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Indian women football team clinches 2022 SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship title

India have been declared as the winners of the 3rd edition of SAFF U-18 Women’s Football Championship. The 2022 edition of the international football competition for women’s under-18 national teams was held in Jharkhand at JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur. Although India lost to Bangladesh, 0-1 in final league match, but still emerged champions of the tournament on account of better […]

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Byju’s named as official sponsor of FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar

BYJU’S, an Indian ed-tech firm has become an official sponsor for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup. The event will be organized from November 21 to December 18 in Qatar. BYJU’S is now become the first Indian ed-tech firm to be associated with the World Cup. BYJU’S founder and CEO – Byju Raveendran Qatar Capital – Doha, currency –

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Para-athletes Someswara Rao Ramudri and Mohit won gold

Long jumper Someswara Rao Ramudri and javelin thrower Mohit won gold medals in their individual events at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2022. Long jumper Ramudri set the record with the leap of 6.40m. Javelin thrower Mohit achieved an impressive 54.71m distance. Dharambir won silver medal in men’s wheelchair discus final F51 In women events, Jayanti Behera claimed the silver medal in track & field. The Indian contingent won six medals.

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Ravindra Jadeja as new captain of Chennai Super Kings

MS Dhoni has handed over his captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja. MS Dhoni had been the CSK captain from 2008 – March 2022. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, CSK won 4 times – 2008, 2011, 2018, 2021 On 15th August, MS Dhoni has already retired from international cricket. Recently, Jadeja regained his top spot from West Indies’ Jason Holder in the latest ICC Test rankings for all-rounders.

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World tennis No.1 Ashleigh Barty announces retirement at the age of 25

World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty has made a shock announcement that she will retire from professional tennis at the age of just 25. She has won three Grand Slam singles titles — the French Open in 2019, Wimbledon in 2021 and the Australian Open 2022. Apart from playing tennis, she has also played semi-professional cricket

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2022 BNP Paribas Open Overview

The 2022 BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, also known as the 2022 Indian Wells Masters, was held from March 07 to 20, 2022 at Indian Wells, California, US. List of winners is given below Category Winner Runner Up Women’s singles Iga Świątek (Poland) Maria Sakkari (Greece) Men’s Singles Taylor Fritz (United States) Rafael Nadal (Spain) Women’s Doubles Xu

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Viktor Axelsen won men’s singles title at All England Open 2022

Viktor Axelsen of Denmark won the men’s single title in All England Open Badminton World Championships 2022. In the final he defeated India’s Lakshya Sen in the final. Other winners of the event were: Women’s singles title: Yamaguchi Akane, Japan Men’s doubles title: Muhammad Shohibul Fikri & Bagas Maulana (Indonesia) Women’s doubles title: Matsuyama Nami & Shida Chiharu (Japan) Mixed doubles title: Yuta Watanabe & Arisa

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Jay Shah’s term as President of Asian Cricket Council extended by one year

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has unanimously extended the tenure of its incumbent President Jay Shah for a period of one year. The decision was taken during the annual general meeting of ACC on March 19, 2022. Jay Shah is the Secretary of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) since 2019. Shah had

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Pankaj Advani wins Asian Billiards title for 8th time

Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani defeated compatriot Dhruv Sitwala by six frames to win his eighth title at the 19th Asian 100 UP Billiards Championship 2022 here on Saturday. It was held in Doha, Qatar. Overall this is Advani’s 24th international title and 8th Asian crown.

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2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad will be held in Chennai

India has been picked as the host nation for the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022. The 44th edition of the Olympiad is scheduled to be held in Chennai, The tentative dates for FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 are 26th July 2022 to 8th August 2022. This is thefirst time that India will host the FIDE Chess Olympiad since

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