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Sports Current Affairs-Feb 11, 2023

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1-Bengaluru FC defeated Kerala Blasters 1-0 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Saturday, extending their winning streak in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2022–23 to six games.

2-Calicut Heroes won their second match of the Prime Volleyball League’s second season on Saturday at Bengaluru’s Koramangala Indoor Stadium.

3-Des Buckingham, the head coach of Mumbai City FC, praised the club’s work over the past 18 months after their decisive 5-3 victory over FC Goa on Saturday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa gave them the League Winners’ Shield.

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4-On Saturday at Boland Park in Paarl (South Africa), England opened their Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 campaign with an easy seven-wicket victory over West Indies.

5-Ansu Fati, a 20-year-old striker for the team, received the endorsement of FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez on Saturday.

• This season, Fati has played for Barca in 20 league games, however those games have only taken up a total of 800 minutes, during which he has scored three goals.

6- ABB FIA Formula E world championship race in India was won by Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne of DS Penske on Saturday in front of a sold-out audience and a number of dignitaries, Bollywood stars, and sports icons.

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7-ABB The first entirely electric FIA world championship and the only sport to have achieved net zero carbon since conception is the FIA Formula E world championship.

8-Jaiveer Motwani of Maharashtra and Jasnoor Kaur of Punjab won the Boys and Girls 50m freestyle event at the Prakash Tarun Pushkar pool in Bhopal, respectively, to claim the titles of the fastest boy and female swimmers of the games.

9-Despite a brief push from FC Goa on Saturday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Mumbai City FC triumphed 5-3 to capture their second ISL League Shield and cap off a spectacular year.

10-Charlotte Edwards, head coach of the Mumbai Indians women’s squad, stated that she views the competition as a fantastic opportunity to work with and develop domestic Indian players before to the Womens Premier League (WPL) players’ auction.

11-The legendary Allan Border blasted the visitors, saying the batters are giving the bowlers the thumbs up on being beaten outside the off-stump, after Australia was destroyed by India by a huge margin of an innings and 132 runs in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar series at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur.

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12-Rohit Sharma’s squad is one step closer to earning a spot in the World Test Championship Final, which will take place at The Oval in London starting on June 7. India defeated Australia by an innings and 132 runs in the first Test of the four-match series on Saturday.

13-Ashwin, Jadeja, and Axar shone with the ball and the bat as India defeated Australia by an innings and 132 runs in the first Test on Saturday at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur.

14- The inaugural ILT20 trophy final between Desert Vipers and Gulf Giants will be a fierce contest on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium.

15-The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is being held in Hyderabad, the city of the Nizams. Enthusiastic spectators filled the grandstands to watch 22 drivers compete in races in the GEN3, the fastest, lightest, most powerful, and most efficient electric race car ever built on a street circuit built around the picturesque Hussain Sagar Lake.

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Sports Current Affairs-Feb 5, 2023

1- Several times Rajendra RE, a national champion, of the Petronas TVS Racing team won the Rally of Nashik to reclaim the overall title for Super Bikes Pro-Expert for 2022.

2-As the sixth and final round of the fmsci National Rally Championship for two-wheelers – 2022 came to a close in Nashik, Sarath Mohan won his first national championship in the other elite Expert class without even changing gears.

3-Left-arm spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja said he felt extremely lucky to have another opportunity to compete for his country prior to the start of the first Test against Australia on February 9 in Nagpur. After having surgery on his right knee in September 2022, Jadeja was unable to play and had to leave the Asia Cup in the UAE midway through.

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4- Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Sunday that the government is aware that no young person should be left behind owing to a lack of resources, thus it is now providing the best players with up to Rs 5 lakh in annual support.

5-The Gulf Giants captain, James Vince, has commended team efforts for the team’s success in making the playoffs and competing for the DP World ILT20 championship ahead of Monday’s last preliminary league game against Sharjah Warriors.

