Sports Current Affairs- August 10, 2021
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Sports Current Affairs
1- New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced a 15-member squad for the ICC T20 World Cup, which will be held in the UAE and Oman under skipper Kane Williamson.
2- World No. 1 tennis player, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, pulls back from Cincinnati to recover from a ‘taxing journey.’
3- ATP Shanghai Masters suspended for a second year due to COVID.
4- Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics, said it had taken some time for the realisation that he had reached a major career milestone.
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5-The International Cricket Council (ICC) reaffirms its commitment to bid for cricket’s inclusion in the Olympics
6-Vikas Krishan, the Asian Games gold medalist who lost his welterweight fight against a Japanese boxer at the Tokyo Olympic Games, has had surgery to repair a dislocated shoulder.
7-At a ceremony in Chennai, the Chennai Super Kings will honour former Tamil Nadu cricketers and groundsmen
8-Olympic bronze medalist and badminton champion P.V.Sindhu believes meditation is beneficial and that everyone should try it.
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9-The Indian cricket body BCCI is searching out for the top National Cricket Academy (NCA) position currently held by Rahul Dravid.
10- Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns is on life support system in Australia after a severe medical emergency.
11- Among 181 countries around the world, India found a rank of 122nd in the 2020 Global Youth Development Index, which measures the status of young people.
12- England has called up all-rounder Moeen Ali for the second Test against India, which starts on Thursday at Lord’s.
13- Wrestler Vinesh Phogat was suspended for insubordination at the just completed Tokyo Olympics.
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