ Tilottama Sen (14) from India bagged a bronze medal in the women’s 10m Air Rifle at ISSF World Cup in Cairo in Egypt.
♦ She won the second bronze for India, fifth overall after ending the top eight ranking round with a score of 262.
Posted Date: February 22, 2023Sports
♦ India won bronze for the first time at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships held in Dubai. India had defeated by China 2-3 in the semi-final matches.
♦ H.S. Prannoy and Sindhu lost their respective singles contest. Men’s doubles pair Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty won the contest to keep India in the game.
♦ Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also won the Women’s Doubles. However, Mixed Doubles pair Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto suffered defeat in straight games.
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♦ India batter Virat Kohli became the sixth and the fastest batter in the world to score 25,000 runs across formats during the second test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
♦ The top-five runs in the history of the sport are India's Sachin Tendulkar (34,357), Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara (28,016), Australian batting legend Ricky Ponting (27,483), SL's Mahela Jayawardene (25,957) and South African all-round great Jacques Kallis (25,534).
Posted Date: February 19, 2023Sports
♦ India have jumped to third spot in the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) latest world rankings.
♦ The Indian boxers have accumulated 36,300 ranking points, having surpassed top boxing powerhouses including USA and Cuba, which are ranked fourth and ninth respectively in the current standings.
♦ Kazakhstan (48,100) is the top-ranked nation followed by Uzbekistan (37,600).
Posted Date: February 3, 2023Sports
♦ Germany won the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 by beating Belgium 5-4 in a penalty shootout at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.
♦ The German team became three-time champions in the Men's Hockey World Cup. It won the first world cup title in 2006.
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♦ Serbian professional tennis player Novak Djokovic won the Men’s Single Title Championship in Australian Open 2023.
♦ He defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greek) in the final held in Melbourne Park. Djokovic wins the Australian Open for the tenth time and the 22nd grand slam.
♦ With his 22nd Grand Slam championship, he equals Rafael Nadal.
Posted Date: January 29, 2023Sports
♦ India won the ICC Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup title.
♦ India defeated England in the final by seven wickets in the summit clash at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
♦ This was the first global championship for a women's cricket team. The BCCI had announced Rs.5 crore prize money for the team.
Posted Date: January 29, 2023Sports
♦ Belarus' tennis star Aryna Sabalenka (24) won the Grand Slam title in the Australian Open women’s singles final.
♦ This is her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. She defeated Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina in final match.
♦ The finale between Sabalenka and Rybakina lasted close to two and a half hours.
Posted Date: January 28, 2023Sports
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced its first individual award winners in the ICC Awards 2022.
♦ Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year: Ben Stokes (England)
♦ Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Babar Azam (Pakistan)
♦ Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Nat Sciver (England)
♦ Men’s T20 International Cricketer of the Year: Suryakumar Yadav (India)
♦ Women’s T20 International Cricketer of the Year: Tahlia McGrath (Australia)
Posted Date: January 26, 2023Sports
♦ Thai shuttler Kunlavut Vitidsarn won the India Open title.
♦ He defeated World No.1 Denmark's Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles final of the India Open Badminton Championship at K. D. Jadhav Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
Posted Date: January 22, 2023Sports
♦ In India Vs New Zealand One Day International (ODI) Indian batter Shubman Gill became only the eighth and the youngest batsman (23 years) to score a double century in the 50-over format. He scored 208 in 149 balls.
♦ He also became the fastest Indian to complete 1000 runs in ODIs as he reached the mark in 19 innings.
Posted Date: January 19, 2023Sports
India’s fast-rising squash player Anahat Singh (14) won the girls under-15 title at the prestigious British Junior open. She was India’s youngest athlete at the Commonwealth Games last year, beat Sohaila Hazem of Egypt 3-1 in the final. The British Junior open is held in January every year.
Posted Date: January 8, 2023Sports
Pranesh M (16) from Tamil Nadu became India’s 79th Grandmaster. On 6th January he clinched the title in the Rilton Cup, the first tournament of the FIDE Circuit. Pranesh crossed the 2500-rating threshold and became a GM, having completed his three norms before the Rilton Cup.
Posted Date: January 20, 2023Sports
♦ Gymnast Nishka Agarwal (14) from Hyderabad became the National Champion at the 57th Junior National Gymnastics Championship.
♦ The event was held in Kerala from 30 December 2022 to 2 January 2023.
Posted Date: January 12, 2023Sports
♦ On 5th December 2022, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launches Trophy Tour of FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 in Bhubaneswar, handing over the trophy to Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey.