6-Indian batting legend Mithali Raj, who announced her retirement from the sport last year, hailed the Women’s Premier League (WPLdebut )’s as a significant advancement for the nation’s sport.

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7-Two-time Aditi Ashok, an Olympic golfer, kept up her strong play in the Magical Kenya Ladies Open, shooting a bogey-free round of 69 (-4) to have a six-shot lead going into the final round.

8-Legendary Indian batswoman Mithali Raj believes the top order’s performance will have a significant impact on the prospects of Harmanpreet Kaur’s team winning the Women’s T20 World Cup.

9-Charlotte Edwards, a former England captain, has been named the team’s head coach for the upcoming Women’s Premier League (WPL).

• Legendary Indian fast bowler Jhulan Goswami joins her in this capacity, serving as both the team manager and bowling coach. Devieka Palshikaar has been hired as the squad’s batting coach, and Trupti Chandgadkar Bhattacharya serves as the team manager.

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10-At the Zagreb Open 2023 Ranking Series, Greco-Roman wrestler Ashu defeated Lithuania’s Adomas Grigaliunas 5-0 to claim the bronze medal in the men’s 67kg division.

11-Prime off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin outperformed Australia opener David Warner in the second Test at Bengaluru during the 2017 edition of the prestigious series, according to former Indian fielding coach R Sridhar, who was speaking ahead of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023, which begins on Thursday and travels to Nagpur.

12-On Sunday, Dubai Capitals chose former Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan as their team’s captain for the remaining matches of the DP World ILT20, which is presently taking place in the UAE.

13-On Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium, the Dubai Capitals will play their final league game of the DP World ILT20 against the MI Emirates.

14-Tejaswin Shankar, a high jumper, won the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix competition at the Boston World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting on Saturday night.

15-Great Britain qualified for the Davis Cup Finals group stage after Cameron Norrie defeated Nicolas Mejia in straight sets in singles, giving the visitors an unbeatable 3-1 lead against Columbia.

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Sports Current Affairs- Feb 3, 2023

1. India now holds the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after defeating Australia in the last three series in 2017, 2018–19, and 2020–21. Australia, on the other hand, is hoping to repeat its 2004 victory in a Test series against India, which will begin on February 9 in Nagpur.

2. Former Australia wicket-keeper Ian Healy criticised the BCCI of using square-turners and dubbed such strategies as “unfair.” Healy has received pushback from former India coach John Wright, who argues that countries playing at home have the right to create fields that work for their particular squad.

3. Greg Chappell, a former cricketer for Australia, feels the Pat Cummins-led team will need to showcase their talent and expertise during the forthcoming four-match series against India since doing well there will require a lot of fortitude, foresight, patience, and tenacity.

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4-The top-ranked teams in the ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings and the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2023 cycle, respectively, are Australia and India.

5-A highly anticipated four-match series between Australia and India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will take place in Nagpur (February 9–13), New Delhi (February 17–21), Dharamshala (March 1–5), and Ahmedabad (March 6-9). (March 9-13).

6-Alexander Zverev defeated Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-1 at the right time to win his second match in eight months and tie Germany and Switzerland in their Davis Cup Qualifier match in Trier, Germany.

7-Lionel Messi, the captain of Argentina, has left the door open to participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but he adds that his attendance will depend on “many factors.”

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8-The Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Smith’s remarks as “mind games” that the Australians frequently engage in before significant visits.

9-With an emphatic 18-run victory over the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the 26th game of the DP World ILT20 at Abu Dhabi, MI Emirates advanced into the playoffs thanks to brisk innings from captain Kieron Pollard and reliable opener Muhammad Waseem.

10-Dev Kumar Meena, who is from Madhya Pradesh and is competing in the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Madhya Pradesh (KIYG2022MP), broke the youth pole vault record on Friday.

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11-Rachel Delaney, a right-handed batter, was selected for the Ireland Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 roster on Friday after Rebecca Stokell was forced to withdraw from the competition owing to an injury.

• Delaney, 25, who has participated in 10 T20 Internationals, will board a flight to South Africa on Saturday to join the group.

