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Dec 28, 2020

Cristiano Ronaldo Wins Soccer Player of the Century Award

Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo defeated his greatest rival Lionel Messi to win the Player of the Century Award at the Globe Soccer Award held in Dubai. Pep Guardiola was chosen as the coach of the century.
Ronaldo and Messi are considered by many as one of the greatest footballers to have played the game. The duo has together claimed 11 Ballon d'Or awards, which speaks a lot about their skills.
The 35-year-old Ronaldo won league titles in England, Spain and Italy. Ronaldo has won the Champions League title five times.

Sporting Legends Back Sports Ministry's Fit India Movement

Some of India's sporting legends like Milkha Singh, Bhaichung Bhutia and Pullela Gopichand backed the government's Fit India Movement, and said that the initiative will not only help the athletes but will also keep the citizens physically agile.
Milkha, Bhutia, Gopichand and top Indian woman cricketer Mithali Raj took part in the second edition of the Fit India Dialogue which was anchored by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju.
During the dialogue, Rijiju and the panellists discussed many aspects of sports in India, including how athletes' attitude towards fitness has changed over the decade.

Australian Open: Andy Murray Gets Wildcard

Britain`s former world number one Andy Murray has been awarded a wildcard for February`s Australian Open.
The main draw entry for the first Grand Slam of 2021 comes two years after Murray, the five-time runner-up in Melbourne, played what he feared would be his final professional match there, losing in the first round to Spain`s Roberto Bautista Agut.

Dec 27, 2020

BCCI AGM Approves 10 Teams for 2022 IPL

The governing body of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ratified the entry of two new franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to make it a 10-team affair from 2022 during its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Ahmedabad.
From 2022 10 teams will participate in IPL instead of 8 teams.
In another major development, the Board, in principle, decided to back the ICC's bid for the inclusion of cricket, in the T20 format, in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics "after getting some clarifications from the International Olympic Committee".

Dec 26, 2020

Chetan Sharma Appointed Chairman of National Selection Panel

Former India pacer Chetan Sharma was appointed chairman of the senior national selection panel by the BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), which also picked Mumbai's Abey Kuruvilla and Odisha's Debasis Mohanty in the five-member team.
The new panel was formed on the sidelines of the Board's 89th Annual General Meeting (AGM), with Sharma pipping Maninder Singh and Vijay Dahiya from the north zone.
The selection panel also comprises former India players Sunil Joshi (south zone) and Harvinder Singh (central zone).
As per the BCCI constitution, the candidate with the most Test caps becomes the chief selector. Sharma represented India in 23 Tests and 65 ODIs during an 11-year-old international career, the highlight of which was his hat-trick in the 1987 World Cup.

Dec 25, 2020

Satnam Gets Two-year Suspension for Doping

Indian basketball player Satnam Singh Bhamara's year-long wait to know of his fate regarding his doping offence has finally ended after the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) sanctioned a two-year suspension period.
Bhamara, who is the first Indian to make it big in NBA after he was signed by Dallas Mavericks, was issued a provisional suspension in November last year after his sample showed presence of higenamine. Bhamara was tested on August 17 in Bangalore, where he was part of the Indian team preparing for the South Asian Games. The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) subsequently issued the provisional suspension on November 11.

Dec 24, 2020

Bedi Quits DDCA

Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi has decided to dissociate himself from the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) over its decision to install a statue of the late Arun Jaitley at its stadium.
Bedi, who played for Delhi from 1968 till the end of his First-Class career in 1981, wants the DDCA to remove his name from a stand at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, renamed after Arun Jaitley last year.

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