♦ Australia, Belgium, Netherlands, India, Argentina, Germany, New Zealand, England, France, Korea, Malaysia, Spain, South Africa, Japan, Chile, and Wales are the 16 teams participating in the World Cup 2023.
Posted Date: December 21, 2022Sports
♦ Stephanie Frappart of France became the the first woman to officiate a men’s World Cup match when she took the field as the fourth official in the game between Mexico and Poland.
♦ Frappart, Japan’s Yamashita Yoshimi and Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga are the first women selected as referees for soccer’s biggest tournament. They were among the 36 total referees for the tournament in Qatar.
Posted Date: December 6, 2022Sports
♦ Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced National Sports Awards 2022 on 14th November 2022.
♦ Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022 will be given to Sharath Kamal Achanta (Table Tennis). 25 Sports persons will receive Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2022.
♦ The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30th November, 2022.
Posted Date: November 29, 2022Sports
♦ On 13th November 2022, England won their 2nd T-20 world cup title by defeating Pakistan by 5 wickets at Melbourne, Australia.
♦ England won the T20 World Cup in 2010 also. Sam Curran is named the Player of the match.
Posted Date: November 29, 2022Sports
♦ On November 10th 2022, Virat Kohli became the first batsman in International cricket to reach 4000 runs in T20 Internationals.
♦ He reached the landmark in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 against England in Adelaide.
Posted Date: November 21, 2022Sports
On 23 October 2022, Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won Formula One United States GP at Austin.
Verstappen’s record-equalling 13th win of the season, and the squad’s championship triumph, came a day after Red Bull co-founder and owner Dietrich Mateschitz passed away.
Posted Date: November 5, 2022Sports
♦ The Fifth Khelo India Youth Games - 2022 will be held in Madhya Pradesh. The games will be held from 31st January to 11th February 2023.
♦ The Fifth Khelo India Youth Games 2022 is set to be held in 8 cities across Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Mandla, Khargone (Maheshwar) and Balaghat.
Posted Date: October 31, 2022Sports
♦ Rohit Sharma has become the first-ever Indian to play 400 T20s. He has achieved the milestone in the 2nd T20I of the series against South Africa in Guwahati on 2nd October 2022.
♦ Among Indians, Rohit is followed by Dinesh Karthik, who has played 368 T20s. M.S.Dhoni sits at the 3rd spot with 361 caps. Virat Kohli is played 354 T20Is.
Posted Date: October 29, 2022Sports
♦ On 20 September 2022, Veteran Assamese swimmer, Elvis Ali Hazarika has become the first from the North East to cross the North Channel.
♦ The North Channel is the strait between North-Eastern Northern Ireland and SouthWestern Scotland.
♦ Elvis took 14 hours 38 minutes to achieve this feat. With this, Elvis has become the oldest Indian swimmer to cross the North Channel.
Posted Date: October 11, 2022Sports
♦ Spain player Carlos Alcaraz defeated Norway’s Casper Ruud at the US Open Tennis Tournment to win his first Grand Slam title.
♦ He became the youngest No.1 in the history of the ATP Rankings at the age of 19 years.
♦ He also became the first teenager in the Open Era to top the men's rankings and the youngest men's US Open champion since Pete Sampras in 1990.
Posted Date: September 28, 2022Sports
♦ Sri Lanka won its sixth Asia Cup title by defeating Pakistan.
♦ The T20 cricket Asia Cup final match against Pakistan was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
♦ Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga wins Player of the Series and Sri Lanka's Bhanuka Rajapaksa received the player of the match award.
Posted Date: September 28, 2022Sports
The 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off on 4 February 2022 in Beijing, China. The games will be concluded on 20 February 2022. The Opening Ceremony was held at Beijing’s National Stadium, also known as the ‘Bird’s Nest’.
The event includes a record of 109 events over 15 disciplines in seven sports. The Emblem for the 2022 Winter Olympics is “Winter Dream”.
“Together for a Shared Future” was revealed as the official motto of the games.
Arif Khan is the only Indian athlete competing at Beijing Winter Olympics. He will contest in Slalom and Giant Slalom events.
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Daryl Mitchell has won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award for 2021, the game’s governing body announced. Daryl Mitchell refused a single at a crucial stage of the run chase against England in the T20 worldcup semifinal last year in November.
New Zealand needed 34 to win off 18 deliveries when the incident occurred. Adil Rashid tried to stop the ball on his follow-through after James Neesham had hit the ball slightly wide of the bowler. However, with Rashid colliding with the non-striker Mitchell, the New Zealander refused to take a single as he felt he was in the bowler’s way and eventually sent back Neesham.
Mitchell is the fourth New Zealand player to have received this award after Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson.
Posted Date: February 11, 2022