12-On Friday, B Sai Praneeth’s run at the Thailand Masters 2023 badminton tournament came to an end when he was defeated by China’s Li Shi Feng, the winner of the Youth Olympic Games, in the men’s singles quarterfinals in Bangkok.

13-The sailing and football games’ host city Marseille will serve as the starting point for the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay, the organisers confirmed on Friday.

14-The India U-20 women’s football team defeated Bhutan 12-0 in their opening game of the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship on Friday at the Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka thanks to three hat-tricks from as many substitutes.

15-From February 4 to March 5, 2023, 31 matches will be played in the second season of the Prime Volleyball League, which will feature eight teams from eight different Indian cities competing for the title of champion.

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Sports Current Affairs- Jan 18, 2023

1. Inter Milan won the Supercoppa for the eighth time as the Nerazzurri successfully defended their title with a 3-0 victory over AC Milan.

2-South Africa’s opening batsman Hashim Amla has declared his retirement from all forms of cricket and has joined MI Cape Town as a batting coach for SA20.

• Amla has amassed 34,104 runs in his two-decade career across all forms, 9,282 of those in 124 Test matches, the second-highest total for his nation after Jacques Kallis. This includes 28 hundreds, the greatest of which being 311 not out against England at The Oval in 2012—South Africa’s first triple-century in Test matches.

• Amla was also highly successful in white-ball cricket, hitting 1,277 runs in 44 T20Is and 8113 runs, including 27 hundreds, in 181 ODIs.

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3-During the ongoing ILT20 tournament, Dubai Capitals opener Robin Uthappa asked cricket enthusiasts and supporters in the UAE to support the team at all three venues—Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah.

4- On Wednesday, 686 runs were scored and 24 sixes were hit in the first One-Day International between India and New Zealand in front of 31,187 fans at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

5-After India’s skipper Rohit Sharma defeated Michael Bracewell’s 140-run innings to win the first ODI by 12 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, he was visibly relieved.

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6-Before Michael Bracewell almost helped New Zealand chase down 350, Shubman Gill made history at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium by becoming the youngest player to ever score a double century in an ODI in front of 31,187 people.

7-On Wednesday, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) was asked to provide an explanation “within the next 72 hours” after Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat made significant accusations of sexual harassment against the WFI’s coaches and chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

• On Wednesday, as more than 30 wrestlers, including Olympic medalists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, staged a protest at the Jantar Mantar here, the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medalist sobbed openly in front of reporters.

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8-The 2022–23 Reliance Foundation Youth Sports (RFYS) football season, which ended earlier this month at the Utorda Sports Complex in Goa, has received praise from the coaches, players, and partners.

9-At the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday, New Zealand off-spin all-rounder Michael Bracewell mounted an impressive counterattack with a 78-ball 140, but his fightback was in vain as India prevailed by 12 runs in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

10- With an 83-run triumph over Scotland in their final Group D encounter on Wednesday at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni (South Africa), India continued to roll in the ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup.

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Sports Current Affairs-Jan 16, 2023

1-NorthEast United FC head coach Vincenzo Annese was pleased with his team’s performance as the Highlanders recovered a significant point in an exciting 2-2 draw against FC Goa in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati.

2-In the Riyadh Spanish Supercup final, FC Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-1 thanks in large part to the play of young Barcelona midfielder Gavi.

3-On a day when the Blues honoured the late, great Gianluca Vialli, Chelsea returned to winning ways in the Premier League by defeating Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge by a goal.

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4-At the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma praised Virat Kohli’s outstanding 46th ODI century innings, which propelled India to a commanding 317-run victory and 3-0 series triumph over Sri Lanka.

5- India was kept to a scoreless draw in their second league match of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 on Sunday at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium Rourkela despite surviving a barrage of attacks in the first half.

6-International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Tayyab Ikram said on Sunday that the Birsa Munda hockey stadium in Rourkela, Odisha, has the most seats in the world, putting an end to the argument over whether it is the “world’s largest.”

