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Jan 02, 2021

India's 67th Chess Grandmaster

Goa's 14-year-old Leon Mendonca has become India's 67th chess Grandmaster by winning the third and final norm at a tournament in Italy.
Mendonca, who achieved the feat at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 17 days, is the second Grandmaster from the coastal state.

Jan 01, 2021

ICC World Test Championship

India stayed in contention of playing the ICC World Test Championship final next year as they retained their second spot at year-end despite New Zealand beating Pakistan by 101 runs in the first Test at Mount Maunganui.
Australia lead the points table with 76.6 % (Percentage of points or PCT) while India are second with 72.2% following their victory in the second Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
New Zealand, meanwhile, cemented their position at third and moved a bit closer to India with 66.7%.
England (No. 4 with 60.8%), Pakistan (No. 5 with 34.6%) and South Africa (No. 6 with 28%) follow the top three.

Dec 31, 2020

BWF Bans Nikita Khakimov for 5 Years

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has imposed a 5-year ban on Russian shuttler Nikita Khakimov for charges of 'betting, wagering and irregular match results'. Khakimov was part of the Russian men's team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 European Team Championships.
The 32-year-old Khakimov was found to breach BWF's integrity regulations, including approaching a player and offering money to manipulate a match, betting on badminton games and deliberately destroying evidence of a corruption offence to conceal from the BWF.

Southee Takes 300th Wicket Test Wicket

Tim Southee became the third New Zealand bowler to capture 300 Test wickets as he dismissed two Pakistan batsmen to help push his side into a strong position.
Pakistan were 71-3, still 302 runs from their victory target of 373.
Southee joined Richard Hadlee (431) and Daniel Vettori (361).

Dec 30, 2020

Roger Federer to Skip 2021 Australian Open

Six-times champion Roger Federer has withdrawn from the 2021 Australian Open as he continues to work his way back to fitness from two knee operations earlier this year.
He last played a competitive match at the season-opening Grand Slam in January before he had to undergo surgery on his knee.
The start of the 2021 Australian Open has been delayed for three weeks until February 8 due to the country's strict border rules to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Dec 29, 2020

ICC T20 and ODI Teams of the Year

The International Cricket Council announced the Men's T20I (Twenty 20 International), ODI (One Day International) and Test Teams of the decade. The teams were announced based on the consistency of the players over the period of last ten years.
The former Indian Captain MS Dhoni was named as the Captain of ODI and also the Captain of T20I.
The ICC T20I Team of the Decade also includes Rohit Sharma, Aaron Finch, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Rashid Khan, Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, AB de Villiers.
The ICC ODI Team of the Decade includes Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shakib Al Hasan, AB de Villiers, Ben Stokes, Trent Boult, Lasith Malinga, Imran Tahir, David Warner.
Virat Kohli was announced the Skipper of ICC Test team of the Decade.
In Women T20I Australia Meg Lanning was announced the Captain of the decade.

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