Belinda Clark Becomes First Woman Cricketer to Get Bronze Statue at SCG
Australia's legendary woman cricketer Belinda Clark became the first female cricketer to be immortalised with a sculpture in the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
Clark's bronze statue was installed at the entrance to the SCG's Walk of Honour and was revealed for the first time ahead of day two of the third men's Test against South Africa.
The sculpture was unveiled by The Hon. Dame Quentin Bryce and the New South Wales Premier the Hon. Dominic Perrottet MP during a ceremony.
Cricket Australia congratulated Clark, a World Cup winner and a former Australia skipper, for getting this honour.
Jan 07, 2023
Odisha CM Patnaik Inaugurates India's Biggest Hockey Stadium in Rourkela
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, the largest hockey stadium in the country.
Standing in the middle of the jampacked stadium, Patnaik announced the opening of the facility ahead of the. Rourkela is the second venue for the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 beginning from January 13 after the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
Rourkela will host 20 of the 44 matches while the remaining 24 matches, including the final, will be played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
The stadium named after eminent tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda, was built at a cost of Rs. 146 crore. The total capacity of the stadium is 21,000 and it is the largest hockey stadium in the country.
Jan 05, 2023
Cape Verde Becomes First Country to Name Stadium after Pele
African Portuguese speaking country Cape Verde became the first country responding to the call made by FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to name a stadium after Pele.
Following Pele's death in December, Infantino paid tribute to the three-time World Cup winner at his memorial service in Brazil and proposed at the memorial service that each nation should name one stadium after Pele.
Cape Verde Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva confirmed their Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde would be renamed after Pele. "The 15,000-seat stadium, which hosts football matches for the Cape Verde national team, will be called 'Pele Stadium' in honour of the former New York Cosmos player.
Jan 04, 2023
Jaydev Unadkat Becomes the First-ever Bowler to Clinch a Hat-trick in the First over of a Ranji T...
Jaydev Unadkat became the first-ever bowler to clinch a hat-trick in the first over of a Ranji Trophy match. The bowler did so in Saurashtra's Elite, Group B match against Delhi at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
After opting to bat first, Delhi was off to a nightmarish start. Dhruv Shorey, Vaibhav Rawal and captain Yash Dhull were dismissed on the third, fourth and fifth delivery of the first over for a duck. Delhi was reduced to 0/3 in the first five balls of the match.
Unadkat continued his ruthless bowling spell in his next over, dismissing Jonty Sidhu (4), Lalit Yadav (0) and wicketkeeper-batter Lakshay Thareja (1). This reduced Delhi to an alarming 10/7.
Delhi was bundled out for 133 runs. Unadkat finished with remarkable figures of 8/39 in 12 overs.
World Boxing Council to Create Transgender Category
The World Boxing Council, one of the four governing bodies for the sport, will introduce a transgender category from this year, its president Mauricio Sulaiman said.
The WBC is going to create a league and a tournament but title belts may not be on the line. WBC wants to eliminate a scenario where a 'man fights a woman'.
A 'at birth rule' will be used, which means a transgender boxer who is registered as male at birth will be allowed to fight others who have also been registered as male at birth and those registered as female at birth will be allowed to fight others who have been registered as female at birth.
Koustav Chatterjee became India's 78th Grandmaster in MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship in New Delhi.
The 19-year-old drew his game against GM Mitrabha Guha. Koustav cruised through the game. Mitrabha could have gone for a win, however, Koustav mixed up the order in the endgame and he managed to draw it to secure his final GM norm.
Koustav hailing from Kolkata became West Bengal's tenth Grandmaster.
Vaidehi Chaudhari Wins ITF Women's Tournament Singles in Gwalior
Second seed Vaidehi Chaudhari beat the top seed Ksenia Laskutova 7-5, 6-4 and clinched the title in the $15,000 ITF women's tennis tournament at the City Centre Tennis Complex in Gwalior.
It was Vaidehi's maiden singles title in the professional circuit. She had won her maiden doubles title with Laskutova as her partner.
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