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Dec 24, 2021

Harjinder Singh Named India's Chef de Mission for Beijing Olympics

Harjinder Singh was appointed as India's Chef De Mission for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Singh led the Indian contingent in the 2018 Winter Olympics as well, which was held in Pyeonchang in South Korea.
The Beijing Games, the 24th edition of the showpiece that started way back in 1924, will be held from February 4 to 20.

South Korea Wins Asian Hockey Champions Trophy

South Korea won the Asian Hockey Champions trophy at Dhaka beating Japan at a shootout in the final.
This is the first time that South Korea became the Asian Hockey champion.
Olympic bronze medallist India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 4-3 in a pulsating third-fourth place play-off match to win the bronze medal at the Asian Champions Trophy men's hockey tournament.
It was India's second win over Pakistan in the tournament after having beaten the same opponents 3-1 in the round-robin stages.

Dec 23, 2021

'Neeraj' to be Mascot for the First ever 'Kerala Olympic Games'

A rabbit mascot named Neeraj, in honour of Neeraj Chopra, the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal, will be the symbol for the first ever 'Kerala Olympic Games', slated to be held in February 2022.
State Education Minister V Sivankutty unveiled the mascot.
The meet will be conducted on 24 disciplines which includes athletics, aquatics, archery, basketball, boxing, badminton, cycling, football, wrestling, hockey, judo, karate, kambadi (Kabadi), KHO- KHO, netball, rugby, rifles (shooting), wushu, tennis, table tennis, Taekwondo, volleyball & weight lifting.
Ahead of the Games, district games will be held in all 14 districts and athletes and teams selected from this level will participate in the Kerala Olympics Games.

Dec 22, 2021

India among World's Top Three Dope Violators in Latest

An uptick in the number of offenders has taken India into the top-three of the world's biggest doping violators in a WADA report detailing the transgressions for the year 2019 with bodybuilding, weightlifting and athletics contributing majorly to the country's embarrassing record.
In the latest report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency, 152 (17 per cent of the world total) Anti-doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) were reported in India in 2019, leaving it third in the list with the maximum dope offenders coming from bodybuilding (57).
A lightweight in global sport, India is only behind Russia (167) and Italy (157), while Brazil (78) is at fourth and Iran (70) fifth.

Dec 21, 2021

Sindhu Appointed BWF's Athletes' Commission Member

India's two-time Olympic medallist shuttler P. V. Sindhu was appointed as a member of the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) Athletes' Commission.
The former world champion was named alongside five others who will serve as members till 2025.
The other five are Iris Wang (USA), Robin Tabeling (NED), Greysia Polii (INA), Kim Soyeong (KOR) and Zheng Si Wei (CHN).

Emma Raducanu is BBC Sports Personality of the Year

US Open champion Emma Raducanu was voted the BBC's sports personality of the year to cap an incredible rise throughout 2021.
Raducanu became the first-ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam singles title with her triumph in New York in September after not dropping a set in the tournament.
She was the first British woman since Virginia Wade in 1977 to win a major tournament, enabling her to beat Olympic gold medalists — diver Tom Daley and swimmer Adam Peaty — to the BBC honour.

Dec 20, 2021

Kidambi Srikanth Wins Silver Medal at Badminton World Championships

Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth became the first Indian man to win a silver medal at the BWF World Championships.
Singapore's Loh Kean Yew defeated Kidambi in the summit clash.
This is the first time that a men's player from Singapore won gold at the BWF World Championships.
Srikanth created history by becoming the first Indian shuttler to enter the final in the men's singles category of the BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain.

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