Sports Current Affairs- Feb 8, 2023

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Sports Current Affairs- Feb 8, 2023

On Friday, the India U-20 Women’s National Team’s training camp in Chennai will resume.

The Young Tigresses will be back at the Chennai camp next month as they get ready for the next AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers after returning from their SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship campaign.

2- Former South African cricketer JP Duminy said that the host nation may offer Suryakumar Yadav an opportunity if they wanted to play an attacking style of cricket in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

3-In the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy, legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar thinks Australia’s speed attack poses the greatest threat to India.

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4-Pat Cummins, the captain of Australia and the No. 1 Test bowler in the world, ended with the most wickets during the 2020–21 Test series and enjoyed a successful tour of Pakistan.

5-To go to the Border Gavaskar Trophy final, India, which is ranked second in the World Test Championship (WTC), must win the series by a wide majority.

6- Simon O’Donnell, a former cricketer for Australia, has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to step in and help with the preparation of the Nagpur pitch for the inaugural Border-Gavaskar Trophy match, which will begin on Thursday.

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7-The Nordic Olympic Committees and sports federations have jointly stated that they do not support Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and that “now is not the ideal time to consider their return.”

8-The International School Sport Federation (ISF) and the Turkiye Ministry of Youth and Sports announced that the Winter Gymnasiade 2023 in Erzurum, Turkiye, has been postponed as a result of the recent earthquake.

9-The Major League Cricket (MLC) draught is scheduled for March 19 in Houston, Texas, USA. This summer, the MLC will have its first season, including six teams.

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10-Lucas Lima, a former midfielder for Brazil’s national team, has signed a brief contract to join his old team Santos.

11-Tiddim Road Athletic Union lost their home undefeated streak after suffering a heartbreaking 1-2 loss to Sreenidi Deccan in their I-League 2022-23 encounter on Tuesday at the Khuman Lampak Stadium.

12- In a dramatic Indian Super League 2022-23 encounter on Tuesday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Chennaiyin FC lost 1-2 to Kerala Blasters FC.

13-Tuesday at the Koramangala Stadium in Bengaluru, the Chennai Blitz stunned the Kochi Blue Spikers in their opening match of Season 2 of the Prime Volleyball League.

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14-After losing 1-3 against Nepal on Tuesday at the Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, the India U-20 Women’s National Team is facing elimination from the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship.

15-Smriti Mandhana, the ranked Indian opener, remained in the top three while all-arounder Deepti Sharma dropped one spot in the most recent ICC Women’s T20 rankings, which were revealed on Tuesday.