• There are now 21,800 seats available at Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium.

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7-In the third game of the International League T20, the Gulf Giants defeated the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders by six wickets, thanks in large part to the outstanding bowling of UAE fast bowler Sanchit Sharma (3-9) at the Zayed Cricket Stadium.

8- In advance of next month’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa, New Zealand Cricket on Sunday named former Proteas fast bowler Morne Morkel as a part of the coaching staff for their women’s team.

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9-Hockey fans have travelled to Odisha to see the 2023 Men’s FIH Odisha Hockey World Cup Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, as well as teams from France, Germany, and Japan.

• The host venues include the renowned Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, known as the “Mecca of Indian Hockey.”

10-In the third and final game of the series on Sunday in Thiruvananthapuram, Team India trounced Sri Lanka by a score of 317 runs, breaking the previous record for the largest win (by runs) in ODIs. At the Greenfield Stadium, India broke New Zealand’s record (a victory by 290 runs) to create stadium history.

11-Continental Europe, coached by Francesco Molinari, defeated Great Britain and Ireland 14-10 in the first Hero Cup after taking an early two-point lead. Six points were earned by Molinari’s squad in the singles competition on Sunday at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club.

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12-The talismanic batsman Virat Kohli said his goal is to assist put the team in a strong position in the format after collecting Player of the Match and Player of the Series awards in India’s 3-0 victory over Sri Lanka for his 166 not out.

13-With 283 runs scored in three innings at an average of 141.50 and a strike rate of 137.37, Kohli led the series in run production. He also recorded centuries in Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram.

14-With a 317-run thumping of Sri Lanka on Sunday at Greenfield International Stadium, Virat Kohli delivered another batting masterclass with his 46th ODI century. Shubman Gill added his second century and Mohammed Siraj added a four-for to secure India a 3-0 series triumph.

15- Mohammed Kaif, a former cricketer for India, thinks that Mohammed Siraj’s performance as a fast bowler was one of the key lessons learned from the team’s recent 3-0 ODI series victory against Sri Lanka.

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Sports Current Affairs- Jan 10, 2023

1-In the opening ODI of the series against Sri Lanka on Tuesday at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, India captain Rohit Sharma was satisfied with the “fantastic” effort from all of his batters to make an impressive 373 and lay the groundwork for a 67-run victory.

2- At the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, Virat Kohli’s 45th ODI century, along with the skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill’s fifty-plus scores, helped India defeat Sri Lanka by a score of 67 runs to take a 1-0 series lead.

3- At the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, India won the first ODI by 67 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, despite the brave unbeaten 102 that Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka blasted.

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4- On Tuesday at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range (DKSSR), New Delhi, world champion Rudrankksh Patil, Olympian Manu Bhaker, and Sift Kaur Samra each won their individual national shooting selection trials within Group A.

5-Tuesday at the Lusail Sports Complex in Doha (Qatar), Indian paddlers Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Asian WTTC Continental Stage.

6-On Wednesday night, Real Madrid will play Valencia in the opening semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup.

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7-For the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2023, Ireland named a young team on Tuesday, with Laura Delany serving as its captain.

8-On February 13, Ireland will face off against England. The other teams in their group at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2023 are West Indies, India, and Pakistan.

• The competition gets underway on February 10 in South Africa, with the championship match scheduled for February 26.

9-Tom Curran, an all-rounder for England who is playing for the Desert Vipers in the inaugural ILT20, said that while he would love to return to international cricket, it is not his current priority. Instead, he just wants to play cricket again so he can enjoy and be happy in his life.

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10-Virat Kohli said he was delighted to have played at the pace of the game to strike two hundreds in a row in the ODI format and lead India to a score of above 370 in Guwahati on Tuesday after hammering his 45th ODI century in the series opener against Sri Lanka.

11-Tendulkar’s record was surpassed by Kohli’s century, which was his ninth ODI century against Sri Lanka. His 113-run knock included 12 fours and a six.

