Sports Current Affairs- July 23, 2021
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Sports Current Affairs
1-Pravin Jadhav will compete in the mixed team archery event at the Olympics alongside Deepika Kumari.
2-For the first time in over 40 years, India fielded 5 ODI debutants Sanju Samson, Krishnappa Gowtham, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, and Rahul Chahar in the insignificant third ODI against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium.
3-Son Heung-min of South Korea has signed a new four-year contract with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
4-South African captain Temba Bavuma was penalised for violating the ICC Code of Conduct during the first T20I against Ireland on July 19 at Malahide, Dublin.
5-The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has decided not to withdraw long jumper Murali Sreeshankar and 20km race walker KT Irfan’s registrations from the Tokyo Olympics.
Sports Current Affairs
6-Wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s enraged reaction in response to physio Poornima Ngomdir’s denial of accreditation by the Indian Olympic Association.
7-Brazil will send just two athletes to the opening ceremony in Tokyo, Bruno Rezende and Ketleyn Quadros, out of a 300-strong Brazilian delegation.
8-The West Indies-Australia second One-Day International (ODI) at Kensington Oval has been called off after a member of the home team’s non-playing staff tested positive for Covid-19.
9-After six athletes and officials tested positive for Coronavirus in Japan, the Czech Olympic Committee was chastised by the country’s Prime Minister.
10-Deepika Kumari, the best Indian archer, qualified ninth and will play a Bhutanese archer in the first elimination round at the Tokyo Olympics.
