Sports Current Affairs- January 28, 2022
1- Who has been named temporary coach of the national men’s squad ahead of their five-T20I trip of Australia in February?
2- Who has risen dramatically in the new ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings after assisting their side to a spectacular 3-0 series triumph against India?
3- Who has called up off-spinner Simon Harmer for New Zealand’s two-match Test series?
4- Who praised MS Dhoni, claiming the ex-national team captain was one of the brightest cricket minds he had ever met?
5- Who agrees that five-day Test matches should be the very minimum in women’s cricket?
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6- Who was punished by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for four One-Day Internationals (ODIs)/Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for ball-tampering during the third match of the Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League series versus Afghanistan in Doha?
7- Who encouraged his former McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton to keep racing and finally win a record-breaking eighth world title, despite his prolonged quiet following the contentious finish of the 2021 world championship?
8- Who qualified to the 2022 Australian Open semi-finals with a dominant quarter-final win over Italy’s Jannik Sinner in Melbourne?
9- Who advanced to the second round of the women’s singles in the Odisha Open badminton competition in Cuttack in 2022?
10-Aside from Langer, who else has been inducted into Australia’s Hall of Fame?
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11- Who, after defeating No.3 seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, will compete in his first-ever Grand Slam final partnering Thanasi Kokkinakis in an all-Aussie affair in the men’s doubles at the Australian Open.
12- Name the Quetta Gladiators player that tested positive for Covid-19 this season in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
13-Where will the Pakistan Super League (PSL) be staged this year?
14- Who declared that the 2022 women’s hundred competition will be cut by eight matches in order to avoid a collision with the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham?
15- On Thursday, the Indian cricketer became a victim of cybercrime after someone hacked into his Twitter account and demanded Bitcoins from his followers?
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16- What year were Australian cricketer Shane Watson’s Twitter and Instagram accounts hacked?
17- Do you think Cricket Australia (CA) should re-appoint Justin Langer as the men’s national team’s head coach?
18- Who defeated a resurgent American Madison Keys in Melbourne to become the first Australian woman to reach the final of her home major since 1980?
19- What was the name of the federation that mourned the death of former India footballer A D Nagendra?
20- Who was pleased with the speed with which her batters moved on day one of the women’s Ashes Test at the Manuka Oval on Thursday?
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ANSWERS
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1-Former Sri Lanka pacer Rumesh Ratnayake
2-South African wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock and compatriot Rassie van der Dussen
3- South Africa
4-Former India head coach Greg Chappell
5-Former Australia leg-spinner Kristen Beams
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6-Netherlands fast bowler Vivian Kingma
7-Formula One driver Jenson Button
8-Stefanos Tsitsipas
9-Young Indian shuttlers Malvika Bansod, Ashmita Chaliha and Tasnim Mir
10- Former fast bowler and women’s team captain Raelee Thompson
11-Nick Kyrgios
12-Former all rounder Shahid Afridi
13- At the National Stadium, Karachi
14-The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
15-India all-rounder Krunal Pandya
16- In 2019.
17-Former South Australia head coach Darren Berry
18- World No. 1 tennis player Ash Barty
19-The All India Football Federation (AIFF)
20-Australia captain Meg Lanning
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