Sports Current Affairs- March 2, 2022
1- Who announced the decision to relocate the Olympic Games from Moscow, Russia, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
2- Who has requested International Sports Federations and sports event organisers not to invite or allow Russian and Belarussian athletes and officials to compete in international tournaments in preparation for the country’s invasion of Ukraine?
3- Who has moved to No.20 in the current ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings for hitters, which were revealed on Tuesday, after striking a 66-ball 63 in the fifth and final ODI to surge back into form?
4- Who remains in the Top-10 among hitters, with Australia’s Alyssa Healy holding the No. 2 and No. 8 slots, respectively, in the most recent rankings?
5- Who is the Australian batter who reported that he experienced a repeat of the terrible vertigo symptoms a couple of Fridays ago but was again feeling OK ahead of the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi on March 4?
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6- With only a few weeks till the start of the 2022 Indian Premier League, who has yet to name their captain for the season?
7= Who stated his intention to step down as RCB captain at the end of the IPL in 2021?
8- In the final of the Men’s 10M Air Pistol category, who won his third individual International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup stage gold, his first in the new format, defeating Germany’s Michael Schwald 16-6?
9- Who will face off in a hypothetical shootout for a spot in the semifinals in a rescheduled 2021-22 Indian Super League encounter on Wednesday at the Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco (Goa)?
10- Who will kick off their campaign against England on July 3 in Pool B of the FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup 2022 in Spain and the Netherlands, which begins on July 1?
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11- Who will captain the Indian team at the next Junior Davis Cup 2022 qualification tournament, which will be held in Malaysia from April 4-9?
12-In 1985, the ITF launched the ‘World Youth Cup,’ which is an international team competition for boys aged 16 and under.
13- Which Championship is set for a thrilling finale, with five players now dominating the point table with 6.5 points with only three rounds remaining in the Rs 30 lakh prize money event?
14- Who claimed the squad isn’t concerned about the absence of a crowd for the first Test against Sri Lanka since it’s out of their hands and they’re more concerned with winning the series opener?
15- Who will be the 12th Indian to play 100 Tests, behind Sachin Tendulkar (200), Rahul Dravid (163), VVS Laxman (134), Anil Kumble (132), Kapil Dev (131), Sunil Gavaskar (125), Dilip Vengsarkar (116), Sourav Ganguly (113), Ishant Sharma (105), Harbhajan Singh (103), and Virender Sehwag (103). (103)
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16- Who has followed FIFA and UEFA in excluding Russia from participating in football events in the midst of the continuing invasion of Ukraine?
17- Who is the 16-year-old Grandmaster who defeated five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen to make India proud?
18- Who stated that Ravichandran Ashwin is shaping up well and looked well in training, implying that the veteran off-spinner would be included in the first Test of a two-match series against Sri Lanka, which begins on March 4 at Mohali.
19- Who was the Indian player who was ruled out of the white-ball series against the West Indies owing to an unknown injury and last played for India in the ODI series against South Africa?
20- Who won the men’s long jump at the inaugural AFI National Open Jumps Competition in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday with his third-best leap ever, a magnificent 8.17-metre effort.
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ANSWERS
1-The International Chess Federation or FIDE
2-The International Olympic Committee (IOC)
3-India’s Harmanpreet Kaur
4-Top India batters Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana
5-Steve Smith
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6-Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
7=Virat Kohli
8-India’s Saurabh Chaudhary
9-Kerala Blasters FC and Mumbai City FC
10-India Women’s Hockey Team
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11-Rushil Khosla
12-the Junior Davis Cup
13-The 58th Senior National Chess
14- India vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah
15-Kohli
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16-World Rugby
17-Rameshbabu Pragganandhaa
18-Indian vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah
19-Ravichandran Ashwin
20-National record holder M Sreeshankar
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