Sports Current Affairs- August 2, 2021
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Sports Current Affairs
1-Princepal Singh, India’s best basketball player, has been named to the Sacramento Kings’ team for the California Classic Summer League.
2-Fouaad Mirza of India had an excellent Olympic debut, placing 23rd overall in the individual eventing category of equestrian events in Tokyo.
3-Denmark is ranked second in the world. In the men’s singles badminton final, Victor Axelsen defeated China’s reigning champion Chen Long to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
4-Zhang Changhong shattered the world record to win the Tokyo Olympics’ last shooting gold medal.
5-After opener Mayank Agarwal was struck on the head during practise, the Indian Test squad faced another setback. He is being watched.
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6-Simone Biles, a star American gymnast, will compete in the women’s artistic gymnastics balance beam final on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics.
7-Graham Reid, the main coach of the Indian men’s hockey team, has advised his players to keep their emotions in control ahead of their historic semifinal match against world champions Belgium at the Olympic Games on Tuesday.
8-The Supreme Court will hear a petition from five-time Paralympian shooter Naresh Kumar Sharma challenging his non-selection for the next Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
9-Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh congratulates the women’s hockey team for achieving history by reaching the Olympics 2020 semi-finals.
10-The Rajya Sabha congratulated P.V. Sindhu on her bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.
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11-Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Sanjeev Rajput of India failed to make the final of the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions at the Tokyo Olympics.
12-The hundredth side Shane Warne, coach of the London Spirit, puts his players to the test. Isolates that are covid-positive
13-India beat world No. 2 Australia 1-0 in the quarterfinals to go to the Olympic Games hockey tournament’s medal stages for the first time. For the first time, it advanced to the semifinals of the Olympic Games hockey competition.
14-Kamalpreet Kaur, an Indian discus thrower, comes sixth in the discus throw, while Valarie Allman won gold at the Olympics.
15- In the badminton women’s singles final at the Tokyo Olympics, China’s top seed Chen Yufei beat Chinese Taipei’s world No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying 2-1.
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