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SPORTS - January 2017

Jan 2017

Jul 31, 2022

Four-time Champion Sebastian Vettel to Retire from Formula 1 at the End of the 2022 Season

Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel will retire at the end of the 2022 season, he announced. The German won four successive titles from 2010 to 2013. His 53 Grand Prix victories place him third on the all-time list behind Lewis Hamilton (103) and Michael Schumacher (91). Vettel joined Aston Martin last season after six years at Ferrari, with whom he twice finished runner-up for the world title to Hamilton in 2017 and 2018. He came 12th in 2021 with his new team after achieving just one podium finish. Vettel is 14th in the standings this season.

Jul 30, 2022

Martin Guptill Leapfrogs Rohit Sharma to Become Highest Run-getter in T20Is

New Zealand opener Martin Guptill went past India captain Rohit Sharma to become the highest run scorer in T20 Internationals, during the first game against Scotland.
The talismanic batter achieved the milestone en route his 31-ball 40.
During the course of his innings, Guptill surpassed Rohit, who had become the highest run-scorer in T20Is (3,379) earlier this year (2022).
Guptill now has 3,399 runs in T20Is, 20 ahead of the India skipper.
Apart from Rohit, Guptill is closely followed by former India captain Virat Kohli (3,308), Ireland's ODI skipper Paul Stirling (2,894), and Australian captain Aaron Finch, who is fifth in the list with 2,855 runs.

Jul 29, 2022

England's Leicester Cricket Ground Named after Sunil Gavaskar

England's Leicester Cricket Ground was named after India's legendary cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar. The Leicester Cricket Ground, the ownership of which lies with Bharat Sports and Cricket Club, decided to name the ground after Gavaskar to acknowledge his immense contribution to uplifting Indian Cricket to a certain height.
There has been a ground already named after Sunil Gavaskar in the Kentucky area of the United States of America (USA) and there is another ground going through its finishing touches in the Zanzibar area of the African nation Tanzania which is also named after the former Indian opener.

ICC Awards Membership Status to Cambodia, Uzbekistan, Cote D'Ivoire

The ICC awarded membership status to three countries during the ICC Annual Conference in Birmingham.
Cambodia and Uzbekistan from Asia, and Cote D'Ivoire from Africa, were all awarded Associate membership status, taking ICC's total members to 108 countries, including 96 Associates.
The two Asian teams took the total count of Asian countries to 25 while Cote D'Ivoire was the 21st country from Africa.
A major criteria to gain ICC Membership is detailed in 'Participation and domestic structures' of Clause 2.1 (d) of the ICC Membership Criteria. This includes having in place a proper structure with minimum team requirements for 50-over and 20-over tournaments, aside from clear junior and women's pathways.

Jul 28, 2022

Swiss Open 2022: Casper Ruud Defeats Matteo Berrettini in the Final

Norway's Casper Ruud won the Swiss Open Tennis Tournament 2022 held in Gstaad, Switzerland. He defeated Italy's Matteo Berrettini in the final by 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2. It was Ruud's 9th Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) title. The Swiss Open was Ruud's 3rd title in 2022, the other two titles are Buenos Aires and Geneva Open. Ruud had also won the 2021 Swiss Open title.
Ruud snapped the 12-match unbeaten streak of Berrettini, who lifted trophies in Stuttgart and London earlier this year. It was Casper Ruud 9th ATP Title. Earlier this year, Ruud finished as the runner-up at the French Open, losing to Spanish ace Rafael Nadal.

Sindhu Named India's Flagbearer for Commonwealth Games' Opening Ceremony

Double Olympic medallist badminton ace P.V. Sindhu was the flagbearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, who was also the defending champion in the Commonwealth Games having won the gold in Gold Coast four years ago, was expected to be the flagbearer.
But a groin injury following his silver medal at the World Championships forced him to pullout.
Tokyo Olympics medallists, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and boxer Lovlina Borgohain were the other two athletes, who were also considered before IOA decided to go for Sindhu.

Jul 27, 2022

Mastercard Set to Replace Paytm as Title Sponsor for all BCCI Matches

Global payments and technology company Mastercard is set to replace Indian digital payments company Paytm as the title sponsor for all international and domestic cricket matches organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The board has, reportedly, accepted Paytm's plea for the reassignment of its title rights. Paytm has been BCCI's title sponsor since 2015, and renewed the contract in August 2019.

Bisheshwar Nandi is Indian Women's Gymnastics Coach for Commonwealth Games 2022

Gymnastics coach Bishweshwar Nandi, who guided Dipa Karmakar to an unprecedented fourth-place finish in the Rio Olympics in 2016, was named as the Indian women's team coach for the Commonwealth Games.
Bishweshwar replaced Rohit Jaiswal, who was vacated from his position after gymnast Aruna Budda Reddy accused him that he video-graphed her without consent.

BCCI to Host 2025 Women's ODI World Cup

India will host the Women's 50-over World Cup in 2025 as the BCCI has successfully bid for the mega event during the ICC Annual Conference that concluded in Birmingham.
The ICC flagship event will return to the country after more than a decade.
The last time a women's 50-over World Cup was held in India was back in 2013 when Australian emerged champions after beating the West Indies by 114 runs in the final in Mumbai.
Three other ICC women's events were also awarded with Bangladesh hosting the 2024 T20 World Cup and England winning hosting rights for the 2026 edition.

World Athletics Championships 2022 Medal Tally

The United States topped the medal table standings with 33 medals overall, which included 13 gold, 9 silver, and 11 bronze medals. The total is also the most by any country at a single World Athletics Championships.
Ethiopia, with 10 medals overall finished second in the standings after collecting four gold medals, two silver, and two bronze, the same amount of total medals collected by Jamaica which ended with two gold, seven silver, and one bronze.
The United States, which hosted the World Athletics Championships for the first time, also dominated the points overall with 328, with Jamaica second with 111, Ethiopia (106) and Kenya (104).

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