• Kohli was quick to concede that he also had luck on his side because he went out on balls 52 and 81.

12-year-old Indian judoka Tulika Maan, who hopes to win a medal at the Asian Games, attributes her success at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, where she won the silver medal in the +78kg division, to the Khelo India programme.

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13-The Indian judoka Tulika Maan won two gold medals in the Commonwealth Championships in 2019.

14-Rafael Nadal, the defending champion of the Australian Open, is upbeat about defending his title in Melbourne and claims, “I am in terrific shape,” after suffering back-to-back defeats in the United Cup in Sydney.

15-The Anjum Chopra scholarship, which aims to assist and foster the growth of young, talented female cricket players, was unveiled by PUSH Sports on Tuesday.

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Sports Current Affairs-January 7, 2023

1. On Friday at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, the all-Indian team of N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan defeated the British team of Julian Cash and Henry Patten in straight sets to go to the men’s doubles final of the Tata Open Maharashtra.

2-On Friday, Rajasthan United and Mohammedan Sporting drew 1-1 in an I-League 2022–23 game at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.

3 – Top seed Denis Shapovalov put up a strong fight, but Novak Djokovic overcame him to win the quarterfinal match 6-3, 6-4 and go to the semifinals of the Adelaide International 1.

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4-Former No. 1 in doubles Sania Mirza has announced that she will end her career as a professional tennis player during the WTA 1000 event, the Dubai Tennis Championships, which starts on February 19. Mirza, a six-time major champion—three in doubles and three in mixed doubles—has committed to competing alongside Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan at this month’s Australian Open.

5- Rrahul Sachdev and Rovin D’Souza both won their individual matches at the National Sports Club of India (NSCI)-organized Rs 13 lakh prize-money All India Snooker Open 2023 by regularly potting and recording century breaks.

6-Sarfaraz Ahmed, who has been on a roll since his recovery, produced a superb century on Friday to help Pakistan stave off New Zealand in the gripping second and final Test, and he regarded his fourth innings hundred as among his “best.”

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7- The fifth iteration of the Tata Open Maharashtra is expected to end in Pune on Saturday, and with that, the agreement between the event’s proprietors and the organisers, the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), to hold the tournament in Pune, will come to an end.

On Friday, Chilean Jose Ignacio Cornejo, better known by his stage name Nacho, finished second in Ha’il (Saudi Arabia), while 8-Frenchman Adrien van Beveren of the Monster Energy Honda Team claimed victory in the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally 2023.

9-The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced on Friday that Gianluca Vialli, a legendary player in Italian football, has died at the age of 58 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

10-Vialli, who was born in 1964, began his professional career with Cremonese, the team from his hometown, before transferring to Sampdoria in 1984. It was at Sampdoria that the hitman gained notoriety by winning a Scudetto, three Italian Cups, an Italian Supercoppa, and a UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.

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11- Benjamin Bonzi, ranked 60th in the ATP rankings, defeated Dutchman Biotic van de Zandschulp, ranked 35th, in three sets to advance to the final matchup against Tallon Griekspoor, also from the Netherlands, at the Tata Open Maharashtra ATP 250 tennis tournament in Pune on Friday.

12-Sarfaraz Ahmed continued his stellar play since his comeback on Friday, batting a superb century to help Pakistan stave off New Zealand in the gripping second and final Test, drawing 0-0 in Karachi.

13-Prior to the start of the inaugural ILT20 season, the 13-MI Emirates, led by former West Indies big batter Kieron Pollard, began their first practise session on Friday at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

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14 — Strong favourites At the 6th Elite Men’s National Boxing Championships, Hissar on Friday, Shiva Thapa and Mohammad Hussamuddin powered their way to remarkable triumphs and gold medals, while the defending champions Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) topped the standings with 10 medals.

15-Organizers for the next season of the Legends League Masters, the international version of the league, revealed on Friday that Doha, Qatar’s Qatar Cricket Association will host the event from February 27 to March 8, 2023.

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